Anderston/City/Yorkhill (ward)

Anderston/City Scottish Gaelic: Baile Aindrea/Cathair Scots: Anderstoun/Ceitie
Office Building on the corner of St Vincent Street & Hope Street in the Anderston/City ward.
Area	2.5 sq mi (6.5 km2)
Population	29,146 (2011)
• Density	11,354.4/sq mi (4,384.0/km2)
Council area	Glasgow City Council
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G1, G2, G3, G4, G9, G90
Dialling code	0141
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish

Anderston/City within Glasgow

Anderston/City is one of the 21 Wards of Glasgow City Council. There are 4 members for this area. Here is the ethnic makeup of the Anderston/City ward.

65.1% White British

17.4% Asian (Mainly Chinese)

2.7% Black.

2007 Election results

2007 Council election: Anderston/City

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	17.06	1,177	1,194	1,200	1,220	1,259	1,291
	Scottish 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%

Election results 2012

2012 Council election: Anderston/City

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11
	Labour	Philip Braat	29.37%	1561	1064
	Labour	Gordon Matheson	20.94%	1113	1113	1113	1064
	SNP	Martin John Docherty	19.89%	1057	1122	1064
	Scottish Green	Nina Baker	10.50%	558	652	657	663	666	676	704	753	809	892	1164
	SNP	Craig Mackay	9.71%	516	541	588	592	592	596	605	628	645	683	0
	Conservative	David Scott Barnes	4.68%	249	274	274	276	279	281	284	284	314	0
	Solidarity	Graham Campbell	1.67%	89	111	112	113	113	115	118	0
	Liberal Democrats	Ewan Hoyle	1.67%	89	113	114	116	117	120	126	129	0
	Pirate	Rob Harris	0.87%	46	54	54	55	58	61	0
	Glasgow First	Alexander McDowell	0.38%	20	31	31	32	36	0
	Britannica	John Moir Bingham Robertson	0.32%	17	19	19	19	0
Electorate: 23,063   Valid: 5315   Spoilt: 127   Quota: 1064   Turnout: 23.6%

Note: Bold signifies elected in the specified count, while 0 (1064) means that this candidate's votes has been transferred in this count due to exclusion (election surplus),

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