# Southside Central (ward)

Southside Central (Ward 8) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. On its creation in 2007 and in 2012 it returned four council members, using the single transferable vote 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 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 | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Anne Marie Millar (Labour) | | James Scanlon (Labour) | | Dannie Alderslowe (Green) | Jahangir Hanlif (SNP) |
| 2012 | Soryia Siddique (Labour) | | Mhairi Hunter (SNP) | James Scanlon (Labour) | | | Jahangir Hanlif (SNP) |
| 2017 | Soryia Siddique (Labour) | Alexander Belic (SNP) | Mhairi Hunter (SNP) | James Scanlon (Labour) |
| 2022 | Soryia Siddique (Labour) | Alexander Belic (SNP) | | James Scanlon (Labour) | Elaine Gallagher (Green) |
| 2025 | Soryia Siddique (Labour) | Alexander Belic (SNP) | | | Elaine Gallagher (Green) |

## Election results
### 2022 election

2022 Glasgow City Council election
Southside Central – 4 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 |
| | SNP | Alexander Belic (incumbent) | 18.9 | 1,460 | 1,462 | 1,467 | 1,485 | 1,491 | 1,615 | | |
| | Scottish Green | Elaine Gallagher | 18.1 | 1,395 | 1,405 | 1,431 | 1,504 | 1,522 | 1,544 | | |
| | Labour | Soryia Siddique (incumbent) | 16.5 | 1,271 | 1,274 | 1,288 | 1,299 | 1,341 | 1,513 | 1,518 | 1,743 |
| | SNP | Mhairi Hunter (incumbent) | 15.4 | 1,185 | 1,188 | 1,193 | 1,201 | 1,204 | 1,237 | 1,289 | |
| | Labour | James Scanlon (incumbent) | 15.0 | 1,161 | 1,164 | 1,183 | 1,196 | 1,298 | 1,338 | 1,342 | 1,594 |
| | Alba | Kamran Butt | 8.1 | 623 | 624 | 628 | 638 | 664 | | | |
| | Conservative | Tariq Parvez | 4.1 | 317 | 317 | 329 | 330 | | | | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Paul Robert Donnelly | 2.0 | 154 | 160 | 161 | | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Sam Glasgow-Jackson | 1.4 | 110 | 112 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Jamie Dyer | 0.5 | 41 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 20,537 Valid: 7,717 Spoilt: 296 Quota: 1,544 Turnout: 39.0% ||||||||||||
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### 2017 election

2017 Glasgow City Council election
Southside Central – 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | SNP | Mhairi Hunter (incumbent) | 17.74% | 1,287 | 1,292 | 1,298 | 1,301 | 1,309 | 1,637 |
| | Labour | Soryia Siddique (incumbent) | 18.35% | 1,331 | 1,334 | 1,356 | 1,361 | 1,408 | 1,508 |
| | SNP | Alexander Belic | 17.15% | 1,244 | 1,249 | 1,252 | 1,258 | 1,271 | 1,353 | 1,500 |
| | Labour | James Scanlon (incumbent) | 16.40% | 1,190 | 1,194 | 1,216 | 1,237 | 1,383 | 1,393 | 1,398 | 1,434 | 1,439 | 1,886 |
| | Scottish Green | Cass MacGregor | 11.29% | 819 | 829 | 856 | 870 | 944 | 971 | 991 | 995 | 1,012 |
| | SNP | Qasim Hanif | 8.55% | 620 | 623 | 623 | 624 | 627 |
| | Conservative | Gordon Fraser | 6.69% | 486 | 500 | 509 | 552 |
| | UKIP | Lorraine Duncan | 1.59% | 115 | 120 | 126 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Chris Young | 1.43% | 104 | 110 |
| | Independent | Mark Fiddy | 0.81% | 59 |
| Electorate: 18,946 Valid: 7,255 Spoilt: 316 Quota: 1,452 Turnout: 40.0% ||||||||||||||

### 2012 election

2012 Glasgow City Council election
Southside Central – 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 |
| | Labour | James Scanlon (incumbent) | 32.01% | 2,226 | | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Jahangir Hanif (incumbent) | 20.73% | 1,442 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Soryia Siddique | 12.29% | 855 | 1,482 | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Mhairi Hunter | 15.08% | 1,049 | 1,081 | 1,092 | 1,135 | 1,140 | 1,154 | 1,180 | 1,203 | 1,418 |
| | Independent | Anne-Marie Millar (incumbent) | 7.68% | 534 | 584 | 597 | 598 | 604 | 612 | 633 | 673 | 822 |
| | Scottish Green | Moira Crawford | 6.40% | 445 | 461 | 467 | 468 | 480 | 492 | 550 | 602 | |
| | Conservative | Thomas Connor | 2.50% | 174 | 178 | 179 | 179 | 186 | 196 | 208 | | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Bill Bonnar | 2.01% | 140 | 148 | 152 | 152 | 154 | 155 | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Jago | 0.79% | 55 | 60 | 63 | 63 | 64 | | | | |
| | Britannica Party | Jean Douglas | 0.50% | 35 | 37 | 38 | 38 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 22,892 Valid: 6,955 Spoilt: 284 Quota: 1,385 Turnout: 7,239 (31.62%) |||||||||||||

### 2007 election

2007 Glasgow City Council election
2007 Council election: Southside Central :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | SNP | Jahangir Hanif | 27.37 | 2,392 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Anne Marie Millar††††††† | 21.39 | 1,869 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | James Scanlon | 15.70 | 1,372 | 1,392 | 1,429 | 1,448 | 1,473 | 1,537 | 1,915 |
| | Scottish Green | Danny Alderslowe | 9.29 | 812 | 895 | 900 | 967 | 1,072 | 1,284 | 1,326 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Katy McCloskey | 6.10 | 533 | 590 | 596 | 705 | 761 | 831 | 865 |
| | Labour | Hanif Raja | 6.34 | 554 | 613 | 651 | 668 | 690 | 748 | |
| | Solidarity | Jill McGowan | 5.22 | 456 | 522 | 526 | 537 | 644 | | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Rosie Kane | 3.74 | 327 | 453 | 456 | 473 | | | |
| | Conservative | John B Marshall | 4.84 | 423 | 441 | 443 | | | | |
| Electorate: 22,863 Valid: 8,738 Spoilt: 235 Quota: 1,748 Turnout: 39.25% |||||||||||
* ↑ Outgoing councillor for Govanhill single-member ward.
* ↑ Outgoing councillor for Toryglen single-member ward.