| Official Name: | Pollokshields |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Static Image Name: | Glasgow wards 2017 no06 Pollokshields.png |
| Static Image Caption: | Pollokshields Ward (2017) within Glasgow |
| Static Image 2 Name: | Nithsdale Drive at Nithsdale Street - geograph.org.uk - 1657938.jpg |
| Static Image 2 Caption: | Tenements on the corner of Nithsdale Road and Nithsdale Drive in the Pollokshields ward. |
| Map Type: | Glasgow Local Authority Area |
| Population: | 28,266 |
| Population Ref: | (2019)[1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 6.29 |
| Post Town: | GLASGOW |
| Postcode Area: | G |
| Postcode District: | G41, G43, G51 |
| Dial Code: | 0141 |
| Unitary Scotland: | Glasgow City Council |
| Lieutenancy Scotland: | Glasgow |
Pollokshields (Ward 6) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council.[2] On its creation in 2007 and in 2012 it returned three council members, using the single transferable vote system.[3] For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election, the boundaries were changed, the ward increased in size and returned four members.
Located on the South Side of Glasgow, the ward includes Pollokshields itself as well as Crossmyloof, Strathbungo and the western part of Shawlands. The 2017 expansion took in Bellahouston, Craigton and Dumbreck from the Govan ward.
The ethnic makeup of the expanded Pollokshields ward using the 2011 census population statistics was:
This makes it one of the most ethnically diverse wards in Glasgow.
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | David Meikle (Conservative) | Irfan Rabbani (Labour) | Khalil-ur Rahman Malik (SNP) | 3 seats | ||||
| 2012[4] | Hanif Raja (Labour) | Norman MacLeod (SNP) | ||||||
| 2017[5] | Jon Molyneux (Green) | |||||||
| 2022[6] | Zen Ghani (SNP) | |||||||
2022 Glasgow City Council election
2017 Glasgow City Council election
2012 Glasgow City Council election
2007 Glasgow City Council election