Garscadden/Scotstounhill (ward)
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Garscadden/Scotstounhill
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Aerial view of part of the ward, looking east (2017) | |
Area | 5.94 km2 (2.29 sq mi) |
Population | 30,565 (2015) [1] |
• Density | 5,145.6/km2 (13,327/sq mi) |
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Lieutenancy area |
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Country | Scotland |
Sovereign state | United Kingdom |
Post town | GLASGOW |
Postcode district | G13, G14 |
Dialling code | 0141 |
Police | Scotland |
Fire | Scottish |
Ambulance | Scottish |
Garscadden/Scotstounhill (Ward 13) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council.[2] Since its creation in 2007 it has retained the same boundaries and returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system.[3]
Boundaries[]
Located in the north-west of Glasgow, the ward is immediately north of the River Clyde which is its southern boundary. It is directly adjacent to the town of Clydebank (West Dunbartonshire) to the west. As its name suggests, it includes the neighbourhoods of Garscadden and Scotstounhill, as well as Yoker, Scotstoun and part of Knightswood (streets to the west of Great Western Road and Knightswood Road).
The ethnic makeup of the Garscadden/Scotstounhill ward using the 2011 census population statistics was:
- 89.8% White Scottish / British / Irish / Other
- 4.9% Asian (mainly Pakistani)
- 4.2% Black (mainly African)
- 1.2% Mixed / Other Ethnic Group
Councillors[]
Election | Councillors | |||||||
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2007 | Liz Cameron (Labour) |
Paul Rooney (Labour) |
Jean McFadden (Labour) |
Graeme Hendry (SNP) | ||||
2012 | John Kelly (Labour) | |||||||
2016 by | Chris Cunningham (SNP) | |||||||
2017 | Bill Butler (Labour) |
Eva Murray (Labour) |
Michael Cullen (SNP) |
Election Results[]
2007[]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
Labour | Liz Cameron[a] | 27.01 | 2,744 | ||||||||
SNP | Graeme Hendry | 22.96 | 2,333 | ||||||||
Labour | Paul Rooney | 18.65 | 1,895 | 2,007 | 2,026 | 2,037 | |||||
Labour | Jean McFadden[b] | 10.97 | 1,115 | 1,450 | 1,478 | 1,500 | 1,503 | 1,523 | 1,576 | 1,681 | |
Green | Sue England | 3.96 | 402 | 426 | 464 | 500 | 500 | 517 | 640 | 820 | |
Conservative | Matthew T Smith | 5.26 | 534 | 544 | 557 | 558 | 558 | 652 | 659 | 746 | |
Liberal Democrats | James Paris | 4.75 | 483 | 508 | 544 | 563 | 563 | 576 | 614 | ||
Solidarity | Charlotte Ahmed | 3.13 | 318 | 338 | 375 | 414 | 414 | 421 | |||
Scottish Unionist Party (modern) | Robert Findlay | 1.88 | 191 | 201 | 205 | 214 | 214 | ||||
Scottish Socialist | Peter Lavelle | 1.43 | 145 | 156 | 177 | ||||||
Electorate: 20,869 Valid: 10,160 Spoilt: 215 Quota: 2,033 Turnout: 49.71% |
2012[]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||||
Labour | Liz Cameron (incumbent) | 28.0 | 2,295 | |||||||||||||
Labour | Paul Rooney (incumbent) | 27.0 | 2,220 | |||||||||||||
SNP | Graeme Hendry (incumbent) | 22.2 | 1,820 | |||||||||||||
Labour | John Kelly | 6.6 | 541 | 993.4 | 1,417 | 1,422.1 | 1,427.4 | 1,432.9 | 1,439.4 | 1,459.3 | 1,491.9 | 1,512.2 | 1,541.4 | 1,606.6 | 1,712.3 | |
SNP | David Wilson | 4.9 | 400 | 430.4 | 465.1 | 604.1 | 609.1 | 612.4 | 620.6 | 632 | 654.8 | 689.1 | 716 | 791.5 | ||
Green | Martin Schmierer | 2.7 | 221 | 240.6 | 252.1 | 259.6 | 263.9 | 273.8 | 279.3 | 303 | 309.3 | 350.6 | 400.8 | |||
Conservative | Susan McCourt | 2.6 | 215 | 226.7 | 231.6 | 233.5 | 235.9 | 235.9 | 249.9 | 267.9 | 286.7 | 311.6 | ||||
Independent | Phil Jarvis | 1.8 | 151 | 164.7 | 174 | 176.9 | 177.8 | 180 | 205 | 211.2 | 239.2 | |||||
Scottish Christian | John Cormack | 1.6 | 135 | 149.2 | 154.7 | 156.7 | 156.7 | 157.7 | 164.1 | 169.2 | ||||||
Liberal Democrats | James Speirs | 1.1 | 90 | 98.3 | 103.5 | 105.7 | 106.8 | 109.8 | 112.5 | |||||||
UKIP | Ian Cumming | 0.8 | 69 | 80.4 | 84 | 86.4 | 86.7 | 89.7 | ||||||||
TUSC | Ryan Stuart | 0.4 | 29 | 31.6 | 32.3 | 32.5 | 35.2 | |||||||||
Glasgow First | Mark Muir | 0.3 | 22 | 23.9 | 27.6 | 28.4 | ||||||||||
Electorate: 21,743 Valid: 8,208 Spoilt: 258 Quota: 1,642 Turnout: 8,466 (39.94%) |
2016 by-election[]
- On 25 July 2016 Garscadden/Scotstounhill Labour Cllr John Kelly died as a result of motor neuron disease.[4] A by-election was held on 6 October 2016 and was won by the SNP's Chris Cunningham.
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SNP | Chris Cunningham | 42.6% | 2,135 | 2,140 | 2,150 | 2,275 | 2,321 | 2,906 | |
Labour | Ian Cruikshank | 38.8% | 1,944 | 1,953 | 1,984 | 2,037 | 2,204 | ||
Conservative | Ary Jaff | 10.2% | 510 | 536 | 553 | 564 | |||
Green | Gillian MacDonald | 4.8% | 242 | 247 | 261 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | James Speirs | 1.9% | 97 | 105 | |||||
UKIP | Donald MacKay | 1.7% | 83 | ||||||
Electorate: 21,419 Valid: 5,011 Spoilt: 83 Quota: 2,506 Turnout: 5,094 (23.8%) |
2017[]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | ||||
Labour | Bill Butler | 23.25% | 2,020 | ||||||||||
SNP | Michael Cullen | 20.15% | 1,751 | ||||||||||
SNP | Chris Cunningham (incumbent) | 14.05% | 1,221 | 1,233 | 1,243 | 1,261 | 1,269 | 1,282 | 1,424 | 2,345 | |||
Labour | Eva Murray | 10.49% | 912 | 1,117 | 1,117 | 1,123 | 1,140 | 1,183 | 1,293 | 1,340 | 1,506 | 1,975 | |
Conservative | Tariq Parvez | 12.20% | 1,060 | 1,070 | 1,070 | 1,072 | 1,108 | 1,161 | 1,191 | 1,203 | 1,217 | ||
SNP | Roza Salih | 10.66% | 926 | 927 | 929 | 934 | 935 | 941 | 1,066 | ||||
Green | Gillian MacDonald | 5.05% | 439 | 445 | 445 | 460 | 478 | 525 | |||||
Liberal Democrats | David Walker | 2.19% | 191 | 194 | 194 | 197 | 207 | ||||||
UKIP | Gisela Allen | 1.22% | 106 | 110 | 110 | 114 | |||||||
Solidarity | Samuel Cook | 0.71% | 62 | 65 | 65 | ||||||||
Electorate: 22,514 Valid: 8,688 Spoilt: 338 Quota: 1,738 Turnout: 40.1% |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 13 - Garscadden/Scotstounhill, Glasgow City Council
- ^ "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ a b Teale, Andrew (27 December 2008). "Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
- ^ "Tributes as serving Glasgow councillor dies". HeraldScotland.
- ^ https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=35202&p=0
- ^ "Local By Elections 6th October 2016 Full Results". www.glasgow.gov.uk. 7 October 2016.
External links[]
- Listed Buildings in Garscadden/Scotstounhill Ward, Glasgow City at British Listed Buildings
Categories:
- Wards of Glasgow
- 2007 establishments in Scotland