Pollokshields (ward)

Pollokshields
Pollokshields
	Tenements on the corner of Nithsdale Road & Nithsdale Drive in the Pollokshields ward.
Area	1.67 sq mi (4.3 km2)
Population	22,564 (2011)
• Density	13,243.7/sq mi (5,113.4/km2)
Council area	Glasgow City Council;
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G41, G43, G5
Dialling code	0141
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
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Pollokshields is one of the 21 wards of Glasgow City Council. As of 2007^[update], it returns three council members, using the single transferable vote system. Here is the ethnic makeup of the Pollokshields ward.

59.0% White British

31.5% Asian (Mainly Pakistani)

2.4% Black (Mainly African)

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

2007 Election Results

2007 Council election: Pollokshields (3 members)^[2]
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%

^ https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=6022&p=0
^ Teale, Andrew (27 December 2008). "Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2012.