East Centre (Glasgow ward)

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

East Centre
Houses on Carntyne Road in the East Centre ward (2017)
Area	6.36 km^2 (2.46 sq mi)
Population	27,991 (2015)[1]
• Density	4,401/km^2 (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

East Centre Ward (2017) within 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	Russell Robertson (Labour/SNP)
2017			Marie Garrity (Labour)		Annette Christie (SNP)

Election Results

2007

East Centre - 4 seats[2] 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[lower-alpha 1] 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[lower-alpha 2] 11.45 1,039 1,046 1,049 1,057 1,058 1,067 1,101 1,134 1,191 1,243 1,314 Scottish 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. Returning councillor for Carntyne single-member ward.
2. Returning councillor for Milnbank single-member ward.

2012

East Centre - 4 seats 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 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   Scottish 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%) On 19 February 2016, Labour Cllr Russell Robertson defected from the Labour Party and joined the SNP.[3] 2017 East Centre - 4 seats 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 Scottish 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. SNP Cllr. Russell Robertson resigned from the party on 26 April 2019, citing concerns over the leadership of the SNP group & council leader Susan Aitken.[4] See also Wards of Glasgow References City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 18 - East Centre, Glasgow City Council Teale, Andrew (27 December 2008). "Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2012. "Glasgow Labour councillor defects to the SNP". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 10 October 2019. "SNP Glasgow city councillor Russell Robertson resigns from party". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 10 October 2019. External links Listed Buildings in East Centre Ward, Glasgow City at British Listed Buildings