Govan (ward)

Govan (Ward 5) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. Since its creation in 2007 it has returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system.[2] The ward's size became smaller for the 2017 Glasgow City Council election, but it continued to return four councillors.

Govan Scottish Gaelic: Baile a' Ghobhainn Scots: Govan
Aerial view over Pacific Quay and Cessnock in the Govan ward (2011)
Area	8.26 km^2 (3.19 sq mi)
Population	26,769 (2015) [1]
• Density	3,240.8/km^2 (8,394/sq mi)
Council area	Glasgow City Council
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G51, G5
Dialling code	0141
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish

Govan Ward (2017) within Glasgow

Boundaries

Located south of the River Clyde, as well as central Govan (once a separate burgh which includes the neighbourhoods of Drumoyne, Ibrox, Linthouse and Plantation) the ward also includes the areas of Shieldhall, Cessnock, Kinning Park, Kingston and Tradeston.[3] The boundaries were changed in 2017, with the Bellahouston, Craigton and Dumbreck neighbourhoods south of the Inverclyde Line railway being reassigned to the Pollokshields ward.

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

• 84.1% White Scottish / British / Irish / Other
• 10.9% Asian (mainly Pakistani)
• 3.8% Black (mainly African)
• 1.1% Mixed / Other Ethnic Group

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Stephen Dornan (Labour/ Glasgow First /SNP)		Shaukat Butt (Labour)		John Flanagan (Labour)		Allison Hunter (SNP)
2012			James Adams (Labour)	Fariha Thomas (Labour)
2013 by					John Kane (Labour)
2017				Richard Bell (SNP)			Allan Young (Greens)

Election Results

2007

Govan - 4 seats[2] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 SNP Allison Hunter 28.18 2,694               Labour John Flanagan[lower-alpha 1] 17.33 1,657 1,705 1,711 1,718 1,747 1,781 1,845 1,881 Labour Stephen Dornan[lower-alpha 2] 16.63 1,590 1,651 1,657 1,666 1,696 1,743 1,812 1,852 Labour Shaukat Butt[lower-alpha 3] 14.34 1,371 1,412 1,415 1,417 1,449 1,503 1,550 1,594 Scottish Green Will Jess 3.94 377 473 506 517 555 711 842 977 Conservative Patricia McIntyre 4.71 450 480 481 531 607 675 690   Solidarity Irene Lang 4.16 398 505 548 557 580 600     Liberal Democrats Michael Cobley 4.12 394 449 455 468 485       Independent George McNee 3.94 377 399 401 408         Scottish Unionist Alan Hughes 1.44 138 146 147           Scottish Socialist Carolina Perez 1.19 114 138             Electorate: 23,113   Valid: 9,560   Spoilt: 255   Quota: 1,913   Turnout: 42.47% Returning councillor for Govan single-member ward. Returning councillor for Drumoyne single-member ward. Returning councillor for Kingston single-member ward. 2012 Govan - 4 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 Count 11 Count 12 Count 13 Labour James Adams 24.94% 1,727                         SNP Allison Hunter (incumbent) 21.09% 1,460                         Glasgow First Stephen Dornan (incumbent) 8.71% 603 626 627 631 640 643 650 679 714 722 886 1,069 1,156 Labour Fariha Thomas 7.28% 504 728 729 730 735 740 747 788 826 873 995 1,175 1,261 SNP Jonathan Mackie 6.40% 443 452 512 517 522 532 538 601 625 879 931 993   No description John Flanagan (incumbent) 9.30% 644 660 661 668 671 677 688 716 741 742 753     Glasgow First Shaukat Butt (incumbent) 5.75% 398 408 408 409 415 416 427 445 468 515       SNP Tahir Mohammed 5.14% 356 359 363 363 367 370 370 385 392         Conservative Harriet Murdoch 3.16% 219 222 223 223 224 242 323 339           Scottish Green Jesper Bach 3.31% 229 237 238 261 280 307 315             Scottish Unionist Alan Hughes 2.07% 143 148 148 154 154 156               Liberal Democrats Chris Young 1.26% 87 91 92 92 92                 Solidarity Joyce Drummond 0.87% 60 62 62 65                   Pirate Finlay Archibald 0.74% 51 54 54                     Electorate: 23,590   Valid: 6,924   Spoilt: 297 (4.11%)   Quota: 1,385   Turnout: 7,221 (30.61%) 2013 by-election On 23 July 2013 Govan SNP Cllr Allison Hunter died after a battle with cancer. A by-election was held on 10 October 2013 and was won by Labour's John Kane. [4] Govan By-election (10 October 2013) - 1 Seat[5] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 Count 11 Count 12 Count 13 Labour John Kane 43.4 2,055 2,055 2,056 2,058 2,062 2,075 2,082 2,108 2,137 2,149 2,180 2,216 2,417 SNP Helen Walker 30.1 1,424 1,425 1,426 1,431 1,435 1,449 1,456 1,466 1,485 1,497 1,541 1,575 1,678 No Bedroom Tax John Flanagan 9.4 446 446 449 455 466 479 483 487 501 515 539 562   Conservative Richard Sullivan 4.5 215 215 216 216 216 218 229 237 243 269 293     UKIP Janice MacKay 2.4 113 113 116 116 116 116 119 120 126         Scottish Green Moira Crawford 2.4 112 112 113 116 125 129 131 142 150 158       Independent George Laird 2.2 103 102 102 104 104 105 113 117           Liberal Democrats Ewan Hoyle 1.5 73 73 74 75 76 76 84             Scottish Christian John Cormack 1.3 60 60 61 62 65 65               Independent Thomas Rannachan 1.1 52 52 52 52 53                 Communist Ryan Boyle 0.7 35 35 35 37                   Solidarity Joyce Drummond 0.6 28 28 29                     Britannica Party Charles Baillie 0.4 19                         SDA James Trolland 0.0 1                         Electorate: 24,203   Valid: 4,736   Spoilt: 120   Quota: 2,369   Turnout: 4,856 (20.06%) 2017 Govan - 4 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 Labour John Kane (incumbent) 23.46% 1,520 SNP Stephen Dornan (incumbent) 17.13% 1,110 1,121 1,125 1,131 1,150 1,581 SNP Richard Bell 16.92% 1,096 1,100 1,105 1,115 1,122 1,259 1,486 Scottish Green Allan Young 9.32% 604 613 621 649 690 745 765 835 952 1,099 Conservative Susan McCourt 11.41% 739 752 753 757 793 795 798 801 881 Labour Muhammad Shoaib 8.13% 527 670 674 680 704 707 715 730 SNP Pamela Wilson 9.68% 627 630 633 637 642 Liberal Democrats Benjamin Denton-Cardew 2.19% 142 147 150 160 Scottish Socialist Bill Bonnar 1.08% 70 72 85 Solidarity Liza Farrell 0.68% 44 46 Electorate: 19,658   Valid: 6,479   Spoilt: 266   Quota: 1,296   Turnout: 34.3% See also Wards of Glasgow References City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 5 - Govan, Glasgow City Council Teale, Andrew (27 December 2008). "Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2012. Council Elections 2017: Govan is diverse but we need more money, Evening Times, 27 February 2017 http://www.scottishelections.org.uk/scotland/lby/govan.php External links Listed Buildings in Govan Ward, Glasgow City at British Listed Buildings