[2] On its creation in 2007 and in 2012 it returned three council members, using the single transferable vote system.

For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election, the boundaries were changed, the ward increased in size and returned four members.

The 2017 expansion took in Toryglen from the Southside Central ward and a few streets on the north side of the Cathcart Circle Line railway which had previously been in Newlands/Auldburn when the boundary was the White Cart Water.

Permission was obtained from Glasgow Sheriff Court to examine the ballots and rerun the calculation.

[11] On 14 May 2015, Green counsellor Liam Hainey resigned his seat for family and health reasons.