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Baillieston (ward)

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{{Use British English|date=October 2019}}

{{Infobox UK place

|official_name =

|scots_name =

|gaelic_name = Baile Bhàillidh

|country = Scotland

|static_image_name = Glasgow wards 2017 no20 Baillieston.png

|static_image_caption = Baillieston Ward (2017) within Glasgow

|static_image_2_name = Baillieston, Main Street - geograph.org.uk - 1657999.jpg

|static_image_2_caption= Baillieston Main Street within the ward (2007)

|map_type = Glasgow Local Authority Area

|population= 21,663

|population_ref =(2015)[https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=5763&p=0 City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 20 - Baillieston], Glasgow City Council

|population_density= {{nowrap|{{convert|2144|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}} }}

|area_total_km2 = 10.10

|latitude=

|longitude=

|post_town= GLASGOW

|postcode_area= G

|postcode_district= G33, G34, G69, G71

|dial_code= 0141

|unitary_scotland= Glasgow City Council

|lieutenancy_scotland= Glasgow

}}

Baillieston (Ward 20) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council.{{cite web|url=https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/scotland/wards/|title=United Kingdom: Scotland {{!}} Council Areas and Electoral Wards|website=City Population|date=30 June 2019|access-date=28 March 2021}} On its creation in 2007 and in 2012 it returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system.{{cite web|last=Teale|first=Andrew|title=Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)|url=http://www.andrewteale.me.uk/pdf/2007-scotland.pdf|publisher=Local Elections Archive Project|accessdate=4 May 2012|date=27 December 2008}} For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election, the boundaries were changed: the ward decreased in size and population, and returned three members.

Boundaries

Located in the far east of Glasgow, the core of the ward since 2007 includes Baillieston as well as Barrachnie, Garrowhill, Springhill, Swinton, Wellhouse, Easthall, Daldowie and Broomhouse with the northern boundary being the M8 motorway) and the eastern and southern limits being the city borders with North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire.[https://www.glasgowtimes.co.uk/news/15214105.council-elections-2017-baillieston-bringing-people-together/ Council Elections 2017: Baillieston bringing people together], Evening Times, 10 April 2017

The 2017 changes saw the neighbourhoods of Barlanark, Budhill, Greenfield, Lightburn and Springboig removed and assigned to the East Centre ward.

Councillors

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!Election

!colspan=8|Councillors

2007{{cite web |title=List of Council Candidates (Wards 15-21 |url=http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/News/councilcandidateswards15to21.htm |website=glasgow.gov.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070506132754/http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/News/councilcandidateswards15to21.htm |archive-date=2007-05-06 |url-status=dead}}

|rowspan=4; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}" |

|rowspan=4|Jim Coleman
(Labour)

|rowspan=3; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}" |

|rowspan=1|Douglas Hay
(Labour)

|rowspan=7; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |

|rowspan=2|David McDonald
(SNP)

|rowspan=3; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |

|rowspan=1|John Mason
(SNP)

2008 by

|rowspan=1|Andy Muir
(Labour)

|rowspan=2|David Turner
(SNP)

2012{{cite web |title=Election Results 2012 |url=http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/YourCouncil/Elections_Voting/Election_Results/LocalElections2012/ |website=glasgow.gov.uk |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120706200224/http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/YourCouncil/Elections_Voting/Election_Results/LocalElections2012/ |archive-date=2012-07-06 |url-status=dead}}

|rowspan=1|Marie Garrity
(Labour)

|rowspan=1|Austin Sheridan
(SNP)

2017{{cite web|url=https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/article/21080/Local-Election-2017-Full-Results|title=Local Election 2017 Full Results|date=5 May 2017|publisher=Glasgow City Council|access-date=11 May 2022}}

|rowspan=4; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party}}" |

|rowspan=3|Philip Charles
(Conservative)

|rowspan=3|Elaine Ballantyne
(SNP)

|rowspan=4; colspan=2|3 seats
from 2017

January 2021{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-55840648|title=Second Glasgow councillor forced out for missing six months of meetings|publisher=BBC|date=28 January 2021|accessdate=11 February 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/article/26635/Joint-notice-of-election-Ward-20---Baillieston-Ward-23---Partick-EastKelvindale-of-Glasgow-City-Council|title=Joint notice of election: Ward 20 - Baillieston, Ward 23 - Partick East/Kelvindale (of Glasgow City Council)|publisher=Glasgow City Council|date=28 January 2021|accessdate=11 February 2021}}

|colspan=2|Vacant

March 2021{{cite web|url=https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/article/26635/Joint-notice-of-election-Ward-20---Baillieston-Ward-23---Partick-EastKelvindale-of-Glasgow-City-Council|title=Joint notice of election: Ward 20 - Baillieston, Ward 23 - Partick East/Kelvindale (of Glasgow City Council)|publisher=Glasgow City Council|date=28 January 2021|accessdate=11 February 2021}}{{cite web|title=Local By Elections 19th March 2021 Full Results|url=https://glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=26909|publisher=Glasgow City Council|accessdate=19 March 2021|language=en|date=19 March 2021}}

|rowspan=1; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}" |

|David Turner
(SNP)

2022{{cite web |url=https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=56657&p=0 |title=Notice of election agents |publisher=Glasgow City Council |access-date=4 April 2022 }}{{Dead link|date=September 2023 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

|rowspan=1; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}" |

|rowspan=1|Kevin John Lalley
(Labour)

|rowspan=1|John Daly
(Conservative)

|rowspan=1|Alex Kerr
(SNP)

Election results

=2022 election=

{{main|2022 Glasgow City Council election}}

{{:2022 Glasgow City Council election|transcludesection=Baillieston}}

=2021 by-election=

Esteemed Labour councillor Jim Coleman was disqualified on 28 January 2021 after failing to attend online and in-person council meetings for six months. A by-election for the seat was held 18 March 2021.{{cite news|url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-55840648|title=Second Glasgow councillor forced out for missing six months of meetings|publisher=BBC|date=28 January 2021|accessdate=11 February 2021}} SNP candidate and former ward councillor David Turner won the seat.

{{:2017 Glasgow City Council election|transcludesection=Baillieston21}}

=2017 election=

{{main|2017 Glasgow City Council election}}

{{:2017 Glasgow City Council election|transcludesection=Baillieston}}

=2012 election=

{{main|2012 Glasgow City Council election}}

{{:2012 Glasgow City Council election|transcludesection=Baillieston}}

==November 2008 by-election==

On 6 November 2008, a by-election was held following the death of Labour councillor David Hay on 27 September 2008. The by-election was won by Labour's Andy Muir.

{{:2007 Glasgow City Council election|transcludesection=Baillieston08-2}}

==September 2008 by-election==

On 18 September 2008, a by-election was held following the election of John Mason as the MP for Glasgow East on 25 July 2008. The by-election was won by the SNP's David Turner.

{{:2007 Glasgow City Council election|transcludesection=Baillieston08-1}}

=2007 election=

{{main|2007 Glasgow City Council election}}

{{:2007 Glasgow City Council election|transcludesection=Baillieston}}

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See also

References

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External links

  • [https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/scotland/baillieston-ward-north-lanarkshire#.Xm_UAbenzN4 Listed Buildings in Baillieston Ward, North Lanarkshire] (sic) at British Listed Buildings

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