The City of

Glasgow Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popu ...

is divided into a number of wards. These electoral districts, as they are also known, are used to elect councillors to

Glasgow City Council Glasgow City Council is the local government authority for the City of Glasgow, Scotland. It was created in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, largely with the boundaries of the post-1975 City of Glasgow district of th ...

. The council, composed of the elected members from each ward, provides

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services to the City of Glasgow. There are 23 wards situated within the perimeters of Glasgow City Council. Each one elects 3 or 4 councillors every five years in the Scottish local council elections. The most recent elections were held in

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. Glasgow City Council is one of the 32

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for Scotland (each council containing a number of wards). The boundaries for all Scottish council areas and their sub divisional wards are regulated and regularly reviewed by the

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Map

The following is a map of the current party representation for each ward, shown within the area served by Glasgow City Council. Glasgow City Council election 2017

List of Wards (2017)

The following is a list of each Glasgow ward and its population data. Glasgow wards 2017 labelled

Previous ward systems

2007 to 2017 multi-member wards

Prior to the introduction of the 2017 boundaries, a similar multi-member system divided among 21 wardsLocal Government Boundary Commission for Scotland - Single Transferable Vote - Proportional Representation: Final recommendations for Glasgow City Council area
4th Reviews of Electoral Arrangements Maps, Wards 1999 - 2007 :

was introduced for the 2007 council election, also used in

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1995 to 2007 single-member wards

From 1999 until the 2007 election, there were 79 councillors elected from 79 small single-member wardsElectoral Arrangements for Local Government Areas in Scotland: Glasgow City Council Area
3rd Reviews of Electoral Arrangements Maps, Wards 1999 - 2007 : Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland by the plurality (

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) system of election. The result from this system in 2003 was 69 of the 79 councillors representing the Labour Party, although that party gained only around half the votes cast in the election to the council, and the Scottish National Party represented by just four councillors, despite gaining some 20% of the votes. There were also three Liberal Democrat councillors, one from the Conservative party, and one from the

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. The earlier election returns were even more skewed in terms of seats versus overall vote share due to the voting system in use: in 1999 council election result, Labour received 74 seats (94%) from 49% of the vote and the SNP received two seats from 29% vote share. In the first GCC election in

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, which included 83 wards,Formation electoral arrangements in 1995: Glasgow City council area
Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland Labour won 77 (93%) of the seats from approximately 62% of the overall vote, while the SNP's 23% overall vote share gave them only one seat.Scottish Council Elections 1995 - Results and Statistics
H.M. Bochel, D.T. Denver Wards list (1999 and 2003 elections) Glasgow Wards

References

{{Wards of Scotland Politics of Glasgow

Map

List of Wards (2017)

Previous ward systems

2007 to 2017 multi-member wards

1995 to 2007 single-member wards

See also

References