Victoria Park (ward) explained

Official Name:Victoria Park
Country:Scotland
Static Image Name:Glasgow wards 2017 no12 Vic Park.png
Static Image Caption:Victoria Park Ward (2017) within Glasgow
Static Image 2 Name:Looking south down Crow Road from Anniesland Court.JPG
Static Image 2 Caption:View looking south down Crow Road towards the Victoria Park ward (2015)
Map Type:Glasgow Local Authority Area
Population:20,950
Population Ref:(2015)[1]
Area Total Km2:4.41
Post Town:GLASGOW
Postcode Area:G
Postcode District:G11, G13, G14
Dial Code:0141
Unitary Scotland:Glasgow City Council
Lieutenancy Scotland:Glasgow

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.

Boundaries

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:

Councillors

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

2007

See also

External links

Notes and References

  1. https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=9527&p=0 City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 12 - Victoria Park
  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.