Baillieston (ward)

Baillieston (Ward 20) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. On its creation in 2007 and in 2012 it returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system.[2] For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election, the boundaries were changed: the ward decreased in size and population, and returned three members.

Baillieston Scottish Gaelic: Baile Bhàillidh
Baillieston Main Street within the ward (2007)
Area	10.10 km^2 (3.90 sq mi)
Population	21,663 (2015)[1]
• Density	2,144/km^2 (5,550/sq mi)
Council area	Glasgow City Council
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G33, G69, G71
Dialling code	0141
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish

Baillieston Ward (2017) within Glasgow

Boundaries

Located in the far east of Glasgow, the core of the ward since 2007 includes Baillieston as well as Barrachnie, Garrowhill, Springhill, Swinton, Wellhouse, Easthall, Daldowie and Broomhouse with the northern boundary being the M8 motorway) and the eastern and southern limits being the city borders with North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire.[3]

The 2017 changes saw the neighbourhoods of Barlanark, Budhill, Greenfield, Lightburn and Springboig removed and assigned to the East Centre ward.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Jim Coleman (Labour)		Douglas Hay (Labour)		David McDonald (SNP)		John Mason (SNP)
2008 by	Andy Muir (Labour)		David Turner (SNP)
2012	Marie Garrity (Labour)			Austin Sheridan (SNP)
2017	Marie Garrity (Labour)			Philip Charles (Conservative)	Elaine Ballantyne (SNP)

Election Results

2007

Main article: 2007 Glasgow City Council election

Baillieston - 4 seats Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count SNP John Mason[lower-alpha 1] 3,199 30.8 Labour Jim Coleman[lower-alpha 2] 2,689 25.9 Labour Douglas Hay 1,342 12.9 Labour Robert MacBean[lower-alpha 3] 739 7.1 Conservative George Clark 678 6.5 Solidarity Michael Kayes 466 4.5 Liberal Democrats Marjory Watt 392 3.8 SNP David McDonald 250 2.4 Scottish Socialist Jim McVicar 224 2.2 Scottish Unionist Ian Dickie 216 2.1 Scottish Green Raymond Morrison 181 1.7

1. Returning councillor for Garrowhill single-member ward.
2. Returning councillor for Barlanark single-member ward.
3. Returning councillor for Baillieston single-member ward.

September 2008 by-election

• On 18 September 2008, a by-election was held following the election of John Mason as an MP for Glasgow East on 25 July 2008. The by-election was won by the SNP's David Turner.

Ballieston By-Election (18 September 2008)- 1 Seat[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	SNP	David Turner	44.6	2,318	2,320	2,330	2,344	2,355	2,381	2,415	2,511	3,131
	Labour	Andy Muir	41.7	2,167	2,168	2,171	2,186	2,189	2,208	2,264	2,313
	Conservative	John Anderson	5.0	259	272	273	274	304	310	340
	Liberal Democrats	David Jackson	3.1	159	162	171	176	176	180
	Solidarity	Tricia McLeish	1.4	74	76	80	96	105
	BNP	Charles Baillie	1.4	73	79	81	81
	Scottish Socialist	Daniel O'Donnell	1.1	58	58	61
	Scottish Green	Moira Crawford	0.9	45	46
	Scottish Unionist	Ian Dickie	0.8	43
Electorate: 23,202   Valid: 5,196   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 2,599   Turnout: 5,261 (22.7%)

November 2008 by-election

• On 6 November 2008 a by-election was held following the death of Labour Cllr David Hay on 27 September 2008. The by-election was won by Labour's Andy Muir.

Baillieston By-Election (6 November 2008) - 1 Seat[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour	Andy Muir	46.8	2,257	2,260	2,263	2,286	2,335	2,383	3,124
	SNP	David Cassidy	42.1	2,027	2,037	2,046	2,074	2,116	2,193
	Conservative	John Anderson	4.7	226	231	245	249	269
	Liberal Democrats	David Jackson	2.9	142	146	146	154
	Scottish Socialist	Daniel O'Donnell	1.8	88	93	97
	BNP	Charles Baillie	1.0	46	46
	Scottish Green	Moira Crawford	0.7	32
Electorate: 23,131   Valid: 4,818   Spoilt: 58   Quota: 2,410   Turnout: 4,876 (21.0%)

2012

Main article: 2012 Glasgow City Council election

Baillieston - 4 seats 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%

2017

Main article: 2017 Glasgow City Council election

Ballieston - 3 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 SNP Elaine Ballantyne 32.63% 2,263 Labour Jim Coleman (incumbent) 22.52% 1,562 1,608 1,609 1,618 1,644 1,669 2,032 Conservative Philip Charles 20.96% 1,454 1,463 1,465 1,468 1,492 1,507 1,524 1,590 1,884 SNP David Turner (incumbent) 11.93% 827 1,224 1,228 1,249 1,262 1,362 1,386 1,420 Labour Theresa Keenan 6.27% 436 448 450 457 468 491 Scottish Green Kayleigh Van Dongen 2.29% 159 180 181 213 243 Liberal Democrats Richard Stalley 1.92% 133 136 140 143 Scottish Socialist Liam McLaughlan 1.17% 81 86 87 Libertarian Scott McKelvie 0.29% 20 21 Electorate: 17,722   Valid: 6,935   Spoilt: 237   Quota: 1,734   Turnout: 40.5%

See also

• Wards of Glasgow

References

1. City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 20 - Baillieston, Glasgow City Council
2. Teale, Andrew (27 December 2008). "Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
3. Council Elections 2017: Baillieston bringing people together, Evening Times, 10 April 2017
4. http://www.alba.org.uk/localby/baillieston.html
5. http://www.alba.org.uk/localby/baillieston2.html

External links

• Listed Buildings in Baillieston Ward, North Lanarkshire (sic) at British Listed Buildings