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Glasgow Central returned one of Holyrood’s widest margins in 2026

Glasgow is run by Glasgow City Council, its only council: Scotland has one tier of local government, 32 councils. No party won a majority in May 2022; the SNP won the most seats, 37 of 85. At Holyrood its MSP is Alison Thewliss (SNP) for Glasgow Central, with part of the town in Glasgow Kelvin and Maryhill, Glasgow Cathcart and Pollok and Glasgow Southside and more, and seven more represent the Glasgow region. Glasgow is split between 7 Westminster constituencies.

Next elections

May 2027

Every council seat in Scotland. Holyrood’s next election is due in May 2031.

Who can I vote for? ↗
Council tax, Band D
£1,706
Glasgow City · 2026–27 · Scotland £1,653
Councillors
85
23 wards · elected May 2022
MSPs
22
eight constituencies + Glasgow list
MPs
7
constituencies cover the town
Turnout, July 2024
51%
Glasgow North · Scotland 59%
What stands out · In brief

How Glasgow is run, in four numbers

No party won a majority

In May 2022 the SNP won the most seats on Glasgow City Council, 37 of 85, short of the 43 a majority needs. It ran 50 candidates and 37 were elected. Across Scotland five of the 32 councils returned a single party or independent majority; the proportional vote usually leaves councils to be run by a coalition or a minority. The council ↓

23 wards, 85 councillors

6% of Glasgow’s residents live in Anderston/City/Yorkhill ward. Anderston/City/Yorkhill elected 2 SNP, 1 Green and 1 Labour from 10 candidates, the 61st-most contested of Scotland’s 355 wards by candidates per seat. Eight by-elections have been held in the town’s wards since. Councillors ↓

A wide Holyrood margin

Alison Thewliss (SNP) won Glasgow Central on 7 May 2026 with 15,085 votes, 57.4%, ahead of Vonnie Sandlan (Labour) by 38.0 points: the 3rd-widest margin of Scotland’s 73 constituencies. Scottish Parliament ↓

Council tax above Scotland’s average

Glasgow City’s Band D for 2026–27 is £1,706, £53 more than Scotland’s average of £1,653: the 10th-highest of the 32 councils. Scottish Water’s water and sewerage charges add £652 at Band D on the same bill, and there are no police, fire or parish precepts. Council tax ↓

Written from the data on this page: Democracy Club results, the UK Parliament Members API and Scottish Government council tax.

The council

No party won a majority on Glasgow City Council

Seats on Glasgow City Council as elected in May 2022, and how Scotland’s other 31 councils compare.

Council · 85 councillors · Glasgow elects 85Glasgow City CouncilNo majority, 2022
SNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPSNPLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourLabourGreenGreenGreenGreenGreenGreenGreenGreenGreenGreenConservativeConservative85seats
  • SNP3750 stood
  • Labour3643 stood
  • Green1023 stood
  • Conservative223 stood

As elected on 5 May 2022, with each party’s candidates.

A majority needs 43 of the 85 seats. No party won that in 2022: the SNP won the most, 37, and Labour 36. Councils elected by single transferable vote rarely have a majority, so most are run by a coalition or a minority administration agreed after the election. Who leads Glasgow City Council now isn’t in this data: the council’s website names its leader and administration. Seats here are as elected in 2022; by-elections since (8 in Glasgow’s wards) may have changed them, and Democracy Club doesn’t record whose seat each one filled.

Scotland’s 32 councils

Seats by party as elected in May 2022, largest group named. Five of the 32 returned a majority: Na h-Eileanan Siar (Independent), Orkney Islands (Independent), Shetland Islands (Independent), West Dunbartonshire (Labour) and Dundee City (SNP).

Glasgow City
SNP 37 of 85
Aberdeen City
SNP 20 of 45
Aberdeenshire
Conservative 26 of 70
Angus
SNP 13 of 28
Argyll and Bute
SNP 12 of 36
City of Edinburgh
SNP 19 of 63
Clackmannanshire
SNP 9 of 18
Na h-Eileanan Siar
Independent 22 of 29
Dumfries and Galloway
Conservative 16 of 43
Dundee City
SNP 15 of 29
East Ayrshire
SNP 14 of 32
East Dunbartonshire
SNP 8 of 22
East Lothian
Labour 10 of 22
East Renfrewshire
SNP 6 of 18
Falkirk
SNP 12 of 30
Fife
SNP 34 of 75
Inverclyde
Labour 9 of 22
Midlothian
SNP 8 of 18
North Ayrshire
SNP 12 of 33
North Lanarkshire
SNP 36 of 77
Orkney Islands
Independent 19 of 21
Perth and Kinross
SNP 16 of 40
Renfrewshire
SNP 21 of 43
Scottish Borders
Conservative 14 of 34
Shetland Islands
Independent 19 of 23
South Ayrshire
Conservative 10 of 28
South Lanarkshire
SNP 27 of 64
Stirling
SNP 8 of 23
Highland
SNP 22 of 74
Moray
Conservative 11 of 26
West Dunbartonshire
Labour 12 of 22
West Lothian
SNP 15 of 33
SNPLabourGreenConservativeLiberal DemocratIndependentOther parties

Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), who was elected in each ward on 5 May 2022 (and two delayed polls on 30 June 2022).

Who runs it

One council, then Holyrood and Westminster

Glasgow has no county, district or town council: since 1996 Scotland has had 32 councils, each the only council for its area.

Glasgow City Council

Every local service: schools (it is the education authority), social care (with the NHS board, through a health and social care partnership), local roads, bins and recycling, planning, council housing, libraries and leisure. It sets and collects council tax.

www.glasgow.gov.uk ↗
Scottish Parliament and Government

Holyrood makes Scotland’s laws on health, education, justice, transport and housing, sets Scottish income tax rates, and funds councils. Its national bodies run the NHS boards, Police Scotland, the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service, Scottish Water and trunk roads.

gov.scot ↗
UK Parliament and Government

Westminster keeps defence, foreign affairs, immigration, the state pension and most benefits, and most taxes other than income tax rates.

gov.uk ↗

Who to ask

Bins, recycling and the tipGlasgow City Council
Schools and school transportGlasgow City Council
Care at home and care homesGlasgow City Council health and social care partnership
Planning applicationsGlasgow City Council
Council housing and homelessnessGlasgow City Council
Potholes and streetlightsGlasgow City Council
Council tax and water charges billGlasgow City Council
Hospitals and GPsYour NHS board
Motorways and trunk roadsTransport Scotland
PolicingPolice Scotland
Fire safety visitsScottish Fire and Rescue Service
Water, sewers and leaksScottish Water
Disability and carer benefitsSocial Security Scotland
State pension and Universal CreditDepartment for Work and Pensions
Passports and immigrationHome Office

Green: the council. Gold: the Scottish Government or one of its national bodies. Gray: the UK Government. Community councils, where they exist, pass on local views to the council but run no services and raise no money.

Who represents Glasgow

From the council to Westminster

Every elected tier that speaks for Glasgow, from the most recent elections: council 2022, Holyrood 2026, Westminster 2024.

  1. 1
    Glasgow City Council23 wards · 85 councillors, 2022
    SNP 37 · Labour 36 · Green 10 · Conservative 2 · all 85
  2. 2
    Scottish Parliament8 constituencies + Glasgow region · 2026
    Alison ThewlissBob DorisZen GhaniHolly BruceColm MerrickIvan McKeeList MSPs: Labour 5 · Green 4 · Reform UK 4 · Conservative 1 · all 14
  3. 3
    House of Commons7 constituencies
SNPLabourGreenConservativeReform UK

Party colours are neutral on purpose: they tell parties apart and aren’t the parties’ own.

Councillors

85 councillors for Glasgow’s 23 wards

Hamilton West and Earnock: most 2022 seats SNPNewton Mearns South and Eaglesham: most 2022 seats ConservativeNewton Mearns North and NeilstonEast Kilbride WestBarrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor: most 2022 seats SNPClarkston, Netherlee and WilliamwoodGiffnock and ThornliebankRutherglen SouthHamilton North and EastEast Kilbride EastBlantyre: most 2022 seats LabourCambuslang East: most 2022 seats SNPBothwell and UddingstonBellshillCambuslang WestThorniewood: most 2022 seats LabourCoatbridge West: most 2022 seats SNPPaisley Southeast: most 2022 seats SNPRutherglen Central and North: most 2022 seats SNPPaisley East and Central: most 2022 seats SNPPaisley Northeast and RalstonRenfrew South and Gallowhill: most 2022 seats SNPRenfrew North and Braehead: most 2022 seats SNPBishopbriggs SouthClydebank CentralBearsden SouthClydebank WaterfrontCoatbridge NorthStepps, Chryston and MuirheadGartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn: most 2022 seats SNPLenzie and Kirkintilloch SouthKirkintilloch East and North and TwecharCumbernauld North: most 2022 seats SNPBearsden NorthKilpatrick: most 2022 seats LabourMilngavieBishopbriggs North and Campsie: most 2022 seats SNPLinnGreater PollokNewlands/AuldburnShettleston: most 2022 seats LabourBailliestonEast CentreLangside: most 2022 seats SNPPollokshields: most 2022 seats SNPSouthside Central: most 2022 seats LabourCaltonCardonaldGovan: most 2022 seats SNPAnderston/City/Yorkhill: most 2022 seats SNPDennistounHillheadVictoria ParkPartick East/Kelvindale: most 2022 seats LabourSpringburn/RobroystonGarscadden/ScotstounhillMaryhill: most 2022 seats SNPCanalDrumchapel/AnnieslandNorth East: most 2022 seats LabourNewton Mearns South and EagleshamEast Kilbride WestClarkston, Netherlee and WilliamwoodGiffnock and ThornliebankRutherglen SouthEast Kilbride EastBlantyreCambuslang EastCambuslang WestRutherglen Central and NorthBishopbriggs SouthBearsden SouthStepps, Chryston and MuirheadLenzie and Kirkintilloch SouthBearsden NorthBishopbriggs North and CampsieLinnGreater PollokNewlands/AuldburnShettlestonBailliestonEast CentreLangsidePollokshieldsSouthside CentralCaltonCardonaldGovanAnderston/City/YorkhillDennistounHillheadVictoria ParkPartick East/KelvindaleSpringburn/RobroystonGarscadden/ScotstounhillMaryhillCanalDrumchapel/AnnieslandNorth East
Glasgow’s wards, shaded by the party that won most of their seats in 2022 (gray: a tie), with neighbouring wards faded. The dashed line is the town as National Records of Scotland draws it. Ward boundaries: ONS (OGL); locality: NRS 2022 (OGL).
Anderston/City/Yorkhill
6% of Glasgow · 4 seats · 10 candidates · 100% of the ward’s people live in Glasgow
  • Angus Millar
  • Christy Mearns
  • Eva Bolander
  • Philip Braat

Also stood in 2022: Benn Rapson (Independent), Carla Arrighi (Independent), John Carson (Labour), Matthew James Clark (Liberal Democrat), Nick Thomson (Scottish Libertarian Party), Susan McCourt (Conservative).

61st of Scotland’s 355 wards by candidates per seat (2.5).

Greater Pollok
5% of Glasgow · 4 seats · 11 candidates · 99% of the ward’s people live in Glasgow
  • Rashid Hussain
  • Roza Salih
  • Saqib Ahmed
  • William Graham

Also stood in 2022: Awais Qureshi (Liberal Democrat), Chris McFadyen (Green), Christopher Ho (UKIP), Eric Stevenson (TUSC), Matt Ventisei (Conservative), Paul John Laird (Scottish Family Party), Tahir Jameel (Alba).

23rd of Scotland’s 355 wards by candidates per seat (2.8).

Partick East/Kelvindale
5% of Glasgow · 4 seats · 9 candidates · 100% of the ward’s people live in Glasgow
  • Blair Anderson
  • Jill Brown
  • Kenny McLean
  • Lilith Johnstone
  • By-election since: 5 December 2024, James Adams (Labour) elected from 5 candidates.

Also stood in 2022: Di McMillan (Freedom Alliance), Linsey Wilson (SNP), Naveed Asghar (Conservative), Nicholas Christopher Moohan (Liberal Democrat), Udochukwu Kings Nwaokorobia (Alba).

133rd of Scotland’s 355 wards by candidates per seat (2.3).

Langside
5% of Glasgow · 4 seats · 9 candidates · 100% of the ward’s people live in Glasgow
  • Holly Bruce
  • Paul Leinster
  • Stephen Docherty
  • Susan Aitken

Also stood in 2022: Aileen McKenzie (Labour), Bruce Whyte (Conservative), Chigozie Anne Osuchukwu (Alba), Michael Edward Shields (Liberal Democrat), Ronnie Stevenson (TUSC).

133rd of Scotland’s 355 wards by candidates per seat (2.3).

Garscadden/Scotstounhill
5% of Glasgow · 4 seats · 8 candidates · 100% of the ward’s people live in Glasgow
  • Bill Butler
  • Chris Cunningham
  • Eva Clark Murray
  • Malcolm Mitchell

Also stood in 2022: Hugh Grenville Waterfield (Liberal Democrat), John Hamelink (Green), Rosemary Ugbah (SNP), Steven Morrison (Conservative).

166th of Scotland’s 355 wards by candidates per seat (2.0).

Drumchapel/Anniesland
5% of Glasgow · 4 seats · 10 candidates · 100% of the ward’s people live in Glasgow
  • Anne McTaggart
  • Fyeza Ikhlaq
  • Patricia Ferguson
  • Paul Carey
  • By-election since: 21 November 2024, Davena Rankin (Labour) elected from 7 candidates.

Also stood in 2022: Cylina Porch (SNP), Duncan Webford (Green), Elspeth Lynn Kerr (Independent), Joe Meehan (Scottish Socialist Party), Pauline Sutherland (Conservative), Richard Stalley (Liberal Democrat).

61st of Scotland’s 355 wards by candidates per seat (2.5).

Calton
5% of Glasgow · 4 seats · 9 candidates · 100% of the ward’s people live in Glasgow
  • Cecilia O'Lone
  • George Redmond
  • Greg Hepburn
  • Linda Pike

Also stood in 2022: Alexander Palmer (Liberal Democrat), Catherine McKernan (Alba), Kate Samuels (Green), Oluwole Shokunbi (SNP), Robert Henry Connelly (Conservative).

133rd of Scotland’s 355 wards by candidates per seat (2.3).

Cardonald
5% of Glasgow · 4 seats · 9 candidates · 100% of the ward’s people live in Glasgow
  • Alex Wilson
  • Elaine McSporran
  • Jim Kavanagh
  • Matt Kerr

Also stood in 2022: Alexander Torrance (Alba), Ellie Gomersall (Green), Robin John Dudfield (Social Democratic Party), Ross Chalmers (Liberal Democrat), Stephen Paxton (Conservative).

133rd of Scotland’s 355 wards by candidates per seat (2.3).

Canal
5% of Glasgow · 4 seats · 10 candidates · 100% of the ward’s people live in Glasgow
  • Alan Gow
  • Fiona E Higgins
  • Jacqueline McLaren
  • Robert Mooney

Also stood in 2022: Brian Land (Independent), Maria Wells (Conservative), Martin Lawson Olu-Osagie (Alba), Sandra Watson (SNP), Scott Simpson (Liberal Democrat), Seonad Hoy (Green).

61st of Scotland’s 355 wards by candidates per seat (2.5).

East Centre
5% of Glasgow · 4 seats · 11 candidates · 100% of the ward’s people live in Glasgow
  • Ann Jenkins
  • Annette Christie
  • Declan Blench
  • Kieran J Turner

Also stood in 2022: Faten Hameed (Conservative), Hannah Smith (Green), Kilian Riley (SNP), Matt Dobson (TUSC), Ruth Lindsay (Liberal Democrat), Tony Osy (Alba), William McLachlan (Independent).

23rd of Scotland’s 355 wards by candidates per seat (2.8).

Southside Central
4% of Glasgow · 4 seats · 10 candidates · 100% of the ward’s people live in Glasgow
  • Alexander Belic
  • Elaine Gallagher
  • James Scanlon
  • Soryia Siddique
  • By-election since: 20 March 2025, Mhairi Hunter (SNP) elected from 8 candidates.

Also stood in 2022: Jamie Dyer (Independent), Kamran Butt (Alba), Mhairi Hunter (SNP), Paul Robert Donnelly (Scottish Socialist Party), Sam Glasgow-Jackson (Liberal Democrat), Tariq Parvez (Conservative).

61st of Scotland’s 355 wards by candidates per seat (2.5).

Govan
4% of Glasgow · 4 seats · 11 candidates · 100% of the ward’s people live in Glasgow
  • Dan Hutchison
  • Imran Alam
  • Ricky Bell
  • Stephen Dornan

Also stood in 2022: Bill Bonnar (Scottish Socialist Party), Funmi Fajemiseye (SNP), John Flanagan (Independent), Mamun Rashid (Conservative), Neil O'Docherty (Liberal Democrat), Ruth Hall (Labour), Uche Gladys Emordi (Alba).

23rd of Scotland’s 355 wards by candidates per seat (2.8).

Linn
4% of Glasgow · 4 seats · 9 candidates · 96% of the ward’s people live in Glasgow
  • Catherine Vallis
  • Malcolm Cunning
  • Margaret Morgan
  • Paul McCabe
  • By-election since: 17 November 2022, John Carson (Labour) elected from 9 candidates.

Also stood in 2022: Angela Jones (Alba), Euan Blockley (Conservative), James Toner (Independent), Joe McCauley (Liberal Democrat), Keith Warwick (Green).

133rd of Scotland’s 355 wards by candidates per seat (2.3).

Pollokshields
4% of Glasgow · 4 seats · 10 candidates · 100% of the ward’s people live in Glasgow
  • Hanif Raja
  • Jon Molyneux
  • Norman MacLeod
  • Zen Ghani

Also stood in 2022: Carole Ford (Liberal Democrat), David Meikle (Conservative), Ewan Hoyle (Volt United Kingdom), Fariha Thomas (Labour), Muhammad Shoaib (Alba), Tom Ruddell (TUSC).

61st of Scotland’s 355 wards by candidates per seat (2.5).

Springburn/Robroyston
4% of Glasgow · 4 seats · 8 candidates · 98% of the ward’s people live in Glasgow
  • Audrey Dempsey
  • Christina Cannon
  • Graham Campbell
  • Thomas Rannachan

Also stood in 2022: Farah Hamid (Alba), Madeleine Guthrie (Green), Peter Davies (Liberal Democrat), Richard Johnson (Conservative).

166th of Scotland’s 355 wards by candidates per seat (2.0).

Shettleston
4% of Glasgow · 4 seats · 8 candidates · 100% of the ward’s people live in Glasgow
  • Frank McAveety
  • Jill Pidgeon
  • Laura Doherty
  • Thomas Jordan Kerr

Also stood in 2022: David Turner (SNP), Henry Sullivan (Liberal Democrat), Julie Ann Christie (Green), Liam McLaughlan (Scottish Socialist Party).

166th of Scotland’s 355 wards by candidates per seat (2.0).

Hillhead
4% of Glasgow · 3 seats · 6 candidates · 100% of the ward’s people live in Glasgow
  • Hanzala Malik
  • Ken Andrew
  • Martha Wardrop
  • By-election since: 7 March 2024, Seonad Hoy (Green) elected from 7 candidates.

Also stood in 2022: Colin McMillan (Freedom Alliance), Mark Russell (Conservative), Theo Lockett (Liberal Democrat).

166th of Scotland’s 355 wards by candidates per seat (2.0).

Newlands/Auldburn
4% of Glasgow · 3 seats · 10 candidates · 100% of the ward’s people live in Glasgow
  • Leòdhas Iain Massie
  • Sean Ferguson
  • Stephen Curran

Also stood in 2022: Craig Ross (Independent), Hugh Southall (Liberal Democrat), Jenny Robertson (TUSC), Kim Schmulian (Conservative), Linda Devlin (Labour), Rage Rage (SNP), Ralph Raja Suleman (Alba).

4th of Scotland’s 355 wards by candidates per seat (3.3).

Baillieston
4% of Glasgow · 3 seats · 7 candidates · 100% of the ward’s people live in Glasgow
  • Alex Kerr
  • John Daly
  • Kevin John Lalley

Also stood in 2022: Lauren Martin (SNP), Mary McNab (Labour), Ryan Kelly (Green), Tony Hughes (Liberal Democrat).

79th of Scotland’s 355 wards by candidates per seat (2.3).

Victoria Park
4% of Glasgow · 3 seats · 6 candidates · 100% of the ward’s people live in Glasgow
  • Eunis Jassemi
  • Feargal Dalton
  • Lana Reid-McConnell

Also stood in 2022: Ade Aibinu (Conservative), James Douglas Speirs (Liberal Democrat), Mahmood Ullah (Alba).

166th of Scotland’s 355 wards by candidates per seat (2.0).

Maryhill
3% of Glasgow · 3 seats · 8 candidates · 100% of the ward’s people live in Glasgow
  • Abdul Bostani
  • Franny Scally
  • Keiran O'Neill
  • By-election since: 21 November 2024, Marie Garrity (Labour) elected from 7 candidates.

Also stood in 2022: Amy Irene Marquez (Green), Damian Clark (Freedom Alliance), Derek Dunnington (Liberal Democrat), Gwen Farrell Wall (Labour), Heather MacLeod (Conservative).

29th of Scotland’s 355 wards by candidates per seat (2.7).

Dennistoun
3% of Glasgow · 3 seats · 7 candidates · 100% of the ward’s people live in Glasgow
  • Allan Casey
  • Anthony Carroll
  • Elaine McDougall

Also stood in 2022: Fergus McCann (Liberal Democrat), Fiona McNider Connelly (Conservative), Lorna Finn (SNP), Oisín Duncan (TUSC).

79th of Scotland’s 355 wards by candidates per seat (2.3).

North East
3% of Glasgow · 3 seats · 8 candidates · 96% of the ward’s people live in Glasgow
  • Maureen Burke
  • Ruairi Kelly
  • Sharon Greer
  • By-election since: 21 November 2024, Mary McNab (Labour) elected from 7 candidates.
  • By-election since: 20 March 2025, Donna McGill (SNP) elected from 8 candidates.

Also stood in 2022: Anne McAllister (TUSC), Cam Milne (Scottish Libertarian Party), Iain McLarty (Green), John White (Conservative), Mandy Morgan (SNP).

29th of Scotland’s 355 wards by candidates per seat (2.7).

Each ward elects three or four councillors by single transferable vote: voters number the candidates in order, and a candidate who reaches the quota is elected, with spare votes passed on to the next preference. The names are those elected in 2022; a seat that falls vacant goes to a by-election, and as Democracy Club doesn’t record whose seat that was, each ward lists its by-elections beside the 2022 councillors (8 in Glasgow’s wards since 2022). First-preference votes and turnout for 2022 aren’t in the open data used here.

SNPGreenLabourIndependentLiberal DemocratConservativeAlbaOther parties

Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0), who stood and who was elected on 5 May 2022 and at by-elections since; candidates per seat ranked over Scotland’s 355 wards. Democracy Club.

The 2022 council election

Who stood, and who was elected

Every candidate for Glasgow City Council on 5 May 2022, by party: the light bar is candidates, the solid bar those elected. Vote counts for Scotland’s 2022 council elections aren’t in the open data used here, so this shows seats.

SNP37 of 50
Labour36 of 43
Green10 of 23
Conservative2 of 23
Liberal Democrat0 of 22
Alba0 of 14
Independent0 of 9
TUSC0 of 7
Scottish Socialist Party0 of 4
Freedom Alliance0 of 3
Scottish Libertarian Party0 of 2
Scottish Family Party0 of 1
Social Democratic Party0 of 1
UKIP0 of 1
Volt United Kingdom0 of 1

Share of candidates elected, Scotland

SNP81%
Labour68%
Conservative51%
Independent41%
Liberal Democrat32%
Green15%
Alba0%
Scottish Family Party0%

Parties with 20 or more candidates across all 32 councils.

204 candidates stood for 85 seats across Glasgow City Council in May 2022, 2.4 for each seat (Scotland: 2.1). The SNP elected 37 of 50 candidates; Labour 36 of 43 and the Greens 10 of 23. Under single transferable vote a party that runs two candidates in a ward can split its vote, so the share elected says something about strategy as well as support.

The 2022 council election: same source as Councillors, above. Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0): candidates and who was elected, 5 May 2022 (two wards on 30 June 2022), all 355 wards.

Scottish Parliament

Alison Thewliss is Glasgow’s constituency MSP

Each voter has two votes: one for a constituency MSP (73, first past the post) and one for a party list in their region (8 regions, 7 MSPs each). Results of 7 May 2026, on the new boundaries.

Glasgow Central · constituency7 May 2026
Alison Thewliss ElectedSNP57.4%
Vonnie SandlanLabour19.4%
Paul BennieReform UK15.2%
Paul Donald KennedyLiberal Democrat4.8%
Naveed AsgharConservative3.2%

26,264 votes for candidates · 15% of Glasgow

Constituency vote by party

PartyShareScotland
SNP57.4%38.3%
Labour19.4%19.2%
Reform UK15.2%15.5%
Liberal Democrat4.8%11.4%
Conservative3.2%11.9%

The tick is each party’s share of the constituency vote across all 73 constituencies.

Alison Thewliss won Glasgow Central with 57.4% of 26,264 votes, 38.0 points ahead of Vonnie Sandlan (Labour): the 3rd-widest margin of Scotland’s 73 constituencies.

Glasgow Kelvin and Maryhill (15% of Glasgow): Bob Doris
Glasgow Kelvin and Maryhill · constituency7 May 2026
Bob Doris ElectedSNP32.8%
Iris DuaneGreen26.4%
James AdamsLabour22.1%
Aimee Hope AlexanderReform UK10.5%
Daniel Khan-O'MalleyLiberal Democrat4.0%
Daniel BowmanConservative3.8%
Thomas AdkinsScottish Common Party0.4%

34,113 votes for candidates

Glasgow Cathcart and Pollok (14% of Glasgow): Zen Ghani
Glasgow Cathcart and Pollok · constituency7 May 2026
Zen Ghani ElectedSNP44.3%
Anas SarwarLabour28.3%
Kim SchmulianReform UK16.5%
Peter Michael McLaughlinLiberal Democrat4.4%
Kyle ParkConservative4.1%
Yvonne Anne RidleyWorkers Party of Britain1.8%
Adnan Zafar RafiqScottish Common Party0.5%

32,178 votes for candidates

Glasgow Southside (14% of Glasgow): Holly Bruce
Glasgow Southside · constituency7 May 2026
Holly Bruce ElectedGreen36.5%
Kaukab StewartSNP28.4%
Rashid HussainLabour19.0%
Gordon MillarReform UK7.8%
Ross HuttonConservative3.6%
Rachel Mary Byrne ParkLiberal Democrat3.0%
Kamran ButtScottish Common Party1.3%
Arzoo Waqqar AbdullahIndependent0.4%

38,499 votes for candidates

Glasgow Anniesland (13% of Glasgow): Colm Merrick
Glasgow Anniesland · constituency7 May 2026
Colm Merrick ElectedSNP44.7%
Eunis JassemiLabour29.6%
Sean O'HaganReform UK15.7%
James Douglas SpeirsLiberal Democrat5.5%
Sandesh GulhaneConservative4.5%

30,914 votes for candidates

Also covering parts of Glasgow: Glasgow Easterhouse and Springburn (13%), Ivan McKee, SNP; Glasgow Baillieston and Shettleston (12%), David Linden, SNP; Renfrewshire North and Cardonald (5%), Michelle Simone Campbell, SNP.

Glasgow region · 7 list MSPs · elected 7 May 2026
  • Anas Sarwar Pauline McNeill Paul John Sweeney
  • Patrick Harvie Iris Duane
  • Thomas Jordan Kerr Kim Schmulian

The region’s 8 constituencies elected 7 SNP and 1 Green; the list seats went to 3 Labour, 2 Green and 2 Reform UK. List seats top up parties whose constituency wins fall short of their share of the regional list vote. Democracy Club records who was elected from each list but not the list votes, so they aren’t shown.

West Scotland region · 7 list MSPs · elected 7 May 2026
  • Ross Greer Cara McKee
  • Neil Bibby Katy Clark
  • Malcolm Offord David Smith
  • Russell Findlay

The region’s 10 constituencies elected 8 SNP, 1 Labour and 1 Liberal Democrat; the list seats went to 2 Green, 2 Labour, 2 Reform UK and 1 Conservative. List seats top up parties whose constituency wins fall short of their share of the regional list vote. Democracy Club records who was elected from each list but not the list votes, so they aren’t shown.

Scottish Parliament · 129 MSPsHolyrood, as elected in May 2026
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  • SNP5857 + 1 list
  • Labour173 + 14 list
  • Reform UK170 + 17 list
  • Green152 + 13 list
  • Conservative124 + 8 list
  • Liberal Democrat107 + 3 list

Constituency seats + list seats. A majority needs 65.

Across Scotland the SNP won 58 of the 129 seats, 57 of them constituencies, short of the 65 a majority needs. The additional member system is built to keep the Parliament roughly proportional: Labour 14 of 17, Reform UK 17 of 17 and the Greens 13 of 15 seats came from the regional lists.

SNPLabourReform UKLiberal DemocratConservativeGreenIndependentOther parties

Scottish Parliament: same source as Councillors, above. Results: Democracy Club (CC BY 4.0): constituency votes and who was elected, regional list members, 7 May 2026; constituencies and regions: ONS (2026 boundaries, OGL), matched to the town by NRS Census 2022 output areas.

Westminster

Glasgow is split between 7 constituencies

The constituencies’ MP and the 4 July 2024 general election, the whole constituency’s result. Scotland elects 57 of the Commons’ 650 MPs.

Glasgow North · general election4 July 2024
Martin Rhodes ElectedLabour42.2%
Alison ThewlissSNP32.0%
Iris DuaneGreen12.2%
Helen BurnsReform UK4.8%
Naveed AsgharConservative3.9%
Daniel O'MalleyLiberal Democrat3.3%
Nick DurieAlba1.6%

34,739 votes for candidates · majority 3,539

18% of Glasgow · MP for Glasgow North

Martin Rhodes

Labour, MP since 4 July 2024.

51%

turnout in July 2024: 34,739 votes from 67,579 registered voters. Scotland: 59%.

Majority 3,539 of 34,739 votes (10.2%): the 22nd-narrowest of Scotland’s 57.

Glasgow North East

Glasgow North East · general election4 July 2024
Maureen Burke ElectedLabour45.9%
Anne McLaughlinSNP32.3%
Ewan LewisGreen7.2%
Jonathan WalmsleyReform UK6.7%
Robert ConnellyConservative3.5%
Sheila ThomsonLiberal Democrat1.7%
Catherine McKernanAlba1.6%
Chris SermanniTUSC0.7%
Gary SteeleCommunist Party of Britain0.4%

34,091 votes for candidates · majority 4,637

17% of Glasgow · MP for Glasgow North East

Maureen Burke

Labour, MP since 4 July 2024.

47%

turnout in July 2024: 34,091 votes from 72,610 registered voters. Scotland: 59%.

Majority 4,637 of 34,091 votes (13.6%): the 27th-narrowest of Scotland’s 57.

Glasgow East

Glasgow East · general election4 July 2024
John Grady ElectedLabour43.9%
David LindenSNP33.2%
Amy KettylesGreen7.7%
Donnie McLeodReform UK6.7%
Thomas KerrConservative4.8%
Matthew ClarkLiberal Democrat2.5%
Liam McLaughlanScottish Socialist Party1.3%

35,445 votes for candidates · majority 3,784

16% of Glasgow · MP for Glasgow East

John Grady

Labour, MP since 4 July 2024.

51%

turnout in July 2024: 35,445 votes from 68,987 registered voters. Scotland: 59%.

Majority 3,784 of 35,445 votes (10.7%): the 24th-narrowest of Scotland’s 57.

Also covering Glasgow

Glasgow West16%
Glasgow South West16%
Glasgow South15%
Paisley and Renfrewshire North2%

Glasgow West: Patricia Ferguson (Labour); Glasgow South West: Dr Zubir Ahmed (Labour); Glasgow South: Gordon McKee (Labour); Paisley and Renfrewshire North: Alison Taylor (Labour). Bars are the share of Glasgow’s residents in each.

LabourSNPGreenReform UKConservativeLiberal DemocratAlbaOther parties

MPs and results: UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0); constituencies from ONS (2024 boundaries). Percentages are of valid votes; turnout is votes cast over the electorate.

Council tax

Band D is £1,706 in Glasgow City for 2026–27

£53 above Scotland’s average, the 23rd-lowest of 32 councils.

A Band D bill, 2026–27

£1,706council tax · Glasgow City council£652water and sewerage · Scottish Water

A Band D home in Glasgow City pays £2,358 on its council tax bill for 2026–27: £1,706 council tax and £652 for water and sewerage, which the council collects for Scottish Water. The council tax is the council’s alone: Police Scotland and the Scottish Fire and Rescue Service are paid for nationally, and there are no county, parish or police precepts. Scotland’s average Band D is £1,653; Glasgow City’s is the 23rd-lowest of the 32 councils.

Band D by council, 2026–27

South Lanarkshire£1,468
Shetland Islands£1,488
Na h-Eileanan Siar£1,506
North Lanarkshire£1,555
Fife£1,574
Dumfries and Galloway£1,579
Angus£1,599
Scottish Borders£1,619
East Renfrewshire£1,620
City of Edinburgh£1,626
West Lothian£1,628
Highland£1,634
Orkney Islands£1,669
Perth and Kinross£1,674
Inverclyde£1,674
West Dunbartonshire£1,682
Clackmannanshire£1,684
North Ayrshire£1,686
Aberdeenshire£1,686
Renfrewshire£1,691
South Ayrshire£1,695
East Lothian£1,698
Glasgow City£1,706
Falkirk£1,715
East Ayrshire£1,717
Dundee City£1,730
Moray£1,731
Aberdeen City£1,748
East Dunbartonshire£1,752
Stirling£1,753
Argyll and Bute£1,783
Midlothian£1,816

Council tax only, cheapest first; the tick is Scotland’s average, £1,653.

Glasgow City council tax by band, 2026–27

Band A£1,137
Band B£1,327
Band C£1,516
Band D£1,706
Band E£2,241
Band F£2,772
Band G£3,341
Band H£4,180

Council tax a year, before discounts; water and sewerage charges come on top.

Your band comes from what the home would have sold for on 1 April 1991, from up to £27,000 (A) to over £212,000 (H); the Scottish Assessors publish every home’s band. Bands E to H have paid a larger share of Band D since April 2017. Living alone takes 25% off the council tax and the water charges, and Council Tax Reduction helps on a low income.

Scottish Government, Council Tax by band 2026–27, and Scottish Water charges 2026–27 (Open Government Licence v3.0). Earlier years’ Band D and what each council spends by service aren’t loaded here.

Get involved

Having a say in how Glasgow is run

Register to vote

In Scotland you can vote in council and Holyrood elections from 16, and foreign nationals with leave to remain can too. No photo ID is needed at those polls; it is for UK general elections.

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Contact your councillors, MSPs or MP

Type a postcode to write to each of its councillors, its constituency and regional MSPs and its MP.

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Join your community council

Volunteers elected for a neighbourhood: they are consulted on planning and licensing and pass on local views, but run no services. Most have vacancies.

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Comment on a planning application

Search applications near you and comment while they are open; most councils use ePlanning Scotland.

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Petition the Scottish Parliament

Anyone can lodge a petition; the Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee considers each one.

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Watch or speak at a council meeting

Council and committee meetings are open to the public, most webcast, with agendas and minutes online.

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Stand for election

The next council elections are due in May 2027 and the next Holyrood election in May 2031; the Electoral Commission has the rules and nomination papers.

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Questions about how Glasgow is run

Which council runs Glasgow?

Glasgow is run by Glasgow City Council, one of Scotland’s 32 councils. There is no county, district or town council; community councils speak for neighbourhoods but have no powers to run services or raise money.

Who controls Glasgow City Council?

No party won a majority in May 2022: SNP 37 · Labour 36 · Green 10 · Conservative 2 of 85 seats as elected. By-elections may have changed that since, and the council’s website names its current leader and administration.

Who are Glasgow’s councillors?

Glasgow is in 23 wards. Anderston/City/Yorkhill elected Angus Millar (SNP), Christy Mearns (Green), Eva Bolander (SNP), Philip Braat (Labour); Greater Pollok elected Rashid Hussain (Labour), Roza Salih (SNP), Saqib Ahmed (Labour), William Graham (SNP); Partick East/Kelvindale elected Blair Anderson (Green), Jill Brown (Labour), Kenny McLean (SNP), Lilith Johnstone (Labour); Langside elected Holly Bruce (Green), Paul Leinster (SNP), Stephen Docherty (Labour), Susan Aitken (SNP), all in 2022. There have been 8 by-elections in these wards since.

Who is the MSP for Glasgow?

Alison Thewliss (SNP) was elected for Glasgow Central on 7 May 2026. Part of Glasgow is in Glasgow Kelvin and Maryhill, Glasgow Cathcart and Pollok and Glasgow Southside. Seven list MSPs also represent the Glasgow region: Anas Sarwar (Labour), Pauline McNeill (Labour), Paul John Sweeney (Labour), Patrick Harvie (Green), Iris Duane (Green), Thomas Jordan Kerr (Reform UK), Kim Schmulian (Reform UK).

Who is the MP for Glasgow?

Glasgow is split between 7 constituencies: Glasgow North (Martin Rhodes, Labour), Glasgow North East (Maureen Burke, Labour), Glasgow East (John Grady, Labour), Glasgow West (Patricia Ferguson, Labour), Glasgow South West (Dr Zubir Ahmed, Labour), Glasgow South (Gordon McKee, Labour) and Paisley and Renfrewshire North (Alison Taylor, Labour).

How much is council tax in Glasgow?

Band D council tax in Glasgow City is £1,706 for 2026–27 (Scotland’s average: £1,653). Water and sewerage charges of £652 at Band D come on the same bill. Bands run from A (240/360 of Band D) to H (882/360).

Do I pay a separate water bill in Glasgow?

No. Scottish Water’s water and sewerage charges are billed and collected by the council with council tax, and they rise with the council tax band.

When are the next elections in Glasgow?

The next council elections are due in May 2027 and the next Scottish Parliament election in May 2031. The next UK general election must be held by August 2029.

Sources: National Records of Scotland Census 2022 output areas and localities, and ONS ward, constituency and Scottish Parliament boundaries (Open Government Licence v3.0) · GOV.UK local council finder · Democracy Club candidates and results (CC BY 4.0) · UK Parliament Members API (Open Parliament Licence v3.0) · Scottish Government Council Tax by band 2026–27 and Scottish Water charges (OGL v3.0). Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0.

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