Official Name: | Southside Central |
Country: | Scotland |
Static Image Name: | Glasgow wards 2017 no08 Southside.png |
Static Image Caption: | Southside Central ward (2017) within Glasgow |
Static Image 2 Name: | Alexander Crescent, Gorbals - geograph.org.uk - 1323370.jpg |
Static Image 2 Caption: | Alexander Crescent in the New Gorbals in the Southside Central ward |
Map Type: | Glasgow Local Authority Area |
Population: | 25,266 |
Population Ref: | (2017)[1] |
Area Total Km2: | 4.29 |
Post Town: | GLASGOW |
Postcode Area: | G |
Postcode District: | G41, G42, G5 |
Dial Code: | 0141 |
Unitary Scotland: | Glasgow City Council |
Lieutenancy Scotland: | Glasgow |
Southside Central (Ward 8) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council.[2] 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.
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:
Election | Councillors | |||||||
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2007[3] | Anne Marie Millar (Labour) | James Scanlon (Labour) | Dannie Alderslowe (Green) | Jahangir Hanlif (SNP) | ||||
2012[4] | Soryia Siddique (Labour) | Mhairi Hunter (SNP) | ||||||
2017[5] | Alexander Belic (SNP) | |||||||
2022[6] | Elaine Gallagher (Green) |
2022 Glasgow City Council election
2017 Glasgow City Council election
2012 Glasgow City Council election
2007 Glasgow City Council election