Pollokshields (ward)

Pollokshields
Pollokshields
	Tenements on the corner of Nithsdale Road and Nithsdale Drive in the Pollokshields ward.
Area	6.29 km2 (2.43 sq mi)
Population	27,983 (2015)
• Density	4,448.8/km2 (11,522/sq mi)
Council area	Glasgow City Council;
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G41, G43, G51
Dialling code	0141
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
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Pollokshields (Ward 6) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. On its creation in 2007 and in 2012 it returned three council members, using the single transferable vote system.^[2] For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election, the boundaries were changed, the ward increased in size and returned four members.

Boundaries

Located on the South Side of Glasgow, the ward includes Pollokshields itself as well as Crossmyloof, Strathbungo and the western part of Shawlands. The 2017 expansion took in Bellahouston, Craigton and Dumbreck from the Govan ward.

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

This makes it one of the most ethnically diverse wards in Glasgow.

Election	Councillors
2007	rowspan=3; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	David Meikle (Conservative)	rowspan=3; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Irfav Rabbani (Labour)	rowspan=3; style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" \|	Khalil-ur Rahman Malik (SNP)
2012	Hanif Raja (Labour)		Norman MacLeod (SNP)
2017	Hanif Raja (Labour)		Norman MacLeod (SNP)	rowspan=3; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Green Party/meta/color" \|	John Molyneux (Green)

2007 Council election: Pollokshields (3 members)
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Irfan Rabbani	26.92	2,575
	SNP	Khalil-ur Rahman Malik	21.50	2,057	2,082	2,123	2,256	2,309	2,624
	Conservative	David Meikle	15.00	1,435	1,445	1,452	1,460	1,593	1,610	1,632	1,839
	Scottish Green	Ian Ruffell	10.90	1,043	1,060	1,096	1,206	1,280	1,321	1,374	1,835
	Liberal Democrats	Isobel Nelson	9.02	863	883	893	918	1,001	1,030	1,070
	Independent	Muhammad Shoaib	6.19	592	605	611	633	656
	Independent	Karin Currie	4.58	438	441	453	472
	Solidarity	Fatima Uygun	3.97	380	388	418
	Scottish Socialist	Ali Ashraf	1.92	184	188
Electorate: 17,029 Valid: 9,567 Spoilt: 149 Quota: 2,392 Turnout: 57.07%

Pollokshields - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	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%

Pollokshields - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Norman MacLeod (incumbent)	24.34%	2,504
	Conservative	David Meikle (incumbent)	23.04%	2,370
	Labour	Hanif Raja (incumbent)	15.09%	1,552	1,570	1,607	1,621	1,700	2,378
	Scottish Green	Jon Molyneux	13.59%	1,399	1,461	1,482	1,497	1,645	1,727	1,786	2,760
	SNP	Nighet Riaz	11.88%	1,222	1,542	1,549	1,556	1,569	1,617	1,684
	Labour	Fariha Thomas (incumbent) *	8.17%	841	848	878	890	954
	Liberal Democrats	Ewan Hoyle	2.94%	302	311	382	413
	UKIP	Iain Cameron	0.95%	98	100	132
Electorate: 21,700 Valid: 10,288 Spoilt: 261 Quota: 2,058 Turnout: 48.6%

* = Sitting Councillor for Govan Ward.