North East (Ward 21) is one of the 23

ward Ward may refer to: Division or unit * Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward * Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a pris ...

s of

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. On its creation in 2007 and in 2012 it returned four council members, using the

single transferable vote The single transferable vote (STV) or proportional-ranked choice voting (P-RCV) is a multi-winner electoral system in which each voter casts a single vote in the form of a ranked ballot. Voters have the option to rank candidates, and their vot ...

system. For the

2017 Glasgow City Council election The Glasgow City Council election of 2017 was held on 4 May 2017, the same day as the 31 other 2017 Scottish local elections, Scottish local government elections. The election was the first to use 23 new Ward (politics), wards, created as a re ...

, the ward boundaries were redrawn with a smaller size and population, and it returned three members.

Boundaries

Located in the far north-east of

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, the core of the ward since 2007 includes neighbourhoods between the M8 motorway and the city boundary with

North Lanarkshire North Lanarkshire (; ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the north-east of the Glasgow City council area and contains many of Glasgow's suburbs, commuter towns, and villages. It also borders East Dunbartonshire, Falkirk (co ...

Easterhouse Easterhouse is a suburb of Glasgow, Scotland, east of the Glasgow city centre, city centre on land gained from the county of Lanarkshire as part of an expansion of Glasgow before the Second World War. The area is on high ground north of the Ri ...

Provanhall Provanhall is a neighbourhood of Easterhouse in east Glasgow, Scotland.Overview of Pr ...

Garthamlock Garthamlock (from the Gaelic "Gart Thamhlachd"-burial enclosure) is a suburb in the north-east of the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde. Provanhall is the nearest neighbourhood to the east; Craigend is directly t ...

, Craigend,

Ruchazie Ruchazie ( ) is a neighbourhood in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It is situated to the north-east of the city, bordered by Craigend and Garthamlock to the east and the open ground of Hogganfield Park and Lethamhill Golf Course to the north. ...

Hogganfield Hogganfield ( ) is a district in the Scotland, Scottish city of Glasgow, located to the north east of the city centre. Hogganfield is surrounded by the Glasgow districts of Blackhill, Glasgow, Blackhill, Craigend, Glasgow, Craigend, Millerston, ...

Provanmill Provanmill is a district in the Scottish city of Glasgow. It lies to the north east of the city centre. In the mid-19th century it was a small hamlet with a grain mill, blacksmith's, cartwright's and hostelry. As Glasgow expanded, it became pa ...

and Blackhill as well as the village of

Gartloch Gartloch () is a residential village in Glasgow, Scotland. Outwith the city's urban area (the closest contiguous district being Easterhouse), it is very close to the boundary with North Lanarkshire, south of Garnkirk and west of Gartcosh. To the ...

, all bordered by open ground, much of which is within the

Seven Lochs Wetland Park The Seven Lochs Wetland Park is an urban park in Scotland. It comprises nearly 20 km2 of land and water between Glasgow and Coatbridge. Scope of Project Summary of the project A Masterplan to create the initial scope of the project w ...

. The 2017 changes removed the

Robroyston Robroyston () is a suburb of Glasgow, Scotland, located around northeast of the city centre. To the north, it directly adjoins Auchinairn (part of Bishopbriggs) in the neighbouring East Dunbartonshire local authority area. The Glasgow neighbo ...

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Wallacewell Wallacewell is a suburban area of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. Public services * Wallacewell Primary School * Wallacewell Medical Centre Religious sites * Wallacewell Church Politics Wallacewell is governed by Glasgow City Council. It ...

and

Balornock Balornock (, ) is a district in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. Situated outside the city centre, north of the River Clyde, it forms part of the larger area of Springburn. Balornock shared the Red Road complex of multi-storey flats with the ne ...

neighbourhoods located to the west of the

M80 motorway The M80 is a motorway in Scotland, Scotland's central belt, running between Glasgow and Stirling via Cumbernauld and Denny, Falkirk, Denny and linking the M8 motorway (Scotland), M8, M73 motorway, M73 and M9 motorway (Scotland), M9 motorways. F ...

, as well as the streets in

Millerston Millerston is a district partially in the Scottish city of Glasgow and partially in North Lanarkshire. It is situated north of the River Clyde, to the north of the city's Craigend, Garthamlock and Ruchazie neighbourhoods, but physically separ ...

within Glasgow, which were added to the Springburn ward. Following the alterations, it was the ward covering the largest area in the city, but with the lowest population spread the most thinly across the territory. A 2019 specific review caused the removal of a few streets of modern housing at Cardowan from the North East ward and the Glasgow council area, re-allocating them to the Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead ward of North Lanarkshire along with the rest of the developments in that area, addressing an anomaly dating back to when the boundary crossed open fields.Interim Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries at Cardowan by Stepps

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, 31 October 2019

Councillors

Election results

2025 by-election

2024 by-election

2022 election

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2017 election

2012 election

2012 Glasgow City Council election Elections to Glasgow City Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other 2012 Scottish local elections, Scottish local government elections. The election was the second using 21 new ward (politics), wards created as a result of the ...

2007 election

2007 Glasgow City Council election 7 (seven) is the natural number following 6 and preceding 8. It is the only prime number preceding a cube. As an early prime number in the series of positive integers, the number seven has symbolic associations in religion, mythology, supe ...

References

External links

Listed Buildings in North East Ward, Glasgow City
at ''British Listed Buildings'' {{Wards of Glasgow Wards of Glasgow