# Langside (ward)

Langside (Ward 7) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. On its creation in 2007 and in 2012 it returned three council members, using the single transferable vote system. For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election, the boundaries were changed, the ward increased in size and returned four members.

## Boundaries

The ward is situated on the south side of Glasgow. As well as Langside itself, it also includes Battlefield, Mount Florida (including Hampden Park and the New Victoria Hospital), the northern parts of King's Park and Cathcart and the eastern part of Shawlands. The 2017 expansion took in Toryglen from the Southside Central ward and a few streets on the north side of the Cathcart Circle Line railway which had previously been in Newlands/Auldburn when the boundary was the White Cart Water.
The ethnic makeup of the expanded Langside ward using the 2011 census population statistics was:
* 89.4% White Scottish / British / Irish / Other
* 6.5% Asian (Mainly Pakistani)
* 1.3% Black (Mainly African)
* 0.9% Mixed / Other Ethnic Group

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Archie Graham (Labour) | | James Dornan (SNP) | | Paul Coleshill (Liberal Democrats) | 3 seats |
| 2012 | Susan Aitken (SNP) | Archie Graham (Labour) | | Liam Hainey (Green) | | | 3 seats |
| 2015 by | Susan Aitken (SNP) | Archie Graham (Labour) | | Anna Richardson (SNP) | | | 3 seats |
| 2017 | Susan Aitken (SNP) | Archie Graham (Labour) | | Anna Richardson (SNP) | Tanya Wisely (Green) |
| 2022 | Susan Aitken (SNP) | Stephen Ignatius Docherty (Labour) | Paul Leinster (SNP) | Holly Bruce (Green) |

## Election results
### 2022 election

2022 Glasgow City Council election
Langside – 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Scottish Green | Holly Bruce | 27.9 | 3,173 | | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Susan Aitken (incumbent) | 25.5 | 2,899 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Stephen Ignatius Docherty | 16.5 | 1,870 | 1,978 | 2,022 | 2,030 | 2,058 | 2,113 | 2,346 | | |
| | Labour | Aileen Mary McKenzie | 10.2 | 1,163 | 1,281 | 1,297 | 1,310 | 1,359 | 1,457 | 1,769 | 1,828 | |
| | Conservative | Bruce Whyte | 8.6 | 975 | 979 | 982 | 988 | 996 | 1,036 | | | |
| | SNP | Paul Leinster | 6.8 | 775 | 1,212 | 1,719 | 1,767 | 1,847 | 1,872 | 1,884 | 1,887 | 2,240 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Michael Edward Shields | 2.0 | 225 | 272 | 278 | 286 | 303 | | | | |
| | TUSC | Ronnie Stevenson | 1.3 | 153 | 224 | 229 | 261 | | | | | |
| | Alba | Chigozie Anne Osuchukwu | 1.1 | 125 | 136 | 145 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 24,680 Valid: 11,358 Spoilt: 239 Quota: 2,272 Turnout: 47.0% |||||||||||||
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### 2017 election

2017 Glasgow City Council election
Langside – 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | SNP | Susan Aitken (incumbent) | 26.84% | 2,874 |
| | SNP | Anna Richardson (incumbent) | 16.37% | 1,760 | 2,310 |
| | Labour | Archie Graham (incumbent) | 19.43% | 2,089 | 2,140 | 2,153 |
| | Scottish Green | Tanya Wisely | 11.88% | 1,277 | 1,340 | 1,437 | 1,438 | 1,496 | 1,506 | 1,622 | 1,863 | 2,223 |
| | Conservative | Thomas Haddow | 13.57% | 1,459 | 1,465 | 1,467 | 1,467 | 1,468 | 1,511 | 1,593 | 1,766 |
| | Labour | Steven Livingston | 6.86% | 737 | 745 | 752 | 755 | 772 | 788 | 878 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kevin Lewsey | 3.26% | 350 | 355 | 360 | 360 | 364 | 374 |
| | UKIP | Jane Collins | 0.99% | 106 | 110 | 111 | 111 | 114 |
| | TUSC | Ronnie Stevenson | 0.90% | 97 | 98 | 103 | 103 |
| Electorate: 24,301 Valid: 10,749 Spoilt: 279 Quota: 2,150 Turnout: 45.4% |||||||||||||

### 2012 election

2012 Glasgow City Council election
Langside – 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Labour | Archie Graham (incumbent) | 35.80% | 2,320 | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Susan Aitken | 28.12% | 1,822 | | | | | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Liam Hainey | 8.50% | 551 | 690 | 705 | 745 | 834 | 895 | 1,180 | 1,560 |
| | SNP | Alex Hewetson | 9.49% | 615 | 692 | 852 | 859 | 892 | 929 | 1,059 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Coleshill (incumbent) | 7.25% | 470 | 567 | 575 | 592 | 606 | 808 | | |
| | Conservative | Russell Munn | 7.38% | 478 | 512 | 515 | 517 | 524 | | | |
| | TUSC | Ronnie Stevenson | 2.42% | 157 | 213 | 216 | 238 | | | | |
| | Glasgow First | Cayleigh Dornan | 1.03% | 67 | 116 | 120 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 18,902 Valid: 6,480 Spoilt: 88 Quota: 1,621 Turnout: 34.75% ||||||||||||

#### Recount

It was announced by Glasgow City Council on Thursday 10 May 2012 that Box 139, containing approximately 385 papers, was not counted in the vote despite them being registered and scanned. Permission was obtained from Glasgow Sheriff Court to examine the ballots and rerun the calculation. The two highest scoring candidates were mathematically assured of their place, however the third candidate, Liam Hainey, could have had his election overturned. After the ballots were rescanned on 16 May 2012 and the result recalculated, he retained his seat.

#### 2015 by-election

On 14 May 2015, Green counsellor Liam Hainey resigned his seat for family and health reasons. A by-election was held on 6 August 2015 and was won by the SNP's Anna Richardson.
Langside by-election (6 August 2015) - 1 Seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | SNP | Anna Richardson | 49.9% | 2134 | 2,143 |
| | Labour | Eileen Dinning | 21.8% | 932 | 945 |
| | Scottish Green | Robert Pollock | 13.5% | 579 | 598 |
| | Conservative | Kyle Thornton | 8.9% | 379 | 379 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Will Millinship | 2.9% | 125 | 125 |
| | UKIP | Cailean Mongan | 1.5% | 65 | 66 |
| | TUSC | Ian Leech | 1.4% | 62 | |
| Electorate: 20,938 Valid: 4,276 Spoilt: 27 Quota: 2,139 Turnout: 4,303 (21.7%) ||||||

### 2007 election

2007 Glasgow City Council election
2007 Council election: Langside :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | SNP | James Dornan | 27.02 | 2,522 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Archie Graham | 23.81 | 2,222 | 2,241 | 2,255 | 2,330 | 2,917 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul Coleshill | 12.93 | 1,207 | 1,243 | 1,264 | 1,338 | 1,405 | 1,547 | 1,961 |
| | Scottish Green | Neil Sloan McDonald | 9.55 | 891 | 924 | 974 | 1,154 | 1,214 | 1,310 | 1,463 |
| | Conservative | Russell Munn | 10.64 | 993 | 1,003 | 1,008 | 1,024 | 1,052 | 1,088 | |
| | Labour | Margaret McCafferty | 9.14 | 853 | 859 | 868 | 902 | | | |
| | Solidarity | Martin Frain | 5.00 | 467 | 492 | 541 | | | | |
| | Scottish Socialist | James Nesbitt | 1.92 | 179 | 187 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 18,296 Valid: 9,334 Spoilt: 149 Quota: 2,334 Turnout: 51.84% |||||||||||
* ↑ Outgoing councillor for Langside single-member ward.
* ↑ Outgoing councillor for Battlefield single-member ward.