Southside Central (ward)

Southside Central
Southside Central ward (2017) within Glasgow
Alexander Crescent in the New Gorbals in the Southside Central ward
Area	4.29 km2 (1.66 sq mi)
Population	25,266 (2017) [1]
•  Density	5,889.5/km2 (15,254/sq mi)
Council area	Glasgow City Council
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G41, G42, G5
Dialling code	0141
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
List of places UK Scotland Glasgow

Southside Central (Ward 8) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. ^[2] On its creation in 2007 and in 2012 it returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system. For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election, the boundaries were changed, the ward population decreased but it continued to return four members.

Boundaries

The ward is located immediately south of Glasgow city centre, with the River Clyde forming its northern boundary. Areas within the ward include the Gorbals, Hutchesontown, Govanhill, Queen's Park, Crosshill and Oatlands. The 2017 changes saw the Toryglen area being re-assigned to Langside ward.

The ethnic makeup of the smaller Southside Central ward using the 2011 census population statistics was:

• 74.6% White Scottish / British / Irish / Other
• 20.2% Asian (Mainly Pakistani)
• 3.4% Black (Mainly African)
• 1.8% Mixed / Other Ethnic Group

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007 [3]		Anne Marie Millar (Labour)		James Scanlon (Labour)		Dannie Alderslowe (Green)		Jahangir Hanlif (SNP)
2012 [4]	Soryia Siddique (Labour)		Mhairi Hunter (SNP)
2017 [5]		Alexander Belic (SNP)
2022 [6]					Elaine Gallagher (Green)
2025

Election results

2022 election

2022 Glasgow City Council election

Southside Central – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Alexander Belic (incumbent)	18.9	1,460	1,462	1,467	1,485	1,491	1,615
	Scottish Green	Elaine Gallagher	18.1	1,395	1,405	1,431	1,504	1,522	1,544
	Labour	Soryia Siddique (incumbent)	16.5	1,271	1,274	1,288	1,299	1,341	1,513	1,518	1,743
	SNP	Mhairi Hunter (incumbent)	15.4	1,185	1,188	1,193	1,201	1,204	1,237	1,289
	Labour	James Scanlon (incumbent)	15.0	1,161	1,164	1,183	1,196	1,298	1,338	1,342	1,594
	Alba	Kamran Butt	8.1	623	624	628	638	664
	Conservative	Tariq Parvez	4.1	317	317	329	330
	Scottish Socialist	Paul Robert Donnelly	2.0	154	160	161
	Liberal Democrats	Sam Glasgow-Jackson	1.4	110	112
	Independent	Jamie Dyer	0.5	41
Electorate: 20,537  Valid: 7,717  Spoilt: 296  Quota: 1,544  Turnout: 39.0%

Source: ^{[7] [8]}

2017 election

2017 Glasgow City Council election

Southside Central – 4 seats ^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	SNP	Mhairi Hunter (incumbent)	17.74%	1,287	1,292	1,298	1,301	1,309	1,637
	Labour	Soryia Siddique (incumbent)	18.35%	1,331	1,334	1,356	1,361	1,408	1,508
	SNP	Alexander Belic	17.15%	1,244	1,249	1,252	1,258	1,271	1,353	1,500
	Labour	James Scanlon (incumbent)	16.40%	1,190	1,194	1,216	1,237	1,383	1,393	1,398	1,434	1,439	1,886
	Scottish Green	Cass MacGregor	11.29%	819	829	856	870	944	971	991	995	1,012
	SNP	Qasim Hanif	8.55%	620	623	623	624	627
	Conservative	Gordon Fraser	6.69%	486	500	509	552
	UKIP	Lorraine Duncan	1.59%	115	120	126
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Young	1.43%	104	110
	Independent	Mark Fiddy	0.81%	59
Electorate: 18,946  Valid: 7,255  Spoilt: 316  Quota: 1,452  Turnout: 40.0%

2012 election

2012 Glasgow City Council election

Southside Central – 4 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	James Scanlon (incumbent)	32.01%	2,226
	SNP	Jahangir Hanif (incumbent)	20.73%	1,442
	Labour	Soryia Siddique	12.29%	855	1,482
	SNP	Mhairi Hunter	15.08%	1,049	1,081	1,092	1,135	1,140	1,154	1,180	1,203	1,418
	Independent	Anne-Marie Millar (incumbent)	7.68%	534	584	597	598	604	612	633	673	822
	Scottish Green	Moira Crawford	6.40%	445	461	467	468	480	492	550	602
	Conservative	Thomas Connor	2.50%	174	178	179	179	186	196	208
	Scottish Socialist	Bill Bonnar	2.01%	140	148	152	152	154	155
	Liberal Democrats	David Jago	0.79%	55	60	63	63	64
	Britannica Party	Jean Douglas	0.50%	35	37	38	38
Electorate: 22,892  Valid: 6,955  Spoilt: 284  Quota: 1,385  Turnout: 7,239 (31.62%)

2007 election

2007 Glasgow City Council election

2007 Council election: Southside Central ^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Jahangir Hanif	27.37	2,392
	Labour	Anne Marie Millar [a] †††††††	21.39	1,869
	Labour	James Scanlon [b]	15.70	1,372	1,392	1,429	1,448	1,473	1,537	1,915
	Scottish Green	Danny Alderslowe	9.29	812	895	900	967	1,072	1,284	1,326
	Liberal Democrats	Katy McCloskey	6.10	533	590	596	705	761	831	865
	Labour	Hanif Raja	6.34	554	613	651	668	690	748
	Solidarity	Jill McGowan	5.22	456	522	526	537	644
	Scottish Socialist	Rosie Kane	3.74	327	453	456	473
	Conservative	John B Marshall	4.84	423	441	443
Electorate: 22,863  Valid: 8,738  Spoilt: 235  Quota: 1,748  Turnout: 39.25%

1. Outgoing councillor for Govanhill single-member ward.
2. Outgoing councillor for Toryglen single-member ward.

See also

• Wards of Glasgow

References

1. City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 8 - Southside Central, Glasgow City Council
2. "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
3. Local Election Results 3rd May 2007, Andrew Teale (2008)
4. "Election Results 2012". glasgow.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012.
5. "Local Election 2017 Full Results". Glasgow City Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
6. "Notice of election agents". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
7. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 8 Southside Central". Glasgow City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
8. "Candidate votes per stage Ward 8 Southside Central". Glasgow City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
9. "Local Election 2017 Full Results". Glasgow City Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2022.

External links

• Listed Buildings in Southside Central Ward, Glasgow City at British Listed Buildings