Garscadden/Scotstounhill (ward)

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 Scottish Gaelic: Gart Sgadan/Cnoc Scotstoun
Aerial view of part of the ward, looking east (2017)
Area	5.94 km^2 (2.29 sq mi)
Population	30,565 (2015) [1]
• Density	5,145.6/km^2 (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 (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)		Michael Cullen (SNP)

Election Results

2007

Garscadden/Scotstounhill - 4 seats[2] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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%

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

2012

Garscadden/Scotstounhill - 4 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 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   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 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     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 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 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% See also Wards of Glasgow 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