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Catherine Hunter

Glasgow Election 2022: Concerns over closure of Scotstounhill pool

Making sure a public swimming pool reopens following more than two years of closure will be just one of the issues facing Garscadden/Scotstounhill councillors elected next month.

The pool at Glasgow Club Scotstoun was due to reopen early this year but was pushed back by Glasgow Life due to “issues outside their control”. It was announced in January that the pool would be closed for an extended period to allow £2.8 million worth of renovation work to be completed within nine months.

There are eight candidates hoping to win one of the four seats in the ward which is located in the north-west of the city and is immediately north of the River Clyde. It is next to the town of Clydebank - part of West Dunbartonshire Council - and includes the neighbourhoods of Garscadden and Scotstounhill, as well as Yoker, Scotstoun and part of Knightswood.

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The Scotstoun pool venue is one of the biggest leisure facilities in the city and is home to the National Badminton Centre, Scotstoun Stadium, and Scotstoun Squash Centre.

The Scotstoun Stadium also welcomed eight new charging points last April as part of the city council’s charging point expansion.

2017 Results

The 2017 election saw a 40.1% voter turnout with 8688 valid ballot papers and 338 rejected ballot papers.

The first preference votes received by each of the elected candidates was:

Bill Butler - Labour - 2020 votes

Michael Cullen - SNP (latterly Independent) - 1751 votes

Chris Cunningham - SNP - 1221 votes

Eva Murray - Labour - 912 votes

2022 Candidates

There are eight candidates hoping to win one of the four seats with councillors Butler, Cunningham and Murrary are all fighting to keep their status as an elected member while Councillor Cullen will not be standing for re-election as he faces allegations of perverting the course of justice.

Historically a pro-Labour ward both councillors Butler and Murray were elected in 2017 with their predecessors - Liz Cameron - the former Lord Provost of Glasgow and Paul Rooney members of the Labour party. In 2016, SNP councillor Chris Cunningham was elected in a by-election when Labour councillor John Kelly passed away from motor neurone disease.

Full list of candidates standing in the Garscadden/Scotsdounhill ward

Bill Butler - Labour party

Chris Cunningham -SNP

John Hamelink - Greens

Malcolm Mitchell - SNP

Steven Morrison - Conservative

Eva Murray - Labour

Rosemary Ugbah - SNP

Hugh Grenville Waterfield - Lib Dems

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