Pollokshields (Ward 6) is one of the 23

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s of

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 ...

. On its creation in 2007 and in 2012 it returned three council members, using the

single transferable vote Single transferable vote (STV) is a multi-winner electoral system in which voters cast a single vote in the form of a ranked-choice ballot. Voters have the option to rank candidates, and their vote may be transferred according to alternate p ...

system. For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election, the boundaries were changed, the ward increased in size and returned four members.

Boundaries

Located on the South Side of Glasgow, the ward includes

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 ...

itself as well as

Crossmyloof Crossmyloof (, gd, Crois Mo Liubha, sco, Crossmaluif) is an area on the south side of Glasgow situated between the districts of Pollokshields, Strathbungo and Shawlands in Scotland. Etymology The name is possibly derived from Gaelic ''Croi ...

Strathbungo Strathbungo is a mainly residential area of southern Glasgow, Scotland, bordered by the neighbourhoods of Crossmyloof to the south, Govanhill to the east and Pollokshields to the north and west. The settlement grew up as a small isolated villag ...

and the western part of

Shawlands Shawlands ( gd, Fearann na Doire) is an area of Glasgow, Scotland, located around south of the River Clyde. The area, considered the "Heart of the Southside", is known for its independent restaurants and cafés, art scene, public parks, period ...

. The 2017 expansion took in

Bellahouston Bellahouston ( gd, Baile Ùisdean, sco, Hughstoun) is a district in the southwest of Glasgow. It is bordered by Dumbreck, Ibrox, Pollokshields, Craigton. History Bellahouston Estate in the parish of Govan was purchased in 1726 by James Row ...

, Craigton and Dumbreck from the Govan ward. The ethnic makeup of the expanded Pollokshields ward using the 2011 census population statistics was: *69.3% White Scottish / British / Irish / Other *26.9% Asian (Mainly Pakistani) *2% Black (Mainly African) *1.6% Mixed / Other Ethnic Group This makes it one of the most ethnically diverse wards in Glasgow.

Councillors

Election results

2022 election

2022 Glasgow City Council election The 2022 election to the Glasgow City Council took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. The election used the 23 wards created following the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland' ...

2017 election

2017 Glasgow City Council election

2012 election

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 result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward ...

2007 election

2007 Glasgow City Council election Elections to Glasgow City Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other 2007 Scottish local elections, Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament 2007 Scottish Parliament election, general election. The election ...

References

External links

Listed Buildings in Pollokshields Ward, Glasgow City
at ''British Listed Buildings'' {{Wards of Glasgow Wards of Glasgow Pollokshields