Hillhead (ward)

Hillhead
Hillhead Ward (2017) within Glasgow
View looking west along Great Western Road which bisects the Hillhead ward
Area2.92 km2 (1.13 sq mi)
Population25,411 (2015)[1]
• Density8,702.4/km2 (22,539/sq mi)
Council area
Lieutenancy area
  • Glasgow
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGLASGOW
Postcode districtG3, G4, G12, G20
Dialling code0141
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
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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 boundary; 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) 		George A Roberts
(SNP) 		Martha Wardrop[5]
(Green) 		Kenneth Elder
(Liberal Democrats)
2011 by Ken Andrew[6]
(SNP)
2012[7] Martin McElroy
(Labour) 		Pauline McKeever
(Labour)
2017[8] Hanzala Malik[9]
(Labour) 		3 seats
2022[10]
2024 by Seonad Hoy
(Green)

Election results

2024 by-election

On 7 March 2024 a by-election was held following the death of Labour councillor Hanzala Malik.

Hillhead by-election (7 March 2024) − 1 seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Ruth Hall 31.8 1,298 1,299 1,340 1,367 1,472 1,721  
Scottish Green Seonad Hoy 31.5 1,284 1,284 1,298 1,353 1,372 1,908 2,605
SNP Malcolm McConnell 24.9 1,015 1,017 1,025 1,062 1,076    
Conservative Faten Hameed 5.3 217 221 233 240      
Independent Green Voice Alistair McConnachie 3.2 133 135 146        
Liberal Democrats Daniel O'Malley 2.6 106 110          
Independent Ryan McGinley 0.5 22            
Electorate: 17,009   Valid: 4,075   Spoilt: 63   Quota: 2,038   Turnout: 24.3%  

Source:[11][12]

2022 election

2022 Glasgow City Council election

Hillhead – 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Scottish Green Martha Wardrop (incumbent) 36.2 2,507  
SNP Ken Andrew (incumbent) 28.7 1,984  
Labour Hanzala Malik (incumbent) 22.1 1,532 1,914
Conservative Mark Russell 6.7 464 477
Liberal Democrats Theo Lockett 5.4 377 547
Freedom Alliance (UK) Colin McMillan 0.9 61 71
Electorate: 18,586   Valid: 6,925   Spoilt: 73   Quota: 1,732   Turnout: 37.7%  

Source:[13][14]

2017 election

2017 Glasgow City Council election

Hillhead – 3 seats[15]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Scottish 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 Martyn 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
Scottish Libertarian Anthony Sammeroff 0.39% 26 26
Electorate: 17,923   Valid: 6,704   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 1,677   Turnout: 37.9%  

2012 election

2012 Glasgow City Council election

Hillhead – 4 seats[7]
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                        
Scottish 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 Party Charles Baillie 0.21% 12 13                      
Electorate: 20,981   Valid: 5,783   Spoilt: 113   Quota: 1,157   Turnout: 28.10%  

2011 by-election

On 17 November 2011 a by-election was held following the death of SNP councillor George Roberts.[16] The seat was held by the SNP's Ken Andrew.

Hillhead by-election (17 November 2011) - 1 seat[3][17][18]
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  
Scottish 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            
Electorate: 23,243   Valid: 3,132   Spoilt: 40   Quota: 1,567   Turnout: 3,172 (13.65%)  

2007 election

2007 Glasgow City Council election

2007 Council election: Hillhead[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP George A Roberts 21.14 1,899              
Scottish 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%  
  1. ^ Outgoing councillor for Woodlands single-member ward.

See also

References

  1. ^ City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 11 - Hillhead, Glasgow City Council
  2. ^ "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b c Teale, Andrew (27 December 2008). "Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Glasgow City Council City Ward Factsheets 2017". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 28 June 2023.
  5. ^ "Committee Information - Council Member Details". www.glasgow.gov.uk.
  6. ^ "Committee Information - Council Member Details". www.glasgow.gov.uk.
  7. ^ a b "Election Results 2012". glasgow.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012.
  8. ^ "Local Election 2017 Full Results". Glasgow City Council. 5 May 2017. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Committee Information - Council Member Details". www.glasgow.gov.uk.
  10. ^ "Notice of election agents". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 4 April 2022.[permanent dead link‍]
  11. ^ "Hillhead Ward by-election results declared". Glasgow City Council. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  12. ^ "Candidate votes per stage Ward 11 Hillhead". Glasgow City Council. 8 March 2024. Retrieved 8 March 2024.
  13. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 11 Hillhead". Glasgow City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  14. ^ "Candidate votes per stage Ward 11 Hillhead". Glasgow City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  15. ^ "Local Election 2017 Full Results". Glasgow City Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  16. ^ "Labour MSP under fire for double job". The Herald. Glasgow. 29 September 2011. Retrieved 4 April 2020.
  17. ^ "Date set for council by-election". glasgow.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 4 October 2011.
  18. ^ "Ward - 11 Hillhead - Local By Election 2011". glasgow.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 22 November 2011.