| Official Name: | Partick East/Kelvindale |
| Country: | Scotland |
| Static Image Name: | Glasgow wards 2017 no23 Partick East.png |
| Static Image Caption: | Partick East/Kelvindale Ward (2017) within Glasgow |
| Static Image 2 Name: | File:Kelvin Court flats from Anniesland Court.JPG |
| Static Image 2 Caption: | View looking west over Great Western Road and Gartnavel General Hospital within Partick East/Kelvindale ward |
| Map Type: | Glasgow Local Authority Area |
| Population: | 28,914 |
| Population Ref: | (2015) [1] |
| Area Total Km2: | 3.91 |
| Post Town: | GLASGOW |
| Postcode Area: | G |
| Postcode District: | G11, G12 |
| Dial Code: | 0141 |
| Unitary Scotland: | Glasgow City Council |
| Lieutenancy Scotland: | Glasgow |
Partick East/Kelvindale (Ward 23) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council;[2] used since the 2017 local election, it is one of two created from the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland's 5th Review.[3] The ward returns four council members.
Situated to the west of Glasgow city centre, the ward was formed from parts of the former wards (as they existed until 2017) of Hillhead, Partick West, and Maryhill/Kelvin.[4] Its territory covers the areas of Kelvindale, Kelvinside, Dowanhill, Hyndland, Partickhill, part of Anniesland (streets to the east of the Argyle Line railway) and most of Partick (streets to the west and north of the Argyle/North Clyde Line railway).[5] [6] It is bordered to the north-east by parts of the River Kelvin and Forth and Clyde Canal and by Byres Road to the south-east. The railway lines run along its western side, including three stations;,, and .
According to the 2011 census,[7] the ethnicity of the population is:
| Ethnicity | Proportion | |
|---|---|---|
| White Scottish/British | 80.15% | |
| White Irish | 2.71% | |
| Other White | 6.38% | |
| Mixed Ethnic Groups | 1.09% | |
| Indian | 2.08% | |
| Pakistani | 1.76% | |
| Bangladeshi | 0.14% | |
| Chinese | 2.88% | |
| Other Asian | 0.99% | |
| African | 0.73% | |
| Caribbean or Black | 0.35% | |
| Other Ethnic Group | 0.74% |
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017[8] | Kenny McLean[9] (SNP) | Martin Rhodes[10] (Labour) | Tony Curtis (Conservative/ Independent) | Martin Bartos[11] (Green/ Independent)[12] | ||||
| 2020 | ||||||||
| January 2021 | Vacant | |||||||
| March 2021 | Jill Brown[13] (Labour) | |||||||
| May 2021 | ||||||||
| 2022[14] | Lilith Johnstone (Labour) | Blair Anderson (Green) | ||||||
2022 Glasgow City Council election
2017 Glasgow City Council election
Conservative Cllr Tony Curtis resigned from the party in July 2020 in protest for the party's lack of support for the fitness industry. He then represented the council as an independent until his disqualification on 11 January 2021, after not attending council meetings for six months. A by-election for the seat was held on 18 March 2021.[15] [16] Labour candidate Jill Brown won the by-election.[17]