Anderston/City/Yorkhill (ward)

Anderston/City/Yorkhill Scottish Gaelic: Baile Aindrea/Cathair/Cnoc Eabhraig Scots: Anderstoun/Ceitie/Yorkhull
Anderston/City/Yorkhill Ward (2017) within Glasgow
View looking west over the Anderston and Finnieston areas within the Anderston/City/Yorkhill ward
Area	5.75 km2 (2.22 sq mi)
Population	30,184 (2015) [1]
•  Density	5,249.4/km2 (13,596/sq mi)
Council area	Glasgow City Council
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G1, G2, G3
Dialling code	0141
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
List of places UK Scotland Glasgow

Anderston/City/Yorkhill (Ward 10) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. ^[2] Created as Anderston/City in 2007, it returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system. ^[3] The same criteria applied in 2012. For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election, the boundaries were changed, the ward slightly decreased in size (although slightly increased in population) and was renamed Anderston/City/Yorkhill, still returning four councillors.

Boundaries

The ward covers Glasgow city centre and the Merchant City which contain many office and retail premises but also some residential buildings, and also includes the more heavily populated areas of Cowcaddens, Garnethill and Townhead north of the city centre, along with the campuses of both the University of Strathclyde and Glasgow Caledonian University, with the M8 motorway being the northern boundary and High Street the eastern. The River Clyde forms the southern border of the ward, which stretches west through Anderston, Finnieston, Kelvinhaugh and Yorkhill to the River Kelvin.

The Kelvingrove residential area to the north of Finnieston lies within the ward, but Kelvingrove Park and the Park District which were also originally included in 2007 were reassigned to Hillhead ward in 2017. At that time the small Ladywell neighbourhood and the grounds of Glasgow Royal Infirmary were reassigned to a new Dennistoun ward. 'Yorkhill' was added to the name to better reflect the distribution of population, with most of the ward's residents living in areas west of Anderston.

The ethnic makeup of the Anderston/City/Yorkhill ward using the 2011 census population statistics was:

• 75.9% White Scottish / British / Irish / Other
• 18.1% Asian (mainly Chinese)
• 2.8% Black (mainly African)
• 3% Mixed / Other Ethnic Group

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Philip Braat (Labour)		Gordon Matheson (Labour)		Craig MacKay (SNP)		Nina Baker (Green)
2012 [4]	Martin John Docherty (SNP)
2015 by	Eva Bolander (SNP)
2016 by				Angus Millar (SNP)
2017 [5]			Christy Mearns (Green)
2022 [6]

Election results

2022 Election

2022 Glasgow City Council election

Anderston/City/Yorkhill – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Green	Christy Mearns (incumbent)	25.8	1,527
	Labour	Philip Braat (incumbent)	24.4	1,439
	SNP	Eva Bolander (incumbent)	22.8	1,349
	SNP	Angus Millar (incumbent)	10.2	603	783	801	938	940	947	974	992	1,016	1,236
	Conservative	Susan McCourt	6.7	395	399	408	410	418	422	431	463
	Labour	John Gerard Carson	5.7	337	401	597	606	610	616	629	712	900
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew James Clark	2.5	145	168	175	178	184	187	198
	Independent	Benn Rapson	0.8	48	64	64	65	69	83
	Independent	Carla Arrighi	0.6	36	39	39	41	45
	Scottish Libertarian	Nick Thomson	0.5	31	33	33	33
Electorate: 21,667  Valid: 5,910  Spoilt: 180  Quota: 1,183  Turnout: 28.1%

Source: ^{[7] [8]}

2017 Election

2017 Glasgow City Council election

Anderston/City/Yorkhill – 4 seats ^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Eva Bolander (incumbent)	26.47%	1,591
	Labour	Philip Braat (incumbent)	22.09%	1,328
	Green	Christy Mearns	18.32%	1,101	1,146	1,155	1,161	1,187	1,254
	SNP	Angus Millar (incumbent)	12.89%	775	1,072	1,078	1,080	1,090	1,098	1,127	1,224
	Conservative	Cameron Stewart	9.88%	594	597	604	607	620	649	650	716
	Labour	Faten Hameed	6.41%	385	394	470	472	476	510	520
	Liberal Democrats	James Harrison	2.51%	151	154	160	162	168
	Independent	Gerry Creechan	0.92%	55	61	65	76
	Independent	Gordon Keane	0.49%	30	31	32
Electorate: 19,071  Valid: 6,010  Spoilt: 172  Quota: 1,203  Turnout: 32.4%

2012 Election

2012 Glasgow City Council election

Anderston/City – 4 seats ^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Labour	Philip Braat (incumbent)	29.4	1,561
	Labour	Gordon Matheson (incumbent)	20.9	1,113
	SNP	Martin Docherty	19.9	1,057	1,122.3
	Green	Nina Baker (incumbent)	10.5	558	652.2	656.6	662.6	665.6	676.2	704.3	753.2	809	891.8	1,163.5
	SNP	Craig MacKay (incumbent)	9.7	516	541.5	587.8	592.3	592.3	596	605.5	628.4	645.2	683.3
	Conservative	David Barnes	4.7	249	273.5	274.4	276.3	279.3	280.8	283.9	283.9	314.3
	Liberal Democrats	Ewan Hoyle	1.7	89	112.9	113.9	116	117.3	120	126.4	129.4
	Solidarity	Graham Campbell	1.7	89	110.9	112.1	113.2	113.2	115.3	118.3
	Pirate	Rob Harris	0.9	46	53.9	54.4	54.8	58.5	60.9
	Glasgow First	Alexander McDowell	0.4	20	30.8	31.2	32.4	36
	Britannica Party	James Moir Robertson	0.3	17	19.2	19.2	19.4
Electorate: 23,063  Valid: 5,315  Spoilt: 191  Quota: 1,064  Turnout: 5,442 (23.60%)

2015 by-election

On 14 May 2015, SNP Cllr Martin Docherty resigned his after having been elected as an MP for the constituency of West Dunbartonshire. ^[6] A by-election was held on 6 August 2015 and was won by the SNP's Eva Bolander.

Anderston/City by-election (6 August 2015) - 1 Seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Eva Bolander	48.1%	1,441	1,444	1,446	1,457	1,473	1,750
	Labour	Katie Ford	28.6%	857	857	866	881	943	1,024
	Green	Christy Mearns	13.8%	414	414	421	442	467
	Conservative	Ary Jaff	5.5%	164	166	173	184
	Liberal Democrats	Gary McLelland	2.2%	66	68	70
	UKIP	Janice MacKay	1.4%	43	45
	Scottish Libertarian	Stevie Creighton	0.4%	12
Electorate: 23,285  Valid: 2,997  Spoilt: 39  Quota: 1,499  Turnout: 3,036 (14.5%)

2016 by-election

On 14 March 2016, Labour Cllr Gordon Matheson resigned his seat as he had been appointed a visiting professor at Strathclyde University. ^[10] A by-election took place on 5 May 2016 and it was won by the SNP's Angus Millar.

Anderston/City by-election (5 May 2016) - 1 Seat ^[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Angus Millar	43.03%	3,467	3,480	3,509	3,586	4,436
	Labour	Steven Livingston	21.07%	1,698	1,715	1,793	2,112	2,603
	Green	Christy Mearns	20.12%	1,621	1,637	1,710	1,869
	Conservative	Philip Charles	10.79%	869	908	965
	Liberal Democrats	Ryan Ross	3.08%	248	256
	UKIP	Karen King	1.91%	154
Electorate: 20,995  Valid: 8,057  Spoilt: 133  Quota: 4,030  Turnout: 8,190 (39.18%)

2007 Election

2007 Glasgow City Council election

2007 Council election: Anderston/City ^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Craig MacKay	23.65	1,632
	Labour	Philip Braat	18.71	1,291	1,306	1,318	1,328	1,366	1,421
	Labour	Gordon Matheson [a]	17.06	1,177	1,194	1,200	1,220	1,259	1,291
	Green	Nina Baker	12.75	880	927	974	1,033	1,163	1,247
	Liberal Democrats	Ann Laird	11.68	806	836	866	890	929	1,050
	Conservative	Erin Boyle	7.04	486	495	511	515	524
	Solidarity	Akhtar Khan	4.13	285	317	319	367
	Scottish Socialist	Peter Murray	2.87	198	215	228
	Independent	Dave Holladay	2.10	145	150
Electorate: 20,431  Valid: 6,900  Spoilt: 130  Quota: 1,381  Turnout: 34.41%

1. Outgoing councillor for Merchant City single-member ward.

See also

• Wards of Glasgow

References

1. City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 10 - Anderston/City/Yorkhill, Glasgow City Council
2. "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
3. Teale, Andrew (27 December 2008). "Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
4. "Election Results 2012". glasgow.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012.
5. "Local Election 2017 Full Results". Glasgow City Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
6. "Notice of election agents". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 4 April 2022.^{[ permanent dead link ]}
7. "Declaration of Results Report Ward 10 Anderston-City-Yorkhill". Glasgow City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
8. "Candidate votes per stage Ward 10 Anderston-City-Yorkhill". Glasgow City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
9. "Local Election 2017 Full Results". Glasgow City Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
10. "Former leader Gordon Matheson to leave Glasgow City Council - BBC News". BBC News. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
11. "By-Election - Ward 10 - Anderston/City". www.glasgow.gov.uk. 1 April 2016.

External links

• Listed Buildings in Anderston/City/Yorkhill Ward, Glasgow City at British Listed Buildings