Cardonald (ward)

Cardonald
Cardonald
	Cardonald Ward (2017) within Glasgow
	Aerial view of Cardonald looking south, 2010
Area	7.27 km2 (2.81 sq mi)
Population	29,639 (2017)
• Density	4,076.9/km2 (10,559/sq mi)
Council area	Glasgow City Council;
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow;
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G51, G52, G53
Dialling code	0141
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
	List of placesUKScotlandGlasgow

Cardonald (Ward 4) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council.^[2] It was created in 2007 as Craigton and returned four council members using the single transferable vote system. The same name and boundaries were used in the 2012 elections. For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election, the name was changed (Craigton is the name of a historic estate and was used as a ward name in past versions of the town authority, but in modern times the urban neighbourhood known by that name did not fall within its boundaries, whereas the whole of the larger Cardonald district did) although the territory and councillor numbers remained the same.

Boundaries

Located in the southwest of Glasgow, the ward includes Cardonald as well as Hillington, Halfway, Penilee, Mosspark, Corkerhill, the northern part of Crookston (known as Rosshall) and the northern part of Pollok (the Lyoncross/Templeland area north of the Levern Water, the rest of the district coming under the Greater Pollok ward).

The ethnic makeup of the Cardonald ward using the 2011 census population statistics was:

93.8% White Scottish / British / Irish / Other
4.1% Asian
1.3% Black (Mainly African)
0.7% Mixed / Other Ethnic Group

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007^[3]		Alistair Watson (Labour)		John Matthew Kerr (Labour)	Ruth Black (Solidarity)	Iris Gibson (SNP)
2012^[4]			Jim Torrance (SNP)			Iris Gibson (SNP)
2012 by	Alex Wilson (SNP)		Jim Torrance (SNP)
2017			Elaine McSporran (SNP)
2017 by		Jim Kavanagh (Labour)
2022^[5]		Jim Kavanagh (Labour)

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Glasgow City Council election

Cardonald – 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Elaine McSporran (incumbent)	29.0	2,489
	Labour	Jim Kavanagh (incumbent)	27.6	2,367
	Labour	Matt Kerr (incumbent)	14.4	1,236	1,275	1,809
	SNP	Alex Wilson (incumbent)	10.2	872	1,476	1,496	1,507	1,532	1,548	1,647	2,007
	Conservative	Stephen Paxton	8.8	755	758	776	789	792	836	857	886
	Scottish Green	Ellie Gomersall	5.4	461	514	522	532	535	581	619
	Alba	Alexander Torrance	2.2	189	211	222	225	226	233
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Chalmers	1.8	153	159	168	182	192
	SDP	Robin Dudfield	0.6	50	53	56	59
Electorate: 22,574 Valid: 8,572 Spoilt: 242 Quota: 1,715 Turnout: 39.0%

Source:^[6]^[7]

2017 Election

2017 Glasgow City Council election

Cardonald - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	SNP	Elaine McSporran	20.66%	1,913
	Labour Co-op	Matt Kerr (incumbent)	20.45%	1,894
	SNP	Alex Wilson (incumbent)	14.39%	1,333	1,345	1,346	1,350	1,371	1,381	1,455	2,192
	Labour Co-op	Alistair Watson (incumbent)†	17.35%	1,607	1,608	1,637	1,655	1,677	1,732	1,782	1,829	1,912
	Conservative	Judy Lockhart	11.68%	1,082	1,082	1,084	1,121	1,129	1,167	1,180	1,189	1,197
	SNP	Joe Murray	8.29%	768	810	811	816	837	847	927
	Scottish Green	Alan Sharkey	2.52%	233	234	235	244	268	309
	Liberal Democrats	Isabel Nelson	1.97%	182	182	184	190	196
	Solidarity	Lynn Sheridan	1.41%	131	132	133	141
	UKIP	Robert Barclay	1.27%	118	118	119
Electorate: 22,853 Valid: 9,261 Spoilt: 321 Quota: 1,853 Turnout: 41.9%

2017 by-election

Labour counsellor Alistair Watson died suddenly on 29 June 2017.^[8] A by-election was held on 7 September 2017 and was won by Jim Kavanagh of the Scottish Labour Party.

Cardonald by-election (7 September 2017) - 1 seat^[9]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Jim Kavanagh	48.6	2,614	2,615	2,641	2,683	2,936
	SNP	Alex Mitchell	36.7	1,972	1,972	1,981	2,066	2,101
	Conservative	Thomas Haddow	10.3	552	554	566	574
	Scottish Green	John Smith	2.7	147	151	161
	Liberal Democrats	Isabel Nelson	1.5	80	82
	Scottish Libertarian	Antony Sammeroff	0.2	12
Electorate: 23,248 Valid: 5,377 Spoilt: 97 Quota: 2,689 Turnout: 23.7%

2012 Election

2012 Glasgow City Council election

Craigton - 4 seats^[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Labour	Matt Kerr (incumbent)	27.8	2,279
	Labour	Alistair Watson (incumbent)	25.6	2,102
	SNP	Iris Gibson (incumbent)	22.9	1,876
	SNP	Jim Torrance	8.5	700	771.8	826.7	1,004.1	1,010.7	1,025.9	1,048.7	1,128.1	1,193.8	1,434.9
	Solidarity	Gail Sheridan	5.8	472	555.3	624.3	638.9	646.9	656.8	688	735.1	772.4
	Conservative	Jayne Morgan	3.6	292	316.7	330.5	333.3	365.7	391.1	411.9	431.5
	Scottish Green	Ian Ruffell	2.1	169	209.9	237.8	245	256.7	273.9	314
	Glasgow First	Gordon MacDiarmid	1.8	147	193.8	226.6	233.7	245.3	259.2
	Liberal Democrats	Isabel Nelson	0.9	76	103.2	115.5	119.7	123.7
	UKIP	Janice MacKay	1.0	86	99.7	107.2	109.7
Electorate: 22,948 Valid: 8,199 Spoilt: 124 Quota: 1,640 Turnout: 8,439 (36.77%)

2015 by-election

On 10 June 2015, SNP counsellor Iris Gibson retired due to ill health.^[10] A by-election was held on 6 August and was won by the SNP's Alex Wilson.

Craigton by-election (6 August 2015) - 1 Seat
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	SNP	Alex Wilson	54.2%	2,674
	Labour	Kevin O'Donnell	33.3%	1,643
	Conservative	Philip Charles	6.1%	300
	Scottish Green	Katie Noble	2.8%	136
	UKIP	Arthur Misty Thackeray	1.9%	95
	Liberal Democrats	Isabel Nelson	1.8%	87
Electorate: 24,119 Valid: 4,935 Spoilt: 71 Quota: 2,468 Turnout: 5,006 (21.64%)

2007 Election

2007 Glasgow City Council election

2007 Council election: Craigton (4 members)^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Iris Gibson	24.69	2,729
	Labour	Alistair Watson^[a]	18.68	2,065	2,096	2,103	2,132	2,161	2,226
	Labour	John Matthew Kerr	17.37	1,920	1,972	1,992	2,007	2,035	2,123	2,127	2,177
	Solidarity	Ruth Black†	11.04	1,220	1,315	1,324	1,382	1,462	1,557	1,559	1,641
	Labour	Gordon McDiamid	12.02	1,328	1,350	1,357	1,371	1,387	1,430	1,435	1,493
	Conservative	Scott Alexander Petty	5.15	569	594	698	702	727	797	798
	Liberal Democrats	Scott R Goghill	4.13	457	500	508	525	631
	Scottish Green	Gordon Masterton	2.85	315	366	390	414
	Scottish Socialist	Wullie McGartland	2.03	224	247	256
	Scottish Unionist	Mark Dingwall	2.04	225	234
Electorate: 22,772 Valid: 11,052 Spoilt: 243 Quota: 2,211 Turnout: 49.62%

^ Outgoing councillor for North Cardonald single-member ward.

References

^ City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 4 - Cardonald, Glasgow City Council
^ "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
^ ^a ^b Local Election Results 3rd May 2007, Andrew Teale (2008)
^ ^a ^b "Election Results 2012". glasgow.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012.
^ "Notice of election agents". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 4 April 2022.^{[permanent dead link]}
^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 4 Cardonald". Glasgow City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
^ "Candidate votes per stage Ward 4 Cardonald". Glasgow City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
^ "Scotland's largest council plunged into shock as Labour stalwart Alistair Watson found dead". HeraldScotland.
^ Glasgow Young Scot, 20 Trongate (6 September 2017). "Local By Elections 7th September 2017 Full Results". www.glasgow.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
^ "SNP veteran quits sparking another by-election | Glasgow Times". Eveningtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2021.

External links

Listed Buildings in Cardonald Ward, Glasgow City at British Listed Buildings

[11] Outgoing councillor for North Cardonald single-member ward.

[1] City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 4 - Cardonald, Glasgow City Council

[2] "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

[ateale-3] Local Election Results 3rd May 2007, Andrew Teale (2008)

[gcc12detailed-4] "Election Results 2012". glasgow.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012.

[candidates-5] "Notice of election agents". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 4 April 2022.^{[permanent dead link]}

[6] "Declaration of Results Report Ward 4 Cardonald". Glasgow City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2023.

[7] "Candidate votes per stage Ward 4 Cardonald". Glasgow City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2023.

[8] "Scotland's largest council plunged into shock as Labour stalwart Alistair Watson found dead". HeraldScotland.

[9] Glasgow Young Scot, 20 Trongate (6 September 2017). "Local By Elections 7th September 2017 Full Results". www.glasgow.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

[10] "SNP veteran quits sparking another by-election | Glasgow Times". Eveningtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2021.

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