Newlands/Auldburn (ward)

Newlands/Auldburn (Ward 2) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. Situated south of the city and the River Clyde, it is represented by 3 members as of 4 May 2017, one each from the Scottish National Party, Scottish Labour, and Scottish Conservatives.

Newlands/Auldburn
Eastwood Parish Church, within the Newlands/Auldburn ward
Area	9.93 km^2 (3.83 sq mi)
Population	23,144 [1]
• Density	2,330.7/km^2 (6,036/sq mi)
Council area	Glasgow City Council
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G41, G43, G44, G46
Dialling code	0141
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish

Newlands/Auldburn Ward (2017) within Glasgow

Boundaries and demographics

The ward covers the areas of Pollokshaws, Newlands, Hillpark, Auldhouse, Merrylee, Cowglen, Kennishead, Eastwood, Mansewood, Carnwadric, Arden and the western part of Muirend, as well as Pollok Country Park. It is bordered to the east by Pollokshaws East, Langside and Muirend railway stations, with Pollokshaws West and Kennishead stations running through the centre.

A 2017 boundary change resulted in the gain of Arden from the Greater Pollok ward, and a minor loss of a few streets in Cathcart to the Langside ward when the boundary was moved south from the White Cart Water to the Cathcart Circle Line railway.

According to the 2011 census,[1] the ethnicity of the population is:

Ethnicity	Proportion
White Scottish/British	79.92%
White Irish	1.73%
Other White	4.59%
Mixed Ethnic Groups	0.56%
Indian	1.27%
Pakistani	6.49%
Bangladeshi	0.03%
Chinese	0.88%
Other Asian	1.04%
African	2.62%
Caribbean or Black	0.36%
Other Ethnic Group	0.52%

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Stephen Curran (Labour)		Jim McNally (Labour)		Colin Deans (SNP)
2012	Emma Gillan (Labour)		Josephine Docherty (SNP)
2017				Kyle Thornton (Conservative)

Election results

2007

Main article: 2007 Glasgow City Council election

Newlands/Auldburn - 3 seats[2] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 SNP Colin Deans†† 24.28 2,101 2,133 2,178         Labour Stephen Curran[lower-alpha 1] 21.45 1,856 1,873 1,894 1,895 1,939 1,980 2,156 Labour Jim McNally[lower-alpha 2] 17.04 1,475 1,487 1,493 1,494 1,557 1,660 1,800 Conservative Robert McElroy 15.51 1,342 1,345 1,390 1,391 1,407 1,522 1,625 Scottish Green Kay Allan 6.69 579 602 619 621 716 894   Liberal Democrats Robert W Stewart 6.48 561 570 577 578 617     Solidarity Gordon Morgan 4.13 357 388 403 404       BNP Charlie Baillie 2.44 211 217           Scottish Socialist Eamonn Coyle 1.99 172             Electorate: 17,582   Valid: 8,654   Spoilt: 170   Quota: 2,164   Turnout: 50.19%

1. Returning councillor for Pollokshaws single-member ward.
2. Returning councillor for Newlands single-member ward.

2012

Main article: 2012 Glasgow City Council election

Newlands/Auldburn - 3 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 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

2017

Main article: 2017 Glasgow City Council election

Newlands/Auldburn - 3 seats[4] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 SNP Josephine Docherty (incumbent) 25.87% 1,879             Labour Stephan Curran (incumbent) 23.46% 1,704 1,708 1,776 2,043       Conservative Kyle Thornton 21.97% 1,596 1,597 1,646 1,669 1,709 1,775 2,158 SNP Gavin Williamson 14.21% 1,032 1,079 1,094 1,111 1,138 1,409   Scottish Green Charles Gay 5.81% 422 427 500 525 569     Labour Fay Graham 5.11% 371 373 391         Liberal Democrats Rebecca Coleman-Bennett 3.57% 259 260           Electorate: 17,775   Valid: 7,263   Spoilt: 251   Quota: 1,816   Turnout: 42.3%

See also

• Wards of Glasgow

References

1. "Glasgow ward factsheet 2017: Ward 2 - Newlands/Auldburn". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
2. Teale, Andrew (27 December 2008). "Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
3. "Local elections 2012 results". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 16 May 2017.
4. "Local election 2017 results". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 16 May 2017.

External links

• Listed Buildings in Newlands/Auldburn Ward, Glasgow City at British Listed Buildings