Wards of Glasgow

The City of Glasgow is divided into a number of wards. These electoral districts, as they are also known, are used to elect councillors to Glasgow City Council. The council, composed of the elected members from each ward, provides local government services to the City of Glasgow.

Wards of Glasgow
Electoral Districts (Wards)
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Country	Scotland
City	Glasgow
Council	Glasgow City Council
Area [1]
• Total	176 km^2 (68 sq mi)
Population 2015[2]
• Total	606,340
• Density	3,400/km^2 (8,900/sq mi)

There are 23 wards situated within the perimeters of Glasgow City Council. Each one elects 3 or 4 councillors every five years in the Scottish local council elections. The most recent elections were held in 2017.

Glasgow City Council is one of the 32 council areas for Scotland (each council containing a number of wards). The boundaries for all Scottish council areas and their sub divisional wards are regulated and regularly reviewed by the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland.

Map

The following is a map of the current party representation for each ward, shown within the area served by Glasgow City Council.

Results of the 2017 local council elections for Glasgow

Party colour	Party name
	Conservative
	Scottish Green
	Labour
	Scottish National Party

List of Wards (2017)

The following is a list of each Glasgow ward and its population data.

Ward Number	Ward Name	Location with respect to the River Clyde	Area [3] (km^2)	Population [4] (2015 estimate)	Density (inhabitants/km^2)	Seats
1.	Linn	South	11.10	29,575	2,664	4
2.	Newlands/Auldburn	South	9.93	23,144	2,330	3
3.	Greater Pollok	South	11.70	30,729	2,626	4
4.	Cardonald	South	7.27	29,639	4,076	4
5.	Govan	South	8.26	26,769	3,240	4
6.	Pollokshields	South	6.29	27,983	4,448	3
7.	Langside	South	4.67	29,060	6,222	4
8.	Southside Central	South	4.29	25,266	5,889	4
9.	Calton	North	6.38	27,460	4,304	4
10.	Anderston/City/Yorkhill	North	5.75	30,184	5,249	4
11.	Hillhead	North	2.92	25,411	8,702	3
12.	Victoria Park	North	4.41	20,950	4,750	3
13.	Garscadden/Scotstounhill	North	5.94	30,565	5,145	4
14.	Drumchapel/Anniesland	North	7.30	29,432	4,031	4
15.	Maryhill	North	4.99	22,244	4,457	3
16.	Canal	North	14.40	25,000	1,736	4
17.	Springburn/Robroyston	North	9.50	27,237	2,867	4
18.	East Centre	North	6.36	27,991	4,401	4
19.	Shettleston	North	10.40	25,806	2,481	4
20.	Baillieston	North	10.10	21,663	2,144	3
21.	North East	North	14.90	20,457	1,372	3
22.	Dennistoun	North	5.21	20,861	4,004	3
23.	Partick East/Kelvindale	North	3.91	28,914	7,394	4
Σ	Total (Glasgow City)	N/A	175.98	606,340	3,445	85

Glasgow wards by number

Statistical data by ward

Ethnicity

Arranged into 2017 wards, from 2015 calculations based on the 2011 census.

Totals

Ward Name	White			MIX	Asian				Black		OTH	Total
	SC/BR	IRE	OTW		IND	PAK	CHN	OTA	AFR	CAR
1. Linn[5]	27,040	841	586	70	144	605	106	74	278	52	54	29,850
2. Newlands/Auldburn[6]	18,874	408	1,084	132	300	1,532	207	253	619	84	122	23,615
3. Greater Pollok[7]	25,680	368	351	93	436	1,939	411	155	229	84	77	29,820
4. Cardonald[8]	27,566	451	497	96	386	582	116	169	376	30	130	30,402
5. Govan[9]	19,150	370	1,434	110	813	1,238	315	349	858	90	173	24,900
6. Pollokshields[10]	17,929	523	908	209	905	6,040	231	343	496	90	239	27,913
7. Langside[11]	24,005	1,106	861	161	250	1,237	203	209	301	87	112	28,532
8. Southside Central[12]	15,806	845	1,409	171	568	3,391	284	645	721	111	261	24,212
9. Calton[13]	19,878	370	1,682	83	354	212	509	229	784	96	169	24,366
10. Anderston/City/Yorkhill[14]	17,312	782	2,405	274	1,166	761	2,336	623	634	132	559	26,984
11. Hillhead[15]	16,706	717	1,948	284	564	1,472	1,185	437	438	76	395	24,222
12. Victoria Park[16]	17,267	416	754	147	334	346	367	194	167	40	107	20,139
13. Garscadden/Scotstounhill[17]	26,217	304	1,175	125	239	527	326	416	1,121	166	239	30,855
14. Drumchapel/Anniesland[18]	26,743	362	630	95	218	311	242	205	434	84	97	29,421
15. Maryhill[19]	18,021	371	791	121	227	226	434	144	539	101	61	21,036
16. Canal[20]	22,190	284	670	86	135	252	470	156	591	44	134	25,012
17. Springburn/Robroyston[21]	23,596	373	423	77	283	359	763	360	1,098	92	191	27,615
18. East Centre[22]	25,586	321	827	38	115	125	153	119	226	56	56	27,622
19. Shettleston[23]	23,783	262	881	42	99	161	157	72	229	18	66	25,770
20. Baillieston[24]	20,064	345	214	32	80	180	204	66	90	23	23	21,321
21. North East[25]	18,177	165	442	34	124	114	203	46	266	48	25	19,644
22. Dennistoun[26]	16,374	486	1,181	95	317	303	660	442	1,741	103	305	22,007
23. Partick East/Kelvindale[27]	22,431	758	1,785	304	583	492	807	318	204	99	206	27,987
Total (Glasgow City)	490,395	11,228	22,938	2,879	8,640	22,405	10,689	6,024	12,440	1,806	3,801	593,245

Percentages

Ward Name	White			MIX	Asian				Black		OTH
	SC/BR	IRE	OTW		IND	PAK	CHN	OTA	AFR	CAR
1. Linn[5]	90.6	2.8	1.9	0.2	0.5	2.0	0.3	0.2	0.9	0.2	0.2
2. Newlands/Auldburn[6]	80.0	1.7	5.0	0.6	1.3	6.5	0.9	0.1	2.6	0.3	0.5
3. Greater Pollok[7]	86.1	1.2	1.2	0.3	1.5	6.5	1.4	0.5	0.8	0.3	0.2
4. Cardonald[8]	90.7	1.5	1.6	0.3	1.3	1.9	0.4	0.5	1.2	0.1	0.4
5. Govan[9]	80.0	1.5	5.8	0.4	3.3	5.0	1.3	1.4	3.4	0.4	0.7
6. Pollokshields[10]	64.2	1.9	3.2	0.7	3.2	21.6	0.8	1.2	1.8	0.3	0.9
7. Langside[11]	84.1	3.9	3.0	0.6	0.9	4.3	0.7	0.7	1.0	0.3	0.4
8. Southside Central[12]	65.3	3.5	5.8	0.7	2.3	14.0	1.2	2.7	3.0	0.4	1.1
9. Calton[13]	81.6	1.5	6.9	0.3	1.4	0.9	2.1	0.9	3.2	0.4	0.7
10. Anderston/City/Yorkhill[14]	64.1	2.9	8.9	1.0	4.3	2.8	8.7	2.3	2.3	0.5	2.1
11. Hillhead[15]	69.0	3.0	8.0	1.2	2.3	6.1	4.9	1.8	1.8	0.3	1.6
12. Victoria Park[16]	85.7	2.1	3.7	0.7	1.6	1.71	1.8	1.0	0.8	0.2	0.5
13. Garscadden/Scotstounhill[17]	85.0	1.0	3.8	0.4	0.7	1.7	1.0	1.3	3.6	0.5	0.7
14. Drumchapel/Anniesland[18]	90.1	1.2	2.1	0.3	0.7	1.1	0.8	0.7	1.5	0.3	0.3
15. Maryhill[19]	85.7	1.8	3.8	0.6	1.1	1.1	2.1	0.7	2.6	0.5	0.3
16. Canal[20]	88.7	1.1	2.7	0.3	0.5	1.0	1.9	0.6	2.4	0.2	0.5
17. Springburn/Robroyston[21]	85.4	1.3	1.5	0.3	1.0	1.3	2.8	1.3	4.0	0.3	0.7
18. East Centre[22]	92.7	1.2	3.0	0.1	0.4	0.4	0.5	0.4	0.8	0.2	0.2
19. Shettleston[23]	92.3	1.0	3.4	0.2	0.4	0.6	0.6	0.3	0.9	0.1	0.3
20. Baillieston[24]	94.1	1.6	1.0	0.1	0.4	0.8	1.0	0.3	0.4	0.1	0.1
21. North East[25]	92.5	0.8	2.2	0.2	0.6	0.6	1.0	0.2	1.3	0.2	0.1
22. Dennistoun[26]	74.4	2.2	5.4	0.4	1.4	1.4	3.0	2.0	7.9	0.5	1.4
23. Partick East/Kelvindale[27]	80.1	2.7	6.8	1.1	2.1	1.8	2.9	1.1	0.7	0.3	0.7
Total (Glasgow City)	82.7%	1.9%	3.9%	0.5%	1.5%	3.8%	1.8%	1.0%	2.1%	0.3%	0.6%

Households

Arranged into 2017 wards, based on the 2011 census.

Totals

Ward Name	HHOLDS	SIZE	Household type
			SP<65	SP>65	MOSTU	MO>65	MOOTH	CHSPA	CHOTH
1. Linn[5]	13,432	2.21	3,128	1,768	33	704	3,903	1,643	2,253
2. Newlands/Auldburn[6]	10,922	2.16	2,748	1,688	41	611	2,825	1,144	1,865
3. Greater Pollok[7]	12,115	2.42	2,310	1,394	71	513	3,624	1,401	2,802
4. Cardonald[8]	13,680	2.21	2,839	2,310	27	837	3,798	1,541	2,328
5. Govan[9]	12,890	1.87	4,935	1,388	311	341	3,407	1,143	1,365
6. Pollokshields[10]	12,728	2.17	3,728	1,636	113	599	3,795	643	2,214
7. Langside[11]	15,125	1.88	5,442	1,821	38	586	4,552	905	1,781
8. Southside Central[12]	12,815	1.86	5,129	1,571	190	370	3,182	920	1,453
9. Calton[13]	12,919	1.80	4,839	1,613	535	343	3,167	1,362	1,060
10. Anderston/City/Yorkhill[14]	13,042	1.70	5,862	1,025	1,492	182	3,391	381	709
11. Hillhead[15]	11,474	1.97	3,844	1,057	1,548	204	3,351	512	958
12. Victoria Park[16]	10,643	1.89	3,747	1,403	210	419	2,880	526	1,458
13. Garscadden/Scotstounhill[17]	14,955	2.04	4,479	2,037	89	746	3,785	1,517	2,302
14. Drumchapel/Anniesland[18]	14,003	2.08	3,838	1,985	108	530	3,656	1,819	2,067
15. Maryhill[19]	10,809	1.91	3,789	1,287	222	399	2,785	1,031	1,296
16. Canal[20]	12,219	2.00	3,618	1,777	83	566	2,957	1,695	1,523
17. Springburn/Robroyston[21]	12,810	2.13	3,433	1,694	36	628	3,331	1,641	2,047
18. East Centre[22]	12,795	2.07	2,999	2,220	43	801	3,405	1,573	1,754
19. Shettleston[23]	12,666	2.01	3,492	1,929	54	786	3,408	1,305	1,692
20. Baillieston[24]	8,849	2.40	1,452	1,094	20	583	2,835	864	2,001
21. North East[25]	8,795	2.21	2,148	932	52	338	2,500	1,443	1,382
22. Dennistoun[26]	11,805	1.85	4,372	1,309	457	305	3,121	1,061	1,180
23. Partick East/Kelvindale[27]	14,202	1.90	4,557	1,570	938	552	4,533	443	1,609
Total (Glasgow City)	285,693	2.03	86,728	36,508	6,711	11,943	78,191	26,513	39,099

Percentages

Ward Name	HHOLDS	SIZE	Household type
			SP<65	SP>65	MOSTU	MO>65	MOOTH	CHSPA	CHOTH
1. Linn[5]	13,432	2.21	23.3	13.2	0.2	5.2	29.1	12.2	16.8
2. Newlands/Auldburn[6]	10,922	2.16	25.2	15.4	3.7	5.6	25.9	10.5	17.1
3. Greater Pollok[7]	12,115	2.42	19.1	11.5	0.6	4.2	30.0	11.6	23.1
4. Cardonald[8]	13,680	2.21	20.7	16.9	0.2	6.1	27.8	11.3	17.0
5. Govan[9]	12,890	1.87	38.3	10.8	2.4	2.6	26.4	8.9	10.6
6. Pollokshields[10]	12,728	2.17	29.3	12.8	0.9	4.7	30.0	5.0	17.4
7. Langside[11]	15,125	1.88	36.0	12.0	0.2	3.9	30.1	6.0	11.8
8. Southside Central[12]	12,815	1.86	40.0	12.2	1.5	2.9	24.8	7.2	11.3
9. Calton[13]	12,919	1.80	37.4	12.5	4.1	2.6	24.5	10.5	8.2
10. Anderston/City/Yorkhill[14]	13,042	1.70	44.9	7.9	11.4	1.4	26.0	2.9	5.4
11. Hillhead[15]	11,474	1.97	33.5	9.2	13.5	1.7	29.2	4.5	8.3
12. Victoria Park[16]	10,643	1.89	35.2	13.2	2.0	3.9	27.1	4.9	13.7
13. Garscadden/Scotstounhill[17]	14,955	2.04	29.9	13.6	0.6	5.0	25.3	10.1	15.4
14. Drumchapel/Anniesland[18]	14,003	2.08	27.4	14.2	0.8	3.8	26.1	13.0	14.8
15. Maryhill[19]	10,809	1.91	35.0	11.9	2.0	3.7	25.8	9.5	12.0
16. Canal[20]	12,219	2.00	29.6	14.5	0.7	4.6	24.2	13.9	12.5
17. Springburn/Robroyston[21]	12,810	2.13	26.8	13.2	0.3	4.9	26.0	12.8	16.0
18. East Centre[22]	12,795	2.07	23.4	17.3	0.3	6.3	23.8	12.3	13.7
19. Shettleston[23]	12,666	2.01	27.6	15.2	0.4	6.2	26.9	10.3	13.3
20. Baillieston[24]	8,849	2.40	16.4	12.7	0.2	6.6	32.0	9.8	22.6
21. North East[25]	8,795	2.21	24.4	10.6	0.6	3.8	28.4	16.4	15.7
22. Dennistoun[26]	11,805	1.85	37.0	11.1	3.9	2.6	26.4	9.0	1.0
23. Partick East/Kelvindale[27]	14,202	1.90	32.1	11.1	6.6	3.9	31.9	3.1	11.3
Total (Glasgow City)	285,693	2.03	30.4	12.8	2.3	4.2	27.4	9.3	13.7

Housing

Arranged into 2017 wards, based on figures taken in 2014 and 2015.

Totals

Ward Name	Dwellings by Tenure				Ward Total (2015)	Dwellings by Type				Ward Total (2014)
	OWN	PRENT	GHA	SRENT		DET	SEMI	TERR	FLAT/O
1. Linn[5]	6,530	1,720	1,707	3,691	13,648	814	2,031	2,047	8,736	13,628
2. Newlands/Auldburn[6]	5,267	1,407	2,994	1,304	10,972	563	1,222	1,559	7,968	11,312
3. Greater Pollok[7]	6,921	1,477	2,369	1,928	12,695	1,974	3,907	2,315	4,435	12,631
4. Cardonald[8]	7,552	1,808	2,912	1,263	13,535	307	2,199	2,503	8,925	13,934
5. Govan[9]	4,736	3,336	1,860	4,200	14,132	84	683	1,624	11,745	14,136
6. Pollokshields[10]	7,523	3,588	1,089	1,008	13,208	879	943	837	10,584	13,243
7. Langside[11]	8,736	4,581	859	1,739	15,915	49	727	1,724	13,371	15,871
8. Southside Central[12]	4,384	3,854	138	5,400	13,776	50	134	556	13,068	13,808
9. Calton[13]	3,443	3,129	1,456	6,168	14,196	64	321	1,690	12,327	14,402
10. Anderston/City/Yorkhill[14]	4,948	5,200	1,032	2,653	13,833	11	3	36	16,639	16,689
11. Hillhead[15]	4,744	4,162	1	3,325	12,232	38	44	389	12,098	12,569
12. Victoria Park[16]	5,790	2,966	443	1,813	11,012	151	648	1,774	8,434	11,007
13. Garscadden/Scotstounhill[17]	6,766	2,012	4,551	1,450	14,779	266	1,947	2,691	10,106	15,010
14. Drumchapel/Anniesland[18]	5,835	1,828	4,020	2,788	14,471	297	2,267	2,527	9,401	14,492
15. Maryhill[19]	4,647	1,972	656	4,203	11,478	472	819	1,143	9,070	11,504
16. Canal[20]	3,843	1,292	2,149	5,032	12,316	181	1,789	2,229	8,518	12,717
17. Springburn/Robroyston[21]	5,498	1,534	1,582	4,152	12,766	1,034	2,080	1,422	8,715	13,251
18. East Centre[22]	5,622	1,685	3,999	2,261	13,567	157	2,985	1,830	8,643	13,615
19. Shettleston[23]	6,234	1,914	943	4,121	13,212	897	2,561	1,636	8,135	13,229
20. Baillieston[24]	6,083	1,082	799	1,390	9,354	1,507	3,178	2,240	2,321	9,246
21. North East[25]	3,419	1,140	2,300	2,627	9,486	590	1,823	2,201	5,038	9,652
22. Dennistoun[26]	3,621	2,984	2,337	2,654	11,596	42	350	284	10,935	11,611
23. Partick East/Kelvindale[27]	8,786	4,521	52	1,532	14,891	309	921	708	13,613	15,551
Total (Glasgow City)	130,928	59,192	40,248	66,702	297,070	10,736	33,582	35,965	222,825	303,108

Percentages

Ward Name	Dwellings by Tenure				Dwellings by Type
	OWN	PRENT	GHA	SRENT	DET	SEMI	TERR	FLAT/O
1. Linn[5]	47.8	12.6	12.5	27.0	6.0	14.9	15.0	64.1
2. Newlands/Auldburn[6]	48.0	12.8	27.3	11.9	5.0	10.8	13.8	70.4
3. Greater Pollok[7]	54.5	11.6	18.7	15.2	15.6	31.0	18.3	35.1
4. Cardonald[8]	55.8	13.3	21.5	9.3	2.2	15.8	18.0	64.0
5. Govan[9]	33.5	23.6	13.2	29.7	0.6	4.8	11.5	83.1
6. Pollokshields[10]	57.0	27.2	8.2	7.6	6.6	7.1	6.3	79.9
7. Langside[11]	54.9	28.8	5.4	10.9	0.3	4.6	10.9	84.2
8. Southside Central[12]	31.8	28.0	1.0	39.2	0.3	1.0	4.0	94.6
9. Calton[13]	24.2	22.0	10.3	43.4	0.4	2.2	11.7	85.6
10. Anderston/City/Yorkhill[14]	37.9	39.9	7.9	20.3	0.1	0.0	0.2	99.7
11. Hillhead[15]	38.8	34.0	0.0	27.2	0.3	0.4	3.1	96.2
12. Victoria Park[16]	52.6	26.9	4.0	16.5	1.4	5.9	16.1	76.6
13. Garscadden/Scotstounhill[17]	45.8	13.6	30.8	9.8	1.8	13.0	17.9	67.3
14. Drumchapel/Anniesland[18]	40.3	12.6	27.8	19.3	2.0	15.6	17.4	64.9
15. Maryhill[19]	40.5	17.2	5.7	36.6	4.1	7.1	9.9	74.0
16. Canal[20]	31.2	10.5	17.4	40.9	1.4	14.1	17.5	67.0
17. Springburn/Robroyston[21]	43.1	12.0	12.4	32.5	7.8	15.7	10.7	65.8
18. East Centre[22]	41.4	12.4	29.5	16.7	1.1	21.9	13.4	63.5
19. Shettleston[23]	47.2	14.5	7.1	31.2	6.8	19.3	12.4	61.5
20. Baillieston[24]	65.0	11.6	8.5	14.9	16.3	34.4	24.2	25.1
21. North East[25]	36.1	12.0	24.2	27.7	6.1	18.9	22.8	52.2
22. Dennistoun[26]	31.2	25.7	20.1	22.9	0.4	3.0	2.4	94.2
23. Partick East/Kelvindale[27]	59.0	30.4	0.3	10.3	2.0	5.9	4.5	87.5
Total (Glasgow City)	44.1	19.9	13.5	22.5	3.5	11.1	11.9	73.5

Gender and age

Arranged into 2017 wards, from 2015 figures.

Totals

Ward Name	Total	Gender		Age range
		M	F	0–4	5–11	12–15	16–29	30–44	45–64	65–74	75+
1. Linn[5]	29,575	13,796	15,779	1,849	2,318	1,325	5,490	5,817	8,219	2,578	1,979
2. Newlands/Auldburn[6]	23,144	11,148	11,996	1,461	1,853	983	4,372	4,499	6,180	2,010	1,786
3. Greater Pollok[7]	30,729	14,487	16,242	2,047	2,718	1,521	5,833	5,889	8,718	2,097	1,906
4. Cardonald[8]	29,639	13,577	16,062	1,719	2,417	1,387	5,351	5,592	8,037	2,573	2,563
5. Govan[9]	26,769	13,923	12,846	1,705	1,710	827	6,893	6,500	6,072	1,640	1,422
6. Pollokshields[10]	27,983	13,850	14,133	1,739	1,931	1,032	5,302	7,149	6,846	2,029	1,955
7. Langside[11]	29,060	14,049	15,011	1,651	1,656	752	5,584	8,402	7,075	2,078	1,862
8. Southside Central[12]	25,266	13,472	11,794	1,935	1,674	793	5,460	6,835	5,607	1,616	1,346
9. Calton[13]	27,460	13,714	13,746	1,710	1,613	844	8,401	6,121	5,709	1,658	1,404
10. Anderston/City/Yorkhill[14]	30,184	15,866	14,318	922	738	317	16,194	6,462	3,791	942	818
11. Hillhead[15]	25,411	12,653	12,758	1,144	1,074	487	11,081	5,387	4,171	1,114	953
12. Victoria Park[16]	20,950	10,169	10,781	1,071	1,257	658	4,752	5,093	5,251	1,562	1,306
13. Garscadden/Scotstounhill[17]	30,565	14,779	15,786	1,825	2,319	1,279	5,613	6,644	8,127	2,341	2,417
14. Drumchapel/Anniesland[18]	29,432	13,582	15,850	1,819	2,434	1,287	5,780	6,290	7,544	2,228	2,050
15. Maryhill[19]	22,244	10,855	11,389	1,327	1,375	774	5,240	4,966	5,567	1,646	1,349
16. Canal[20]	25,000	11,681	13,319	1,559	1,860	1,018	5,309	5,009	6,209	2,176	1,860
17. Springburn/Robroyston[21]	27,237	12,802	14,435	1,641	2,179	1,138	5,302	5,493	7,438	2,026	2,020
18. East Centre[22]	27,991	13,281	14,710	1,676	2,112	1,166	5,159	5,381	7,401	2,457	2,639
19. Shettleston[23]	25,806	12,487	13,319	1,466	1,620	901	4,962	4,803	7,466	2,438	2,150
20. Baillieston[24]	21,663	10,364	11,299	1,176	1,527	1,030	3,989	3,831	6,668	1,988	1,454
21. North East[25]	20,457	9,579	10,878	1,567	1,816	858	4,045	4,321	5,288	1,481	1,081
22. Dennistoun[26]	20,861	10,427	10,434	1,246	1,177	585	5,927	5,360	4,106	1,273	1,187
23. Partick East/Kelvindale[27]	28,914	13,734	15,180	1,091	1,206	640	8,763	6,497	6,672	2,182	1,863
Total (Glasgow City)	606,340	294,275	312,065	35,346	40,584	21,602	144,802	132,341	148,162	44,133	39,370

Percentages

Ward Name	Total	Gender		Age range
		M	F	0–4	5–11	12–15	16–29	30–44	45–64	65–74	75+
1. Linn[5]	29,575	46.6	53.4	6.3	7.8	4.5	18.6	19.7	27.5	8.7	6.7
2. Newlands/Auldburn[6]	23,144	48.2	51.8	6.3	8.0	4.2	18.9	19.2	26.7	8.7	7.7
3. Greater Pollok[7]	30,729	47.1	52.9	6.7	8.8	4.9	19.0	19.2	28.4	6.8	6.2
4. Cardonald[8]	29,639	45.8	54.2	5.8	8.1	4.7	18.1	18.9	27.1	8.7	8.6
5. Govan[9]	26,769	52.0	48.0	6.4	6.9	3.1	25.7	24.3	22.7	6.1	5.3
6. Pollokshields[10]	27,983	49.5	50.5	6.2	6.9	3.7	18.9	25.5	24.5	7.2	7.0
7. Langside[11]	29,060	48.3	51.7	5.7	5.7	2.6	19.2	28.9	24.3	7.1	6.4
8. Southside Central[12]	25,266	53.3	46.7	7.7	6.6	3.1	21.6	27.0	22.2	6.4	5.3
9. Calton[13]	27,460	49.9	50.1	6.2	5.9	3.1	30.6	22.3	20.8	6.0	5.1
10. Anderston/City/Yorkhill[14]	30,184	52.6	47.4	3.0	2.4	1.0	53.6	21.4	12.6	3.1	2.7
11. Hillhead[15]	25,411	49.8	50.2	4.5	4.2	1.9	43.6	21.2	16.4	4.4	3.7
12. Victoria Park[16]	20,950	48.5	51.5	5.1	6.0	3.1	22.7	24.3	25.1	7.4	6.2
13. Garscadden/Scotstounhill[17]	30,565	48.4	51.6	6.0	7.6	4.2	18.4	21.7	26.6	7.7	7.9
14. Drumchapel/Anniesland[18]	29,432	46.1	53.9	6.2	8.3	4.4	19.6	21.4	25.6	7.6	7.0
15. Maryhill[19]	22,244	48.8	51.2	6.0	6.2	3.5	23.6	22.3	25.0	7.4	6.1
16. Canal[20]	25,000	46.7	53.3	6.2	7.0	4.0	21.2	20.0	24.9	8.7	7.4
17. Springburn/Robroyston[21]	27,237	47.0	53.0	6.0	8.0	4.2	19.5	20.2	27.3	7.4	7.4
18. East Centre[22]	27,991	47.4	52.6	6.0	7.5	4.2	18.4	19.2	26.4	8.8	9.4
19. Shettleston[23]	25,806	48.4	51.6	5.7	6.3	3.5	19.2	18.6	28.9	9.4	8.3
20. Baillieston[24]	21,663	47.8	52.2	5.4	7.0	4.8	18.4	17.7	30.8	9.2	6.7
21. North East[25]	20,457	46.8	53.2	7.7	8.9	4.2	19.8	21.1	25.9	7.2	5.3
22. Dennistoun[26]	20,861	50.0	50.0	6.0	5.6	2.8	28.4	25.7	19.7	6.1	5.7
23. Partick East/Kelvindale[27]	28,914	47.5	52.5	3.8	4.2	2.2	30.3	22.5	23.1	7.5	6.4
Total (Glasgow City)		48.5%	51.5%	5.8%	6.7%	3.6%	23.9%	21.8%	24.4%	7.3%	6.5%

Economy

Arranged into 2017 wards, with population figures from 2011 census and benefit claimant figures from Department of Work and Pensions, May 2016.

Totals

Ward Name	Pop.	Economic status
		Active				Inactive	Claimants
		Total	EMPL	SELF	UNEMP		JSA	ESA/ INCAP	INCSUP/ OTH
1. Linn[5]	19,898	14,297	11,474	1,107	1,716	5,601	400	2,580	1,230
2. Newlands/Auldburn[6]	15,358	10,739	8,278	1,089	1,372	4,619	480	1,870	915
3. Greater Pollok[7]	19,786	14,580	11,866	1,197	1,517	5,206	405	2,325	1,285
4. Cardonald[8]	19,197	14,104	11,586	855	1,663	5,093	370	2,280	1,265
5. Govan[9]	18,319	12,992	10,178	835	1,979	5,327	630	2,785	950
6. Pollokshields[10]	19,232	14,154	10,839	2,058	1,257	5,078	290	1,410	735
7. Langside[11]	20,894	16,832	13,993	1,511	1,328	4,062	285	1,605	715
8. Southside Central[12]	17,393	11,842	9,111	1,065	1,666	5,551	490	2,575	915
9. Calton[13]	17,982	11,241	8,747	686	1,808	6,741	560	3,190	1,080
10. Anderston/City/Yorkhill[14]	23,673	14,179	11,013	1,273	1,893	9,494	380	1,445	380
11. Hillhead[15]	20,034	12,485	9,647	1,300	1,538	7,549	350	1,480	455
12. Victoria Park[16]	14,563	11,244	9,149	1,242	853	3,319	215	1,220	405
13. Garscadden/Scotstounhill[17]	20,241	14,322	11,331	1,068	1,923	5,919	535	2,910	1,240
14. Drumchapel/Anniesland[18]	19,462	13,659	10,830	873	1,956	5,803	480	2,815	1,360
15. Maryhill[19]	15,061	10,777	8,652	840	1,285	4,284	465	1,825	660
16. Canal[20]	16,317	10,582	8,197	650	1,735	5,735	580	3,395	1,365
17. Springburn/Robroyston[21]	18,217	12,653	10,129	834	1,690	5,564	545	2,590	1,095
18. East Centre[22]	17,588	11,403	9,046	729	1,628	6,185	510	3,080	1,380
19. Shettleston[23]	17,150	12,271	9,856	1,009	1,406	4,879	440	2,625	1,020
20. Baillieston[24]	14,266	10,847	8,954	930	963	3,419	180	1,385	780
21. North East[25]	13,140	8,907	6,916	574	1,417	4,233	375	2,270	975
22. Dennistoun[26]	16,116	11,384	8,996	743	1,645	4,732	440	1,955	745
23. Partick East/Kelvindale[27]	21,566	15,897	12,708	2,068	1,121	5,669	125	770	355
Total (Glasgow City)	415,453	291,391	231,496	24,536	35,359	124,062	9,530	50,385	21,305

Percentages

Ward Name	Pop.	Economic status
		Active				Inactive	Claimants
		Total	EMPL	SELF	UNEMP		JSA	ESA/INCAP	INCSUP/OTH
1. Linn[5]	19,898	71.8	57.7	5.6	8.6	28.2	2.0	13.2	6.3
2. Newlands/Auldburn[6]	15,358	70.0	53.9	7.1	8.9	30.0	3.2	12.4	6.1
3. Greater Pollok[7]	19,786	73.7	60.1	6.0	7.7	26.3	2.0	11.4	6.3
4. Cardonald[8]	19,197	73.5	60.3	4.4	8.7	26.5	1.9	12.0	6.7
5. Govan[9]	18,319	70.9	55.6	4.6	10.8	29.1	3.2	14.3	4.9
6. Pollokshields[10]	19,232	73.6	56.4	10.7	6.5	26.4	1.5	7.3	3.8
7. Langside[11]	20,894	80.6	67.0	7.2	6.4	19.4	1.4	7.6	3.4
8. Southside Central[12]	17,393	68.1	52.4	6.1	9.6	31.9	2.7	14.4	5.1
9. Calton[13]	17,982	62.5	48.6	3.8	10.1	37.5	2.8	15.8	5.3
10. Anderston/City/Yorkhill[14]	23,673	60.0	46.5	5.4	8.0	40.0	1.4	5.5	1.4
11. Hillhead[15]	20,034	62.3	48.1	6.5	7.7	37.7	1.7	7.2	2.2
12. Victoria Park[16]	14,563	77.2	62.8	8.5	5.9	22.8	1.4	8.1	2.7
13. Garscadden/Scotstounhill[17]	20,241	70.8	56.0	5.3	9.5	29.2	2.6	14.3	6.1
14. Drumchapel/Anniesland[18]	19,462	70.2	55.6	4.5	10.0	29.8	2.4	14.4	6.9
15. Maryhill[19]	15,061	71.6	57.4	5.6	8.5	28.4	2.9	11.6	4.2
16. Canal[20]	16,317	64.9	50.2	4.0	10.6	35.1	3.5	20.5	8.3
17. Springburn/Robroyston[21]	18,217	69.5	55.6	4.6	9.3	30.5	3.0	14.2	6.0
18. East Centre[22]	17,588	64.8	51.4	4.1	9.3	35.2	2.8	17.2	7.7
19. Shettleston[23]	17,150	71.5	57.5	5.9	8.2	28.5	2.6	15.2	5.9
20. Baillieston[24]	14,266	76.0	62.8	6.5	6.7	24.0	1.2	9.6	5.4
21. North East[25]	13,140	67.8	52.6	4.4	10.8	32.2	2.7	16.6	7.1
22. Dennistoun[26]	16,116	70.6	55.8	4.6	10.2	29.4	2.9	12.7	4.8
23. Partick East/Kelvindale[27]	21,566	73.7	58.9	9.6	5.2	26.3	0.6	3.5	1.6
Total (Glasgow City)	415,453	70.1%	55.7%	5.9%	8.5%	29.9%	2.3%	12.1%	5.1%

Previous ward systems

2007 to 2017 multi-member wards

Prior to the introduction of the 2017 boundaries, a similar multi-member system divided among 21 wards[28] was introduced for the 2007 council election,[29] also used in 2012:[30]

Ward	Number of councillors	Representation (2012)
1. Linn	4	2 Lab; 1 SNP; 1 Lib Dem
2. Newlands/Auldburn	3	2 Lab; 1 SNP
3. Greater Pollok	4	2 Lab; 2 SNP
4. Craigton	4	2 Lab; 2 SNP
5. Govan	4	3 Lab; 1 SNP
6. Pollokshields	3	1 Lab; 1 Con; 1 SNP
7. Langside	3	2 SNP; 1 Lab
8. Southside Central	4	2 Lab; 2 SNP
9. Calton	3	2 Lab; 1 SNP
10. Anderston/City	4	2 SNP; 1 Lab; 1 Green
11. Hillhead	4	2 Lab; 1 SNP; 1 Green
12. Partick West	4	2 SNP; 1 Green; 1 Ind
13. Garscadden/Scotstounhill	4	2 Lab; 2 SNP
14. Drumchapel/Anniesland	4	3 Lab; 1 SNP
15. Maryhill/Kelvin	4	2 Lab; 2 SNP
16. Canal	4	2 Lab; 1 Ind; 1 Green
17. Springburn	3	2 Lab; 1 SNP
18. East Centre	4	2 Lab; 2 SNP
19. Shettleston	4	3 Lab; 1 SNP
20. Baillieston	4	2 Lab; 2 SNP
21. North East	4	3 Lab; 1 SNP

Map of Multi-member wards by number, used in 2007 and 2012 council elections[28]

1995 to 2007 single-member wards

From 1999 until the 2007 election, there were 79 councillors elected from 79 small single-member wards[31] by the plurality (first past the post) system of election. The result from this system in 2003 was 69 of the 79 councillors representing the Labour Party, although that party gained only around half the votes cast in the election to the council, and the Scottish National Party represented by just four councillors, despite gaining some 20% of the votes. There were also three Liberal Democrat councillors, one from the Conservative party, and one from the Scottish Socialist Party.[32]

The earlier election returns were even more skewed in terms of seats versus overall vote share due to the voting system in use: in 1999 council election result, Labour received 74 seats (94%) from 49% of the vote and the SNP received two seats from 29% vote share.[33] In the first GCC election in 1995, which included 83 wards,[34] Labour won 77 (93%) of the seats from approximately 62% of the overall vote, while the SNP's 23% overall vote share gave them only one seat.[35]

Wards list (1999 and 2003 elections)

Ward	Ward	Ward	Ward
Drumry Summerhill Blairdardie Knightswood Park Knightswood South Yoker Anniesland Jordanhill Kelvindale Scotstoun Victoria Park Hayburn Hyndland Hillhead Partick Kelvingrove Anderston Woodlands North Kelvin Wyndford	Maryhill Summerston Milton Ashfield Firhill Keppochhill Merchant City Royston Cowlairs Springburn Wallacewell Milnbank Dennistoun Calton Bridgeton/ Dalmarnock Parkhead Carntyne Robroyston Gartcraig Queenslie	Greenfield Barlanark Shettleston Tollcross Park Braidfauld Mount Vernon Baillieston Garrowhill Garthamlock Easterhouse Drumoyne Govan Ibrox Kingston Mosspark North Cardonald Penilee Cardonald Pollok Crookston	Nitshill Darnley Carnwadric Maxwell Park Pollokshields East Hutchesontown Govanhill Strathbungo Battlefield Langside Pollokshaws Newlands Cathcart Mount Florida Toryglen Kings Park Castlemilk Carmunnock Glenwood

Map of 79 wards used in 1999 and 2003 council elections[31] (amended from 1995, 83 wards)[34]

See also

• Demography of Glasgow
• Politics of Glasgow
• Subdivisions of Scotland

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