# Pollokshields (ward)

Pollokshields (Ward 6) 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

Located on the South Side of Glasgow, the ward includes Pollokshields itself as well as Crossmyloof, Strathbungo and the western part of Shawlands. The 2017 expansion took in Bellahouston, Craigton and Dumbreck from the Govan ward.
The ethnic makeup of the expanded Pollokshields ward using the 2011 census population statistics was:
* 69.3% White Scottish / British / Irish / Other
* 26.9% Asian (Mainly Pakistani)
* 2% Black (Mainly African)
* 1.6% Mixed / Other Ethnic Group
This makes it one of the most ethnically diverse wards in Glasgow.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | David Meikle (Conservative) | | Irfan Rabbani (Labour) | | Khalil-ur Rahman Malik (SNP) | 3 seats | 3 seats |
| 2012 | Hanif Raja (Labour) | David Meikle (Conservative) | Norman MacLeod (SNP) | | | | 3 seats | 3 seats |
| 2017 | Hanif Raja (Labour) | David Meikle (Conservative) | Norman MacLeod (SNP) | | Jon Molyneux (Green) |
| 2022 | Hanif Raja (Labour) | | Norman MacLeod (SNP) | Zen Ghani (SNP) | Jon Molyneux (Green) |

## Election results
### 2022 election

2022 Glasgow City Council election
Pollokshields – 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 |
| | Scottish Green | Jon Molyneux (incumbent) | 22.1 | 2,290 | | | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Zen Ghani | 16.9 | 1,755 | 1,824 | 1,843 | 1,864 | 1,945 | 2,044 | 2,097 | | | |
| | Labour | Hanif Raja (incumbent) | 16.5 | 1,709 | 1,730 | 1,738 | 1,798 | 1,869 | 1,948 | 2,541 | | | |
| | SNP | Norman MacLeod (incumbent) | 13.6 | 1,412 | 1,451 | 1,462 | 1,482 | 1,518 | 1,596 | 1,653 | 1,727 | 1,746 | 1,914 |
| | Conservative | David Meikle (incumbent) | 12.5 | 1,299 | 1,301 | 1,302 | 1,364 | 1,372 | 1,433 | 1,491 | 1,570 | 1,570 | |
| | Labour | Fariha Thomas | 6.9 | 712 | 726 | 745 | 797 | 822 | 897 | | | | |
| | Volt | Ewan Hoyle | 4.1 | 421 | 451 | 461 | 511 | 528 | | | | | |
| | Alba | Muhammad Shoaib | 3.5 | 367 | 368 | 375 | 375 | | | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Carole Louise Ford | 3.0 | 309 | 320 | 322 | | | | | | | |
| | TUSC | Tom Ruddell | 0.8 | 88 | 101 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 21,978 Valid: 10,362 Spoilt: 189 Quota: 2,073 Turnout: 48.0% ||||||||||||||
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### 2017 election

2017 Glasgow City Council election
Pollokshields – 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 | Norman MacLeod (incumbent) | 24.34% | 2,504 |
| | Conservative | David Meikle (incumbent) | 23.04% | 2,370 |
| | Labour | Hanif Raja (incumbent) | 15.09% | 1,552 | 1,570 | 1,607 | 1,621 | 1,700 | 2,378 |
| | Scottish Green | Jon Molyneux | 13.59% | 1,399 | 1,461 | 1,482 | 1,497 | 1,645 | 1,727 | 1,786 | 2,760 |
| | SNP | Nighet Riaz | 11.88% | 1,222 | 1,542 | 1,549 | 1,556 | 1,569 | 1,617 | 1,684 |
| | Labour | Fariha Thomas (incumbent) * | 8.17% | 841 | 848 | 878 | 890 | 954 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ewan Hoyle | 2.94% | 302 | 311 | 382 | 413 |
| | UKIP | Iain Cameron | 0.95% | 98 | 100 | 132 |
| Electorate: 21,700 Valid: 10,288 Spoilt: 261 Quota: 2,058 Turnout: 48.6% ||||||||||||
* = Sitting Councillor for Govan ward.

### 2012 election

2012 Glasgow City Council election
Pollokshields – 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Labour | Hanif Raja | 24.19% | 1,828 | 1,837 | 1,854 | 1,897 | | | |
| | SNP | Norman MacLeod | 21.92% | 1,657 | 1,662 | 1,671 | 1,702 | 1,703 | 1,865 | 3,181 |
| | Conservative | David Meikle (incumbent) | 22.15% | 1,674 | 1,682 | 1,683 | 1,730 | 1,731 | 1,832 | 1,878 |
| | SNP | Khalil Malik (incumbent) | 19.01% | 1,437 | 1,439 | 1,455 | 1,466 | 1,467 | 1,613 | |
| | Scottish Green | Patrick McAleer | 8.04% | 608 | 614 | 652 | 707 | 709 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Bill Fraser | 2.91% | 220 | 224 | 224 | | | | |
| | TUSC | Akhtar Khan | 1.20% | 91 | 94 | | | | | |
| | Glasgow First | Andrina Morrison | 0.57% | 43 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 18,117 Valid: 7,558 Spoilt: 178 Quota: 1,890 Turnout: 42.70% |||||||||||

### 2007 election

2007 Glasgow City Council election
2007 Council election: Pollokshields (3 members) :
| 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 | Irfan Rabbani††††† | 26.92 | 2,575 | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Khalil-ur Rahman Malik | 21.50 | 2,057 | 2,082 | 2,123 | 2,256 | 2,309 | 2,624 | | |
| | Conservative | David Meikle | 15.00 | 1,435 | 1,445 | 1,452 | 1,460 | 1,593 | 1,610 | 1,632 | 1,839 |
| | Scottish Green | Ian Ruffell | 10.90 | 1,043 | 1,060 | 1,096 | 1,206 | 1,280 | 1,321 | 1,374 | 1,835 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Isobel Nelson | 9.02 | 863 | 883 | 893 | 918 | 1,001 | 1,030 | 1,070 | |
| | Independent | Muhammad Shoaib | 6.19 | 592 | 605 | 611 | 633 | 656 | | | |
| | Independent | Karin Currie | 4.58 | 438 | 441 | 453 | 472 | | | | |
| | Solidarity | Fatima Uygun | 3.97 | 380 | 388 | 418 | | | | | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Ali Ashraf | 1.92 | 184 | 188 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 17,029 Valid: 9,567 Spoilt: 149 Quota: 2,392 Turnout: 57.07% ||||||||||||