Shettleston_(ward)
Shettleston (ward)
Human settlement in Scotland
Shettleston (Ward 19) 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; the boundaries have not changed since it was formed.[3]
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Shettleston
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Shettleston Ward (2017) within Glasgow | |
Aerial view over part of the Shettleston ward, looking east (2018) | |
| Area | 10.40 km2 (4.02 sq mi) |
| Population | 25,806 (2015)[1] |
| • Density | 2,481.3/km2 (6,427/sq mi) |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GLASGOW |
| Postcode district | G32 |
| Dialling code | 0141 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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Located in the east of Glasgow and immediately north of the River Clyde which forms its southern boundary, the ward is centred around the long-established settlement of Shettleston, and additionally includes the neighbourhoods of Braidfauld (east of Maukinfauld Road), Tollcross, Fullarton/Auchenshuggle, Sandyhills, Mount Vernon, Carmyle and part of Parkhead (north of Tollcross Road). The northern boundary is the North Clyde Line railway.
The ethnic makeup of the Calton ward using the 2011 census population statistics was:
- 96.7% White Scottish / British / Irish / Other
- 1.9% Asian (mainly Pakistani)
- 1% Black (mainly African)
- 0.4% Mixed / Other Ethnic Group
More information Election, Councillors ...
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
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| 2007 | Tom McKeown (Labour) |
George Ryan (Labour) |
Euan McLeod (Labour) |
John F. McLaughlin (SNP) | ||||
| 2012[4] | Anne Simpson (Labour) |
Frank McAveety (Labour) | ||||||
| 2013 by | Martin Neill (Labour) | |||||||
| 2017[5] | Michelle Ferns (SNP/ Alba)[lower-alpha 1] |
Thomas Kerr (Conservative) |
Laura Doherty (SNP) | |||||
| 2021 | ||||||||
| 2022[7] | Jill Pidgeon (Labour) | |||||||
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- Elected as SNP Councillor; reaffiliated to Alba Party in 2021.[6]
2022 election
Main article: 2022 Glasgow City Council election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Laura Doherty (incumbent) | 27.8 | 2,048 | |||||||
| Labour | Frank McAveety (incumbent) | 27.0 | 1,986 | |||||||
| Conservative | Thomas Kerr (incumbent) | 16.7 | 1,232 | 1,238 | 1,269 | 1,288 | 1,294 | 1,333 | 1,368 | |
| Labour | Jill Pidgeon | 12.3 | 903 | 928 | 1,316 | 1,346 | 1,379 | 1,468 | 1,899 | |
| SNP | David Turner[note 1] | 7.6 | 556 | 985 | 997 | 1,004 | 1,045 | 1,292 | ||
| Scottish Green | Julie Ann Christie | 5.0 | 370 | 433 | 445 | 463 | 524 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Liam McLaughlan | 2.2 | 164 | 176 | 188 | 194 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Henry Sullivan | 1.4 | 105 | 108 | 113 | |||||
| Electorate: 20,542 Valid: 7,364 Spoilt: 256 Quota: 1,473 Turnout: 37.1% | ||||||||||
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2017 election
Main article: 2017 Glasgow City Council election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | ||||
| Labour | Frank McAveety (incumbent) | 25.17% | 1,902 | |||||||||||
| SNP | Laura Doherty | 17.95% | 1,356 | 1,364 | 1,368 | 1,370 | 1,379 | 1,384 | 1,387 | 1,477 | 1,600 | |||
| Conservative | Thomas Kerr | 18.10% | 1,368 | 1,381 | 1,390 | 1,394 | 1,399 | 1,409 | 1,448 | 1,462 | 1,468 | 1,469 | 1,671 | |
| SNP | Michelle Ferns ††††††††† | 10.23% | 773 | 778 | 779 | 782 | 785 | 785 | 786 | 811 | 1,377 | 1,453 | 1,597 | |
| Labour | Anne Simpson (incumbent) | 11.54% | 872 | 1,162 | 1,164 | 1,173 | 1,184 | 1,214 | 1,238 | 1,275 | 1,278 | 1,289 | ||
| SNP | Alex Kerr | 9.58% | 724 | 729 | 731 | 736 | 739 | 743 | 751 | 774 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Kevin Campbell | 2.94% | 222 | 225 | 231 | 234 | 249 | 265 | 274 | |||||
| UKIP | Jamie Robertson | 1.39% | 105 | 110 | 111 | 120 | 122 | 129 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Timothy Pollard | 1.09% | 82 | 87 | 88 | 94 | 96 | |||||||
| TUSC | Jamie Cocozza | 0.79% | 60 | 63 | 67 | 69 | ||||||||
| SDP | Steven Marshall | 0.67% | 51 | 54 | 56 | |||||||||
| Independent | Paul Corran | 0.54% | 41 | 41 | ||||||||||
| Electorate: 21,134 Valid: 7,556 Spoilt: 326 Quota: 1,512 Turnout: 37.3% | ||||||||||||||
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2013 by-election
On 7 October 2013, Labour councillor George Ryan died suddenly. A by-election was held on 5 December 2013 and the seat was retained by Labour's Martin Neill.[11]
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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| Labour | Martin Neill | 53.6 | 2026 | |
| SNP | Laura Docherty | 28.7 | 1086 | |
| Conservative | Raymond McCrae | 5.9 | 224 | |
| UKIP | Arthur Misty Thackeray | 3.4 | 129 | |
| TUSC | Jamie Cocozza | 1.8 | 68 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Speirs | 1.4 | 53 | |
| No Bedroom Tax | John Flanagan | 1.3 | 50 | |
| Scottish Green | Alasdair Duke | 1.1 | 41 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Tommy Ball | 0.9 | 35 | |
| Christian | Victor Murphy | 0.9 | 34 | |
| Britannica Party | Charlie Baillie | 0.8 | 31 | |
| SDA | James Trolland | 0.2 | 6 | |
| Electorate: 21,926 Valid: 3,783 Spoilt: 65 Quota: 1,892 Turnout: 3,777 (17.55) | ||||
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2012 election
Main article: 2012 Glasgow City Council election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| Labour | Frank McAveety | 28.3 | 1,989 | |||||||||
| Labour | George Ryan (incumbent) | 20.1 | 1,415 | |||||||||
| SNP | John McLaughlin (incumbent) | 17.8 | 1,251 | 1,283.1 | 1,283.2 | 1,285.2 | 1,288.8 | 1,301.1 | 1,331.4 | 1,358.4 | 2,168.1 | |
| Labour | Anne Simpson | 12.1 | 852 | 1,289.1 | 1,293.9 | 1,300.9 | 1,317.8 | 1,333.6 | 1,359.8 | 1,400.5 | 1,444.9 | |
| SNP | Adam Miller | 13.1 | 921 | 937.9 | 938.1 | 942.1 | 950.4 | 964.9 | 980.9 | 1,006.2 | ||
| Conservative | Alan Sullivan | 4.2 | 294 | 298.9 | 299 | 313.3 | 314.3 | 332.9 | 344.9 | |||
| Scottish Green | Stuart Leckie | 1.5 | 105 | 115.5 | 115.6 | 126.6 | 144.1 | 165.3 | ||||
| Glasgow First | Andy Muir | 1.4 | 98 | 109.7 | 109.7 | 111 | 119.3 | |||||
| Scottish Socialist | Colin Rutherford | 0.9 | 63 | 69.1 | 69.2 | 71.2 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Marjory Watt | 0.7 | 52 | 52.9 | 52.9 | |||||||
| Electorate: 21,408 Valid: 7,040 Spoilt: 174 Quota: 1,409 Turnout: 7,214 (33.70%) | ||||||||||||
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2007 election
Main article: 2007 Glasgow City Council election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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| SNP | John F. McLaughlin | 1,896 | 21.5 | |||
| Labour | Tom McKeown[lower-alpha 1] | 1,861 | 21.1 | |||
| Labour | George Ryan[lower-alpha 2] | 1,386 | 15.7 | |||
| Labour | Euan McLeod[lower-alpha 3] | 1,369 | 15.6 | |||
| Conservative | Alex White | 565 | 6.4 | |||
| Solidarity | Wheatley Harris | 458 | 5.2 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | David Jackson | 420 | 4.8 | |||
| BNP | Walter Hamilton | 268 | 3.0 | |||
| Scottish Green | Catherine Maguire | 227 | 2.6 | |||
| Scottish Unionist | Gordon Kirker | 190 | 2.2 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Mick Eyre | 163 | 1.9 | |||
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- Sitting councillor for Baillieston.
- "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- Teale, Andrew (27 December 2008). "Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- "Election Results 2012". glasgow.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012.
- "Local Election 2017 Full Results". Glasgow City Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- McCall, Chris (29 March 2021). "Glasgow councillor quits SNP to join Alba Party as defections continue". Daily Record. Retrieved 31 March 2021.
- "Notice of election agents". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- "Declaration of Results Report Ward 19 Shettleston". Glasgow City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- "Candidate votes per stage Ward 19 Shettleston". Glasgow City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 26 September 2023.
- "Local Election 2017 Full Results". Glasgow City Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- "Glasgow Labour councillor George Ryan dies aged 51". BBC News. 7 October 2013. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
- "Local Government By-Election NOTICE OF POLL Ward 19 Shettleston Date of Election 5 December 2013". glasgow.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 27 May 2021. Retrieved 5 December 2013.
- "List of Council Candidates (Wards 15-21". glasgow.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 6 May 2007.
- Listed Buildings in Shettleston Ward, Glasgow City at British Listed Buildings