Greater Pollok (ward)

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Greater Pollok
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Silverburn Shopping Centre in the Greater Pollok ward
Area11.7 km2 (4.5 sq mi)
Population30,729 (2017) [1]
  Density 2,626.4/km2 (6,802/sq mi)
Council area
Lieutenancy area
  • Glasgow
Country Scotland
Sovereign state United Kingdom
Post town GLASGOW
Postcode district G46, G53
Dialling code 0141
Police Scotland
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
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UK
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Glasgow
Greater Pollok Ward (2017) within Glasgow Glasgow wards 2017 no03 Greater Pollok.png
Greater Pollok Ward (2017) within Glasgow

Greater Pollok (Ward 3) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. [2] Since its creation in 2007 it has returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system.

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Boundaries

Located in the south-west of Glasgow adjoining the Renfrewshire region to the west and East Renfrewshire to the south, the ward includes most of Pollok (excluding the northern Lyoncross/Templeland area north of the Levern Water which falls under Cardonald ward) as well as Priesthill, Househillwood, Darnley, Hurlet, Nitshill, South Nitshill, Jenny Lind, Parkhouse, Roughmussel, Southpark Village, Deaconsbank and the southern part of Crookston.

A 2017 boundary change removed the Arden neighbourhood which was re-assigned to the Newlands/Auldburn ward. Following these changes, it was the ward with the highest population in the city, although also covering the third-largest area.

The ethnic makeup of the Greater Pollok ward using the 2011 census population statistics was:

Councillors

ElectionCouncillors
2007 [3] Alex Glass
(Labour)
Tommy Morrison
(Labour)
William O'Rouke
(Labour)
Patricia Duffy
(SNP)
2012 [4] Bill Butler
(Labour)
Rashid Hussain
(Labour)
David McDonald
(SNP)
Shabbar Jaffri
(SNP)
2017 [5] Saqib Ahmed
(Labour)
Rhiannon Spear
(SNP)
2022 [6] William Graham
(SNP)
Roza Salih
(SNP)

Election results

2022 election

2022 Glasgow City Council election


2022 Glasgow City Council election: Greater Pollok − 4 seats [6] [7]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678910
Labour Saqib Ahmed (incumbent)29.29%2,598         
SNP William Graham28.12%2,494         
UKIP Christopher Ho0.52%4653 57 60       
Labour Rashid Hussain (incumbent)14.4%1,2781,957        
Alba Tahir Jameel1.04%92100 117 123 129 131 141    
Scottish Family Paul Laird1.03%9196 106 112 121 130     
Green Chris McFadyen3.94%349361 419 431 436 450 477 511 540  
Liberal Democrats Awais Quershi1.35%120130 135 152 157 161 165 172   
SNP Roza Salih 10.34%917931 1,486 1,511 1,512 1,519 1,528 1,573 1,597 1,855
TUSC Eric Stevenson0.58%5155 57 64 70      
Conservative Matt Ventisei9.39%833859 862 883 891 898 920 926 959 983
Electorate: 25,241  Valid: 8,869  Spoilt: 269  Quota: 1,774  Turnout: 36.2% [8]  











    2017 election

    2017 Glasgow City Council election

    Greater Pollok - 4 seats [5]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678910
    SNP David McDonald (incumbent)31,02%2,643         
    Labour Saqib Ahmed25.97%2,213         
    SNP Rhiannon Spear9.53%8121,566 1,575 1,580 1,597 1,608 1,636 1,747  
    Labour Rashid Hussain (incumbent)12.19%1,0391,083 1,508 1,511 1,523 1,556 1,591 1,654 1,665 2,106
    Conservative Rory O'Brien13.94%1,1881,199 1,208 1,211 1,218 1,253 1,297 1,329 1,330  
    Green Seonad Hoy2.35%200233 243 246 273 298 333    
    Independent George Laird1.91%163172 179 201 212 229     
    Liberal Democrats Will Millinship1.54%131141 146 151 157      
    TUSC Mark McGowan0.90%7789 92 95       
    Independent Dean Ward0.63%5459 59        
    Electorate: 24,050  Valid: 8,520  Spoilt: 268  Quota: 1,705  Turnout: 36.5%  

      2012 election

      2012 Glasgow City Council election

        Greater Pollok - 4 seats [4]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567891011
        Labour Bill Butler 34.40%2,462          
        Labour Rashid Hussain13.25%9481,684         
        SNP David McDonald [lower-alpha 1] 19.85%1,4211,472         
        SNP Shabbar Jaffri14.18%1,0151,036 1,080 1,109 1,122 1,137 1,167 1,193 1,211 1,233 1,343
        Glasgow First William O'Rourke (incumbent)5.16%369404 425 426 431 435 452 481 676 752  
        Conservative Chris Morgan3.73%267281 287 288 310 332 338 356 369   
        Glasgow First Tommy Morrison (incumbent)3.07%220250 269 271 288 295 310 347    
        Green Juliet Neal2.11%151168 181 183 194 218 255     
        Scottish Socialist Ian Beattie1.94%139152 163 164 168 172      
        Liberal Democrats Norman Fraser1.12%8098 104 104 108       
        Scottish Christian Archie Linnegan1.19%8591 95 96        
        Electorate: 24,096  Valid: 7,157  Spoilt: 200  Quota: 1,432  Turnout: 30.53%  
          1. Outgoing Councillor from Baillieston ward.

                    2007 election

                    2007 Glasgow City Council election

                        2007 Council election: Greater Pollok (4 members) [3]
                        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                        1234567
                        SNP Patricia Duffy25.032,173      
                        Labour Alex Glass [lower-alpha 1] 18.861,6371,680 1,701 1,801   
                        Labour Tommy Morrison†††††††††13.591,1801,201 1,219 1,258 1,290 1,389 1,527
                        Labour William O'Rourke [lower-alpha 2] ††††14.931,2961,313 1,327 1,355 1,368 1,410 1,494
                        Solidarity Alice Sheridan 7.26630693 725 771 773 812 1,022
                        Scottish Socialist Keith Baldassara [lower-alpha 3] 6.81591637 661 693 695 739  
                        Conservative Rory O'Brien6.32549572 592 674 675   
                        Liberal Democrats Fleming Carswell4.53393431 502     
                        Green Caroline Scott2.68233275      
                        Electorate: 22,106  Valid: 8,682  Spoilt: 244  Quota: 1,737  Turnout: 40.38%  
                          1. Outgoing councillor for Nitshill single-member ward.
                          2. Outgoing councillor for Crookston single-member ward.
                          3. Outgoing councillor for Pollok single-member ward.

                                                              Notes

                                                                See also

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                                                                References

                                                                1. City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 3 - Greater Pollok, Glasgow City Council
                                                                2. "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
                                                                3. 1 2 Local Election Results 3rd May 2007, Andrew Teale (2008)
                                                                4. 1 2 "Election Results 2012". glasgow.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012.
                                                                5. 1 2 "Local Election 2017 Full Results". Glasgow City Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
                                                                6. 1 2 "Notice of election agents". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
                                                                7. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report (Ward 3 Greater Pollok)". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
                                                                8. "Declaration of Results (Ward 3 Greater Pollok)". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.