Victoria Park (ward)

Victoria Park (Ward 12) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council.[2] Created as Partick West in 2007 it returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system;[3] the boundaries were unchanged in 2012. For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election, the boundaries were changed, the ward decreased in size and population, was re-named Victoria Park and returned three members.

Victoria Park
Victoria Park Ward (2017) within Glasgow
View looking south down Crow Road towards the Victoria Park ward (2015)
Area4.41 km2 (1.70 sq mi)
Population20,950 (2015)[1]
• Density4,750.6/sq mi (1,834.2/km2)
Council area
Lieutenancy area
  • Glasgow
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGLASGOW
Postcode districtG11, G13, G14
Dialling code0141
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
List of places
UK
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Boundaries

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Located in the west of Glasgow, the core of the ward since its creation as Partick West in 2007 has been formed from the Broomhill, Thornwood, Jordanhill, Glasgow Harbour and Whiteinch neighbourhoods, along with a small part of Anniesland (south of Anniesland Road and west of the Argyle Line railway), and a small part of Partick (west of the Argyle/North Clyde Line railway), with the southern boundary being the River Clyde.

The 2017 changes removed all territory to the east of the railway lines: most of Partick and Partickhill, and part of Anniesland south of Great Western Road, which were added to a new Partick East/Kelvindale ward. With little of Partick now in the boundaries, a new name was adopted from Victoria Park which had been in part of the territory since its creation.

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

  • 91.5% White Scottish / British / Irish / Other
  • 6.3% Asian
  • 1% Black (mainly African)
  • 1.2% Mixed / Other Ethnic Group

Councillors

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ElectionCouncillors
2007Aileen Colleran
(Labour)
Christopher Mason
(Liberal Democrats)
Kenny McLean
(SNP)
Stuart Clay
(Green)
2012[4]Feargal Dalton
(SNP)
Martin Bartos
(Green)
2017[5]Maggie McTernan
(Labour)
Ade Aibinu
(Conservative)
3 seats
2022[6]Eunis Jassemi
(Labour)
Lana Reid-McConnell
(Green)

Election results

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Victoria Park – 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123
LabourEunis Jassemi28.42,447  
SNPFeargal Dalton (incumbent)26.62,291  
Scottish GreenLana Reid-McConnell23.42,0162,1022,200
ConservativeAde Aibinu (incumbent)15.81,3641,4191,422
Liberal DemocratsJames Douglas Speirs4.2358445453
AlbaMahmood Ullah1.6141145153
Electorate: 17,512   Valid: 8,617   Spoilt: 84   Quota: 2,155   Turnout: 49.7%  

Source:[7][8]

Victoria Park - 3 seats[9]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567
SNPFeargal Dalton *26.39%2,248
ConservativeAde Aibinu23.69%2,0182,0192,0222,148
LabourMaggie McTernan19.97%1,7011,7061,7221,8721,8791,9773,001
Scottish GreenAllan Faulds13.50%1,1501,1721,1901,3361,3391,937
SNPDeirdre Parkinson10.05%856936941961962
Liberal DemocratsJames Douglas Speirs5.78%492494497
TUSCMatt McGrath0.61%5252
Electorate: 17,660   Valid: 8,517   Spoilt: 117   Quota: 2,130   Turnout: 48.9%  

* = Sitting Councillor for Partick West ward.

Partick West - 4 seats[4]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678910111213
LabourAileen Colleran (incumbent)[a]19.97%1,8841,8851,890          
Scottish GreenMartin Bartos14.71%1,3881,3881,3921,3921,3951,4091,4181,4781,6621,946   
SNPFeargal Dalton18.63%1,7571,7571,7581,7581,7591,7601,7671,7761,8131,913   
SNPKenny McLean (incumbent)14.87%1,4031,4031,4031,4031,4051,4101,4211,4341,4791,5381,5531,5751,813
LabourMichael Shanks12.13%1,1441,1441,1471,1491,1531,1561,1671,1901,2581,3801,3941,395 
ConservativeJohn Anderson10.33%9749779799799951,0171,0411,0411,161    
Liberal DemocratsJames Paris5.54%523525526526532534540540     
Scottish SocialistAndrew Gray1.19%112112113113113113114      
Scottish ChristianDonald Williamson0.96%9191919195102       
UKIPStuart Maskell0.68%6465656577        
Scottish UnionistCatherine Findlay0.43%41596060         
Glasgow FirstNicholas Black0.29%2727           
Scottish UnionistRobert Findlay0.27%25            
Electorate: 25,686   Valid: 9,433   Spoilt: 198   Quota: 1,887   Turnout: 9,631 (37.50%)  
  1. ^ On 2 October 2014, Colleran resigned from Scottish Labour amid fallout from that year's Scottish independence referendum. She continued to sit on the council as an independent.[10]
2007 Council election: Partick West[3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567
SNPKenny McLean22.062,811      
Liberal DemocratsChristopher Mason[a]17.732,2592,3002,3252,3542,4112,910 
LabourAileen Colleran[b]16.472,0992,1152,1282,1502,1992,2752,316
Scottish GreenStuart Clay12.511,5941,6521,7441,7891,9632,175 2,304
LabourIrene Graham[c]13.331,6991,7161,7321,7411,7851,8661,920
ConservativeRichard Alan Sullivan11.021,4041,4191,4191,529   
SolidarityJimmy Ross2.93373402465472   
Scottish UnionistGeorge Aytoun Atkinson2.08265268271    
Scottish SocialistAndrew Gray1.88240253     
Electorate: 23,574   Valid: 12,744   Spoilt: 197   Quota: 2,549   Turnout: 54.90%  
  1. ^ Outgoing councillor for Jordanhill single-member ward.
  2. ^ Outgoing councillor for Partick single-member ward.
  3. ^ Outgoing councillor for Victoria Park single-member ward.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 12 - Victoria Park, Glasgow City Council
  2. ^ "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b Teale, Andrew (27 December 2008). "Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  4. ^ a b "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. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Notice of election agents". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
  7. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 12 Victoria Park". Glasgow City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Candidate votes per stage Ward 12 Victoria Park". 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. ^ "Labour council chief quits amid indyref fallout". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
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