Hillhead (ward)

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Hillhead Scottish Gaelic: Ceann a' Chnuic Scots: Hullheid
View looking west along Great Western Road which bisects the Hillhead ward
Area	2.92 km2 (1.13 sq mi)
Population	25,411 (2015)[1]
• Density	8,702.4/km2 (22,539/sq mi)
Council area	Glasgow City Council
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G3, G4, G12, G20
Dialling code	0141
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
List of places UK Scotland Glasgow

Hillhead (Ward 11) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council.^[2] On its creation in 2007 and in 2012 it returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system.^[3] For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election, the boundaries were changed substantially, the ward slightly decreased in population and returned three members.

Boundaries[]

Situated to the west of Glasgow city centre, the core of the ward which has remained since its 2007 creation consists of Hillhead, Kelvinbridge, Gilmorehill (the University of Glasgow main campus), Woodlands and Woodside, with boundaries being the M8 motorway to the south-east and the Port Dundas branch of the Forth and Clyde Canal to the north-east.

Other aspects of the ward were substantially altered in 2017, with the Dowanhill and Hyndland neighbourhoods reassigned to a new Partick East/Kelvindale ward and Byres Road becoming the south-west boundndary; most of the North Kelvinside neighbourhood (streets to the east of Queen Margaret Drive, which became Hillhead's north-west boundary) was gained from the Canal ward, and the Park District (along with Kelvingrove Park itself) was gained from the Anderston/City ward, with the park's south entrances the new southern boundary of Hillhead.

Following these alterations, it was the smallest ward in physical size but the most densely populated, despite the park taking up a proportion of the territory.

Demographics[]

According to the 2011 census,^[4] the ethnicity of the population was:

Ethnicity	Proportion
White Scottish/British	68.97%
White Irish	3%
Other White	8%
Mixed Ethnic Groups	1.17%
Indian	2.33%
Pakistani	6.08%
Bangladeshi	0.02%
Chinese	4.89%
Other Asian	1.61%
African	1.81%
Caribbean or Black	0.03%
Other Ethnic Group	1.63%

Councillors[]

Election	Councillors
2007		Hanzala Malik (Labour)		Kenneth Elder (Liberal Democrats)		George A Roberts (SNP)		Martha Wardrop (Green)
2011 by	Ken Andrew (SNP)
2012		Martin McElroy (Labour)		Pauline McKeever (Labour)
2017		Hanzala Malik (Labour)	3 seats

Current representation[]

The three councillors representing the area since 4 May 2017 are:

• Martha Wardrop^[5] (Scottish Greens)
• Ken Andrew^[6] (Scottish National Party)
• Hanzala Malik^[7] (Scottish Labour)

Election results[]

2007[]

Hillhead - 4 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	George A Roberts	21.14	1,899
	Green	Martha Ferguson Wardrop	18.64	1,675	1,705	1,709	1,778	1,924
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Elder	13.18	1,184	1,193	1,196	1,214	1,245	1,276	1,562	1,926
	Labour	Hanzala Malik[a]	13.27	1,192	1,196	1,197	1,203	1,267	1,277	1,379	1,433
	Labour	Martin Rhodes	12.02	1,080	1,085	1,088	1,092	1,114	1,125	1,160	1,288
	Conservative	John Anderson	10.15	912	918	930	932	941	945	974
	Liberal Democrats	Abdul A Khan	5.15	463	469	477	490	526	554
	Solidarity	Akhter Khan	3.83	344	354	362	411
	Scottish Socialist	Anthea Irwin	2.05	184	187	194
	Independent	Neil Craig	0.57	51	51
Electorate: 20,826   Valid: 8,984   Spoilt: 144   Quota: 1,797   Turnout: 43.84%

• Neil Craig stood for the Nine Percent Growth Party rather than an independent.

2011 by-election[]

• On 17 November 2011, a by-election was held following the death of SNP Councillor George Roberts.^[8] The seat was held by the SNP's Ken Andrew.

Hillhead By-Election (1 seat, November 17th, 2011)^[3][9][10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Ken Andrew	32.75	1,026	1,027	1,030	1,079	1,174	1,386	1,851
	Labour	Martin McElroy	30.17	945	946	950	992	1,057	1,276
	Green	Stuart Leckie	13.88	435	436	441	556	639
	Conservative	Maya Forrest	11.87	372	374	384	441
	Liberal Democrats	Ewan Hoyle	9.80	307	310	311
	UKIP	Neil Craig	1.14	36	37
	Britannica Party	Charles Baillie	0.35	11
	SNP hold		Swing
Electorate: 23,243   Valid: 3,132   Spoilt: 40   Quota: 1,567   Turnout: 3,172

2012[]

Hillhead - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12	13
	SNP	Ken Andrew (incumbent)	24.62%	1,424
	Green	Martha Wardrop (incumbent)	17.62%	1,019	1,037	1,037	1,039	1,049	1,055	1,099	1,185
	Labour	Martin McElroy	17.31%	1,001	1,015	1,018	1,019	1,023	1,030	1,041	1,068	1,071	1,129	1,211
	Labour	Pauline McKeever	12.14%	702	709	710	711	712	712	720	741	746	799	835	880	1,019
	SNP	Mark Smith	8.44%	488	676	676	678	682	683	690	711	720	780	826	827
	Conservative	Alexander Inglis	6.54%	378	380	383	386	394	413	415	464	465	541
	Independent	Ruth Simpson	5.79%	335	340	340	340	343	355	356	386	391
	Liberal Democrats	Kenneth Elder (incumbent)	4.10%	237	244	245	248	252	255	259
	Scottish Socialist	Frances Curran	1.42%	82	86	86	86	87	89
	UKIP	Neil Craig	0.85%	49	51	56	57	65
	Scottish Christian	Murdo MacLeod	0.74%	43	44	44	46
	Glasgow First	Iain Firth	0.22%	13	14	15
	Britannica	Charles Baillie	0.21%	12	13
Electorate: 20,981   Valid: 5,783   Spoilt: 113   Quota: 1,157   Turnout: 28.10%

2017[]

Hllhead - 3 seats^[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Green	Martha Wardrop (incumbent)	25.63%	1,718
	Labour	Hanzala Malik	21.73%	1,457	1,464	1,465	1,469	1,625	1,935
	SNP	Ken Andrew (incumbent)	22.49%	1,508	1,516	1,519	1,522	1,545	1.575	1,624	2,632
	SNP	Caroline Welsh	14.66%	983	998	1,000	1,004	1,030	1,046	1,076
	Conservative	Martin McIntyre	10.14%	680	680	686	693	744
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Clark	4.45%	298	303	307	311
	No label	Douglas Timmons	0.51%	34	34	37
	Libertarian	Anthony Sammeroff	0.39%	26	26
Electorate: 17,923   Valid: 6,704   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 1,677   Turnout: 37.9%

See also[]

• Wards of Glasgow

References[]

External links[]

• Listed Buildings in Hillhead Ward, Glasgow City at British Listed Buildings