2012 Glasgow City Council election

3 May 2012 (2012-05-03)

All 79 seats to Glasgow City Council
40 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Gordon Matheson Allison Hunter Martha Wardrop
Party Labour SNP Scottish Green
Leader's seat Anderston/City Govan Hillhead
Last election 45 seats, 43.3% 22 seats, 24.6% 5 seats, 6.5%
Seats won 44 27 5
Seat change Decrease1 Increase5 Steady0
Popular vote 67,341 46,947 7,999
Percentage 46.7% 32.6% 5.5%
Swing Increase3.4% Increase8.0% Decrease1.0%

  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader David Meikle Margot Clark Stephen Dornan
Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Glasgow First
Leader's seat Pollokshields Linn Govan
Last election 1 seat, 7.7% 5 seats, 7.9% New party
Seats before 6
Seats won 1 1 1
Seat change Steady0 Decrease4 Increase1
Popular vote 8,567 4,221 2,544
Percentage 5.9% 2.9% 1.8%
Swing Decrease1.8% Decrease5.0% Increase1.8%

The 21 multi-member wards


Council Leader before election

Gordon Matheson
Labour

Council Leader after election

Gordon Matheson
Labour

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 elected three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system form of proportional representation.

The election in Glasgow attracted the most attention out of the local elections in Scotland as there were many predictions that the Scottish Labour would lose control of the council due to losses of seats to the Scottish National Party.[1] 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.[2] In the end, Labour remained in control, losing just one seat, while the SNP gained five. The Scottish Liberal Democrats were reduced to holding just one seat on the council, the same numbers as the Scottish Conservatives (who retained their solitary seat) and Glasgow First. The Scottish Greens retained five seats on the authority.

After the elections Labour again formed a controlling administration on the City Council.

Election result

2012 Glasgow City Council election[3]
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  Labour 44 1 2 Decrease 1 55.70 46.72 67,341 +3.40
  SNP 27 5 0 Increase 5 34.17 32.57 46,947 +7.99
  Scottish Green 5 1 1 Steady 0 6.33 5.55 7,999 -0.93
  Conservative 1 0 0 Steady 0 1.27 5.94 8,567 -1.73
  Liberal Democrats 1 0 4 Decrease 4 1.27 2.93 4,221 -4.98
  Glasgow First 1 1 0 Increase 1 1.27 1.76 2,544 New
  Independent 0 - - - - 1.7 2,432 +0.59
  Scottish Socialist 0 - - - - 0.7 979 -1.76
  TUSC 0 - - - - 0.4 636 New
  Solidarity 0 0 1 Decrease 1 0 0.4 621 -4.31
  Scottish Unionist 0 0 0 0 0 0.4 586 -0.67
  UKIP 0 - - - - 0.3 441 New
  Scottish Christian 0 - - - - 0.2 354 -0.13
  Socialist Labour 0 - - - - 0.2 271 New
  Pirate_Party_UK 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 97 New
  Britannica Party 0 0 0 0 0 0.1 73 New
Turnout 144,149 32.4%

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

Results of the 2012 Glasgow City Council election by ward
Ward  % Seats  % Seats  % Seats  % Seats  % Seats  % Seats  % Seats Total
Labour SNP Conservative Green Lib Dem Glasgow First Others
Linn 46.04 2 29.44 1 7.03 0 2.73 0 12.09 1 1.06 0 1.61 0 4
Newlands/Auldburn 40.98 2 36.11 1 10.77 0 3.61 0 1.56 0 0.71 0 6.26 0 3
Greater Pollok 47.65 2 34.03 2 3.73 0 2.11 0 1.12 0 8.23 0 3.13 0 4
Craigton 53.4 2 31.4 2 3.6 0 2.1 0 0.9 0 1.8 0 6.8 0 4
Govan 32.22 2 32.63 1 3.16 0 3.31 0 1.26 0 14.46 1 12.98 0 4
Pollokshields 24.19 1 40.93 1 22.15 1 8.04 0 2.91 0 0.57 0 1.20 0 3
Langside 35.80 1 37.61 1 7.38 0 8.50 1 7.25 0 1.03 0 2.42 0 3
Southside Central 44.3 2 35.81 2 2.50 0 6.40 0 0.79 0 0.0 0 10.19 0 4
Calton 54.6 2 30 1 2.6 0 3.0 0 0.9 0 2.9 0 6 0 3
Anderston/City 50.3 2 29.6 1 4.7 0 10.5 1 1.7 0 0.4 0 2.9 0 4
Hillhead 29.45 2 33.06 1 6.54 0 17.62 1 4.10 0 0.22 0 9.01 0 4
Partick West 32.1 1 33.5 2 10.33 0 14.71 1 5.54 0 0.29 0 3.53 0 4
Garscadden/Scotstounhill 61.6 3 27.1 1 2.6 0 2.7 0 1.1 0 0.3 0 4.6 0 4
Drumchapel/Anniesland 61.36 3 29.26 1 3.62 0 2.63 0 1.96 0 0.30 0 0.87 0 4
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
Canal 44.5 2 31.27 1 2.34 0 9.27 1 1.84 0 0.54 0 10.23 0 4
Springburn 57.7 2 30 1 2.7 0 1.5 0 1.1 0 0.5 0 6.4 0 3
East Centre 58.6 3 27.7 1 4.0 0 4.8 0 0.9 0 0.6 0 3.4 0 4
Shettleston 60.5 3 30.9 1 4.2 0 1.5 0 0.7 0 1.4 0 0.9 0 4
Baillieston 50.8 2 37.2 2 5.2 0 1.8 0 0.8 0 1.8 0 2.4 0 4
North East 63.61 3 29.65 1 3.13 0 1.76 0 1.13 0 0.00 0 0.72 0 4
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

Linn - 4 seats[4]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
Labour Malcolm Cunning 25.14% 1,858              
Labour Sadie Docherty (incumbent) 20.90% 1,545              
SNP Glenn Elder 20.01% 1,479              
Liberal Democrats Margot Clark (incumbent) 12.09% 894 938 949 961 970 1,026 1,300 1,548
SNP Stewart McDonald 9.43% 697 736 742 751 778 851 900  
Conservative Andrew Morrison 7.03% 520 533 534 539 546 569    
Scottish Green Lisa Jones 2.73% 202 229 234 261 315      
TUSC Frank Young 1.61% 119 138 142 166        
Glasgow First Lesley Ingram 1.06% 78 111 116          
Electorate: 22,192   Valid: 7,392   Spoilt: 169   Quota: 1,479   Turnout: 34.07%  

    Ward 2: Newlands/Auldburn

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

    Newlands/Auldburn - 3 seats[4]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567891011
    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[lower-alpha 1] 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%  
      1. Outgoing councillor from Craigton ward.

      Ward 3: Greater Pollok

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

      Greater Pollok - 4 seats[4]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567891011
      Labour Bill Butler 34.40% 2,462                    
      Labour Rashid Hussain 13.25% 948 1,684                  
      SNP David McDonald[lower-alpha 1] 19.85% 1,421 1,472                  
      SNP Shabbar Jaffri 14.18% 1,015 1,036 1,080 1,109 1,122 1,137 1,167 1,193 1,211 1,233 1,343
      Glasgow First William O'Rourke (incumbent) 5.16% 369 404 425 426 431 435 452 481 676 752  
      Conservative Chris Morgan 3.73% 267 281 287 288 310 332 338 356 369    
      Glasgow First Tommy Morrison (incumbent) 3.07% 220 250 269 271 288 295 310 347      
      Scottish Green Juliet Neal 2.11% 151 168 181 183 194 218 255        
      Scottish Socialist Ian Beattie 1.94% 139 152 163 164 168 172          
      Liberal Democrats Norman Fraser 1.12% 80 98 104 104 108            
      Scottish Christian Archie Linnegan 1.19% 85 91 95 96              
      Electorate: 24,096   Valid: 7,157   Spoilt: 200   Quota: 1,432   Turnout: 30.53%  
        1. Outgoing Councillor from Baillieston ward.

        Ward 4: Craigton

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

        Craigton - 4 seats[4]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678910
        Labour Matt Kerr (incumbent) 27.8 2,279                  
        Labour Alistair Watson (incumbent) 25.6 2,102                  
        SNP Iris Gibson (incumbent) 22.9 1,876                  
        SNP Jim Torrance 8.5 700 771.8 826.7 1,004.1 1,010.7 1,025.9 1,048.7 1,128.1 1,193.8 1,434.9
        Solidarity Gail Sheridan 5.8 472 555.3 624.3 638.9 646.9 656.8 688 735.1 772.4  
        Conservative Jayne Morgan 3.6 292 316.7 330.5 333.3 365.7 391.1 411.9 431.5    
        Scottish Green Ian Ruffell 2.1 169 209.9 237.8 245 256.7 273.9 314      
        Glasgow First Gordon MacDiarmid 1.8 147 193.8 226.6 233.7 245.3 259.2        
        Liberal Democrats Isabel Nelson 0.9 76 103.2 115.5 119.7 123.7          
        UKIP Janice MacKay 1.0 86 99.7 107.2 109.7            
        Electorate: 22,948   Valid: 8,199   Spoilt: 124   Quota: 1,640   Turnout: 8,439 (36.77%)  

          Ward 5: Govan

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

          Govan - 4 seats[4]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345678910111213
          Labour James Adams 24.94% 1,727                        
          SNP Allison Hunter (incumbent) 21.09% 1,460                        
          Glasgow First Stephen Dornan (incumbent)[lower-alpha 1] 8.71% 603 626 627 631 640 643 650 679 714 722 886 1,069 1,156
          Labour Fariha Thomas 7.28% 504 728 729 730 735 740 747 788 826 873 995 1,175 1,261
          SNP Jonathan Mackie 6.40% 443 452 512 517 522 532 538 601 625 879 931 993  
          No description John Flanagan (incumbent) 9.30% 644 660 661 668 671 677 688 716 741 742 753    
          Glasgow First Shaukat Butt (incumbent) 5.75% 398 408 408 409 415 416 427 445 468 515      
          SNP Tahir Mohammed 5.14% 356 359 363 363 367 370 370 385 392        
          Conservative Harriet Murdoch 3.16% 219 222 223 223 224 242 323 339          
          Scottish Green Jesper Bach 3.31% 229 237 238 261 280 307 315            
          Scottish Unionist Alan Hughes 2.07% 143 148 148 154 154 156              
          Liberal Democrats Chris Young 1.26% 87 91 92 92 92                
          Solidarity Joyce Drummond 0.87% 60 62 62 65                  
          Pirate Finlay Archibald 0.74% 51 54 54                    
          Electorate: 23,590   Valid: 6,924   Spoilt: 297 (4.11%)   Quota: 1,385   Turnout: 7,221 (30.61%)  
            1. Dornan eventually joined the SNP in 2015.[5]

            Ward 6: Pollokshields

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

            Pollokshields - 3 seats[4]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            1234567
            Labour Hanif Raja 24.19% 1,828 1,837 1,854 1,897      
            SNP Norman MacLeod 21.92% 1,657 1,662 1,671 1,702 1,703 1,865 3,181
            Conservative David Meikle (incumbent) 22.15% 1,674 1,682 1,683 1,730 1,731 1,832 1,878
            SNP Khalil Malik (incumbent) 19.01% 1,437 1,439 1,455 1,466 1,467 1,613  
            Scottish Green Patrick McAleer 8.04% 608 614 652 707 709    
            Liberal Democrats Bill Fraser 2.91% 220 224 224        
            TUSC Akhtar Khan 1.20% 91 94          
            Glasgow First Andrina Morrison 0.57% 43            
            Electorate: 18,117   Valid: 7,558   Spoilt: 178   Quota: 1,890   Turnout: 42.70%  

              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

              Langside - 3 seats[4]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              12345678
              Labour Archie Graham (incumbent) 35.80% 2,320              
              SNP Susan Aitken 28.12% 1,822              
              Scottish Green Liam Hainey 8.50% 551 690 705 745 834 895 1,180 1,560
              SNP Alex Hewetson 9.49% 615 692 852 859 892 929 1,059  
              Liberal Democrats Paul Coleshill (incumbent) 7.25% 470 567 575 592 606 808    
              Conservative Russell Munn 7.38% 478 512 515 517 524      
              TUSC Ronnie Stevenson 2.42% 157 213 216 238        
              Glasgow First Cayleigh Dornan 1.03% 67 116 120          
              Electorate: 18,902   Valid: 6,480   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 1,621   Turnout: 34.75%  

                Recount

                It was announced by Glasgow City Council on Thursday 10 May 2012 that Box 139, containing approximately 385 papers, was not counted in the vote despite them being registered and scanned. Permission was obtained from Glasgow Sheriff Court to examine the ballots and rerun the calculation. The two highest scoring candidates were mathematically assured of their place, however the third candidate, Liam Hainey, could have had his election overturned.[6] After the ballots were rescanned on 16 May 2012 and the result recalculated, he retained his seat.[7]

                Ward 8: Southside Central

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

                Southside Central - 4 seats[4]
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                123456789
                Labour James Scanlon (incumbent) 32.01% 2,226                
                SNP Jahangir Hanif (incumbent) 20.73% 1,442                
                Labour Soryia Siddique 12.29% 855 1,482              
                SNP Mhairi Hunter 15.08% 1,049 1,081 1,092 1,135 1,140 1,154 1,180 1,203 1,418
                Independent Anne-Marie Millar (incumbent) 7.68% 534 584 597 598 604 612 633 673 822
                Scottish Green Moira Crawford 6.40% 445 461 467 468 480 492 550 602  
                Conservative Thomas Connor 2.50% 174 178 179 179 186 196 208    
                Scottish Socialist Bill Bonnar 2.01% 140 148 152 152 154 155      
                Liberal Democrats David Jago 0.79% 55 60 63 63 64        
                Britannica Party Jean Douglas 0.50% 35 37 38 38          
                Electorate: 22,892   Valid: 6,955   Spoilt: 284   Quota: 1,385   Turnout: 7,239 (31.62%)  

                  Ward 9: Calton

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

                  Calton - 3 seats[4]
                  PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                  12345678910111213
                  Labour George Redmond (incumbent) 35.0 1,595                        
                  Labour Yvonne Kucuk 19.6 892 1,220.9                      
                  SNP Alison Thewliss (incumbent) 15.3 695 714.1 720.2 720.2 726.2 737.2 747.9 757.8 762.8 782.3 800.7 855.6 1,449.8
                  SNP Alexander Belic 14.7 672 681.9 688.7 690.7 692.1 699.1 701.5 718.6 721.2 740.2 756.6 779.8  
                  Scottish Green Andy Reid 3.0 135 140.9 145.9 148.3 151.2 162.4 176.5 180.8 189.3 208.1 231.7    
                  Conservative Scott Gillespie 2.6 120 123.4 124.9 125.9 127.9 127.9 135.8 138.8 184.3 193.8      
                  Glasgow First Duncan Miller 2.9 131 141.8 146.6 146.6 149.2 151.5 151.7 151.9 181.3        
                  Scottish Unionist Gordon Kirker 2.4 109 118.9 121 124 125 126.4 126.4 129.4          
                  No description Gary Barton 1.6 71 74.4 76.4 76.4 81.5 81.6 82.7            
                  Liberal Democrats Harvey Sussock 0.9 43 45.3 47.4 47.4 50.4 50.9              
                  Scottish Socialist Murdo Ritchie 0.9 43 45.3 48.9 48.9 50                
                  Independent Thomas Rannachan 0.9 41 43.3 45.1 45.4                  
                  Britannica Party Martin Clark 0.2 9 9.6 9.9                    
                  Electorate: 18,140   Valid: 4,556   Spoilt: 191   Quota: 1,140   Turnout: 4,722 (26.03%)  

                    Ward 10: Anderston/City

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

                    Anderston/City - 4 seats[4]
                    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                    1234567891011
                    Labour Philip Braat (incumbent) 29.4 1,561                    
                    Labour Gordon Matheson (incumbent) 20.9 1,113                    
                    SNP Martin Docherty 19.9 1,057 1,122.3                  
                    Scottish Green Nina Baker (incumbent) 10.5 558 652.2 656.6 662.6 665.6 676.2 704.3 753.2 809 891.8 1,163.5
                    SNP Craig MacKay (incumbent) 9.7 516 541.5 587.8 592.3 592.3 596 605.5 628.4 645.2 683.3  
                    Conservative David Barnes 4.7 249 273.5 274.4 276.3 279.3 280.8 283.9 283.9 314.3    
                    Liberal Democrats Ewan Hoyle 1.7 89 112.9 113.9 116 117.3 120 126.4 129.4      
                    Solidarity Graham Campbell 1.7 89 110.9 112.1 113.2 113.2 115.3 118.3        
                    Pirate Rob Harris 0.9 46 53.9 54.4 54.8 58.5 60.9          
                    Glasgow First Alexander McDowell 0.4 20 30.8 31.2 32.4 36            
                    Britannica Party James Moir Robertson 0.3 17 19.2 19.2 19.4              
                    Electorate: 23,063   Valid: 5,315   Spoilt: 191   Quota: 1,064   Turnout: 5,442 (23.60%)  

                      Ward 11: Hillhead

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

                      Hillhead - 4 seats[4]
                      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                      12345678910111213
                      SNP Ken Andrew (incumbent) 24.62% 1,424                        
                      Scottish Green Martha Wardrop (incumbent) 17.62% 1,019 1,037 1,037 1,039 1,049 1,055 1,099 1,185          
                      Labour Martin McElroy 17.31% 1,001 1,015 1,018 1,019 1,023 1,030 1,041 1,068 1,071 1,129 1,211    
                      Labour Pauline McKeever 12.14% 702 709 710 711 712 712 720 741 746 799 835 880 1,019
                      SNP Mark Smith 8.44% 488 676 676 678 682 683 690 711 720 780 826 827  
                      Conservative Alexander Inglis 6.54% 378 380 383 386 394 413 415 464 465 541      
                      Independent Ruth Simpson 5.79% 335 340 340 340 343 355 356 386 391        
                      Liberal Democrats Kenneth Elder (incumbent) 4.10% 237 244 245 248 252 255 259            
                      Scottish Socialist Frances Curran 1.42% 82 86 86 86 87 89              
                      UKIP Neil Craig 0.85% 49 51 56 57 65                
                      Scottish Christian Murdo MacLeod 0.74% 43 44 44 46                  
                      Glasgow First Iain Firth 0.22% 13 14 15                    
                      Britannica Party Charles Baillie 0.21% 12 13                      
                      Electorate: 20,981   Valid: 5,783   Spoilt: 113   Quota: 1,157   Turnout: 28.10%  

                        Ward 12: Partick West

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

                        Partick West - 4 seats[4]
                        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                        12345678910111213
                        Labour Aileen Colleran (incumbent)[lower-alpha 1] 19.97% 1,884 1,885 1,890                    
                        Scottish Green Martin Bartos 14.71% 1,388 1,388 1,392 1,392 1,395 1,409 1,418 1,478 1,662 1,946      
                        SNP Feargal Dalton 18.63% 1,757 1,757 1,758 1,758 1,759 1,760 1,767 1,776 1,813 1,913      
                        SNP Kenny McLean (incumbent) 14.87% 1,403 1,403 1,403 1,403 1,405 1,410 1,421 1,434 1,479 1,538 1,553 1,575 1,813
                        Labour Michael Shanks 12.13% 1,144 1,144 1,147 1,149 1,153 1,156 1,167 1,190 1,258 1,380 1,394 1,395  
                        Conservative John Anderson 10.33% 974 977 979 979 995 1,017 1,041 1,041 1,161        
                        Liberal Democrats James Paris 5.54% 523 525 526 526 532 534 540 540          
                        Scottish Socialist Andrew Gray 1.19% 112 112 113 113 113 113 114            
                        Scottish Christian Donald Williamson 0.96% 91 91 91 91 95 102              
                        UKIP Stuart Maskell 0.68% 64 65 65 65 77                
                        Scottish Unionist Catherine Findlay 0.43% 41 59 60 60                  
                        Glasgow First Nicholas Black 0.29% 27 27                      
                        Scottish Unionist Robert Findlay 0.27% 25                        
                        Electorate: 25,686   Valid: 9,433   Spoilt: 198   Quota: 1,887   Turnout: 9,631 (37.50%)  
                          1. On 2 October 2014, Colleran resigned from Scottish Labour amid fallout from that year's Scottish independence referendum. She continued to sit on the council as an independent.[8]

                          Ward 13: Garscadden/Scotstounhill

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

                          Garscadden/Scotstounhill - 4 seats[4]
                          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                          12345678910111213
                          Labour Liz Cameron (incumbent) 28.0 2,295                        
                          Labour Paul Rooney (incumbent) 27.0 2,220                        
                          SNP Graeme Hendry (incumbent) 22.2 1,820                        
                          Labour John Kelly 6.6 541 993.4 1,417 1,422.1 1,427.4 1,432.9 1,439.4 1,459.3 1,491.9 1,512.2 1,541.4 1,606.6 1,712.3
                          SNP David Wilson 4.9 400 430.4 465.1 604.1 609.1 612.4 620.6 632 654.8 689.1 716 791.5  
                          Scottish Green Martin Schmierer 2.7 221 240.6 252.1 259.6 263.9 273.8 279.3 303 309.3 350.6 400.8    
                          Conservative Susan McCourt 2.6 215 226.7 231.6 233.5 235.9 235.9 249.9 267.9 286.7 311.6      
                          Independent Phil Jarvis 1.8 151 164.7 174 176.9 177.8 180 205 211.2 239.2        
                          Scottish Christian John Cormack 1.6 135 149.2 154.7 156.7 156.7 157.7 164.1 169.2          
                          Liberal Democrats James Speirs 1.1 90 98.3 103.5 105.7 106.8 109.8 112.5            
                          UKIP Ian Cumming 0.8 69 80.4 84 86.4 86.7 89.7              
                          TUSC Ryan Stuart 0.4 29 31.6 32.3 32.5 35.2                
                          Glasgow First Mark Muir 0.3 22 23.9 27.6 28.4                  
                          Electorate: 21,743   Valid: 8,208   Spoilt: 258   Quota: 1,642   Turnout: 8,466 (39.94%)  

                            Ward 14: Drumchapel/Anniesland

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

                            Drumchapel/Anniesland - 4 seats[4]
                            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                            12345678910
                            Labour Paul Carey (incumbent) 30.65% 2,075                  
                            Labour Jon Findlay (incumbent) 17.70% 1,198 1,552                
                            SNP Malcolm Balfour 19.82% 1,342 1,388                
                            Labour Judith Fisher 13.01% 881 1,079 1,235 1,236 1,241 1,243 1,247 1,274 1,328 1,378
                            SNP John Docherty 9.44% 639 665 676 705 709 713 717 747 807 854
                            Conservative Martyn McIntyre 3.62% 245 248 251 252 253 255 260 292 315  
                            Scottish Green Alastair Whitelaw 2.63% 178 183 187 188 196 199 216 251    
                            Liberal Democrats Paul McGarry 1.96% 133 139 142 143 143 146 150      
                            Independent James Trolland 0.50% 34 34 35 35 39 45        
                            Glasgow First Gerrard O'Neill McCue 0.30% 20 26 28 28 30          
                            TUSC Eric Stevenson 0.37% 25 26 27 27            
                            Electorate: 21,288   Valid: 6,770   Spoilt: 180   Quota: 1,355   Turnout: 32.65%  

                              Ward 15: Maryhill/Kelvin

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

                              Maryhill/Kelvin - 4 seats[4]
                              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                              12345678
                              Labour Martin Rhodes 23.6% 1,792              
                              SNP John Letford 23.2% 1,761              
                              Labour Mohammed Razaq (incumbent) 16.0% 1,215 1,425 1,436 1,466 1,509 1,652    
                              SNP Franny Scally 11.2% 854 863 1,044 1,073 1,098 1,260 1,283 1,574
                              Liberal Democrats Alex Dingwall (incumbent) 9.2% 703 715 724 733 1,007 1,217 1,236  
                              Scottish Green Steen Parish 7.3% 555 564 580 645 716      
                              Conservative Euan Erskine 7.7% 582 585 589 593        
                              Scottish Socialist Liam Turbett 1.9% 143 146 148          
                              Electorate: 22,610   Valid: 7,605   Spoilt: 179   Quota: 1,522   Turnout: 34.43%  

                                Ward 16: Canal

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

                                Canal - 4 seats[4]
                                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                123456789101112
                                Labour Chris Kelly[lower-alpha 1] 29.61% 1,869                      
                                SNP Billy McAllister (incumbent)[lower-alpha 2] 22.83% 1,441                      
                                Labour Helen Stephen 14.89% 940 1,424                    
                                Scottish Green Kieran Wild (incumbent) 9.27% 585 596 601 622 623 634 667 724 767 797 846 1,159
                                SNP Gavin Roberts 8.44% 533 547 696 708 709 715 735 747 758 775 813  
                                Socialist Labour Jim Berrington 4.29% 271 289 293 310 311 313 342 345 351 372    
                                Scottish Unionist Brian Brown 3.91% 247 254 256 261 275 278 290 292 332      
                                Conservative Margaret Walker 2.34% 148 151 151 154 157 160 160 184        
                                Liberal Democrats Caroline Johnston 1.84% 116 119 121 126 126 127 129          
                                TUSC Angela McCormick 1.70% 107 113 116 121 122 127            
                                Glasgow First Fay Dornan 0.54% 34 36 38 41 43              
                                Scottish Unionist Graham Nicholls 0.33% 21 24 25 27                
                                Electorate: 23,679   Valid: 6,312   Spoilt: 255   Quota: 1,263   Turnout: 27.73 %  
                                  1. On 21 November 2016, Kelly resigned from the council to take up a politically restricted position at HMRC. No by-election was called due to the resignation's proximity to the May 2017 elections.[9]
                                  2. McAllister resigned from the SNP and became an independent in April 2016, claiming that party leadership were intolerant to free speech.[10]

                                  Ward 17: Springburn

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

                                  Springburn - 3 seats[4]
                                  PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                  123456789
                                  Labour Gilbert Davidson 40.5 1,643                
                                  Labour Allan Stewart (incumbent) 17.2 699 1,184.4              
                                  SNP Phil Greene (incumbent) 21.9 888 932.6 948 949 951.1 960.4 971.1 978.5 1,039.5
                                  SNP James Oakes 8.1 330 342.6 349.7 351.8 353.9 355.5 372.8 384.9 419.8
                                  Independent Joe Chambers 5.9 240 257.2 273. 278.9 283.1 295.2 316.5 343.3  
                                  Conservative Jason Eccles 2.7 111 115.9 120.6 120.6 122.1 134.2 139.3    
                                  Scottish Green John Stuart 1.5 61 65.6 76.8 87.6 92.1 101      
                                  Liberal Democrats Sophie Bridger 1.1 45 49.6 53.9 53.9 61.5        
                                  Glasgow First Christopher Henderson 0.5 21 28.3 35.8 36.1          
                                  TUSC Luke Ivory 0.5 22 24.3 26.9            
                                  Electorate: 15,717   Valid: 4,060   Spoilt: 191   Quota: 1,016   Turnout: 4,251 (27.05%)  

                                    Ward 18: East Centre

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

                                    East Centre - 4 seats[4]
                                    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                    1234567891011
                                    Labour Frank Docherty (incumbent) 26.4 1,846                    
                                    SNP Jennifer Dunn (incumbent) 21.8 1,523                    
                                    Labour Elaine McDougall (incumbent) 18.2 1,272 1,581.4                  
                                    Labour Russell Robertson[lower-alpha 1] 14.0 981 1,043.9 1,176.6 1,179.7 1,184.6 1,199.6 1,207.6 1,245.7 1,285.1 1,383.5 1,527.7
                                    SNP Colin Rullkotter 5.9 414 423.2 427.3 523.5 526.5 532.6 540 566.3 605 735.5  
                                    Scottish Green Nina Ballantyne 4.8 335 351 356.5 363.6 371.5 390.3 404.8 460.9 520.8    
                                    Conservative Keenan Alexander 4.0 280 283.4 285.3 286.6 288.9 302.7 328.1 334.5      
                                    Scottish Socialist Daniel O'Donnell 2.2 154 159.3 162.2 166.1 168.2 171.5 176.8        
                                    UKIP Steven Laird 1.2 82 84.2 85.3 86.5 94.6 94.9          
                                    Liberal Democrats Alan Lee 0.9 62 66.4 67.4 69.3 74.9            
                                    Glasgow First Fraser Paterson 0.6 39 42.9 45.8 47              
                                    Electorate: 22,939   Valid: 6,988   Spoilt: 198   Quota: 1,398   Turnout: 7,186 (31.33%)  
                                      1. Robertson defected from the Labour Party and joined the SNP in February 2016.[11]

                                      Ward 19: Shettleston

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

                                      Shettleston - 4 seats[4]
                                      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                      123456789
                                      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
                                      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
                                      SNP Adam Miller 13.1 921 937.9 938.1 942.1 950.4 964.9 980.9 1,006.2  
                                      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%)  

                                        Ward 20: Baillieston

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

                                        Baillieston - 4 seats[4]
                                        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                        123456789
                                        Labour Jim Coleman (incumbent) 36.3% 2,894                
                                        SNP David Turner (incumbent) 20.2% 1,615                
                                        Labour Marie Garrity 14.5% 1,154 2,233              
                                        SNP Austin Sheridan 17% 1,357 1,395 1,463 1,478 1,493 1,505 1,529 1,572 1,636
                                        Conservative Raymond McCrae 5.2% 413 424 451 451 466 486 492 504 538
                                        Glasgow First Andy Muir (incumbent) 1.8% 146 175 226 227 234 252 280 346  
                                        Scottish Green David Weir 1.8% 143 153 202 203 218 236 269    
                                        Scottish Socialist Margaret Bean 1.3% 103 115 160 161 164 168      
                                        UKIP Arthur Thackeray 1.1% 91 96 106 107 109        
                                        Liberal Democrats James McHale 0.8% 65 70 92 92          
                                        Electorate: 24,426   Valid: 7,981   Spoilt: 203   Quota: 1,597   Turnout: 33.51%  

                                          Ward 21: North East

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

                                          North East - 4 seats[4]
                                          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                          12
                                          Labour Maureen Burke 29.18% 1,958  
                                          SNP Gerry Boyle 20.53% 1,378  
                                          Labour Gerry Leonard (incumbent) 20.04% 1,345  
                                          Labour Sohan Singh 14.39% 966 1,411
                                          SNP Tony Kenny 9.12% 612 647
                                          Conservative Kim Schmulian 3.13% 210 215
                                          Scottish Green Stuart Clay[lower-alpha 1] 1.76% 118 141
                                          Liberal Democrats John C. MacPherson 1.13% 76 85
                                          TUSC Jamie Cocozza 0.72% 48 58
                                          Electorate: 25,247   Valid: 6,711   Spoilt: 242   Quota: 1,343   Turnout: 27.54%  
                                            1. Outgoing councillor from Partick West ward.

                                            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.[12]

                                            Govan by-election (10 October 2013) - 1 Seat[13]
                                            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                            12345678910111213
                                            Labour John Kane 43.4 2,055 2,055 2,056 2,058 2,062 2,075 2,082 2,108 2,137 2,149 2,180 2,216 2,417
                                            SNP Helen Walker 30.1 1,424 1,425 1,426 1,431 1,435 1,449 1,456 1,466 1,485 1,497 1,541 1,575 1,678
                                            No Bedroom Tax John Flanagan 9.4 446 446 449 455 466 479 483 487 501 515 539 562  
                                            Conservative Richard Sullivan 4.5 215 215 216 216 216 218 229 237 243 269 293    
                                            UKIP Janice MacKay 2.4 113 113 116 116 116 116 119 120 126        
                                            Scottish Green Moira Crawford 2.4 112 112 113 116 125 129 131 142 150 158      
                                            Independent George Laird 2.2 103 102 102 104 104 105 113 117          
                                            Liberal Democrats Ewan Hoyle 1.5 73 73 74 75 76 76 84            
                                            Scottish Christian John Cormack 1.3 60 60 61 62 65 65              
                                            Independent Thomas Rannachan 1.1 52 52 52 52 53                
                                            Communist Ryan Boyle 0.7 35 35 35 37                  
                                            Solidarity Joyce Drummond 0.6 28 28 29                    
                                            Britannica Party Charles Baillie 0.4 19                        
                                            SDA James Trolland 0.0 1                        
                                            Electorate: 24,203   Valid: 4,736   Spoilt: 120   Quota: 2,369   Turnout: 4,856 (20.06%)  

                                              December 2013 Shettleston by-election

                                              On 7 October 2013 Shettleston 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.[14]

                                              Shettleston by-election (5 December 2013) - 1 Seat[15]
                                              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                              1
                                              Labour Martin Neill 53.6 2026
                                              SNP Laura Docherty 28.7 1086
                                              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
                                              No Bedroom Tax John Flanagan 1.3 50
                                              Scottish Green Alasdair Duke 1.1 41
                                              Scottish Socialist Tommy Ball 0.9 35
                                              Christian Victor Murphy 0.9 34
                                              Britannica Party Charlie Baillie 0.8 31
                                              SDA James Trolland 0.2 6
                                              Electorate: 21,926   Valid: 3,783   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 1,892   Turnout: 3,777 (17.55)  

                                                August 2015 by-elections

                                                On 14 May 2015, Green Party councillor Liam Hainey (Langside) resigned his seat for family and health reasons.[16] On the same day, SNP councillors Alison Thewliss (Calton) and Martin Docherty (Anderston/City) resigned their seats after having been elected as MPs for the constituencies of, respectively, Glasgow Central[17] and West Dunbartonshire.[18] Finally, on 10 June 2015, SNP councillor Iris Gibson (Craigton) retired due to ill health.[19] By-elections for all of these were held on 6 August 2015.

                                                Anderston/City by-election (6 August 2015) - 1 Seat
                                                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                                123456
                                                SNP Eva Bolander 48.1% 1,441 1,444 1,446 1,457 1,473 1,750
                                                Labour Katie Ford 28.6% 857 857 866 881 943 1,024
                                                Scottish Green Christy Mearns 13.8% 414 414 421 442 467  
                                                Conservative Ary Jaff 5.5% 164 166 173 184    
                                                Liberal Democrats Gary McLelland 2.2% 66 68 70      
                                                UKIP Janice MacKay 1.4% 43 45        
                                                Libertarian Stevie Creighton 0.4% 12          
                                                Electorate: 23,285   Valid: 2997   Spoilt: 39   Quota: 1499   Turnout: 3036 (14.5%)  
                                                  Calton by-election (6 August 2015) - 1 Seat
                                                  PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                                  1
                                                  SNP Greg Hepburn 55.5% 1,507
                                                  Labour Thomas Rannachan 30% 814
                                                  Conservative Thomas Kerr 4.7% 129
                                                  UKIP Karen King 3.8% 103
                                                  Scottish Green Malachy Clarke 3.6% 99
                                                  Independent Tommy Ramsay 1.7% 47
                                                  Liberal Democrats Chris Young 0.7% 18
                                                  Electorate: 19,333   Valid: 2,717   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 1,359   Turnout: 2,767 (16.17%)  
                                                    Craigton by-election (6 August 2015) - 1 Seat
                                                    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                                    1
                                                    SNP Alex Wilson 54.2% 2,674
                                                    Labour Kevin O'Donnell 33.3% 1,643
                                                    Conservative Philip Charles 6.1% 300
                                                    Scottish Green Katie Noble 2.8% 136
                                                    UKIP Arthur Misty Thackeray 1.9% 95
                                                    Liberal Democrats Isabel Nelson 1.8% 87
                                                    Electorate: 24,119   Valid: 4,935   Spoilt: 71   Quota: 2,468   Turnout: 5,006 (21.64%)  
                                                      Langside by-election (6 August 2015) - 1 Seat
                                                      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                                      12
                                                      SNP Anna Richardson 49.9% 2134 2,143
                                                      Labour Eileen Dinning 21.8% 932 945
                                                      Scottish Green Robert Pollock 13.5% 579 598
                                                      Conservative Kyle Thornton 8.9% 379 379
                                                      Liberal Democrats Will Millinship 2.9% 125 125
                                                      UKIP Cailean Mongan 1.5% 65 66
                                                      TUSC Ian Leech 1.4% 62  
                                                      Electorate: 20,938   Valid: 4,276   Spoilt: 27   Quota: 2,139   Turnout: 4,303 (21.7%)  

                                                        May 2016 Anderston/City by-election

                                                        On 14 March 2016, Labour councillor Matheson resigned his seat as he had been appointed a visiting professor at Strathclyde University.[20] As a result, a by-election happened on 5 May 2016: it was won by the SNP's Angus Millar.

                                                        Anderston/City by-election (5 May 2016) - 1 Seat[21]
                                                        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                                        12345
                                                        SNP Angus Millar 43.03% 3,467 3,480 3,509 3,586 4,436
                                                        Labour Steven Livingston 21.07% 1,698 1,715 1,793 2,112 2,603
                                                        Scottish Green Christy Mearns 20.12% 1,621 1,637 1,710 1,869  
                                                        Conservative Philip Charles 10.79% 869 908 965    
                                                        Liberal Democrats Ryan Ross 3.08% 248 256      
                                                        UKIP Karen King 1.91% 154        
                                                        Electorate: 20,995   Valid: 8,057   Spoilt: 133   Quota: 4,030   Turnout: 8,190 (39.18%)  

                                                          October 2016 Garscadden/Scotstounhill by-election

                                                          On 25 July 2016, Labour councillor John Kelly died as a result of motor neuron disease.[22] A by-election was held on 6 October 2016 and was won by the SNP's Chris Cunningham.

                                                          Garscadden/Scotstounhill by-election (6 October 2016) - 1 Seat[23][24]
                                                          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                                          123456
                                                          SNP Chris Cunningham 42.6% 2,135 2,140 2,150 2,275 2,321 2,906
                                                          Labour Ian Cruikshank 38.8% 1,944 1,953 1,984 2,037 2,204  
                                                          Conservative Ary Jaff 10.2% 510 536 553 564    
                                                          Scottish Green Gillian MacDonald 4.8% 242 247 261      
                                                          Liberal Democrats James Speirs 1.9% 97 105        
                                                          UKIP Donald MacKay 1.7% 83          
                                                          Electorate: 21,419   Valid: 5,011   Spoilt: 83   Quota: 2,506   Turnout: 5,094 (23.8%)  

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