Elections to

Glasgow City Council Glasgow City Council is the local government authority for the City of Glasgow, Scotland. It was created in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, largely with the boundaries of the post-1975 City of Glasgow district of the S ...

were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election was the second using 21 new

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created as a result of the

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, each ward elected three or four councillors using the

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system form of

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. The election in Glasgow attracted the most attention out of the local elections in Scotland as there were many predictions that the

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would lose control of the council due to losses of seats to the

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. 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. In the end, Labour remained in control, losing just one seat, while the SNP gained five. The

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were reduced to holding just one seat on the council, the same numbers as the

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(who retained their solitary seat) and Glasgow First. The

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retained five seats on the authority. After the elections Labour again formed a controlling administration on the City Council.

Election result

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.

Ward summary

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, 46.04 , 2 , 29.44 , 1 , 7.03 , 0 , 2.73 , 0 , 12.09 , 1 , 1.06 , 0 , 1.61 , 0 , 4 , - , align= "left", Newlands/Auldburn , 40.98 , 2 , 36.11 , 1 , 10.77 , 0 , 3.61 , 0 , 1.56 , 0 , 0.71 , 0 , 6.26 , 0 , 3 , - , align= "left", Greater Pollok , 47.65 , 2 , 34.03 , 2 , 3.73 , 0 , 2.11 , 0 , 1.12 , 0 , 8.23 , 0 , 3.13 , 0 , 4 , - , align= "left", Craigton , 53.4 , 2 , 31.4 , 2 , 3.6 , 0 , 2.1 , 0 , 0.9 , 0 , 1.8 , 0 , 6.8 , 0 , 4 , - , align= "left",

Govan Govan ( ; Cumbric?: ''Gwovan'?''; Scots: ''Gouan''; Scottish Gaelic: ''Baile a' Ghobhainn'') is a district, parish, and former burgh now part of south-west City of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated west of Glasgow city centre, on the south ba ...

, 32.22 , 2 , 32.63 , 1 , 3.16 , 0 , 3.31 , 0 , 1.26 , 0 , 14.46 , 1 , 12.98 , 0 , 4 , - , align= "left",

Pollokshields Pollokshields ( gd, Buthan Phollaig, Scots: ''Powkshiels'') is an area in the Southside of Glasgow, Scotland. Its modern boundaries are largely man-made, being formed by the M77 motorway to the west and northwest with the open land of Pollok C ...

, 24.19 , 1 , 40.93 , 1 , 22.15 , 1 , 8.04 , 0 , 2.91 , 0 , 0.57 , 0 , 1.20 , 0 , 3 , - , align= "left",

Langside Langside is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated south of the River Clyde, and lies east of Shawlands, south of Queens Park, west of Cathcart and north of Newlands. The district is residential and primarily middle-class, ...

, 35.80 , 1 , 37.61 , 1 , 7.38 , 0 , 8.50 , 1 , 7.25 , 0 , 1.03 , 0 , 2.42 , 0 , 3 , - , align= "left", Southside Central , 44.3 , 2 , 35.81 , 2 , 2.50 , 0 , 6.40 , 0 , 0.79 , 0 , 0.0 , 0 , 10.19 , 0 , 4 , - , align= "left", Calton , 54.6 , 2 , 30 , 1 , 2.6 , 0 , 3.0 , 0 , 0.9 , 0 , 2.9 , 0 , 6 , 0 , 3 , - , align= "left", Anderston/City , 50.3 , 2 , 29.6 , 1 , 4.7 , 0 , 10.5 , 1 , 1.7 , 0 , 0.4 , 0 , 2.9 , 0 , 4 , - , align= "left",

Hillhead Hillhead ( sco, Hullheid, gd, Ceann a' Chnuic) is an area of Glasgow, Scotland. Situated north of Kelvingrove Park and to the south of the River Kelvin, Hillhead is at the heart of Glasgow's fashionable West End, with Byres Road forming th ...

, 29.45 , 2 , 33.06 , 1 , 6.54 , 0 , 17.62 , 1 , 4.10 , 0 , 0.22 , 0 , 9.01 , 0 , 4 , - , align= "left", Partick West , 32.1 , 1 , 33.5 , 2 , 10.33 , 0 , 14.71 , 1 , 5.54 , 0 , 0.29 , 0 , 3.53 , 0 , 4 , - , align= "left", Garscadden/Scotstounhill , 61.6 , 3 , 27.1 , 1 , 2.6 , 0 , 2.7 , 0 , 1.1 , 0 , 0.3 , 0 , 4.6 , 0 , 4 , - , align= "left", Drumchapel/Anniesland , 61.36 , 3 , 29.26 , 1 , 3.62 , 0 , 2.63 , 0 , 1.96 , 0 , 0.30 , 0 , 0.87 , 0 , 4 , - , align= "left", 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 , - , align= "left",

Canal Canals or artificial waterways are waterways or engineered channels built for drainage management (e.g. flood control and irrigation) or for conveyancing water transport vehicles (e.g. water taxi). They carry free, calm surface flow un ...

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Springburn Springburn ( gd, Allt an Fhuairainn) is an inner-city district in the north of the Scottish city of Glasgow, made up of generally working-class households. Springburn developed from a rural hamlet at the beginning of the 19th century. Its indu ...

, 57.7 , 2 , 30 , 1 , 2.7 , 0 , 1.5 , 0 , 1.1 , 0 , 0.5 , 0 , 6.4 , 0 , 3 , - , align= "left", East Centre , 58.6 , 3 , 27.7 , 1 , 4.0 , 0 , 4.8 , 0 , 0.9 , 0 , 0.6 , 0 , 3.4 , 0 , 4 , - , align= "left",

Shettleston Shettleston ( sco, Shuttlestoun, gd, Baile Nighean Sheadna) is a district in the east end of Glasgow in Scotland. Toponymy The origin of the name 'Shettleston' is not clear and, like many place-names of possibly medieval origin, has had a multi ...

, 60.5 , 3 , 30.9 , 1 , 4.2 , 0 , 1.5 , 0 , 0.7 , 0 , 1.4 , 0 , 0.9 , 0 , 4 , - , align= "left",

Baillieston Baillieston ( sco, Bailiestoun) is a suburb of Glasgow, Scotland. It is about east of the city centre. It also gives its name to Ward 20 of Glasgow City Council and forms part of the Glasgow East constituency of the UK Parliament. Geograph ...

, 50.8 , 2 , 37.2 , 2 , 5.2 , 0 , 1.8 , 0 , 0.8 , 0 , 1.8 , 0 , 2.4 , 0 , 4 , - , align= "left", North East , 63.61 , 3 , 29.65 , 1 , 3.13 , 0 , 1.76 , 0 , 1.13 , 0 , 0.00 , 0 , 0.72 , 0 , 4 , - class= "unsortable" class= "sortbottom" !align= "left", 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

Ward 2: Newlands/Auldburn

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

Ward 3: Greater Pollok

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

Ward 4: Craigton

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

Ward 5: Govan

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

Ward 6: Pollokshields

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

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''

Ward 8: Southside Central

2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xGRN
2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP
2007-2012 Change: SNP gain one seat from Green

Ward 9: Calton

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

Ward 10: Anderston/City

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

Ward 11: Hillhead

2007: 1xSNP; 1xGRN; 1xLib Dem; 1xLab
2012: 1xSNP; 1xGRN; 2xLab
2007-2012 change: Labour gain one seat from Lib Dem

Ward 12: Partick West

2007: 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem; 1xLab; 1xGRN
2012: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xGRN
2007-2012 change: SNP gain one seat from Lib Dem

Ward 13: Garscadden/Scotstounhill

2007: 3xLab; 1xSNP
2012: 3xLab; 1xSNP
2007-2012 change: No change

Ward 14: Drumchapel/Anniesland

2007: 3xLab; 1xSNP
2012: 3xLab; 1xSNP
2007-2012 change: No change

Ward 15: Maryhill/Kelvin

2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem
2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP;
2007-2012 change: SNP gain one seat from Lib Dem

Ward 16: Canal

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

Ward 17: Springburn

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

Ward 18: East Centre

2007: 3xLab; 1xSNP
2012: 3xLab; 1xSNP
2007-2012 changes: No change

Ward 19: Shettleston

2007: 3xLab; 1xSNP
2012: 3xLab; 1xSNP
2007-2012 Change: No change

Ward 20: Baillieston

2007: 2xLab; 2xSNP
2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP
2007-2012 changes: No change

Ward 21: North East

2007: 3xLab; 1xSNP
2012: 3xLab; 1xSNP
2007-2012 changes: No change

By-elections since 2013

October 2013 Govan by-election

On 23 July 2013 SNP councillor Allison Hunter died from cancer. A by-election was held on 10 October 2013 and was won by Labour's John Kane.

December 2013 Shettleston by-election

On 7 October 2013

Labour councillor George Ryan died suddenly. A by-election was held on 5 December 2013 and the seat was retained by Labour's Martin Neill.

August 2015 by-elections

On 14 May 2015, Green Party councillor Liam Hainey (Langside) resigned his seat for family and health reasons. On the same day, SNP councillors

Alison Thewliss Alison Emily Thewliss (born 13 September 1982) is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. She has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow Central since the May 2015 general election. Before being elected to Westminster, Thewliss wa ...

(Calton) and

Martin Docherty Martin John Docherty-Hughes (born 21 January 1971) is a Scottish National Party politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for West Dunbartonshire since 2015. Early life and education Docherty-Hughes was raised by his parents in Cly ...

(Anderston/City) resigned their seats after having been elected as MPs for the constituencies of, respectively, Glasgow Central and

West Dunbartonshire West Dunbartonshire ( sco, Wast Dunbairtonshire; gd, Siorrachd Dhùn Breatann an Iar, ) is one of the 32 local government council areas of Scotland. The area lies to the west of the City of Glasgow and contains many of Glasgow's commuter town ...

. Finally, on 10 June 2015, SNP councillor Iris Gibson (Craigton) retired due to ill health. By-elections for all of these were held on 6 August 2015.

May 2016 Anderston/City by-election

On 14 March 2016, Labour counsellor Matheson resigned his seat as he had been appointed a visiting professor at

Strathclyde University The University of Strathclyde ( gd, Oilthigh Shrath Chluaidh) is a public research university located in Glasgow, Scotland. Founded in 1796 as the Andersonian Institute, it is Glasgow's second-oldest university, having received its royal chart ...

. As a result, a by-election happened on 5 May 2016: it was won by the SNP's Angus Millar.

October 2016 Garscadden/Scotstounhill by-election

On 25 July 2016, Labour counsellor John Kelly died as a result of

motor neuron disease Amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), also known as motor neuron disease (MND) or Lou Gehrig's disease, is a neurodegenerative disease that results in the progressive loss of motor neurons that control voluntary muscles. ALS is the most comm ...

. A by-election was held on 6 October 2016 and was won by the SNP's Chris Cunningham.

References

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