Garscadden/Scotstounhill (ward)

Garscadden/Scotstounhill Scottish Gaelic: Gart Sgadan/Cnoc Scotstoun
Garscadden/Scotstounhill Ward (2017) within Glasgow
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
List of places UK Scotland Glasgow

Garscadden/Scotstounhill (Ward 13) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. ^[2] Since its creation in 2007 it has retained the same boundaries and returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system. ^[3]

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 [4]	John Kelly (Labour)
2016 by			Chris Cunningham (SNP)
2017 [5]	Bill Butler (Labour)	Eva Murray (Labour)		Michael Cullen (SNP)
2022 [6]				Malcolm Mitchell (SNP)

Election results

2022 Election

2022 Glasgow City Council election

Garscadden/Scotstounhill – 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Bill Butler (incumbent)	27.9	2,403
	SNP	Chris Cunningham (incumbent)	26.8	2,310
	Labour	Eva Murray (incumbent)	10.9	940	1,438	1,452	1,512	1,548	1,795
	Conservative	Steven Morrison	10.3	886	932	935	966	968	1,001
	SNP	Rosemary Ugbah	8.6	745	751	821	829
	Green	John Hamelink	8.3	712	747	802	845	939
	SNP	Malcolm Mitchell	5.3	460	479	802	845	1,554	1,993
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh Waterfield	2.0	173	186	189
Electorate: 22,355  Valid: 8,629  Spoilt: 293  Quota: 1,726  Turnout: 39.9%

Source: ^{[7] [8]}

2017 Election

2017 Glasgow City Council election

Garscadden/Scotstounhill – 4 seats ^[9]

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
	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%

* = Sitting Councillor for Greater Pollok ward.

2012 Election

2012 Glasgow City Council election

Garscadden/Scotstounhill – 4 seats ^[4]

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
	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, Labour councillor John Kelly died as a result of Motor Neuron Disease. ^[10] 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 ^{[11] [12]}

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
	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%)

2007 Election

2007 Glasgow City Council election

2007 Council election: Garscadden/Scotstounhill ^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Liz Cameron [a]	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 [b]	10.97	1,115	1,450	1,478	1,500	1,503	1,523	1,576	1,681
	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. Outgoing councillor for Knightswood South single-member ward.
2. Outgoing councillor for Scotstoun single-member ward.

See also

• Wards of Glasgow

References

1. City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 13 - Garscadden/Scotstounhill, 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. Archived from the original on 21 May 2022. 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 13 Garscadden-Scotstounhill". Glasgow City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
8. "Candidate votes per stage Ward 13 Garscadden-Scotstounhill". 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. "Tributes as serving Glasgow Labour councillor for Garscadden and Scotstounhill ward John Kelly dies". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
11. "Local Government By-Election - Ward 13 Garscadden-Scotstounhill - 6 October 2016". glasgow.gov.uk.
12. "Local By Elections 6th October 2016 Full Results". www.glasgow.gov.uk. 7 October 2016.

External links

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