Baillieston (ward)
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![]() Baillieston Main Street within the ward (2007) | |
Area | 10.10 km2 (3.90 sq mi) |
Population | 21,663 (2015)[1] |
• Density | 2,144/km2 (5,550/sq mi) |
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Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | GLASGOW |
Postcode district | G33, G69, G71 |
Dialling code | 0141 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
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Baillieston (Ward 20) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. On its creation in 2007 and in 2012 it returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system.[2] For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election, the boundaries were changed: the ward decreased in size and population, and returned three members.
Boundaries
Located in the far east of Glasgow, the core of the ward since 2007 includes Baillieston as well as Barrachnie, Garrowhill, Springhill, Swinton, Wellhouse, Easthall, Daldowie and Broomhouse with the northern boundary being the M8 motorway) and the eastern and southern limits being the city borders with North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire.[3]
The 2017 changes saw the neighbourhoods of Barlanark, Budhill, Greenfield, Lightburn and Springboig removed and assigned to the East Centre ward.
Councillors
Election | Councillors | |||||||
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2007 | rowspan=4; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" | | Jim Coleman (Labour) |
rowspan=4; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" | | Douglas Hay (Labour) |
rowspan=3; style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | | David McDonald (SNP) |
rowspan=4; style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | | John Mason (SNP) |
2008 by | Andy Muir (Labour) |
David Turner (SNP) | ||||||
2012 | Marie Garrity (Labour) |
Austin Sheridan (SNP) | ||||||
2017 | Marie Garrity (Labour) |
rowspan=1; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party/meta/color" | | Philip Charles (Conservative) |
Elaine Ballantyne (SNP) |
Election Results
2007
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September 2008 by-election
- On 18 September 2008, a by-election was held following the election of John Mason as an MP for Glasgow East on 25 July 2008. The by-election was won by the SNP's David Turner.
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
SNP | David Turner | 44.6 | 2,318 | 2,320 | 2,330 | 2,344 | 2,355 | 2,381 | 2,415 | 2,511 | 3,131 | |
Labour | Andy Muir | 41.7 | 2,167 | 2,168 | 2,171 | 2,186 | 2,189 | 2,208 | 2,264 | 2,313 | ||
Conservative | John Anderson | 5.0 | 259 | 272 | 273 | 274 | 304 | 310 | 340 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Jackson | 3.1 | 159 | 162 | 171 | 176 | 176 | 180 | ||||
Solidarity | Tricia McLeish | 1.4 | 74 | 76 | 80 | 96 | 105 | |||||
BNP | Charles Baillie | 1.4 | 73 | 79 | 81 | 81 | ||||||
Scottish Socialist | Daniel O'Donnell | 1.1 | 58 | 58 | 61 | |||||||
Scottish Green | Moira Crawford | 0.9 | 45 | 46 | ||||||||
Scottish Unionist Party (modern) | Ian Dickie | 0.8 | 43 | |||||||||
Electorate: 23,202 Valid: 5,196 Spoilt: 65 Quota: 2,599 Turnout: 5,261 (22.7%) |
November 2008 by-election
- On 6 November 2008 a by-election was held following the death of Labour Cllr David Hay on 27 September 2008. The by-election was won by Labour's Andy Muir.
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Labour | Andy Muir | 46.8 | 2,257 | 2,260 | 2,263 | 2,286 | 2,335 | 2,383 | 3,124 | |
SNP | David Cassidy | 42.1 | 2,027 | 2,037 | 2,046 | 2,074 | 2,116 | 2,193 | ||
Conservative | John Anderson | 4.7 | 226 | 231 | 245 | 249 | 269 | |||
Liberal Democrats | David Jackson | 2.9 | 142 | 146 | 146 | 154 | ||||
Scottish Socialist | Daniel O'Donnell | 1.8 | 88 | 93 | 97 | |||||
BNP | Charles Baillie | 1.0 | 46 | 46 | ||||||
Scottish Green | Moira Crawford | 0.7 | 32 | |||||||
Electorate: 23,131 Valid: 4,818 Spoilt: 58 Quota: 2,410 Turnout: 4,876 (21.0%) |
2012
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2017
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See also
References
- ^ City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 20 - Baillieston, Glasgow City Council
- ^ Teale, Andrew (27 December 2008). "Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ Council Elections 2017: Baillieston bringing people together, Evening Times, 10 April 2017
- ^ http://www.alba.org.uk/localby/baillieston.html
- ^ http://www.alba.org.uk/localby/baillieston2.html
External links
- Listed Buildings in Baillieston Ward, North Lanarkshire (sic) at British Listed Buildings