East Centre (Glasgow ward)

East Centre (Ward 18) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council.^[2] On its creation in 2007 and in 2012 it returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system.^[3] For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election, the boundaries were changed, but four members were still returned.

East Centre
East Centre Ward (2017) within Glasgow
Houses on Carntyne Road in the East Centre ward (2017)
Area	6.36 km2 (2.46 sq mi)
Population	27,991 (2015)[1]
• Density	4,401/km2 (11,400/sq mi)
Council area	Glasgow City Council
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G32, G33
Dialling code	0141
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
List of places UK Scotland Glasgow

Boundaries

Located in the east of Glasgow, the core of the ward since 2007 includes Carntyne, Cranhill and Riddrie, with the northern boundary being the M8 motorway). The 2017 changes were substantial: the Dennistoun, Milnbank and Haghill neighbourhoods in the west of the original territory were removed and assigned to a new Dennistoun ward, whereas the neighbourhoods of Barlanark, Budhill, Greenfield, Lightburn and Springboig were added to East Centre from the Baillieston ward. The southern boundary is the North Clyde Line railway.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Patricia Chalmers (Labour)		Frank Docherty (Labour)		Elaine McDougall (Labour)		Jennifer Dunn (SNP)
2012[4]	Russell Robertson (Labour/SNP/Independent)
2016
2017[5]		Marie Garrity (Labour)	Annette Christie (SNP)
2019
2022[6]		Declan Blench (SNP)		Ann Jenkins (Labour)	Kieran Turner (Labour)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Glasgow City Council election

East Centre − 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Labour	Ann Jenkins	28.1	1,954
	SNP	Declan Blench	19.4	1,348	1,364	1,365	1,376	1,380	1,431
	SNP	Annette Christie (incumbent)	14.9	1,014	1,024	1,025	1,036	1,040	1,101	1,133	1,174	1,753
	Conservative	Faten Hameed	9.9	688	710	717	725	746	749	749	806	811	819
	Labour	Kieran Turner	9.2	642	1,046	1,064	1,074	1,102	1,149	1,150	1,238	1,259	1,328	1,719
	SNP	Kilian Riley	8.2	568	573	573	586	588	635	639	656
	Independent	William McLachlan	3.6	249	265	271	286	299	318	319
	Green	Hannah Smith	3.5	240	249	266	281	293
	Alba	Tony Osy	1.5	101	102	106
	Liberal Democrats	Ruth Lindsay	1.3	90	109	113	117
	TUSC	Matt Dobson	0.9	63	68
Electorate: 20,113   Valid: 6,957   Spoilt: 268   Quota: 1,392   Turnout: 35.9%

Source:^[7][8]

2017 Election

2017 Glasgow City Council election

East Centre – 4 seats^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Frank Docherty (incumbent)	28.16%	1,998
	SNP	Annette Christie	22.24%	1,578
	SNP	Russell Robertson (incumbent)†††	13.32%	945	955	996	1,001	1,011	1,050	1,787
	Labour	Marie Garrity *	8.05%	571	1,050	1,052	1,077	1,090	1,135	1,169	1,239	1,659
	Conservative	Maria Wells	13.39%	950	963	964	971	991	1,016	1,027	1,037
	SNP	Mark Coburn	9.81%	696	704	803	810	817	879
	Green	Kenneth Whyte	2.66%	189	194	199	216	250
	Independent	Andrew McCullagh	1.23%	87	91	93	105
	TUSC	Matt Dobson	1.13%	80	89	91
Electorate: 19,978   Valid: 7,094   Spoilt: 368   Quota: 1,419   Turnout: 37.4%

* = Sitting Councillor for the Baillieston ward.

2012 Election

2012 Glasgow City Council election

East Centre – 4 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Labour	Frank Docherty (incumbent)	26.4	1,846
	SNP	Jennifer Dunn (incumbent)	21.8	1,523
	Labour	Elaine McDougall (incumbent)	18.2	1,272	1,581.4
	Labour	Russell Robertson[a]	14.0	981	1,043.9	1,176.6	1,179.7	1,184.6	1,199.6	1,207.6	1,245.7	1,285.1	1,383.5	1,527.7
	SNP	Colin Rullkotter	5.9	414	423.2	427.3	523.5	526.5	532.6	540	566.3	605	735.5
	Green	Nina Ballantyne	4.8	335	351	356.5	363.6	371.5	390.3	404.8	460.9	520.8
	Conservative	Keenan Alexander	4.0	280	283.4	285.3	286.6	288.9	302.7	328.1	334.5
	Scottish Socialist	Daniel O'Donnell	2.2	154	159.3	162.2	166.1	168.2	171.5	176.8
	UKIP	Steven Laird	1.2	82	84.2	85.3	86.5	94.6	94.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Lee	0.9	62	66.4	67.4	69.3	74.9
	Glasgow First	Fraser Paterson	0.6	39	42.9	45.8	47
Electorate: 22,939   Valid: 6,988   Spoilt: 198   Quota: 1,398   Turnout: 7,186 (31.33%)

1. Robertson defected from the Labour Party and joined the SNP in February 2016.^[10]

2007 Election

2007 Glasgow City Council election

2007 Council election: East Centre^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	SNP	Jennifer Dunn	21.69	1,969
	Labour	Patricia Chalmers[a]	19.74	1,792	1,801	1,811	1,821
	Labour	Frank Docherty	14.07	1,277	1,288	1,294	1,300	1,303	1,316	1,377	1,411	1,486	1,526	1,627
	Labour	Elaine McDougall[b]	11.45	1,039	1,046	1,049	1,057	1,058	1,067	1,101	1,134	1,191	1,243	1,314
	Green	Elaine Cooper	5.19	471	490	495	501	501	521	533	585	740	829	1,038
	Solidarity	Jim Adams	6.12	556	575	583	587	587	607	626	722	771	797
	Conservative	Randle Wilson	4.22	383	387	400	460	460	539	561	566	626
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Grieve	5.07	460	474	480	491	492	495	511	531
	Scottish Socialist	Daniel O'Donnell	3.56	323	334	336	341	341	351	372
	CPA	John Kerr	2.97	270	273	316	319	319	328
	BNP	William McLachlan	2.49	226	229	231	256	256
	Scottish Unionist	Drew Dickie	1.93	175	176	178
	Scottish Christian	David Johnston	1.51	137	140
Electorate: 21,119   Valid: 9,078   Spoilt: 290   Quota: 1,816   Turnout: 44.36%

1. Outgoing councillor for Carntyne single-member ward.
2. Outgoing councillor for Milnbank single-member ward.

See also

• Wards of Glasgow