Drumchapel/Anniesland (ward)

Drumchapel/Anniesland
Scottish Gaelic: *Druim a' Chapaill/Fearann Anna*
Drumchapel/Anniesland Scottish Gaelic: Druim a' Chapaill/Fearann Anna;
	; View looking north-west over Drumchapel from Linkwood towers (2014)
Area	7.30 km2 (2.82 sq mi)
Population	29,432 (2015)[1]
• Density	4,031.8/km2 (10,442/sq mi)
Council area	Glasgow City Council;
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G13, G15
Dialling code	0141
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish

Drumchapel/Anniesland (Ward 14) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. Since its creation in 2007 it has retained the same boundaries and returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system.[2]

Drumchapel/Anniesland Ward (2017) within Glasgow

Boundaries

Located in the far north-west of Glasgow, the ward's western boundary is with West Dunbartonshire and its northern boundary with East Dunbartonshire. Despite its name, it contains only part of the Anniesland neighbourhood (the streets to the north of Anniesland Road, and to the north of Great Western Road, east of Anniesland Cross). It contains all of Drumchapel, Netherton, Temple, Old Drumchapel, Blairdardie and High Knightswood, and part of Knightswood (streets to the east of Great Western Road and Knightswood Road).

The ethnic makeup of the Drumchapel/Anniesland ward using the 2011 census population statistics was:

94.3% White Scottish / British / Irish / Other
3.3% Asian
1.8% Black (mainly African)
0.6% Mixed / Other Ethnic Group

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Paul Carey (Labour)		Jonathan Findlay (Labour)		Steven Purcell (Labour)	Bill Kidd (SNP)
2009 by			Anne McTaggart (Labour)			Steven Purcell (Labour)
2010 by	Christopher Hughes (Labour)		Anne McTaggart (Labour)
2012	Judith Fisher (Labour)				Malcolm Balfour (SNP)
2017	Anne McTaggart (Labour)			Elspeth Kerr (SNP)	Malcolm Balfour (SNP)

Election results

2007

Drumchapel/Anniesland - 4 seats[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour	Paul Carey	26.31	2,284[lower-alpha 1]
	SNP	Bill Kidd	21.53	1,869
	Labour	Steven Purcell[lower-alpha 2]	21.38	1,856
	Labour	Jonathan Findlay[lower-alpha 3]	12.70	1,102	1,374	1,385	1,445	1,455	1,476	1,524
	Conservative	Susan McCourt	4.75	412	419	425	428	517	520	535
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Lee	4.02	349	364	379	385	400	415	454
	Scottish Green	Eileen Margaret Cartner Duke	3.00	260	283	300	305	319	361	428
	Solidarity	Esther Nixon	2.57	223	243	259	263	267	321
	Scottish Socialist	Mike Dyer	1.71	148	175	186	191	197
	Scottish Unionist	Bobby Howie	2.04	177	184	188	190
Electorate: 20,398 Valid: 8,680 Spoilt: 214 Quota: 1,737 Turnout: 43.60%

Returning councillor for Summerhill single-member ward.
Returning councillor for Blairdardie single-member ward.
Returning councillor for Anniesland single-member ward.

2009 by-election

On 4 June 2009, a by-election was held following the resignation of SNP MSP Bill Kidd as a Councillor. The by-election was won by Labour's Anne McTaggart.

Drumchapel/Anniesland By-Election (4 June 2009) - 1 Seat[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Labour	Anne McTaggart	48.4	2,584	2,593	2,613	2,651	2,689
	SNP	Martin J Docherty	28.3	1,509	1,530	1,573	1,651	1,698
	Liberal Democrats	Nathalie McKee	6.5	349	362	373	443	532
	Conservative	Richard Alan Sullivan	5.9	316	327	359	366
	Scottish Green	Eileen Duke	5.1	270	284	295
	BNP	John Robertson	3.3	177	186
	Independent	James Trolland	2.4	129
Electorate: 20,141 Valid: 5,334 Spoilt: 84 Quota: 2,667 Turnout: 5,418 (26.9%)

2010 by-election

On 6 May 2010, a by-election was held following the resignation of Labour Councillor Stephen Purcell. The by-election was won by Labour's Christopher Hughes.

Drumchapel/Anniesland By-Election (6 May 2010)- 1 seat[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1
	Labour	Christopher Hughes	56.3	5,710
	SNP	Frank Rankin	21.7	2,197
	Liberal Democrats	Paul McGarry	11.3	1,143
	Conservative	Richard Alan Sullivan	7.0	710
	Scottish Green	Larry Butler	3.7	375
Electorate: 19,951 Valid: 10,030 Spoilt: 239 Quota: 5,016 Turnout: 10,269 (51.47%)

2012

Drumchapel/Anniesland - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Labour	Paul Carey (incumbent)	30.65%	2,075
	Labour	Jon Findlay (incumbent)	17.70%	1,198	1,552
	SNP	Malcolm Balfour	19.82%	1,342	1,388
	Labour	Judith Fisher	13.01%	881	1,079	1,235	1,236	1,241	1,243	1,247	1,274	1,328	1,378
	SNP	John Docherty	9.44%	639	665	676	705	709	713	717	747	807	854
	Conservative	Martyn McIntyre	3.62%	245	248	251	252	253	255	260	292	315
	Scottish Green	Alastair Whitelaw	2.63%	178	183	187	188	196	199	216	251
	Liberal Democrats	Paul McGarry	1.96%	133	139	142	143	143	146	150
	Independent	James Trolland	0.50%	34	34	35	35	39	45
	Glasgow First	Gerrard O'Neill McCue	0.30%	20	26	28	28	30
	TUSC	Eric Stevenson	0.37%	25	26	27	27
Electorate: 21,288 Valid: 6,770 Spoilt: 180 Quota: 1,355 Turnout: 32.65%

2017

Drumchapel/Anniesland - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	Labour	Paul Carey (incumbent)	24.83%	1,871
	SNP	Malcolm Balfour (incumbent)	24.45%	1,842
	SNP	Elspeth Kerr	10.98%	827	849	1,073	1,086	1,095	1,101	1,213	1,963
	Labour	Anne McTaggart	12.49%	941	1,177	1,189	1,194	1,213	1,288	1,308	1,327	1,456	1,876
	Conservative	Patrick Logue	11.59%	873	895	898	903	904	945	962	966	981
	SNP	Malcolm Mitchell	8.99%	678	682	733	738	747	749	829
	Scottish Green	Louisa McGuigan	4.27%	322	331	348	353	369	379
	UKIP	Bryan Free	1.25%	94	101	105	106	106
	Scottish Socialist	Joe Meehan	0.68%	51	56	58	63
	Solidarity	Gary Kelly	0.46%	35	42	48
Electorate: 21,507 Valid: 7,534 Spoilt: 308 Quota: 1,507 Turnout: 36.5%

References

City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 14 - Drumchapel/Anniesland, Glasgow City Council
Teale, Andrew (27 December 2008). "Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
http://www.kristoferkeane.co.uk/by-drumchapelanniesland.html
http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/YourCouncil/Elections_Voting/Election_Results/Drumchapel_Anniesland_By_Election_2010/

External links

Listed Buildings in Drumchapel/Anniesland Ward, Glasgow City at British Listed Buildings

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[3] Returning councillor for Summerhill single-member ward.

[4] Returning councillor for Blairdardie single-member ward.

[5] Returning councillor for Anniesland single-member ward.

[1] City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 14 - Drumchapel/Anniesland, Glasgow City Council

[ateale-2] Teale, Andrew (27 December 2008). "Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2012.

[6] ttp://www.kristoferkeane.co.uk/by-drumchapelanniesland.html

[7] ttp://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/YourCouncil/Elections_Voting/Election_Results/Drumchapel_Anniesland_By_Election_2010/