Hillhead (ward)

Hillhead
Scottish Gaelic: *Ceann a' Chnuic*
Scots: *Hullheid*
Hillhead Scottish Gaelic: Ceann a' Chnuic; Scots: Hullheid;
	City scape of Hillhead ward looking west up Great Western Road from St George's Cross
Area	1.13 sq mi (2.9 km2)
Population	26,690
• Density	23,619.5/sq mi (9,119.5/km2)
Council area	Glasgow City Council;
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G12
Dialling code	0141
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
	List of places UK Scotland Glasgow

Hillhead is one of the 21 wards of Glasgow City Council. There are 4 members for this area. Here are the ethnic groups for Hillhead in 2011. It had a population of 26,549.^[1]

71.6% White British

13.7% Asian

1.9% Black

2007 Election Results

2007 Council election: Hillhead^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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	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%

N.B Neil Craig stood for the Nine Percent Growth Party rather than an independent.

2011 By-Election

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

Hillhead By-Election (November 17th, 2011)- 1 Seat ^[2]^[3]^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
	SNP hold		Swing
Electorate: 23,243 Valid: 3,132 Spoilt: 40 Quota: 1,567 Turnout: 3,172

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2012 Election

Hillhead - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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	Charles Baillie	0.21%	12	13
Electorate: 20,981 Valid: 5,783 Spoilt: 113 Quota: 1,157 Turnout: 28.10%

References

^ https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=9537&p=0
^ ^a ^b Teale, Andrew (27 December 2008). "Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
^ http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/News/HillheadByElection.htm
^ http://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121003152712/http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/YourCouncil/Elections_Voting/Election_Results/Hillhead_ByElection_2011/

[1] ttps://www.glasgow.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=9537&p=0

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

[3] ttp://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/News/HillheadByElection.htm

[4] ttp://webarchive.nationalarchives.gov.uk/20121003152712/http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/YourCouncil/Elections_Voting/Election_Results/Hillhead_ByElection_2011/

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