Govan (ward)

Govan
Scottish Gaelic: *Baile a' Ghobhainn*
Scots: *Govan*
Govan Scottish Gaelic: Baile a' Ghobhainn; Scots: Govan;
	; Aerial view over Pacific Quay and Cessnock in the Govan ward (2011)
Area	8.26 km2 (3.19 sq mi)
Population	26,769 (2015)
• Density	3,240.8/km2 (8,394/sq mi)
Council area	Glasgow City Council;
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G51, G5
Dialling code	0141
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
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Govan Ward (2017) within Glasgow

Govan (Ward 5) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council.^[2] Since its creation in 2007 it has returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system.^[3] The ward's size became smaller for the 2017 Glasgow City Council election, but it continued to return four councillors.

Boundaries[]

Located south of the River Clyde, as well as central Govan (once a separate burgh which includes the neighbourhoods of Drumoyne, Ibrox, Linthouse and Plantation) the ward also includes the areas of Shieldhall, Cessnock, Kinning Park, Kingston and Tradeston.^[4] The boundaries were changed in 2017, with the Bellahouston, Craigton and Dumbreck neighbourhoods south of the Inverclyde Line railway being reassigned to the Pollokshields ward.

The ethnic makeup of the Govan ward using the 2011 census population statistics was:

Election
2007	Stephen Dornan (Labour/ Glasgow First /SNP)		Shaukat Butt (Labour)		John Flanagan (Labour)		Allison Hunter (SNP)
2012		James Adams (Labour)	Fariha Thomas (Labour)				Allison Hunter (SNP)
2013 by		James Adams (Labour)	Fariha Thomas (Labour)	John Kane (Labour)
2017			Richard Bell (SNP)	John Kane (Labour)		Allan Young (Greens)

Govan - 4 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Allison Hunter	28.18	2,694
	Labour	John Flanagan^[a]	17.33	1,657	1,705	1,711	1,718	1,747	1,781	1,845	1,881
	Labour	Stephen Dornan^[b]	16.63	1,590	1,651	1,657	1,666	1,696	1,743	1,812	1,852
	Labour	Shaukat Butt^[c]	14.34	1,371	1,412	1,415	1,417	1,449	1,503	1,550	1,594
	Green	Will Jess	3.94	377	473	506	517	555	711	842	977
	Conservative	Patricia McIntyre	4.71	450	480	481	531	607	675	690
	Solidarity	Irene Lang	4.16	398	505	548	557	580	600
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Cobley	4.12	394	449	455	468	485
	Independent	George McNee	3.94	377	399	401	408
	Scottish Unionist	Alan Hughes	1.44	138	146	147
	Scottish Socialist	Carolina Perez	1.19	114	138
Electorate: 23,113 Valid: 9,560 Spoilt: 255 Quota: 1,913 Turnout: 42.47%

Govan - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Labour	James Adams	24.94%	1,727
	SNP	Allison Hunter (incumbent)	21.09%	1,460
	Glasgow First	Stephen Dornan (incumbent)	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
	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%)

On 23 July 2013 Govan SNP Cllr Allison Hunter died after a battle with cancer. A by-election was held on 10 October 2013 and was won by Labour's John Kane.^[5]

Govan By-election (10 October 2013) - 1 Seat^[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	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
	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%)

Govan - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Labour	John Kane (incumbent)	23.46%	1,520
	SNP	Stephen Dornan (incumbent)	17.13%	1,110	1,121	1,125	1,131	1,150	1,581
	SNP	Richard Bell	16.92%	1,096	1,100	1,105	1,115	1,122	1,259	1,486
	Green	Allan Young	9.32%	604	613	621	649	690	745	765	835	952	1,099
	Conservative	Susan McCourt	11.41%	739	752	753	757	793	795	798	801	881
	Labour	Muhammad Shoaib	8.13%	527	670	674	680	704	707	715	730
	SNP	Pamela Wilson	9.68%	627	630	633	637	642
	Liberal Democrats	Benjamin Denton-Cardew	2.19%	142	147	150	160
	Scottish Socialist	Bill Bonnar	1.08%	70	72	85
	Solidarity	Liza Farrell	0.68%	44	46
Electorate: 19,658 Valid: 6,479 Spoilt: 266 Quota: 1,296 Turnout: 34.3%

Govan Scottish Gaelic: Baile a' Ghobhainn Scots: Govan
Aerial view over Pacific Quay and Cessnock in the Govan ward (2011)
Area	8.26 km² (3.19 sq mi)
Population	26,769 (2015) ^[1]
• Density	3,240.8/km² (8,394/sq mi)
Council area	Glasgow City Council
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G51, G5
Dialling code	0141

Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish

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