| Official Name: | Shettleston |
| Scots Name: | Shuttlestoun |
| Gaelic Name: | Baile Nighean Sheadna |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Static Image Name: | Glasgow wards 2017 no19 Shettleston.png |
| Static Image Caption: | Shettleston Ward (2017) within Glasgow |
| Static Image 2 Name: | File:Shettleston from the air (geograph 5716391) (cropped).jpg |
| Static Image 2 Caption: | Aerial view over part of the Shettleston ward, looking east (2018) |
| Map Type: | Glasgow Local Authority Area |
| Population: | 25,806 |
| Population Ref: | (2015)[1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 10.40 |
| Post Town: | GLASGOW |
| Postcode Area: | G |
| Postcode District: | G32 |
| Dial Code: | 0141 |
| Unitary Scotland: | Glasgow City Council |
| Lieutenancy Scotland: | Glasgow |
Shettleston (Ward 19) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council.[2] Since its creation in 2007 it has returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system; the boundaries have not changed since it was formed.[3]
Located in the east of Glasgow and immediately north of the River Clyde which forms its southern boundary, the ward is centred around the long-established settlement of Shettleston, and additionally includes the neighbourhoods of Braidfauld (east of Maukinfauld Road), Tollcross, Fullarton/Auchenshuggle, Sandyhills, Mount Vernon, Carmyle and part of Parkhead (north of Tollcross Road). The northern boundary is the North Clyde Line railway.
The ethnic makeup of the Calton ward using the 2011 census population statistics was:
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Tom McKeown (Labour) | George Ryan (Labour) | Euan McLeod (Labour) | John F. McLaughlin (SNP) | ||||
| 2012[4] | Anne Simpson (Labour) | Frank McAveety (Labour) | ||||||
| 2013 by | Martin Neill (Labour) | |||||||
| 2017[5] | Michelle Ferns (SNP/ Alba) | Thomas Kerr (Conservative) | Laura Doherty (SNP) | |||||
| 2021 | ||||||||
| 2022[6] | Jill Pidgeon (Labour) | |||||||
See main article: 2022 Glasgow City Council election.
See main article: 2017 Glasgow City Council election.
On 7 October 2013, Labour councillor George Ryan died suddenly. A by-election was held on 5 December 2013 and the seat was retained by Labour's Martin Neill.[7]
See main article: 2012 Glasgow City Council election.
See main article: 2007 Glasgow City Council election.