Glasgow City

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Region: Scotland
Country: Scotland

§ This page provides an overview of a UK's local authority district, bringing together various information to help you better understand this district.

Glasgow City is Scotland’s largest city and a major cultural and economic centre, historically built on shipbuilding and heavy industry. Today it thrives on finance, education, tourism, and the arts, with renowned museums, music venues, and Victorian architecture.

The local government for this district is: Glasgow City Council (Scotland Council Area).

For local government purposes, Scotland is divided into 32 ‘council areas’ (Scottish Gaelic: comhairlean), each administered by a single-tier authority known simply as a council.

This district page, Glasgow City, is a sub-page of this region page: Scotland. It zooms in to local authorities and parliamentary constituencies, and provides a list of wards in this district. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK local authority districts: List of Local Authority Districts.

Constituencies in Glasgow City

A constituency is a specific geographical area that elects one Member of Parliament (MP) to represent them in the House of Commons. The United Kingdom is divided into 650 parliamentary constituencies, 57 of them are in Scotland. We have this list page for easy browsing of all UK parliamentary constituencies: List of Constituencies.

Wards in Glasgow City

Glasgow City is divided into 23 wards, listed below in alphabetical order.

  • Anderston/City/Yorkhill
  • Baillieston
  • Calton
  • Canal
  • Cardonald
  • Dennistoun
  • Drumchapel/Anniesland
  • East Centre
  • Garscadden/Scotstounhill
  • Govan
  • Greater Pollok
  • Hillhead
  • Langside
  • Linn
  • Maryhill
  • Newlands/Auldburn
  • North East
  • Partick East/Kelvindale
  • Pollokshields
  • Shettleston
  • Southside Central
  • Springburn/Robroyston
  • Victoria Park

Glasgow City in International Geographies

In the International Territorial Levels (ITLs) hierarchy, Glasgow City is an ITLs Level 3 area:

  1. (ITL 1) Scotland
  2. (ITL 2) ⇒ West Central Scotland
  3. (ITL 3) ⇒⇒ Glasgow City

The International Territorial Levels are used by OECD member countries for statistical purposes to classify administrative areas. We have this listable page for easy browsing of ITL names and codes: International Territorial Levels.

Districts in Scotland