Govan (ward)

Govan (Ward 5) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council.^[2] Since its creation in 2007 it has returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system.^[3] 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
Govan Ward (2017) within Glasgow
Aerial view over Pacific Quay and Cessnock in the Govan ward (2011)
Area	8.26 km2 (3.19 sq mi)
Population	26,769 (2015) [1]
• Density	3,240.8/km2 (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
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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.^[4] 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[5]			James Adams (Labour)	Fariha Thomas (Labour)
2013 by					John Kane (Labour)
2015
2017[6]			Richard Bell (SNP)			Allan Young (Green)
2022[7]	Dan Hutchison (Green)			Imran Alam (Labour)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Glasgow City Council election

Govan – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Labour	Imran Alam	19.7	1,272	1,281	1,295
	SNP	Richard Bell (incumbent)	18.3	1,181	1,186	1,190	1,190	1,200	1,225	1,394
	Scottish Green	Dan Hutchison	15.1	975	1,011	1,025	1,025	1,037	1,057	1,136	1,145	1,187	1,359
	SNP	Stephen Dornan (incumbent)	12.3	794	803	808	808	824	846	1,073	1,154	1,188	1,276
	Labour	Ruth Hall	10.0	644	651	668	670	705	717	733	736	1,042
	Conservative	Mamun Rashid	10.0	644	645	665	665	671	679	684	685
	SNP	Funmi Fajemiseye	7.7	498	502	503	503	510	533
	Alba	Uche Gladys Emordi	2.0	132	143	147	147	156
	Independent	John Flanagan	1.9	124	128	130	130
	Liberal Democrats	Neil O'Docherty	1.5	97	100
	Scottish Socialist	Bill Bonnar	1.5	95
Electorate: 20,026   Valid: 6,456   Spoilt: 233   Quota: 1,292   Turnout: 33.4%

Source:^[8][9]

2017 Election

2017 Glasgow City Council election

Govan – 4 seats^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	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%

2012 Election

2012 Glasgow City Council election

Govan – 4 seats^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	Labour	James Adams	24.94%	1,727
	SNP	Allison Hunter (incumbent)	21.09%	1,460
	Glasgow First	Stephen Dornan (incumbent)[a]	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%)

1. Dornan eventually joined the SNP in 2015.^[11]

2013 by-election

Govan by-election (10 October 2013) - 1 Seat^[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	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%)

2007 Election

2007 Glasgow City Council election

2007 Council election: Govan (4 members)^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Allison Hunter	28.18	2,694
	Labour	John Flanagan[a]	17.33	1,657	1,705	1,711	1,718	1,747	1,781	1,845	1,881
	Labour	Stephen Dornan[b]††††††	16.63	1,590	1,651	1,657	1,666	1,696	1,743	1,812	1,852
	Labour	Shaukat Butt[c]††††††††††	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%

1. Outgoing councillor for Govan single-member ward.
2. Outgoing councillor for Drumoyne single-member ward.
3. Outgoing councillor for Kingston single-member ward.

See also

• Wards of Glasgow