Pollokshields | |
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Tenements on the corner of Nithsdale Road and Nithsdale Drive in the Pollokshields ward. | |
Area | 6.29 km2 (2.43 sq mi) |
Population | 28,266 (2019) [1] |
• Density | 4,448.8/km2 (11,522/sq mi) |
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Lieutenancy area |
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Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | GLASGOW |
Postcode district | G41, G43, G51 |
Dialling code | 0141 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
Pollokshields (Ward 6) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. [2] On its creation in 2007 and in 2012 it returned three council members, using the single transferable vote system. [3] For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election, the boundaries were changed, the ward increased in size and returned four members.
Located on the South Side of Glasgow, the ward includes Pollokshields itself as well as Crossmyloof, Strathbungo and the western part of Shawlands. The 2017 expansion took in Bellahouston, Craigton and Dumbreck from the Govan ward.
The ethnic makeup of the expanded Pollokshields ward using the 2011 census population statistics was:
This makes it one of the most ethnically diverse wards in Glasgow.
Election | Councillors | |||||||
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2007 | David Meikle (Conservative) | Irfan Rabbani (Labour) | Khalil-ur Rahman Malik (SNP) | 3 seats | ||||
2012 [4] | Hanif Raja (Labour) | Norman MacLeod (SNP) | ||||||
2017 [5] | Jon Molyneux (Green) | |||||||
2022 [6] | Zen Ghani (SNP) |
2022 Glasgow City Council election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Green | Jon Molyneux (incumbent) | 22.10% | 2,290 | ||||||||||
SNP | Zen Ghani | 16.94% | 1,755 | 1,824 | 1,843 | 1,864 | 1,945 | 2,044 | 2,097 | ||||
Labour | Hanif Raja (incumbent) | 16.49% | 1,709 | 1,730 | 1,738 | 1,798 | 1,869 | 1,948 | 2,541 | ||||
SNP | Norman MacLeod (incumbent) | 13.63% | 1,412 | 1,451 | 1,462 | 1,482 | 1,518 | 1,596 | 1,653 | 1,727 | 1,746 | 1,914 | |
Conservative | David Meikle (incumbent) | 12.54% | 1,299 | 1,301 | 1,302 | 1,364 | 1,372 | 1,433 | 1,491 | 1,570 | 1,570 | ||
Labour | Fariha Thomas | 6.87% | 712 | 726 | 745 | 797 | 822 | 897 | |||||
Volt UK | Ewan Hoyle | 4.06% | 421 | 451 | 461 | 511 | 528 | ||||||
Liberal Democrats | Carole Louise Ford | 2.98% | 309 | 320 | 322 | ||||||||
Alba | Muhammad Shoaib | 3.54% | 367 | 368 | 375 | 375 | |||||||
TUSC | Tom Ruddell | 0.85% | 88 | 101 | |||||||||
Electorate: 21,978 Valid: 10,362 Spoilt: 189 Quota: 2,073 Turnout: 48.0% [8] |
2017 Glasgow City Council election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
SNP | Norman MacLeod (incumbent) | 24.34% | 2,504 | ||||||||
Conservative | David Meikle (incumbent) | 23.04% | 2,370 | ||||||||
Labour | Hanif Raja (incumbent) | 15.09% | 1,552 | 1,570 | 1,607 | 1,621 | 1,700 | 2,378 | |||
Green | Jon Molyneux | 13.59% | 1,399 | 1,461 | 1,482 | 1,497 | 1,645 | 1,727 | 1,786 | 2,760 | |
SNP | Nighet Riaz | 11.88% | 1,222 | 1,542 | 1,549 | 1,556 | 1,569 | 1,617 | 1,684 | ||
Labour | Fariha Thomas (incumbent) * | 8.17% | 841 | 848 | 878 | 890 | 954 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Ewan Hoyle | 2.94% | 302 | 311 | 382 | 413 | |||||
UKIP | Iain Cameron | 0.95% | 98 | 100 | 132 | ||||||
Electorate: 21,700 Valid: 10,288 Spoilt: 261 Quota: 2,058 Turnout: 48.6% |
* = Sitting Councillor for Govan ward.
2012 Glasgow City Council election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Labour | Hanif Raja | 24.19% | 1,828 | 1,837 | 1,854 | 1,897 | ||||
SNP | Norman MacLeod | 21.92% | 1,657 | 1,662 | 1,671 | 1,702 | 1,703 | 1,865 | 3,181 | |
Conservative | David Meikle (incumbent) | 22.15% | 1,674 | 1,682 | 1,683 | 1,730 | 1,731 | 1,832 | 1,878 | |
SNP | Khalil Malik (incumbent) | 19.01% | 1,437 | 1,439 | 1,455 | 1,466 | 1,467 | 1,613 | ||
Green | Patrick McAleer | 8.04% | 608 | 614 | 652 | 707 | 709 | |||
Liberal Democrats | Bill Fraser | 2.91% | 220 | 224 | 224 | |||||
TUSC | Akhtar Khan | 1.20% | 91 | 94 | ||||||
Glasgow First | Andrina Morrison | 0.57% | 43 | |||||||
Electorate: 18,117 Valid: 7,558 Spoilt: 178 Quota: 1,890 Turnout: 42.70% |
2007 Glasgow City Council election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Labour | Irfan Rabbani††††† | 26.92 | 2,575 | ||||||||
SNP | Khalil-ur Rahman Malik | 21.50 | 2,057 | 2,082 | 2,123 | 2,256 | 2,309 | 2,624 | |||
Conservative | David Meikle | 15.00 | 1,435 | 1,445 | 1,452 | 1,460 | 1,593 | 1,610 | 1,632 | 1,839 | |
Green | Ian Ruffell | 10.90 | 1,043 | 1,060 | 1,096 | 1,206 | 1,280 | 1,321 | 1,374 | 1,835 | |
Liberal Democrats | Isobel Nelson | 9.02 | 863 | 883 | 893 | 918 | 1,001 | 1,030 | 1,070 | ||
Independent | Muhammad Shoaib | 6.19 | 592 | 605 | 611 | 633 | 656 | ||||
Independent | Karin Currie | 4.58 | 438 | 441 | 453 | 472 | |||||
Solidarity | Fatima Uygun | 3.97 | 380 | 388 | 418 | ||||||
Scottish Socialist | Ali Ashraf | 1.92 | 184 | 188 | |||||||
Electorate: 17,029 Valid: 9,567 Spoilt: 149 Quota: 2,392 Turnout: 57.07% |
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