Pollokshields (ward)

{{Infobox UK place

|official_name = Pollokshields

|scots_name =

|gaelic_name =

|country = Scotland

|static_image_name = Glasgow wards 2017 no06 Pollokshields.png

|static_image_caption = Pollokshields Ward (2017) within Glasgow

|static_image_2_name = Nithsdale Drive at Nithsdale Street - geograph.org.uk - 1657938.jpg

|static_image_2_caption= Tenements on the corner of Nithsdale Road and Nithsdale Drive in the Pollokshields ward.

|map_type = Glasgow Local Authority Area

|population= 28,266

|population_ref =(2019)[https://statistics.gov.scot/atlas/resource?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.gov.scot%2Fid%2Fstatistical-geography%2FS13002972 Pollokshields], Scottish Government

|population_density= {{nowrap|{{convert|4448.8|/km2|/sqmi|abbr=on}} }}

|area_total_km2 = 6.29

|latitude=

|longitude=

|post_town= GLASGOW

|postcode_area= G

|postcode_district= G41, G43, G51

|dial_code= 0141

|unitary_scotland= Glasgow City Council

|lieutenancy_scotland= Glasgow

}}

Pollokshields (Ward 6) 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 three 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 increased in size and returned four members.

Boundaries

Located on the South Side of Glasgow, the ward includes Pollokshields itself as well as Crossmyloof, Strathbungo and the western part of Shawlands. The 2017 expansion took in Bellahouston, Craigton and Dumbreck from the Govan ward.

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

69.3% White Scottish / British / Irish / Other
26.9% Asian (Mainly Pakistani)
2% Black (Mainly African)
1.6% Mixed / Other Ethnic Group

This makes it one of the most ethnically diverse wards in Glasgow.

Councillors

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center" !Election !colspan=8\|Councillors
2007 \|rowspan=3; style="background-color: {{party color\|Scottish Conservatives}}" \| \|rowspan=3\|David Meikle (Conservative) \|rowspan=4; style="background-color: {{party color\|Scottish Labour}}" \| \|rowspan=1\|Irfan Rabbani (Labour) \|rowspan=4; style="background-color: {{party color\|Scottish National Party}}" \| \|rowspan=1\|Khalil-ur Rahman Malik (SNP) \|colspan=2 rowspan=2 \|3 seats
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=3\|Hanif Raja (Labour) \|rowspan=3\|Norman MacLeod (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=2; style="background-color: {{party color\|Scottish Greens}}" \| \|rowspan=2\| Jon Molyneux (Green)
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}} \|rowspan=1; style="background-color: {{party color\|Scottish National Party}}" \| \|rowspan=1\| Zen Ghani (SNP)

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!Election

!colspan=8|Councillors

2007

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

|rowspan=3|David Meikle
(Conservative)

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

|rowspan=1|Irfan Rabbani
(Labour)

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

|rowspan=1|Khalil-ur Rahman Malik
(SNP)

|colspan=2 rowspan=2 |3 seats

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=3|Hanif Raja
(Labour)

|rowspan=3|Norman MacLeod
(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=2; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Greens}}" |

|rowspan=2| Jon Molyneux
(Green)

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}}

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

|rowspan=1| Zen Ghani
(SNP)

Election results

=2022 election=

2022 Glasgow City Council election

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=2017 election=

2017 Glasgow City Council election

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=2012 election=

2012 Glasgow City Council election

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=2007 election=

2007 Glasgow City Council election

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References

External links

[https://britishlistedbuildings.co.uk/scotland/pollokshields-ward-glasgow-city#.XnAI5benzN4 Listed Buildings in Pollokshields Ward, Glasgow City] at British Listed Buildings

Category:Wards of Glasgow

Category:Pollokshields