Shettleston (ward)

Shettleston
Scottish Gaelic: Baile Nighean Sheadna
Scots: Shuttlestoun
Council areaGlasgow City Council
Lieutenancy areaGlasgow
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town GLASGOW
Postcode district G32
Dialling code 0141
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Shettleston is one of the 21 wards of Glasgow City Council. It represents Shettleston. There are 4 members for this area.

A by-election took place in this ward on 5 December 2013 following the death of Labour's councillor, George Ryan.[1] Twelve candidates were nominated to contest the seat,[2] and it was held by the Labour Party.

2013 by-election result

Shettleston - 1 seat [2]
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1
Labour Martin Neill 53.5% 2,025
SNP Laura Doherty 28.7% 1,086
Conservative Raymond McCrae 5.9% 224
UKIP Arthur Misty Thackeray 3.4% 129
TUSC Jamie Cocozza 1.8% 68
Liberal Democrats James Speirs 1.4% 53
Independent John Flanagan 1.3% 50
Scottish Green Alasdair Duke 1.1% 41
Scottish Socialist Tommy Ball 0.9% 35
Scottish Christian Victor Murphy 0.9% 34
Britannica Party Charles Baillie 0.8% 31
SDA James Trolland 0.2% 6
Electorate: 21,926   Valid: 3,783   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 1,892   Turnout: 17.55%

2012 election result

Shettleston - 4 seats [3]
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9
Labour Frank McAveety 28.3 1,989                
Labour George Ryan (incumbent)†† 20.1 1,415                
SNP John McLaughlin (incumbent) 17.8 1,251 1,283.1 1,283.2 1,285.2 1,288.8 1,301.1 1,331.4 1,358.4 2,168.1
SNP Adam Miller 13.1 921 937.9 938.1 942.1 950.4 964.9 980.9 1,006.2  
Labour Anne Simpson 12.1 852 1,289.1 1,293.9 1,300.9 1,317.8 1,333.6 1,359.8 1,400.5 1,444.9
Conservative Alan Sullivan 4.2 294 298.9 299 313.3 314.3 332.9 344.9    
Scottish Green Stuart Leckie 1.5 105 115.5 115.6 126.6 144.1 165.3      
Glasgow First Andy Muir * 1.4 98 109.7 109.7 111 119.3        
Scottish Socialist Colin Rutherford 0.9 63 69.1 69.2 71.2          
Liberal Democrats Marjory Watt 0.7 52 52.9 52.9            
Electorate: 21,408   Valid: 7,040   Spoilt: 174   Quota: 1,409   Turnout: 7,214 (33.70%)

References

  1. ↑ "Labour official withdraws from city by-election battle". 30 October 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 "Nominations close for by-election in Shettleston ward of Glasgow City Council". Retrieved 12 November 2013.
  3. ↑ http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/YourCouncil/Elections_Voting/Election_Results/LocalElections2012/