Calton (ward)

Calton (Ward 9) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council.^[2] On its creation in 2007 and in 2012 it returned three council members, using the single transferable vote system.^[3] For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election, the seats increased to four due to the population having risen by 20% since it was first formed, although the boundaries did not change.

Calton Scottish Gaelic: A' Challtainn
Calton Ward (2017) within Glasgow
Aerial view of the Calton ward looking west (2012)
Area	6.38 km2 (2.46 sq mi)
Population	27,460 (2015)[1]
• Density	4,304.1/km2 (11,148/sq mi)
Council area	Glasgow City Council
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G1, G31, G32, G4, G40
Dialling code	0141
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
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Boundaries

Located south-east of Glasgow city centre—the western boundary being High Street—and immediately north of the River Clyde, the ward includes the historic Calton area and the new Collegelands development as well as the neighbourhoods of Bridgeton, Dalmarnock (with the 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes' Village, converted to residential homes), Gallowgate, Barrowfield, Newbank, Lilybank (to Maukinfauld Road), most of Parkhead (excluding parts north of Tollcross Road) and a small part of Dennistoun (the Reidvale streets between Duke Street and the North Clyde Line railway).

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

• 90% White Scottish / British / Irish / Other
• 5.4% Asian (mainly Chinese)
• 3.6% Black (mainly African)
• 1% Mixed / Other Ethnic Group

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		George Redmond (Labour)		Ruth Simpson (Labour)		Alison Thewliss (SNP)	3 seats
2012[4]	Yvonne Kucuk (Labour)
2015 by			Greg Hepburn (SNP)
2017[5]		Robert Connelly (Conservative)			Jennifer Layden (SNP)		Cecilia O'Lone (Labour)
2022[6]		George Redmond (Labour)		Linda Pike (SNP)

Election results

2022 election

2022 Glasgow City Council election

Calton – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SNP	Greg Hepburn (incumbent)	24.2	1,472
	Labour	George Redmond	17.1	1,039	1,045	1,057	1,065	1,080	1,247
	Labour	Cecilia O'Lone (incumbent)	17.1	1,037	1,056	1,071	1,096	1,112	1,341
	Scottish Green	Kate Samuels	12.7	772	786	799	814	866	914	941	946
	Conservative	Robert Connelly (incumbent)	10.4	634	636	647	653	659
	SNP	Linda Pike	9.1	551	714	724	751	1,054	1,069	1,085	1,087	1,676
	SNP	Olu Shokunbi	6.1	368	397	402	416
	Alba	Catherine McKernan	2.0	120	129	136
	Liberal Democrats	Alexander Palmer	1.3	79	81
Electorate: 19,673   Valid: 6,072   Spoilt: 202   Quota: 1,215   Turnout: 31.9%

Source:^[7][8]

2017 election

2017 Glasgow City Council election

Calton – 4 seats^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SNP	Greg Hepburn (incumbent)	25.33%	1,389
	Labour	Cecilia O'Lone	16.81%	922	929	941	966	1,048	1,542
	SNP	Jennifer Layden	12.58%	690	867	883	890	1,080	1,101
	Conservative	Robert Connelly	11.43%	627	628	647	708	732	758	824	824	966
	SNP	Linda Pike	9.32%	511	575	580	582	699	717	769	772
	Labour	Thomas Rannachan	10.98%	602	604	607	627	663
	Scottish Green	Lorraine McLaren	8.95%	491	502	535	548
	BUP	Kris McGurk	2.74%	150	151	155
	Liberal Democrats	John MacPherson	1.86%	102	103
Electorate: 18,322   Valid: 5,484   Spoilt: 215   Quota: 1,097   Turnout: 31.1%

2012 election

2012 Glasgow City Council election

Calton – 3 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Labour	George Redmond (incumbent)	35.0	1,595
	Labour	Yvonne Kucuk	19.6	892	1,220.9
	SNP	Alison Thewliss (incumbent)	15.3	695	714.1	720.2	720.2	726.2	737.2	747.9	757.8	762.8	782.3	800.7	855.6	1,449.8
	SNP	Alexander Belic	14.7	672	681.9	688.7	690.7	692.1	699.1	701.5	718.6	721.2	740.2	756.6	779.8
	Scottish Green	Andy Reid	3.0	135	140.9	145.9	148.3	151.2	162.4	176.5	180.8	189.3	208.1	231.7
	Conservative	Scott Gillespie	2.6	120	123.4	124.9	125.9	127.9	127.9	135.8	138.8	184.3	193.8
	Glasgow First	Duncan Miller	2.9	131	141.8	146.6	146.6	149.2	151.5	151.7	151.9	181.3
	Scottish Unionist	Gordon Kirker	2.4	109	118.9	121	124	125	126.4	126.4	129.4
	No description	Gary Barton	1.6	71	74.4	76.4	76.4	81.5	81.6	82.7
	Liberal Democrats	Harvey Sussock	0.9	43	45.3	47.4	47.4	50.4	50.9
	Scottish Socialist	Murdo Ritchie	0.9	43	45.3	48.9	48.9	50
	Independent	Thomas Rannachan	0.9	41	43.3	45.1	45.4
	Britannica Party	Martin Clark	0.2	9	9.6	9.9
Electorate: 18,140   Valid: 4,556   Spoilt: 191   Quota: 1,140   Turnout: 4,722 (26.03%)

2015 by-election

On 14 May 2015 SNP counsellor Alison Thewliss resigned her seat after having been elected as an MP for the constituency of Glasgow Central.^[10] A by-election was held on 6 August 2015 and was won by the SNP's Greg Hepburn.

Calton by-election (6 August 2015) - 1 Seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Greg Hepburn	55.5%	1,507
	Labour	Thomas Rannachan	30.0%	814
	Conservative	Thomas Kerr	4.7%	129
	UKIP	Karen King	3.8%	103
	Scottish Green	Malachy Clarke	3.6%	99
	Independent	Tommy Ramsay	1.7%	47
	Liberal Democrats	Chris Young	0.7%	18
Electorate: 19,333   Valid: 2,717   Spoilt: 50   Quota: 1,359   Turnout: 2,767 (16.17%)

2007 election

2007 Glasgow City Council election

2007 Council election: Calton^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	George Redmond[a]	38.12	1,982
	SNP	Alison Thewliss	21.98	1,143	1,175	1,196	1,221	1,231	1,282	1,360
	Labour	Ruth Simpson[b]	12.08	628	1,035	1,050	1,072	1,086	1,115	1,189
	Solidarity	Fiacra Fullerton	5.81	302	325	349	373	382	420	446
	Conservative	Scott Gillespie	4.71	245	250	257	260	348	371	409
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Graham	4.44	231	245	252	257	265	329
	Scottish Green	Alasdair Duke-Wardrop	4.21	219	224	235	251	264
	Scottish Unionist	Danny Houston	3.75	195	217	220	225
	Scottish Socialist	Kenny Murray	2.42	126	134	140
	Independent	Gary Barton	2.46	128	130
Electorate: 15,123   Valid: 5,199   Spoilt: 217   Quota: 1,300   Turnout: 35.83%

1. Outgoing councillor for Bridgeton/Dalmarnock single-member ward.
2. Outgoing councillor for Hyndland single-member ward.

See also

• Wards of Glasgow