East Centre (Glasgow ward)

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East Centre
Carntyne Road (geograph 5335997).jpg
Houses on Carntyne Road in the East Centre ward (2017)
Area6.36 km2 (2.46 sq mi)
Population27,991 (2015)[1]
• Density4,401/km2 (11,400/sq mi)
Council area
Lieutenancy area
  • Glasgow
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGLASGOW
Postcode districtG32, G33
Dialling code0141
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
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East Centre Ward (2017) within Glasgow

East Centre (Ward 18) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council.[2] On its creation in 2007 and in 2012 it returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system.[3] For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election, the boundaries were changed, but four members were still returned.

Boundaries[]

Located in the east of Glasgow, the core of the ward since 2007 includes Carntyne, Cranhill and Riddrie, with the northern boundary being the M8 motorway). The 2017 changes were substantial: the Dennistoun, and Haghill neighbourhoods in the west of the original territory were removed and assigned to a new Dennistoun ward, whereas the neighbourhoods of Barlanark, Budhill, Greenfield, Lightburn and Springboig were added to East Centre from the Baillieston ward. The southern boundary is the North Clyde Line railway.

Councillors[]

Election Councillors
2007 Patricia Chalmers
(Labour) 		Frank Docherty
(Labour) 		Elaine McDougall
(Labour) 		Jennifer Dunn
(SNP)
2012 Russell Robertson
(Labour/SNP)
2017 Marie Garrity
(Labour) 		Annette Christie
(SNP)

Election Results[]

2007[]

Main article: 2007 Glasgow City Council election
East Centre - 4 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
SNP Jennifer Dunn 21.69 1,969                    
Labour Patricia Chalmers[a] 19.74 1,792 1,801 1,811 1,821              
Labour Frank Docherty 14.07 1,277 1,288 1,294 1,300 1,303 1,316 1,377 1,411 1,486 1,526 1,627
Labour Elaine McDougall[b] 11.45 1,039 1,046 1,049 1,057 1,058 1,067 1,101 1,134 1,191 1,243 1,314
Green Elaine Cooper 5.19 471 490 495 501 501 521 533 585 740 829 1,038
Solidarity Jim Adams 6.12 556 575 583 587 587 607 626 722 771 797  
Conservative Randle Wilson 4.22 383 387 400 460 460 539 561 566 626    
Liberal Democrats Stuart Grieve 5.07 460 474 480 491 492 495 511 531      
Scottish Socialist Daniel O'Donnell 3.56 323 334 336 341 341 351 372        
CPA John Kerr 2.97 270 273 316 319 319 328          
BNP William McLachlan 2.49 226 229 231 256 256            
Scottish Unionist Party (modern) Drew Dickie 1.93 175 176 178                
Scottish Christian David Johnston 1.51 137 140                  
Electorate: 21,119   Valid: 9,078   Spoilt: 290   Quota: 1,816   Turnout: 44.36%
  1. ^ Returning councillor for Carntyne single-member ward.
  2. ^ Returning councillor for Milnbank single-member ward.

2012[]

Main article: 2012 Glasgow City Council election
East Centre - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
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 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  
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%)
  • On 19 February 2016, Labour Cllr Russell Robertson defected from the Labour Party and joined the SNP.[4]

2017[]

Main article: 2017 Glasgow City Council election
East Centre - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Labour Frank Docherty (incumbent) 28.16% 1,998
SNP Annette Christie 22.24% 1,578
SNP Russell Robertson (incumbent) 13.32% 945 955 996 1,001 1,011 1,050 1,787
Labour Marie Garrity * 8.05% 571 1,050 1,052 1,077 1,090 1,135 1,169 1,239 1,659
Conservative Maria Wells 13.39% 950 963 964 971 991 1,016 1,027 1,037
SNP Mark Coburn 9.81% 696 704 803 810 817 879
Green Kenneth Whyte 2.66% 189 194 199 216 250
Independent Andrew McCullagh 1.23% 87 91 93 105
TUSC Matt Dobson 1.13% 80 89 91
Electorate: 19,978   Valid: 7,094   Spoilt: 368   Quota: 1,419   Turnout: 37.4%

* = Sitting Councillor for the Baillieston ward.

  • SNP Cllr. Russell Robertson resigned from the party on 26 April 2019, citing concerns over the leadership of the SNP group & council leader Susan Aitken.[5]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 18 - East Centre, Glasgow City Council
  2. ^ "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b Teale, Andrew (27 December 2008). "Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Glasgow Labour councillor defects to the SNP". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 10 October 2019.
  5. ^ "SNP Glasgow city councillor Russell Robertson resigns from party". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 10 October 2019.

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