Southside Central (Ward 8) is one of the 23
wards of
Glasgow City Council
Glasgow City Council (Scottish Gaelic: ''Comhairle Baile Ghlaschu'') is the Local government in Scotland, local government authority for Glasgow, Glasgow City council area, Scotland. In its modern form it was created in 1996. Glasgow was former ...
.
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 boundaries were changed, the ward population decreased but it continued to return four members.
Boundaries
The ward is located immediately south of
Glasgow city centre, with the
River Clyde
The River Clyde (, ) is a river that flows into the Firth of Clyde, in the west of Scotland. It is the eighth-longest river in the United Kingdom, and the second longest in Scotland after the River Tay. It runs through the city of Glasgow. Th ...
forming its northern boundary. Areas within the ward include the
Gorbals,
Hutchesontown,
Govanhill,
Queen's Park,
Crosshill and
Oatlands. The 2017 changes saw the
Toryglen area being re-assigned to
Langside ward.
The ethnic makeup of the smaller Southside Central ward using the 2011 census population statistics was:
*74.6% White Scottish / British / Irish / Other
*20.2% Asian (Mainly Pakistani)
*3.4% Black (Mainly African)
*1.8% Mixed / Other Ethnic Group
Councillors
Election results
2025 election
2022 election
2017 election
2012 election
2007 election
See also
*
Wards of Glasgow
References
External links
Listed Buildings in Southside Central Ward, Glasgow Cityat ''British Listed Buildings''
{{Wards of Glasgow
Wards of Glasgow
Gorbals
Govanhill and Crosshill