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Anderston/City/Yorkhill
View looking west over the Anderston and Finnieston areas within the Anderston/City/Yorkhill ward
Area5.75 km2 (2.22 sq mi)
Population30,184 (2015)[1]
• Density5,249.4/km2 (13,596/sq mi)
Council area
Lieutenancy area
  • Glasgow
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGLASGOW
Postcode districtG1, G2, G3
Dialling code0141
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
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Anderston/City/Yorkhill Ward (2017) within Glasgow

Anderston/City/Yorkhill (Ward 10) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. Created as Anderston/City in 2007, it returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system.[2] 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 rowspan=5; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" | Philip Braat
(Labour) 		rowspan=3; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" | Gordon Matheson
(Labour) 		rowspan=5; style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | Craig MacKay
(SNP) 		rowspan=5; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Green Party/meta/color" | Nina Baker
(Green)
2012 Martin John Docherty
(SNP)
2015 by Eva Bolander
(SNP)
2016 by rowspan=2; style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | Angus Millar
(SNP)
2017 Christy Mearns
(Green)

Election results

2007

Main article: 2007 Glasgow City Council election
  1. ^ Returning councillor for Merchant City single-member ward.

2012

Main article: 2012 Glasgow City Council election

2015 by-election

  • On 14 May 2015 Anderston/City SNP Cllr Martin Docherty resigned his after having been elected as an MP for the constituency of West Dunbartonshire.[4] 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[5]
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
Scottish 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: 2997   Spoilt: 39   Quota: 1499   Turnout: 3036 (14.5%)  

2016 by-election

  • On 14 March 2016, Anderston/City Labour Cllr Gordon Matheson resigned his seat as he had been appointed a visiting Professor at Strathclyde University.[6] 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[7]
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
Scottish 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%)  


2017

Main article: 2017 Glasgow City Council election

See also

References

  1. ^ City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 10 - Anderston/City/Yorkhill, Glasgow City Council
  2. ^ a b c Teale, Andrew (27 December 2008). "Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  3. ^ "Election Results Ward: 10 - Anderston". Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 11 June 2015. Retrieved 2 October 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=16178
  6. ^ [1]
  7. ^ https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=19336
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