East Centre (Glasgow ward)

East Centre
East Centre
	; Houses on Carntyne Road in the East Centre ward (2017)
Area	6.36 km2 (2.46 sq mi)
Population	27,991 (2015)[1]
• Density	4,401/km2 (11,400/sq mi)
Council area	Glasgow City Council;
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G32, G33
Dialling code	0141
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish

East Centre (Ward 18) 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.[2] For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election, the boundaries were changed, but four members were still returned.

East Centre Ward (2017) within Glasgow

Boundaries

Located in the east of Glasgow, the core of the ward since 2007 includes Carntyne, Cranhill and Riddrie, with the northern boundary being the M8 motorway). The 2017 changes were substantial: the Dennistoun, Milnbank and Haghill neighbourhoods in the west of the original territory were removed and assigned to a new Dennistoun ward, whereas the neighbourhoods of Barlanark, Budhill, Greenfield, Lightburn and Springboig were added to East Centre from the Baillieston ward. The southern boundary is the North Clyde Line railway.

Election	Councillors
2007		Patricia Chalmers (Labour)		Frank Docherty (Labour)		Elaine McDougall (Labour)	Jennifer Dunn (SNP)
2012	Russell Robertson (Labour/SNP)					Elaine McDougall (Labour)	Jennifer Dunn (SNP)
2017	Russell Robertson (Labour/SNP)		Marie Garrity (Labour)		Annette Christie (SNP)

East Centre - 4 seats[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	SNP	Jennifer Dunn	21.69	1,969
	Labour	Patricia Chalmers[lower-alpha 1]	19.74	1,792	1,801	1,811	1,821
	Labour	Frank Docherty	14.07	1,277	1,288	1,294	1,300	1,303	1,316	1,377	1,411	1,486	1,526	1,627
	Labour	Elaine McDougall[lower-alpha 2]	11.45	1,039	1,046	1,049	1,057	1,058	1,067	1,101	1,134	1,191	1,243	1,314
	Scottish Green	Elaine Cooper	5.19	471	490	495	501	501	521	533	585	740	829	1,038
	Solidarity	Jim Adams	6.12	556	575	583	587	587	607	626	722	771	797
	Conservative	Randle Wilson	4.22	383	387	400	460	460	539	561	566	626
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Grieve	5.07	460	474	480	491	492	495	511	531
	Scottish Socialist	Daniel O'Donnell	3.56	323	334	336	341	341	351	372
	CPA	John Kerr	2.97	270	273	316	319	319	328
	BNP	William McLachlan	2.49	226	229	231	256	256
	Scottish Unionist	Drew Dickie	1.93	175	176	178
	Scottish Christian	David Johnston	1.51	137	140
Electorate: 21,119 Valid: 9,078 Spoilt: 290 Quota: 1,816 Turnout: 44.36%

East Centre - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Labour	Frank Docherty (incumbent)	26.4	1,846
	SNP	Jennifer Dunn (incumbent)	21.8	1,523
	Labour	Elaine McDougall (incumbent)	18.2	1,272	1,581.4
	Labour	Russell Robertson	14.0	981	1,043.9	1,176.6	1,179.7	1,184.6	1,199.6	1,207.6	1,245.7	1,285.1	1,383.5	1,527.7
	SNP	Colin Rullkotter	5.9	414	423.2	427.3	523.5	526.5	532.6	540	566.3	605	735.5
	Scottish Green	Nina Ballantyne	4.8	335	351	356.5	363.6	371.5	390.3	404.8	460.9	520.8
	Conservative	Keenan Alexander	4.0	280	283.4	285.3	286.6	288.9	302.7	328.1	334.5
	Scottish Socialist	Daniel O'Donnell	2.2	154	159.3	162.2	166.1	168.2	171.5	176.8
	UKIP	Steven Laird	1.2	82	84.2	85.3	86.5	94.6	94.9
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Lee	0.9	62	66.4	67.4	69.3	74.9
	Glasgow First	Fraser Paterson	0.6	39	42.9	45.8	47
Electorate: 22,939 Valid: 6,988 Spoilt: 198 Quota: 1,398 Turnout: 7,186 (31.33%)

On 19 February 2016, Labour Cllr Russell Robertson defected from the Labour Party and joined the SNP.[3]

East Centre - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Frank Docherty (incumbent)	28.16%	1,998
	SNP	Annette Christie	22.24%	1,578
	SNP	Russell Robertson (incumbent)	13.32%	945	955	996	1,001	1,011	1,050	1,787
	Labour	Marie Garrity *	8.05%	571	1,050	1,052	1,077	1,090	1,135	1,169	1,239	1,659
	Conservative	Maria Wells	13.39%	950	963	964	971	991	1,016	1,027	1,037
	SNP	Mark Coburn	9.81%	696	704	803	810	817	879
	Scottish Green	Kenneth Whyte	2.66%	189	194	199	216	250
	Independent	Andrew McCullagh	1.23%	87	91	93	105
	TUSC	Matt Dobson	1.13%	80	89	91
Electorate: 19,978 Valid: 7,094 Spoilt: 368 Quota: 1,419 Turnout: 37.4%

* = Sitting Councillor for the Baillieston ward.

SNP Cllr. Russell Robertson resigned from the party on 26 April 2019, citing concerns over the leadership of the SNP group & council leader Susan Aitken.[4]

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