2012 Glasgow City Council election

Elections to Glasgow City Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election was the second using 21 new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation.[1]

Main article: 2012 Scottish local elections

2012 Glasgow City Council election

3 May 2012 (2012-05-03)
All 79 seats to Glasgow City Council 40 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader Gordon Matheson Allison Hunter Martha Wardrop Party Labour SNP Scottish Green Leader's seat Anderston/City Govan Hillhead Last election 45 seats, 43.3% 22 seats, 24.6% 5 seats, 6.5% Seats won 44 27 5 Seat change 1 5 0 Popular vote 67,341 46,947 7,999 Percentage 46.7% 32.6% 5.5% Swing 3.4% 8.0% 1.0%   Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party   Leader David Meikle Margot Clark Stephen Dornan Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Glasgow First Leader's seat Pollokshields Linn Govan Last election 1 seat, 7.7% 5 seats, 7.9% New party Seats before 6 Seats won 1 1 1 Seat change 0 4 1 Popular vote 8,567 4,221 2,544 Percentage 5.9% 2.9% 1.8% Swing 1.8% 5.0% 1.8%
The 21 multi-member wards
Council Leader before election Gordon Matheson Labour Council Leader after election Gordon Matheson Labour

The election in Glasgow attracted the most attention out of the local elections in Scotland as there were many predictions that the Scottish Labour Party would lose control of the council due to losses of seats to the Scottish National Party.[2] The Labour administration had suffered from a number of defections of council members to the newly formed Glasgow First party and controversy surrounding Councillor's salaries and contracts.[3] In the end, Labour remained in control, losing just 1 seat, while the SNP gained 5. The Scottish Liberal Democrats were reduced to holding just 1 seat on the Council, the same numbers as the Glasgow First party and the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party who retained their solitary seat. The Scottish Green Party retained 5 seats on the authority.

After the elections Labour again formed a controlling administration on the City Council.

Election result

Glasgow City Local Election Result 2012[4]

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	44	1	2	1	55.70	46.72	67,341	+3.40
	SNP	27	5	0	5	34.17	32.57	46,947	+7.99
	Scottish Green	5	1	1	0	6.33	5.55	7,999	-0.93
	Conservative	1	0	0	0	1.27	5.94	8,567	-1.73
	Liberal Democrats	1	0	4	4	1.27	2.93	4,221	-4.98
	Glasgow First	1	1	0	1	1.27	1.76	2,544	+1.76
	Independent	0	-	-	-	-	1.7	2,432	+0.59
	Scottish Socialist	0	-	-	-	-	0.7	979	-1.76
	TUSC	0	-	-	-	-	0.4	636	+0.4
	Solidarity	0	0	1	1	0	0.4	621	-4.31
	Scottish Unionist	0	0	0	0	0	0.4	586	-0.67
	UKIP	0	-	-	-	-	0.3	441	+0.3
	Scottish Christian	0	-	-	-	-	0.2	354	-0.13
	Socialist Labour	0	-	-	-	-	0.2	271	+0.2
	Pirate	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	97	0.1
	Britannica Party	0	0	0	0	0	0.1	73	0.1
Turnout			144,149	32.4%

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

Districts summary

 Results of the Glasgow City Council election, 2012
by ward

Ward	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	%	Cllrs	Total Cllrs
	Lab		SNP		Conservative		Green		Lib Dem		Glasgow First		Others
Linn	46.04	2	29.44	1	7.03	0	2.73	0	12.09	1	1.06	0	1.61	0	4
Newlands/Auldburn	40.98	2	36.11	1	10.77	0	3.61	0	1.56	0	0.71	0	6.26	0	3
Greater Pollok	47.65	2	34.03	2	3.73	0	2.11	0	1.12	0	8.23	0	3.13	0	4
Craigton	53.4	2	31.4	2	3.6	0	2.1	0	0.9	0	1.8	0	6.8	0	4
Govan	32.22	2	32.63	1	3.16	0	3.31	0	1.26	0	14.46	1	12.98	0	4
Pollokshields	24.19	1	40.93	1	22.15	1	8.04	0	2.91	0	0.57	0	1.20	0	3
Langside	35.80	1	37.61	1	7.38	0	8.50	1	7.25	0	1.03	0	2.42	0	3
Southside Central	44.3	2	35.81	2	2.50	0	6.40	0	0.79	0	0.0	0	10.19	0	4
Calton	54.6	2	30	1	2.6	0	3.0	0	0.9	0	2.9	0	6	0	3
Anderston/City	50.3	2	29.6	1	4.7	0	10.5	1	1.7	0	0.4	0	2.9	0	4
Hillhead	29.45	2	33.06	1	6.54	0	17.62	1	4.10	0	0.22	0	9.01	0	4
Partick West	32.1	1	33.5	2	10.33	0	14.71	1	5.54	0	0.29	0	3.53	0	4
Garscadden/Scotstounhill	61.6	3	27.1	1	2.6	0	2.7	0	1.1	0	0.3	0	4.6	0	4
Drumchapel/Anniesland	61.36	3	29.26	1	3.62	0	2.63	0	1.96	0	0.30	0	0.87	0	4
Maryhill/Kelvin	39.6	2	34.4	2	7.7	0	7.3	0	9.2	0	0.0	0.0	1.9	0	4
Canal	44.5	2	31.27	1	2.34	0	9.27	1	1.84	0	0.54	0	10.23	0	4
Springburn	57.7	2	30	1	2.7	0	1.5	0	1.1	0	0.5	0	6.4	0	3
East Centre	58.6	3	27.7	1	4.0	0	4.8	0	0.9	0	0.6	0	3.4	0	4
Shettleston	60.5	3	30.9	1	4.2	0	1.5	0	0.7	0	1.4	0	0.9	0	4
Baillieston	50.8	2	37.2	2	5.2	0	1.8	0	0.8	0	1.8	0	2.4	0	4
North East	63.61	3	29.65	1	3.13	0	1.76	0	1.13	0	0.00	0	0.72	0	4
Total	46.72	44	32.57	27	5.94	1	5.55	5	2.93	1	1.76	1	4.53	0	79

Ward results

Ward 1: Linn

Linn - 4 seats [5] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Labour Malcolm Cunning 25.14% 1,858               Labour Sadie Docherty (incumbent) 20.90% 1,545               SNP Glenn Elder 20.01% 1,479               Liberal Democrats Margot Clark (incumbent) 12.09% 894 938 949 961 970 1,026 1,300 1,548 SNP Stewart McDonald 9.43% 697 736 742 751 778 851 900   Conservative Andrew Morrison 7.03% 520 533 534 539 546 569     Scottish Green Lisa Jones 2.73% 202 229 234 261 315       TUSC Frank Young 1.61% 119 138 142 166         Glasgow First Lesley Ingram 1.06% 78 111 116           Electorate: 22,192   Valid: 7,392   Spoilt: 169   Quota: 1,479   Turnout: 34.07%

Ward 2: Newlands/Auldburn

2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP
2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
2007-2012 Change: No change

Newlands/Auldburn - 3 seats [5] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 Count 11 Labour Stephan Curran (incumbent) 26.03% 1,750                     SNP Josephine Docherty 21.17% 1,423 1,426 1,431 1,440 1,446 1,460 1,515 1,595 1,699     Labour Emma Gillan 14.95% 1,005 1,058 1,062 1,071 1,076 1,085 1,147 1,233 1,360 1,361 1,506 SNP Shoaib Gul 14.94% 1,004 1,005 1,006 1,008 1,009 1,010 1,042 1,068 1,097 1,110   Conservative Robert McElroy 10.77% 724 725 728 730 734 757 771 841       Independent Colin Deans (incumbent) 4.63% 311 314 319 324 362 372 422         Scottish Green Ben Thomson 3.61% 243 243 256 269 282 318           Liberal Democrats Michael O'Donnell 1.56% 105 105 105 105 107             Independent Craig Creighton 1.06% 71 71 74 82               Glasgow First Ruth Black * 0.71% 48 48 50                 TUSC Diane Harvey 0.57% 38 38                   Electorate: 17,755   Valid: 6,722   Spoilt: 201   Quota: 1,681   Turnout: 38.98%

• = Outgoing Councillor from a different Ward.

Ward 3: Greater Pollok

2007: 3xLab; 1xSNP
2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP
2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Lab

Greater Pollok - 4 seats [5] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 Count 11 Labour Bill Butler 34.40% 2,462                     Labour Rashid Hussain 13.25% 948 1,684                   SNP David McDonald * 19.85% 1,421 1,472                   SNP Shabbar Jaffri 14.18% 1,015 1,036 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% 369 404 425 426 431 435 452 481 676 752   Conservative Chris Morgan 3.73% 267 281 287 288 310 332 338 356 369     Glasgow First Tommy Morrison (incumbent) 3.07% 220 250 269 271 288 295 310 347       Scottish Green Juliet Neal 2.11% 151 168 181 183 194 218 255         Scottish Socialist Ian Beattie 1.94% 139 152 163 164 168 172           Liberal Democrats Norman Fraser 1.12% 80 98 104 104 108             Scottish Christian Archie Linnegan 1.19% 85 91 95 96               Electorate: 24,096   Valid: 7,157   Spoilt: 200   Quota: 1,432   Turnout: 30.53%

• = Outgoing Councillor from a different Ward.

Ward 4: Craigton

2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xSol
2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP
2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Sol

Craigton - 4 seats [5] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 Labour Matt Kerr (incumbent) 27.8 2,279                   Labour Alistair Watson (incumbent) 25.6 2,102                   SNP Iris Gibson (incumbent)†††††††† 22.9 1,876                   SNP Jim Torrance 8.5 700 771.8 826.7 1,004.1 1,010.7 1,025.9 1,048.7 1,128.1 1,193.8 1,434.9 Solidarity Gail Sheridan 5.8 472 555.3 624.3 638.9 646.9 656.8 688 735.1 772.4   Conservative Jayne Morgan 3.6 292 316.7 330.5 333.3 365.7 391.1 411.9 431.5     Scottish Green Ian Ruffell 2.1 169 209.9 237.8 245 256.7 273.9 314       Glasgow First Gordon MacDiarmid 1.8 147 193.8 226.6 233.7 245.3 259.2         Liberal Democrats Isabel Nelson 0.9 76 103.2 115.5 119.7 123.7           UKIP Janice MacKay 1.0 86 99.7 107.2 109.7             Electorate: 22,948   Valid: 8,199   Spoilt: 124   Quota: 1,640   Turnout: 8,439 (36.77%) Ward 5: Govan 2007: 3xLab; 1xSNP 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xGlasgowFirst 2007-2012 Change: GlasgowFirst gain one seat from Lab Govan - 4 seats [5] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 Count 11 Count 12 Count 13 Labour James Adams 24.94% 1,727                         SNP Allison Hunter (incumbent)† 21.09% 1,460                         Glasgow First Stephen Dornan (incumbent)†††† 8.71% 603 626 627 631 640 643 650 679 714 722 886 1,069 1,156 Labour Fariha Thomas 7.28% 504 728 729 730 735 740 747 788 826 873 995 1,175 1,261 SNP Jonathan Mackie 6.40% 443 452 512 517 522 532 538 601 625 879 931 993   No description John Flanagan (incumbent) 9.30% 644 660 661 668 671 677 688 716 741 742 753     Glasgow First Shaukat Butt (incumbent) 5.75% 398 408 408 409 415 416 427 445 468 515       SNP Tahir Mohammed 5.14% 356 359 363 363 367 370 370 385 392         Conservative Harriet Murdoch 3.16% 219 222 223 223 224 242 323 339           Scottish Green Jesper Bach 3.31% 229 237 238 261 280 307 315             Scottish Unionist Alan Hughes 2.07% 143 148 148 154 154 156               Liberal Democrats Chris Young 1.26% 87 91 92 92 92                 Solidarity Joyce Drummond 0.87% 60 62 62 65                   Pirate Finlay Archibald 0.74% 51 54 54                     Electorate: 23,590   Valid: 6,924   Spoilt: 297 (4.11%)   Quota: 1,385   Turnout: 7,221 (30.61%) Ward 6: Pollokshields 2007: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon 2012: 1xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon 2007-2012 Change: No change Pollokshields - 3 seats [5] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 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   Scottish 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% Ward 7: Langside 2007: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xLib Dem 2012: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xGreen 2007-2012 Change: Green gain one seat from Lib Dem Result based on original count Langside - 3 seats [5] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Labour Archie Graham (incumbent) 35.80% 2,320               SNP Susan Aitken 28.12% 1,822               Scottish Green Liam Hainey††††† 8.50% 551 690 705 745 834 895 1,180 1,560 SNP Alex Hewetson 9.49% 615 692 852 859 892 929 1,059   Liberal Democrats Paul Coleshill (incumbent) 7.25% 470 567 575 592 606 808     Conservative Russell Munn 7.38% 478 512 515 517 524       TUSC Ronnie Stevenson 2.42% 157 213 216 238         Glasgow First Cayleigh Dornan 1.03% 67 116 120           Electorate: 18,902   Valid: 6,480   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 1,621   Turnout: 34.75% Recount It was announced by Glasgow City Council on Thursday 10 May 2012 that Box 139, containing approximately 385 papers, was not counted in the vote despite them being registered and scanned. Permission was obtained from Glasgow Sheriff Court to examine the ballots and rerun the calculation. The two highest scoring candidates were mathematically assured of their place, however the third candidate, Liam Hainey, could have had his election overturned.[6] After the ballots were rescanned on 16 May 2012 and the result recalculated, he retained his seat.[7] Ward 8: Southside Central 2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xGRN 2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP 2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Green Southside Central - 4 seats [5] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 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%) Ward 9: Calton 2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP 2007-2012 Change: No change Calton - 3 seats[5] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 Count 11 Count 12 Count 13 Labour George Redmond (incumbent) 35.0 1,595                         Labour Yvonne Kucuk 19.6 892 1,220.9                       SNP Alison Thewliss (incumbent)†††††† 15.3 695 714.1 720.2 720.2 726.2 737.2 747.9 757.8 762.8 782.3 800.7 855.6 1,449.8 SNP Alexander Belic 14.7 672 681.9 688.7 690.7 692.1 699.1 701.5 718.6 721.2 740.2 756.6 779.8   Scottish Green Andy Reid 3.0 135 140.9 145.9 148.3 151.2 162.4 176.5 180.8 189.3 208.1 231.7     Conservative Scott Gillespie 2.6 120 123.4 124.9 125.9 127.9 127.9 135.8 138.8 184.3 193.8       Glasgow First Duncan Miller 2.9 131 141.8 146.6 146.6 149.2 151.5 151.7 151.9 181.3         Scottish Unionist Gordon Kirker 2.4 109 118.9 121 124 125 126.4 126.4 129.4           No description Gary Barton 1.6 71 74.4 76.4 76.4 81.5 81.6 82.7             Liberal Democrats Harvey Sussock 0.9 43 45.3 47.4 47.4 50.4 50.9               Scottish Socialist Murdo Ritchie 0.9 43 45.3 48.9 48.9 50                 Independent Thomas Rannachan 0.9 41 43.3 45.1 45.4                   Britannica Party Martin Clark 0.2 9 9.6 9.9                     Electorate: 18,140   Valid: 4,556   Spoilt: 191   Quota: 1,140   Turnout: 4,722 (26.03%) Ward 10: Anderston/City 2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xGRN 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xGRN 2007-2012 Change: No change Anderston/City - 4 seats[5] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 Count 11 Labour Philip Braat (incumbent) 29.4 1,561                     Labour Gordon Matheson (incumbent)†††††††††† 20.9 1,113                     SNP Martin Docherty††††††† 19.9 1,057 1,122.3                   Scottish Green Nina Baker (incumbent) 10.5 558 652.2 656.6 662.6 665.6 676.2 704.3 753.2 809 891.8 1,163.5 SNP Craig MacKay (incumbent) 9.7 516 541.5 587.8 592.3 592.3 596 605.5 628.4 645.2 683.3   Conservative David Barnes 4.7 249 273.5 274.4 276.3 279.3 280.8 283.9 283.9 314.3     Liberal Democrats Ewan Hoyle 1.7 89 112.9 113.9 116 117.3 120 126.4 129.4       Solidarity Graham Campbell 1.7 89 110.9 112.1 113.2 113.2 115.3 118.3         Pirate Rob Harris 0.9 46 53.9 54.4 54.8 58.5 60.9           Glasgow First Alexander McDowell 0.4 20 30.8 31.2 32.4 36             Britannica Party James Moir Robertson 0.3 17 19.2 19.2 19.4               Electorate: 23,063   Valid: 5,315   Spoilt: 191   Quota: 1,064   Turnout: 5,442 (23.60%) Ward 11: Hillhead 2007: 1xSNP; 1xGRN; 1xLib Dem; 1xLab 2012: 1xSNP; 1xGRN; 2xLab 2007-2012 change: Labour gain one seat from Lib Dem Hillhead - 4 seats [5] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 Count 11 Count 12 Count 13 SNP Ken Andrew (incumbent) 24.62% 1,424                         Scottish Green Martha Wardrop (incumbent) 17.62% 1,019 1,037 1,037 1,039 1,049 1,055 1,099 1,185           Labour Martin McElroy 17.31% 1,001 1,015 1,018 1,019 1,023 1,030 1,041 1,068 1,071 1,129 1,211     Labour Pauline McKeever 12.14% 702 709 710 711 712 712 720 741 746 799 835 880 1,019 SNP Mark Smith 8.44% 488 676 676 678 682 683 690 711 720 780 826 827   Conservative Alexander Inglis 6.54% 378 380 383 386 394 413 415 464 465 541       Independent Ruth Simpson 5.79% 335 340 340 340 343 355 356 386 391         Liberal Democrats Kenneth Elder (incumbent) 4.10% 237 244 245 248 252 255 259             Scottish Socialist Frances Curran 1.42% 82 86 86 86 87 89               UKIP Neil Craig 0.85% 49 51 56 57 65                 Scottish Christian Murdo MacLeod 0.74% 43 44 44 46                   Glasgow First Iain Firth 0.22% 13 14 15                     Britannica Party Charles Baillie 0.21% 12 13                       Electorate: 20,981   Valid: 5,783   Spoilt: 113   Quota: 1,157   Turnout: 28.10% Ward 12: Partick West 2007: 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xLab; 1xGRN 2012: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xGRN 2007-2012 change: SNP gain one seat from Lib Dem Partick West - 4 seats [5] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 Count 11 Count 12 Count 13 Labour Aileen Colleran (incumbent)††† 19.97% 1,884 1,885 1,890                     Scottish Green Martin Bartos 14.71% 1,388 1,388 1,392 1,392 1,395 1,409 1,418 1,478 1,662 1,946       SNP Feargal Dalton 18.63% 1,757 1,757 1,758 1,758 1,759 1,760 1,767 1,776 1,813 1,913       SNP Kenny McLean (incumbent) 14.87% 1,403 1,403 1,403 1,403 1,405 1,410 1,421 1,434 1,479 1,538 1,553 1,575 1,813 Labour Michael Shanks 12.13% 1,144 1,144 1,147 1,149 1,153 1,156 1,167 1,190 1,258 1,380 1,394 1,395   Conservative John Anderson 10.33% 974 977 979 979 995 1,017 1,041 1,041 1,161         Liberal Democrats James Paris 5.54% 523 525 526 526 532 534 540 540           Scottish Socialist Andrew Gray 1.19% 112 112 113 113 113 113 114             Scottish Christian Donald Williamson 0.96% 91 91 91 91 95 102               UKIP Stuart Maskell 0.68% 64 65 65 65 77                 Scottish Unionist Catherine Findlay 0.43% 41 59 60 60                   Glasgow First Nicholas Black 0.29% 27 27                       Scottish Unionist Robert Findlay 0.27% 25                         Electorate: 25,686   Valid: 9,433   Spoilt: 198   Quota: 1,887   Turnout: 9,631 (37.50%) Ward 13: Garscadden/Scotstounhill 2007: 3xLab; 1xSNP 2012: 3xLab; 1xSNP 2007-2012 change: No change Garscadden/Scotstounhill - 4 seats [5] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 Count 11 Count 12 Count 13 Labour Liz Cameron (incumbent) 28.0 2,295                         Labour Paul Rooney (incumbent) 27.0 2,220                         SNP Graeme Hendry (incumbent) 22.2 1,820                         Labour John Kelly†††††††††††† 6.6 541 993.4 1,417 1,422.1 1,427.4 1,432.9 1,439.4 1,459.3 1,491.9 1,512.2 1,541.4 1,606.6 1,712.3 SNP David Wilson 4.9 400 430.4 465.1 604.1 609.1 612.4 620.6 632 654.8 689.1 716 791.5   Scottish Green Martin Schmierer 2.7 221 240.6 252.1 259.6 263.9 273.8 279.3 303 309.3 350.6 400.8     Conservative Susan McCourt 2.6 215 226.7 231.6 233.5 235.9 235.9 249.9 267.9 286.7 311.6       Independent Phil Jarvis 1.8 151 164.7 174 176.9 177.8 180 205 211.2 239.2         Scottish Christian John Cormack 1.6 135 149.2 154.7 156.7 156.7 157.7 164.1 169.2           Liberal Democrats James Speirs 1.1 90 98.3 103.5 105.7 106.8 109.8 112.5             UKIP Ian Cumming 0.8 69 80.4 84 86.4 86.7 89.7               TUSC Ryan Stuart 0.4 29 31.6 32.3 32.5 35.2                 Glasgow First Mark Muir 0.3 22 23.9 27.6 28.4                   Electorate: 21,743   Valid: 8,208   Spoilt: 258   Quota: 1,642   Turnout: 8,466 (39.94%) Ward 14: Drumchapel/Anniesland 2007: 3xLab; 1xSNP 2012: 3xLab; 1xSNP 2007-2012 change: No change Drumchapel/Anniesland - 4 seats [5] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 Labour Paul Carey (incumbent) 30.65% 2,075                   Labour Jon Findlay (incumbent) 17.70% 1,198 1,552                 SNP Malcolm Balfour 19.82% 1,342 1,388                 Labour Judith Fisher 13.01% 881 1,079 1,235 1,236 1,241 1,243 1,247 1,274 1,328 1,378 SNP John Docherty 9.44% 639 665 676 705 709 713 717 747 807 854 Conservative Martyn McIntyre 3.62% 245 248 251 252 253 255 260 292 315   Scottish Green Alastair Whitelaw 2.63% 178 183 187 188 196 199 216 251     Liberal Democrats Paul McGarry 1.96% 133 139 142 143 143 146 150       Independent James Trolland 0.50% 34 34 35 35 39 45         Glasgow First Gerrard O'Neill McCue 0.30% 20 26 28 28 30           TUSC Eric Stevenson 0.37% 25 26 27 27             Electorate: 21,288   Valid: 6,770   Spoilt: 180   Quota: 1,355   Turnout: 32.65% Ward 15: Maryhill/Kelvin 2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem 2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP; 2007-2012 change: SNP gain one seat from Lib Dem Maryhill/Kelvin - 4 seats [5] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Labour Martin Rhodes 23.6% 1,792               SNP John Letford 23.2% 1,761               Labour Mohammed Razaq (incumbent) 16.0% 1,215 1,425 1,436 1,466 1,509 1,652     SNP Franny Scally 11.2% 854 863 1,044 1,073 1,098 1,260 1,283 1,574 Liberal Democrats Alex Dingwall (incumbent) * 9.2% 703 715 724 733 1,007 1,217 1,236   Scottish Green Steen Parish 7.3% 555 564 580 645 716       Conservative Euan Erskine 7.7% 582 585 589 593         Scottish Socialist Liam Turbett 1.9% 143 146 148           Electorate: 22,610   Valid: 7,605   Spoilt: 179   Quota: 1,522   Turnout: 34.43% '* = Alex Dingwall was elected as an SNP councillor in 2007 but defected to the Liberal Democrats on 10 February 2010. Ward 16: Canal 2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xGRN 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xGRN 2007-2012 change: No change Canal - 4 seats [5] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 Count 11 Count 12 Labour Chris Kelly ††††††††††††† 29.61% 1,869                       SNP Billy McAllister (incumbent)††††††††††† 22.83% 1,441                       Labour Helen Stephen 14.89% 940 1,424                     Scottish Green Kieran Wild (incumbent) 9.27% 585 596 601 622 623 634 667 724 767 797 846 1,159 SNP Gavin Roberts 8.44% 533 547 696 708 709 715 735 747 758 775 813   Socialist Labour Jim Berrington 4.29% 271 289 293 310 311 313 342 345 351 372     Scottish Unionist Brian Brown 3.91% 247 254 256 261 275 278 290 292 332       Conservative Margaret Walker 2.34% 148 151 151 154 157 160 160 184         Liberal Democrats Caroline Johnston 1.84% 116 119 121 126 126 127 129           TUSC Angela McCormick 1.70% 107 113 116 121 122 127             Glasgow First Fay Dornan 0.54% 34 36 38 41 43               Scottish Unionist Graham Nicholls 0.33% 21 24 25 27                 Electorate: 23,679   Valid: 6,312   Spoilt: 255   Quota: 1,263   Turnout: 27.73 % Ward 17: Springburn 2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP 2007-2012 Change: No change Springburn - 3 seats [5] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Labour Gilbert Davidson 40.5 1,643                 Labour Allan Stewart (incumbent) 17.2 699 1,184.4               SNP Phil Greene (incumbent) 21.9 888 932.6 948 949 951.1 960.4 971.1 978.5 1,039.5 SNP James Oakes 8.1 330 342.6 349.7 351.8 353.9 355.5 372.8 384.9 419.8 Independent Joe Chambers 5.9 240 257.2 273. 278.9 283.1 295.2 316.5 343.3   Conservative Jason Eccles 2.7 111 115.9 120.6 120.6 122.1 134.2 139.3     Scottish Green John Stuart 1.5 61 65.6 76.8 87.6 92.1 101       Liberal Democrats Sophie Bridger 1.1 45 49.6 53.9 53.9 61.5         Glasgow First Christopher Henderson 0.5 21 28.3 35.8 36.1           TUSC Luke Ivory 0.5 22 24.3 26.9             Electorate: 15,717   Valid: 4,060   Spoilt: 191   Quota: 1,016   Turnout: 4,251 (27.05%) Ward 18: East Centre 2007: 3xLab; 1xSNP 2012: 3xLab; 1xSNP 2007-2012 changes: No change East Centre - 4 seats[5] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 Count 11 Labour Frank Docherty (incumbent) 26.4 1,846                     SNP Jennifer Dunn (incumbent) 21.8 1,523                     Labour Elaine McDougall (incumbent) 18.2 1,272 1,581.4                   Labour Russell Robertson††††††††† 14.0 981 1,043.9 1,176.6 1,179.7 1,184.6 1,199.6 1,207.6 1,245.7 1,285.1 1,383.5 1,527.7 SNP Colin Rullkotter 5.9 414 423.2 427.3 523.5 526.5 532.6 540 566.3 605 735.5   Scottish Green Nina Ballantyne 4.8 335 351 356.5 363.6 371.5 390.3 404.8 460.9 520.8     Conservative Keenan Alexander 4.0 280 283.4 285.3 286.6 288.9 302.7 328.1 334.5       Scottish Socialist Daniel O'Donnell 2.2 154 159.3 162.2 166.1 168.2 171.5 176.8         UKIP Steven Laird 1.2 82 84.2 85.3 86.5 94.6 94.9           Liberal Democrats Alan Lee 0.9 62 66.4 67.4 69.3 74.9             Glasgow First Fraser Paterson 0.6 39 42.9 45.8 47               Electorate: 22,939   Valid: 6,988   Spoilt: 198   Quota: 1,398   Turnout: 7,186 (31.33%) Ward 19: Shettleston 2007: 3xLab; 1xSNP 2012: 3xLab; 1xSNP 2007-2012 Change: No change Shettleston - 4 seats [5] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 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%) = Father of incumbent in ward 20. Ward 20: Baillieston 2007: 2xLab; 2xSNP 2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP 2007-2012 changes: No change Baillieston - 4 seats [5] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Labour Jim Coleman (incumbent) 36.3% 2,894                 SNP David Turner (incumbent) 20.2% 1,615                 Labour Marie Garrity 14.5% 1,154 2,233               SNP Austin Sheridan 17% 1,357 1,395 1,463 1,478 1,493 1,505 1,529 1,572 1,636 Conservative Raymond McCrae 5.2% 413 424 451 451 466 486 492 504 538 Glasgow First Andy Muir (incumbent) 1.8% 146 175 226 227 234 252 280 346   Scottish Green David Weir 1.8% 143 153 202 203 218 236 269     Scottish Socialist Margaret Bean 1.3% 103 115 160 161 164 168       UKIP Arthur Thackeray 1.1% 91 96 106 107 109         Liberal Democrats James McHale 0.8% 65 70 92 92           Electorate: 24,426   Valid: 7,981   Spoilt: 203   Quota: 1,597   Turnout: 33.51% Ward 21: North East 2007: 3xLab; 1xSNP 2012: 3xLab; 1xSNP 2007-2012 changes: No change North East - 4 seats[5] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Labour Maureen Burke 29.18% 1,958   SNP Gerry Boyle 20.53% 1,378   Labour Gerry Leonard (incumbent) 20.04% 1,345   Labour Sohan Singh 14.39% 966 1,411 SNP Tony Kenny 9.12% 612 647 Conservative Kim Schmulian 3.13% 210 215 Scottish Green Stuart Clay* 1.76% 118 141 Liberal Democrats John C. MacPherson 1.13% 76 85 TUSC Jamie Cocozza 0.72% 48 58 Electorate: 25,247   Valid: 6,711   Spoilt: 242   Quota: 1,343   Turnout: 27.54% = Outgoing Councillor from a different Ward. Post Election Changes † On 23 July 2013 Govan SNP Cllr Allison Hunter died after a battle with cancer. A by-election was held on 10 October 2013 and was won by Labour's John Kane. †† On 7 October 2013 Shettleston Labour Cllr George Ryan died suddenly. A by-election was held on 5 December 2013 and the seat was retained by Labour's Martin Neill. ††† On 2 October 2014 Greater Pollok Labour Cllr Aileen Colleran resigned from the party and became an Independent amid Post-Referendum fallout. †††† On 6 February 2015 Govan Glasgow First Cllr Stephen Dornan joined the SNP and will now sit with the SNP group. ††††† On 14 May 2015 Langside Scottish Green Party Cllr Liam Hainey resigned his seat for family and health reasons. A by-election was held on 6 August 2015 and was won by the SNP's Anna Richardson. †††††† On 14 May 2015 Calton SNP Cllr Alison Thewliss resigned her seat after having been elected as an MP for the constituency of Glasgow Central. A by-election was held on 6 August 2015 and was won by the SNP's Greg Hepburn. ††††††† On 14 May 2015 Anderston/City SNP Cllr Martin Docherty resigned his after having been elected as an MP for the constituency of West Dunbartonshire. A by-election was held on 6 August 2015 and was won by the SNP's Eva Bolander. †††††††† On 10 June 2015 Craigton SNP Cllr Iris Gibson retired due to ill health. A by-election was held on 6 August and was won by the SNP's Alex Wilson. ††††††††† On 19 February 2016 East Centre Labour Cllr Russell Robertson defected from the Labour Party and joined the SNP. †††††††††† On 14 March 2016 Anderston/City Labour Cllr Gordon Matheson resigned his seat as he had been appointed a visiting Professor at Strathclyde University. A by-election took place on 5 May 2016 and it was won by the SNP's Angus Millar. ††††††††††† On 24 April 2016 Canal SNP Cllr Billy McAllister resigned from the party and became an Independent claiming that the SNP leadership were intolerant to free speech. †††††††††††† On 25 July 2016 Garscadden/Scotstounhill Labour Cllr John Kelly died as a result of Motor Neuron Disease. A by-election was held on 6 October 2016 and was won by the SNP's Chris Cunningham. ††††††††††††† On 21 November 2016 Canal Labour Cllr Chris Kelly resigned from the council to take up a politically restricted position at HMRC. No by-election was called due to the resignation's proximity to the May 2017 elections. By-elections since 2013 Govan By-election (10 October 2013) - 1 Seat[8] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 Count 11 Count 12 Count 13 Labour John Kane 43.4 2,055 2,055 2,056 2,058 2,062 2,075 2,082 2,108 2,137 2,149 2,180 2,216 2,417 SNP Helen Walker 30.1 1,424 1,425 1,426 1,431 1,435 1,449 1,456 1,466 1,485 1,497 1,541 1,575 1,678 No Bedroom Tax John Flanagan 9.4 446 446 449 455 466 479 483 487 501 515 539 562   Conservative Richard Sullivan 4.5 215 215 216 216 216 218 229 237 243 269 293     UKIP Janice MacKay 2.4 113 113 116 116 116 116 119 120 126         Scottish Green Moira Crawford 2.4 112 112 113 116 125 129 131 142 150 158       Independent George Laird 2.2 103 102 102 104 104 105 113 117           Liberal Democrats Ewan Hoyle 1.5 73 73 74 75 76 76 84             Scottish Christian John Cormack 1.3 60 60 61 62 65 65               Independent Thomas Rannachan 1.1 52 52 52 52 53                 Communist Ryan Boyle 0.7 35 35 35 37                   Solidarity Joyce Drummond 0.6 28 28 29                     Britannica Party Charles Baillie 0.4 19                         SDA James Trolland 0.0 1                         Electorate: 24,203   Valid: 4,736   Spoilt: 120   Quota: 2,369   Turnout: 4,856 (20.06%) Shettleston By-election (5 December 2013) - 1 Seat[9] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 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) Anderston/City By-election (6 August 2015) - 1 Seat[10] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 SNP Eva Bolander 48.1% 1,441 1,444 1,446 1,457 1,473 1,750 Labour Katie Ford 28.6% 857 857 866 881 943 1,024 Scottish Green Christy Mearns 13.8% 414 414 421 442 467   Conservative Ary Jaff 5.5% 164 166 173 184     Liberal Democrats Gary McLelland 2.2% 66 68 70       UKIP Janice MacKay 1.4% 43 45         Libertarian Stevie Creighton 0.4% 12           Electorate: 23,285   Valid: 2997   Spoilt: 39   Quota: 1499   Turnout: 3036 (14.5%) Calton By-election (6 August 2015) - 1 Seat[10] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 SNP Greg Hepburn 55.5% 1,507 Labour Thomas Rannachan 30% 814 Conservative Thomas Kerr 4.7% 129 UKIP Karen King 3.8% 103 Scottish Green Malachy Clarke 3.6% 99 Independent Tommy Ramsay 1.7% 47 Liberal Democrats Chris Young 0.7% 18 Electorate: 19,333   Valid: 2,717   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 1,359   Turnout: 2,767 (16.17%) Craigton By-election (6 August 2015) - 1 Seat[11] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 SNP Alex Wilson 54.2% 2,674 Labour Kevin O'Donnell 33.3% 1,643 Conservative Philip Charles 6.1% 300 Scottish Green Katie Noble 2.8% 136 UKIP Arthur Misty Thackeray 1.9% 95 Liberal Democrats Isabel Nelson 1.8% 87 Electorate: 24,119   Valid: 4,935   Spoilt: 71   Quota: 2,468   Turnout: 5,006 (21.64%) Langside By-election (6 August 2015) - 1 Seat[12] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 SNP Anna Richardson 49.9% 2134 2,143 Labour Eileen Dinning 21.8% 932 945 Scottish Green Robert Pollock 13.5% 579 598 Conservative Kyle Thornton 8.9% 379 379 Liberal Democrats Will Millinship 2.9% 125 125 UKIP Cailean Mongan 1.5% 65 66 TUSC Ian Leech 1.4% 62   Electorate: 20,938   Valid: 4,276   Spoilt: 27   Quota: 2,139   Turnout: 4,303 (21.7%) Anderston/City By-election (5 May 2016) - 1 Seat[13] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 SNP Angus Millar 43.03% 3,467 3,480 3,509 3,586 4,436 Labour Steven Livingston 21.07% 1,698 1,715 1,793 2,112 2,603 Scottish Green Christy Mearns 20.12% 1,621 1,637 1,710 1,869   Conservative Philip Charles 10.79% 869 908 965     Liberal Democrats Ryan Ross 3.08% 248 256       UKIP Karen King 1.91% 154         Electorate: 20,995   Valid: 8,057   Spoilt: 133   Quota: 4,030   Turnout: 8,190 (39.18%) Garscadden/Scotstounhill By-election (6 October 2016) - 1 Seat[14][15] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 SNP Chris Cunningham 42.6% 2,135 2,140 2,150 2,275 2,321 2,906 Labour Ian Cruikshank 38.8% 1,944 1,953 1,984 2,037 2,204   Conservative Ary Jaff 10.2% 510 536 553 564     Scottish Green Gillian MacDonald 4.8% 242 247 261       Liberal Democrats James Speirs 1.9% 97 105         UKIP Donald MacKay 1.7% 83           Electorate: 21,419   Valid: 5,011   Spoilt: 83   Quota: 2,506   Turnout: 5,094 (23.8%) References http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/AboutGlasgow/Factsheets/Wards/Multi+member+wards.htm http://www.itv.com/news/2012-05-04/snp-expected-to-snatch-glasgow-from-labour-in-scottish-elections/ http://www.economist.com/node/21553491 Local Election Results 2012: Glasgow, Local Elections Archive Project (LEAP), Andrew Teale http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/YourCouncil/Elections_Voting/Election_Results/LocalElections2012/ http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/News/Langside+Ward+mistake.htm Recount upholds election outcome, Glasgow Evening Times, 17 May 2012, Retrieved 17 May 2012 http://www.scottishelections.org.uk/scotland/lby/govan.php http://glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=10854 https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=16178 https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=30000&p=0 https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=30002&p=0 https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=19336 https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=35202&p=0 https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=20186