Langside (ward)

Langside (Ward 7) 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. For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election, the boundaries were changed, the ward increased in size and returned four members.

Langside
Langside Ward (2017) within Glasgow
Battlefield Rest in the Langside ward
Area	1.8 sq mi (4.7 km2)
Population	29,060 (2017)[1]
• Density	16,144.4/sq mi (6,233.4/km2)
Council area	Glasgow City Council
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G41, G42, G43, G44
Dialling code	0141
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
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Boundaries

The ward is situated on the south side of Glasgow. As well as Langside itself, it also includes Battlefield, Mount Florida (including Hampden Park and the New Victoria Hospital), the northern parts of King's Park and Cathcart and the eastern part of Shawlands. The 2017 expansion took in Toryglen from the Southside Central ward and a few streets on the north side of the Cathcart Circle Line railway which had previously been in Newlands/Auldburn when the boundary was the White Cart Water.

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

• 89.4% White Scottish / British / Irish / Other
• 6.5% Asian (Mainly Pakistani)
• 1.3% Black (Mainly African)
• 0.9% Mixed / Other Ethnic Group

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007[3]		Archie Graham (Labour)		James Dornan (SNP)		Paul Coleshill (Liberal Democrats)	3 seats
2012[4]	Susan Aitken (SNP)			Liam Hainey (Green)
2015 by				Anna Richardson (SNP)
2017[5]					Tanya Wisely (Green)
2022[6]		Stephen Ignatius Docherty (Labour)	Paul Leinster (SNP)	Holly Bruce (Green)

Election results

2022 election

2022 Glasgow City Council election

Langside – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Scottish Green	Holly Bruce	27.9	3,173
	SNP	Susan Aitken (incumbent)	25.5	2,899
	Labour	Stephen Ignatius Docherty	16.5	1,870	1,978	2,022	2,030	2,058	2,113	2,346
	Labour	Aileen Mary McKenzie[note 1]	10.2	1,163	1,281	1,297	1,310	1,359	1,457	1,769	1,828
	Conservative	Bruce Whyte	8.6	975	979	982	988	996	1,036
	SNP	Paul Leinster	6.8	775	1,212	1,719	1,767	1,847	1,872	1,884	1,887	2,240
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Edward Shields	2.0	225	272	278	286	303
	TUSC	Ronnie Stevenson	1.3	153	224	229	261
	Alba	Chigozie Anne Osuchukwu	1.1	125	136	145
Electorate: 24,680   Valid: 11,358   Spoilt: 239   Quota: 2,272   Turnout: 47.0%

Source:^[7][8]

2017 election

2017 Glasgow City Council election

Langside – 4 seats^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SNP	Susan Aitken (incumbent)	26.84%	2,874
	SNP	Anna Richardson (incumbent)	16.37%	1,760	2,310
	Labour	Archie Graham (incumbent)	19.43%	2,089	2,140	2,153
	Scottish Green	Tanya Wisely	11.88%	1,277	1,340	1,437	1,438	1,496	1,506	1,622	1,863	2,223
	Conservative	Thomas Haddow	13.57%	1,459	1,465	1,467	1,467	1,468	1,511	1,593	1,766
	Labour	Steven Livingston	6.86%	737	745	752	755	772	788	878
	Liberal Democrats	Kevin Lewsey	3.26%	350	355	360	360	364	374
	UKIP	Jane Collins	0.99%	106	110	111	111	114
	TUSC	Ronnie Stevenson	0.90%	97	98	103	103
Electorate: 24,301   Valid: 10,749   Spoilt: 279   Quota: 2,150   Turnout: 45.4%

2012 election

2012 Glasgow City Council election

Langside – 3 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Archie Graham (incumbent)	35.80%	2,320
	SNP	Susan Aitken	28.12%	1,822
	Scottish Green	Liam Hainey	8.50%	551	690	705	745	834	895	1,180	1,560
	SNP	Alex Hewetson	9.49%	615	692	852	859	892	929	1,059
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Coleshill (incumbent)	7.25%	470	567	575	592	606	808
	Conservative	Russell Munn	7.38%	478	512	515	517	524
	TUSC	Ronnie Stevenson	2.42%	157	213	216	238
	Glasgow First	Cayleigh Dornan	1.03%	67	116	120
Electorate: 18,902   Valid: 6,480   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 1,621   Turnout: 34.75%

Recount

It was announced by Glasgow City Council on Thursday 10 May 2012 that Box 139, containing approximately 385 papers, was not counted in the vote despite them being registered and scanned. Permission was obtained from Glasgow Sheriff Court to examine the ballots and rerun the calculation. The two highest scoring candidates were mathematically assured of their place, however the third candidate, Liam Hainey, could have had his election overturned.^[10] After the ballots were rescanned on 16 May 2012 and the result recalculated, he retained his seat.^[11]

2015 by-election

On 14 May 2015, Green counsellor Liam Hainey resigned his seat for family and health reasons.^[12] A by-election was held on 6 August 2015 and was won by the SNP's Anna Richardson.

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

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	SNP	Anna Richardson	49.9%	2134	2,143
	Labour	Eileen Dinning	21.8%	932	945
	Scottish Green	Robert Pollock	13.5%	579	598
	Conservative	Kyle Thornton	8.9%	379	379
	Liberal Democrats	Will Millinship	2.9%	125	125
	UKIP	Cailean Mongan	1.5%	65	66
	TUSC	Ian Leech	1.4%	62
Electorate: 20,938   Valid: 4,276   Spoilt: 27   Quota: 2,139   Turnout: 4,303 (21.7%)

2007 election

2007 Glasgow City Council election

2007 Council election: Langside^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	James Dornan	27.02	2,522
	Labour	Archie Graham[a]	23.81	2,222	2,241	2,255	2,330	2,917
	Liberal Democrats	Paul Coleshill	12.93	1,207	1,243	1,264	1,338	1,405	1,547	1,961
	Scottish Green	Neil Sloan McDonald	9.55	891	924	974	1,154	1,214	1,310	1,463
	Conservative	Russell Munn	10.64	993	1,003	1,008	1,024	1,052	1,088
	Labour	Margaret McCafferty[b]	9.14	853	859	868	902
	Solidarity	Martin Frain	5.00	467	492	541
	Scottish Socialist	James Nesbitt	1.92	179	187
Electorate: 18,296   Valid: 9,334   Spoilt: 149   Quota: 2,334   Turnout: 51.84%

1. Outgoing councillor for Langside single-member ward.
2. Outgoing councillor for Battlefield single-member ward.

See also

• Wards of Glasgow

Notes

1. Sitting councillor for Springburn/Robroyston.