Glasgow City Council elections

Glasgow City Council in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation as a single-tier authority in 1995 to 2007.

Year
Year	SNP	Labour	Conservative	Liberal^[a]	Militant Labour	Independent
1974	0	55	17	0	0	0
1977	16	30	25	1	0	0
1980	0	58	11	3	0	0
1984^[b]	0	59	5	2	0	0
1988	0	60	4	2	0	0
1992	2	54	5	1	2	2^[c]

Year
Year	SNP	Labour	Green	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Glasgow First	Solidarity	Scottish Socialist	Militant Labour
1995^[a]	1	77	0	3	1	0	0	0	1
1999^[b]	2	74	0	1	1	0	0	1	0
2003	4	71	0	1	3	0	0	1	0
2007^[c]	22	45	5	1	5	0	1	0	0
2012	27	44	5	1	1	1	0	0	0
2017^[d]	39	31	7	8	0	0	0	0	0
2022	37	36	10	2	0	0	0	0	0

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Lawrence O'Neill^[6]	667	62.6	+7.6
	Scottish Socialist		191	17.9	+2.0
	SNP		143	13.4	−1.6
	Conservative		31	2.9	+0.4
	Liberal Democrats		15	1.4	−1.4
	Green		12	1.1	+1.1
	Socialist Labour		7	0.7	+0.7
Majority			476	44.7
Turnout			1,066
	Labour hold		Swing

Party		Votes	%	±%
	Labour	973	54.2	−3.3
	SNP	374	20.8	+3.6
	Liberal Democrats	235	13.1	+8.0
	Scottish Socialist	97	5.4	−5.2
	Conservative	80	4.5	−5.1
	Green	35	2.0	+2.0
Majority		599	33.4
Turnout		1,794
	Labour hold	Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Billy McAllister^[9]	773	49.6	+17.1
	Labour		623	40.0	−12.6
	Scottish Socialist		93	6.0	−4.6
	Liberal Democrats		44	2.8	−1.4
	Conservative		24	1.5	+1.5
Majority			150	9.6
Turnout			1,557
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing

Glasgow City Council elections

As a district council

As a unitary authority

Results maps

By-elections

2003-2007

2007-2012

2012-2017

2017-2022

2022-2027

References

Related Articles

Timelines

Top Qs

Fact Checks

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal Democrats	Margaret Clark	572	31.7	+21.9
	Labour	Stuart Donaldson	472	26.2	−17.0
	SNP	Euan McCreath	431	23.9	+0.3
	Conservative	David Meikle	222	12.3	−1.4
	Scottish Socialist	Andrew Fullwood	44	2.4	+2.4
	Green	Kay Allan	38	2.1	+2.1
	Independent	James Rawlings	23	1.3	+1.3
Majority			100	5.5
Turnout			1,802
	Liberal Democrats gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SNP	David Turner	44.6	2,318	2,320	2,330	2,344	2,355	2,381	2,415	2,511	3,131
	Labour	Andy Muir	41.7	2,167	2,168	2,171	2,186	2,189	2,208	2,264	2,313
	Conservative	John Anderson	5.0	259	272	273	274	304	310	340
	Liberal Democrats	David Jackson	3.1	159	162	171	176	176	180
	Solidarity	Tricia McLeish	1.4	74	76	80	96	105
	BNP	Charles Baillie	1.4	73	79	81	81
	Scottish Socialist	Daniel O'Donnell	1.1	58	58	61
	Green	Moira Crawford	0.9	45	46
	Scottish Unionist	Ian Dickie	0.8	43
	SNP hold
Valid: 5,196 Spoilt: 65 Quota: 2,599 Turnout: 5,261

v t e Elections in Glasgow
Glasgow Town Council	1846
Glasgow Corporation	1895 1896 1920 1925 1926 1927 1928 1929 1930 1931 1932 1933 1934 1935 1936 1937 1938 1939 1940 1941 1942 1943 1944 1945 1946 1947 1948 1949 1950 1951 1952 1953 1954 1955 1956 1957 1958 1959 1960 1961 1962 1963 1964 1965 1966 1967 1968 1969 1970 1971 1972 1973 Abolished
Glasgow District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished
Glasgow City Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 2017 2022
Strathclyde Regional Council	1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 Abolished

Drumchapel/Anniesland By-Election 4 June 2009^[14]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Anne McTaggart	48.4	2,584	2,593	2,613	2,651	2,689
	SNP	Martin J Docherty	28.3	1,509	1,530	1,573	1,651	1,698
	Liberal Democrats	Nathalie McKee	6.5	349	362	373	443	532
	Conservative	Richard Alan Sullivan	5.9	316	327	359	366
	Green	Eileen Duke	5.1	270	284	295
	BNP	John Robertson	3.3	177	186
	Independent	James Trolland	2.4	129
	Labour gain from SNP
Valid: 5,334 Spoilt: 84 Quota: 2,667 Turnout: 5,418

Drumchapel/Anniesland By-Election 6 May 2010^[15]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	Labour	Christopher Hughes	56.3	5,710
	SNP	Frank Rankin	21.7	2,197
	Liberal Democrats	Paul McGarry	11.3	1,143
	Conservative	Richard Alan Sullivan	7.0	710
	Green	Larry Butler	3.7	375
	Labour hold
Valid: 10,030 Spoilt: 239 Quota: 5,016 Turnout: 10,269

Hillhead By-Election 17 November 2011^[16]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Ken Andrew	32.8	1,026	1,027	1,030	1,079	1,174	1,386	1,851
	Labour	Martin McElroy	30.2	945	946	950	992	1,057	1,276
	Green	Stuart Leckie	13.9	435	436	441	556	639
	Conservative	Maya Forrest	11.9	372	374	384	441
	Liberal Democrats	Ewan Hoyle	9.8	307	310	311
	UKIP	Neil Craig	1.1	36	37
	Britannica Party	Charles Baillie	0.4	11
	SNP hold
Valid: 3,132 Spoilt: 40 Quota: 1,567 Turnout: 3,172

Govan By-Election 10 October 2013^[17]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	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
	No Bedroom Tax	John Flanagan	9.4	446	446	449	455	466	479	483	487	501	515	539	562
	Conservative	Richard Sullivan	4.5	215	215	216	216	216	218	229	237	243	269	293
	Green	Moira Crawford	2.4	112	112	113	116	125	129	131	142	150	158
	UKIP	Janice MacKay	2.4	113	113	116	116	116	116	119	120	126
	Independent	George Laird	2.2	103	102	102	104	104	105	113	117
	Liberal Democrats	Ewan Hoyle	1.5	73	73	74	75	76	76	84
	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
	Labour gain from SNP
Valid: 4,736 Spoilt: 120 Quota: 2,369 Turnout: 4,856