Shettleston (ward)

Shettleston
Scottish Gaelic: *Baile Nighean Sheadna*
Scots: *Shuttlestoun*
Shettleston Scottish Gaelic: Baile Nighean Sheadna; Scots: Shuttlestoun;
	; Aerial view over part of the Shettleston ward, looking east (2018)
Area	10.40 km2 (4.02 sq mi)
Population	25,806 (2015)[1]
• Density	2,481.3/km2 (6,427/sq mi)
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

Shettleston (Ward 19) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. Since its creation in 2007 it has returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system; the boundaries have not changed since it was formed.[2]

Shettleston Ward (2017) within Glasgow

Boundaries

Located in the east of Glasgow and immediately north of the River Clyde which forms its southern boundary, the ward is centred around the long-established settlement of Shettleston, and additionally includes the neighbourhoods of Braidfauld (east of Maukinfauld Road), Tollcross, Fullarton/Auchenshuggle, Sandyhills, Mount Vernon, Carmyle and part of Parkhead (north of Tollcross Road). The northern boundary is the North Clyde Line railway.

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

Shettleston - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 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
	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
	SNP	Adam Miller	13.1	921	937.9	938.1	942.1	950.4	964.9	980.9	1,006.2
	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%)

On 7 October 2013 Shettleston Labour Cllr George Ryan died suddenly. A by-election was held on 5 December 2013 and the seat was retained by Labour's Martin Neill.[3]

Shettleston By-election (5 December 2013) - 1 Seat[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1
	Labour	Martin Neill	53.6	2026
	SNP	Laura Doherty	28.7	1086
	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
	No Bedroom Tax	John Flanagan	1.3	50
	Scottish Green	Alasdair Duke	1.1	41
	Scottish Socialist	Tommy Ball	0.9	35
	Christian	Victor Murphy	0.9	34
	Britannica Party	Charlie Baillie	0.8	31
	SDA	James Trolland	0.2	6
Electorate: 21,926 Valid: 3,783 Spoilt: 65 Quota: 1,892 Turnout: 3,777 (17.55)

Shettleston - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11
	Labour	Frank McAveety (incumbent)	25.17%	1,902
	SNP	Laura Doherty	17.95%	1,356	1,364	1,368	1,370	1,379	1,384	1,387	1,477	1,600
	Conservative	Thomas Kerr	18.10%	1,368	1,381	1,390	1,394	1,399	1,409	1,448	1,462	1,468	1,469	1,671
	SNP	Michelle Ferns	10.23%	773	778	779	782	785	785	786	811	1,377	1,453	1,597
	Labour	Anne Simpson (incumbent)	11.54%	872	1,162	1,164	1,173	1,184	1,214	1,238	1,275	1,278	1,289
	SNP	Alex Kerr	9.58%	724	729	731	736	739	743	751	774
	Scottish Green	Kevin Campbell	2.94%	222	225	231	234	249	265	274
	UKIP	Jamie Robertson	1.39%	105	110	111	120	122	129
	Liberal Democrats	Timothy Pollard	1.09%	82	87	88	94	96
	TUSC	Jamie Cocozza	0.79%	60	63	67	69
	SDP	Steven Marshall	0.67%	51	54	56
	Independent	Paul Corran	0.54%	41	41
Electorate: 21,134 Valid: 7,556 Spoilt: 326 Quota: 1,512 Turnout: 37.3%

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