Garscadden/Scotstounhill (ward)

Garscadden/Scotstounhill
Scottish Gaelic: *Gart Sgadan/Cnoc Scotstoun*
Garscadden/Scotstounhill Scottish Gaelic: Gart Sgadan/Cnoc Scotstoun;
	; 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)
Council area	Glasgow City Council;
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow;
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. Since its creation in 2007 it has retained the same boundaries and returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system.[2]

Garscadden/Scotstounhill Ward (2017) within Glasgow

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
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)	Chris Cunningham (SNP)	Michael Cullen (SNP)

Election Results

2007

Garscadden/Scotstounhill - 4 seats[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Labour	Liz Cameron[lower-alpha 1]	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[lower-alpha 2]	10.97	1,115	1,450	1,478	1,500	1,503	1,523	1,576	1,681
	Scottish 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	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%

Returning councillor for Knightswood South single-member ward.
Returning councillor for Scotstoun single-member ward.

2012

Garscadden/Scotstounhill - 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	Count 11	Count 12	Count 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
	Scottish 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.[3] A by-election was held on 6 October 2016 and was won by the SNP's Chris Cunningham.

Garscadden/Scotstounhill By-election (6 October 2016) - 1 Seat[4][5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 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
	Scottish 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

Garscadden/Scotstounhill - 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	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
	Scottish 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%

References

City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 13 - Garscadden/Scotstounhill, Glasgow City Council
Teale, Andrew (27 December 2008). "Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=35202&p=0
https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=20186

External links

Listed Buildings in Garscadden/Scotstounhill Ward, Glasgow City at British Listed Buildings

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[3] Returning councillor for Knightswood South single-member ward.

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

[1] City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 13 - Garscadden/Scotstounhill, Glasgow City Council

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

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