Hillhead (ward)

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 km^2)
Population	26,690
– density	23,619.5/sq mi (9,119.5/km^2)
Council area	Glasgow City Council
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G12
Dialling code	0141
Police	Scottish
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
EU Parliament	Scotland
List of places UK Scotland Glasgow

Hillhead within 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 % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 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	% 1st Pref	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 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 % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 9 Count 10 Count 11 Count 12 Count 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

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