Anderston/City/Yorkhill (ward) explained

Official Name:Anderston/City/Yorkhill
Scots Name:Anderstoun/Ceitie/Yorkhull
Gaelic Name:Baile Aindrea/Cathair/Cnoc Eabhraig
Country:Scotland
Static Image Name:Glasgow wards 2017 no10 City.png
Static Image Caption:Anderston/City/Yorkhill Ward (2017) within Glasgow
Static Image 2 Name:Rainbow on theClyde (geograph 5363557).jpg
Static Image 2 Caption:View looking west over the Anderston and Finnieston areas within the Anderston/City/Yorkhill ward
Map Type:Glasgow Local Authority Area
Population:30,184
Population Ref:(2015)[1]
Area Total Km2:5.75
Post Town:GLASGOW
Postcode Area:G
Postcode District:G1, G2, G3
Dial Code:0141
Unitary Scotland:Glasgow City Council
Lieutenancy Scotland:Glasgow

Anderston/City/Yorkhill (Ward 10) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council.[2] Created as Anderston/City in 2007, it returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system.[3] 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:

Councillors

ElectionCouncillors
2007Philip Braat
(Labour)
Gordon Matheson
(Labour)
Craig MacKay
(SNP)
Nina Baker
(Green)
2012[4] Martin John Docherty
(SNP)
2015 byEva Bolander
(SNP)
2016 byAngus Millar
(SNP)
2017[5] Christy Mearns
(Green)
2022[6]

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 Glasgow City Council election

2017 Election

2017 Glasgow City Council election

2012 Election

2012 Glasgow City Council election

2015 by-election

On 14 May 2015, SNP Cllr Martin Docherty resigned his after having been elected as an MP for the constituency of West Dunbartonshire.[6] A by-election was held on 6 August 2015 and was won by the SNP's Eva Bolander.

2016 by-election

On 14 March 2016, Labour Cllr Gordon Matheson resigned his seat as he had been appointed a visiting professor at Strathclyde University.[7] A by-election took place on 5 May 2016 and it was won by the SNP's Angus Millar.

2007 Election

2007 Glasgow City Council election

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=6458&p=0 City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 10 - Anderston/City/Yorkhill
  2. Web site: United Kingdom: Scotland Council Areas and Electoral Wards. City Population. 30 June 2019. 28 March 2021.
  3. Web site: Teale. Andrew. Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow). Local Elections Archive Project. 4 May 2012. 27 December 2008.
  4. Web site: Election Results 2012 . glasgow.gov.uk . https://web.archive.org/web/20120706200224/http://www.glasgow.gov.uk/en/YourCouncil/Elections_Voting/Election_Results/LocalElections2012/ . 2012-07-06 . dead.
  5. Web site: Local Election 2017 Full Results. 5 May 2017. Glasgow City Council. 11 May 2022.
  6. Web site: Notice of election agents . Glasgow City Council . 4 April 2022 .
  7. News: Former leader Gordon Matheson to leave Glasgow City Council - BBC News . BBC News . 14 March 2016. 2021-06-17.