Shettleston (ward)

Shettleston
Scottish Gaelic: *Baile Nighean Sheadna*
Scots: *Shuttlestoun*
Shettleston Scottish Gaelic: Baile Nighean Sheadna; Scots: Shuttlestoun;
Council area	Glasgow City Council;
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G32
Dialling code	0141
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
	List of places UK Scotland Glasgow

Shettleston is one of the 21 wards of Glasgow City Council. It represents Shettleston. There are 4 members for this area.

A by-election took place in this ward on 5 December 2013 following the death of Labour's councillor, George Ryan.^[1] Twelve candidates were nominated to contest the seat,^[2] and it was held by the Labour Party.

2013 by-election result

Shettleston - 1 seat ^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	Labour	Martin Neill	53.5%	2,025
	SNP	Laura Doherty	28.7%	1,086
	Conservative	Raymond McCrae	5.9%	224
	UKIP	Arthur Misty Thackeray	3.4%	129
	TUSC	Jamie Cocozza	1.8%	68
	Liberal Democrats	James Speirs	1.4%	53
	Independent	John Flanagan	1.3%	50
	Scottish Green	Alasdair Duke	1.1%	41
	Scottish Socialist	Tommy Ball	0.9%	35
	Scottish Christian	Victor Murphy	0.9%	34
	Britannica Party	Charles Baillie	0.8%	31
	SDA	James Trolland	0.2%	6
Electorate: 21,926 Valid: 3,783 Spoilt: 65 Quota: 1,892 Turnout: 17.55%

2012 election result

Shettleston - 4 seats ^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Frank McAveety	28.3	1,989
	Labour	George Ryan (incumbent)††	20.1	1,415
	SNP	John McLaughlin (incumbent)	17.8	1,251	1,283.1	1,283.2	1,285.2	1,288.8	1,301.1	1,331.4	1,358.4	2,168.1
	SNP	Adam Miller	13.1	921	937.9	938.1	942.1	950.4	964.9	980.9	1,006.2
	Labour	Anne Simpson	12.1	852	1,289.1	1,293.9	1,300.9	1,317.8	1,333.6	1,359.8	1,400.5	1,444.9
	Conservative	Alan Sullivan	4.2	294	298.9	299	313.3	314.3	332.9	344.9
	Scottish Green	Stuart Leckie	1.5	105	115.5	115.6	126.6	144.1	165.3
	Glasgow First	Andy Muir *	1.4	98	109.7	109.7	111	119.3
	Scottish Socialist	Colin Rutherford	0.9	63	69.1	69.2	71.2
	Liberal Democrats	Marjory Watt	0.7	52	52.9	52.9
Electorate: 21,408 Valid: 7,040 Spoilt: 174 Quota: 1,409 Turnout: 7,214 (33.70%)

References

^ "Labour official withdraws from city by-election battle". 30 October 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2013.
^ ^a ^b "Nominations close for by-election in Shettleston ward of Glasgow City Council". Retrieved 12 November 2013.
^ http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/YourCouncil/Elections_Voting/Election_Results/LocalElections2012/

[1] "Labour official withdraws from city by-election battle". 30 October 2013. Retrieved 12 November 2013.

[candidates-2] "Nominations close for by-election in Shettleston ward of Glasgow City Council". Retrieved 12 November 2013.

[3] ttp://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/YourCouncil/Elections_Voting/Election_Results/LocalElections2012/

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