Greater Pollok (ward)

Greater Pollok (Ward 2) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. Since its creation in 2007 it has returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system.

Greater Pollok
Silverburn Shopping Centre in the Greater Pollok ward
Area	11.7 km^2 (4.5 sq mi)
Population	30,729 (2017)[1]
• Density	2,626.4/km^2 (6,802/sq mi)
Council area	Glasgow City Council
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G46, G53
Dialling code	0141
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish

Greater Pollok Ward (2017) within Glasgow

Boundaries

Located in the south-west of Glasgow adjoining the Renfrewshire region to the west and East Renfrewshire to the south, the ward includes most of Pollok (excluding the northern Lyoncross/Templeland area north of the Levern Water which falls under Cardonald ward) as well as Priesthill, Househillwood, Darnley, Hurlet, Nitshill, South Nitshill, Jenny Lind, Parkhouse, Roughmussel, Southpark Village, Deaconsbank and the southern part of Crookston.

A 2017 boundary change removed the Arden neighbourhood which was re-assigned to the Newlands/Auldburn ward. Following these changes, it was the ward with the highest population in the city, although also covering the third-largest area.

The ethnic makeup of the Greater Pollok ward using the 2011 census population statistics was:

• 88.5% White Scottish / British / Irish / Other
• 9.8% Asian (Mainly Pakistani)
• 1% Black (Mainly African)
• 0.5% Mixed / Other Ethnic Group

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Alex Glass (Labour)		Tommy Morrison (Labour)		William O'Rouke (Labour)		Patricia Duffy (SNP)
2012	Bill Butler (Labour)	Rashid Hussain (Labour)		David McDonald (SNP)	Shabbar Jaffri (SNP)
2017	Saqib Ahmed (Labour)		Rhiannon Spear (SNP)

Election Results

2007

Main article: 2007 Glasgow City Council election

Greater Pollok - 4 seats[2] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 SNP Patricia Duffy 25.03 2,173             Labour Alex Glass[lower-alpha 1] 18.86 1,637 1,680 1,701 1,801       Labour Tommy Morrison[lower-alpha 2] 13.59 1,180 1,201 1,219 1,258 1,290 1,389 1,527 Labour William O'Rouke[lower-alpha 3][lower-alpha 4] 14.93 1,296 1,313 1,327 1,355 1,368 1,410 1,494 Solidarity Alice Sheridan 7.26 630 693 725 771 773 812 1,022 Scottish Socialist Keith Baldassara[lower-alpha 5] 6.81 591 637 661 693 695 739   Conservative Rory O'Brien 6.32 549 572 592 674 675     Liberal Democrats Fleming Carswell 4.53 393 431 502         Scottish Green Caroline Scott 2.68 233 275           Electorate: 22,106   Valid: 8,682   Spoilt: 244   Quota: 1,737   Turnout: 40.38%

1. Returning councillor for Nitshill single-member ward.
2. On 9 February 2012, Cllr Tommy Morrison resigned from the Labour Party and became an Independent.
3. Returning councillor for Crookston single-member ward.
4. In March 2011, Cllr William O'Rourke was suspended from the Labour Party. He was expelled on 6 February 2012 and became an Independent.
5. Returning councillor for Pollok single-member ward.

2012

Main article: 2012 Glasgow City Council election

Greater Pollok - 4 seats [3] 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.

• On 2 October 2014, Cllr Aileen Colleran resigned from the Labour party and became an Independent amid Post-Referendum fallout.

2017

Main article: 2017 Glasgow City Council election

Greater Pollok - 4 seats [3] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 SNP David McDonald (incumbent) 31,02% 2,643                   Labour Saqib Ahmed 25.97% 2,213                   SNP Rhiannon Spear 9.53% 812 1,566 1,575 1,580 1,597 1,608 1,636 1,747     Labour Rashid Hussain (incumbent) 12.19% 1,039 1,083 1,508 1,511 1,523 1,556 1,591 1,654 1,665 2,106 Conservative Rory O'Brien 13.94% 1,188 1,199 1,208 1,211 1,218 1,253 1,297 1,329 1,330   Scottish Green Seonad Hoy 2.35% 200 233 243 246 273 298 333       Independent George Laird 1.91% 163 172 179 201 212 229         Liberal Democrats Will Millinship 1.54% 131 141 146 151 157           TUSC Mark McGowan 0.90% 77 89 92 95             Independent Dean Ward 0.63% 54 59 59               Electorate: 24,050   Valid: 8,520   Spoilt: 268   Quota: 1,705   Turnout: 36.5%

See also

• Wards of Glasgow

References

1. City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 3 - Greater Pollok, Glasgow City Council
2. Teale, Andrew (27 December 2008). "Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
3. Glasgow Young Scot, 20 Trongate (17 November 2015). "Page not found".

External links

• Listed Buildings in Greater Pollok Ward, Glasgow City at British Listed Buildings