Southside_Central_(ward)
Southside Central (ward)
Human settlement in Scotland
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.
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| Southside Central | |
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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) |
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| Country | Scotland |
| Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
| Post town | GLASGOW |
| Postcode district | G41, G42, G5 |
| Dialling code | 0141 |
| Police | Scotland |
| Fire | Scottish |
| Ambulance | Scottish |
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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
2022 election
2022 Glasgow City Council election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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| 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% | |||||||||||
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2017 election
2017 Glasgow City Council election
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| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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| 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% | |||||||||||||
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2012 election
2012 Glasgow City Council election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| 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%) | ||||||||||||
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2007 election
2007 Glasgow City Council election
More information Party, Candidate ...
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Jahangir Hanif | 27.37 | 2,392 | |||||||
| Labour | Anne Marie Millar[lower-alpha 1]††††††† | 21.39 | 1,869 | |||||||
| Labour | James Scanlon[lower-alpha 2] | 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% | ||||||||||
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- "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- Local Election Results 3rd May 2007, Andrew Teale (2008)
- "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.
- "Notice of election agents". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
- "Declaration of Results Report Ward 8 Southside Central". Glasgow City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- "Candidate votes per stage Ward 8 Southside Central". Glasgow City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
- "Local Election 2017 Full Results". Glasgow City Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
- Listed Buildings in Southside Central Ward, Glasgow City at British Listed Buildings