Govan (ward)

Govan
Scottish Gaelic: *Baile a' Ghobhainn*
Scots: *Govan*
Govan Scottish Gaelic: Baile a' Ghobhainn; Scots: Govan;
	; Govan within Glasgow
Area	3.97 sq mi (10.3 km2)
Population	30,323
• Density	7,638/sq mi (2,949/km2)
Council area	Glasgow City Council;
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G51
Dialling code	0141
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland

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

The areas within the former Govan Burgh; Drumoyne, Ibrox, Linthouse and Plantation are all included within the Ward with the addition of Shieldhall, Craigton, Bellahouston, Kinning Park, Kingston and Tradeston.^[1]

A by-election took place in this ward on 10 October 2013 following the death of SNP's councillor, Allison Hunter,^[2] and resulted in a Labour gain.^[3] The population of Govan in 2011 was 30,089,^[4] here is the ethnic makeup of Govan.

78.5% White British

10.5% Asian

3.3% Black

2013 by-election result

Govan - 1 seat
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11	Count 12	Count 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
	Independent	John Flanagan	9.4%	446	446	449	455	466	479	483	487	503	517	541	564
	Conservative	Richard Sullivan	4.5%	215	215	216	216	216	218	229	237	243	269	275
	UKIP	Janice Mackay	2.4%	113	113	116	116	116	116	119	120	126
	Scottish Green	Moira Crawford	2.4%	112	112	113	116	125	129	131	142	150	158
	Independent	George Laird	2.2%	103	103	103	105	105	106	114	118
	Liberal Democrats	Ewan Hoyle	1.5%	73	73	74	75	76	76	79
	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	19
	SDA	James Trolland	0.0%	1

Govan - 4 seats ^[5]
Party		Candidate	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11	Count 12	Count 13
	Labour	James Adams	24.94%	1,727
	SNP	Allison Hunter	21.09%	1,460
	No label	John Flanagan	9.30%	644	660	661	668	671	677	688	716	741	742	753
	Glasgow First	Stephen Dornan (incumbent, now SNP)	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
	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
	Scottish 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%)

References

↑ "Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland". 26 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.
↑ "Date set for council by-election". Retrieved 20 August 2013.
↑ "Labour victory at Glasgow council by-election". 11 October 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013.
↑ https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=2223&p=0
↑ http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/YourCouncil/Elections_Voting/Election_Results/LocalElections2012/

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[1] "Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland". 26 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015.

[2] "Date set for council by-election". Retrieved 20 August 2013.

[3] "Labour victory at Glasgow council by-election". 11 October 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013.

[4] ttps://www.glasgow.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=2223&p=0

[gcc12detailed-5] ttp://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/YourCouncil/Elections_Voting/Election_Results/LocalElections2012/

Govan Scottish Gaelic: Baile a' Ghobhainn Scots: Govan
Govan within Glasgow
Area	3.97 sq mi (10.3 km²)
Population	30,323
• Density	7,638/sq mi (2,949/km²)
Council area	Glasgow City Council
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G51
Dialling code	0141

Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish

EU Parliament	Scotland