Govan (ward)

Govan
Scottish Gaelic: Baile a' Ghobhainn
Scots: Govan
Govan within Glasgow
Area	3.97 sq mi (10.3 km^2)
Population	30,323
– density	7,638/sq mi (2,949/km^2)
Council area	Glasgow City Council
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G51
Dialling code	0141
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
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Govan is one of the 21 wards of Glasgow City Council. It represents Govan. There are 4 members for this area.

The areas within the former Govan Burgh; Drumoyne, Ibrox, Linthouse and Plantation are all included within the Ward with the addition of Shieldhall, Craigton, Bellahouston, Kinning Park, Kingston and Tradeston.^[1]

A by-election took place in this ward on 10 October 2013 following the death of SNP's councillor, Allison Hunter,^[2] and resulted in a Labour gain.^[3] The population of Govan in 2011 was 30,089,^[4] here is the ethnic makeup of Govan.

78.5% White British

10.5% Asian

3.3% Black

2013 by-election result

Govan - 1 seat Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 Count 11 Count 12 Count 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 Independent John Flanagan 9.4% 446 446 449 455 466 479 483 487 503 517 541 564   Conservative Richard Sullivan 4.5% 215 215 216 216 216 218 229 237 243 269 275     UKIP Janice Mackay 2.4% 113 113 116 116 116 116 119 120 126         Green Moira Crawford 2.4% 112 112 113 116 125 129 131 142 150 158       Independent George Laird 2.2% 103 103 103 105 105 106 114 118           Liberal Democrats Ewan Hoyle 1.5% 73 73 74 75 76 76 79             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 19                       SDA James Trolland 0.0% 1                         2012 election result Govan - 4 seats [5] Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 Count 11 Count 12 Count 13 Labour James Adams 24.94% 1,727                         SNP Allison Hunter (incumbent)† 21.09% 1,460                         No label John Flanagan (incumbent) 9.30% 644 660 661 668 671 677 688 716 741 742 753     Glasgow First Stephen Dornan (incumbent) 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   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           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%) References "Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland". 26 March 2015. Retrieved 26 March 2015. "Date set for council by-election". Retrieved 20 August 2013. "Labour victory at Glasgow council by-election". 11 October 2013. Retrieved 11 October 2013. https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=2223&p=0 http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/YourCouncil/Elections_Voting/Election_Results/LocalElections2012/