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

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
Victoria Park Ward (2017) within Glasgow

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:

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

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Aileen Colleran
(Labour)		 Christopher Mason
(Liberal Democrats)		 Kenny McLean
(SNP)		 Stuart Clay
(Green)
2012 Feargal Dalton
(SNP)		 Martin Bartos
(Green)
2017 Maggie McTernan
(Labour)		 Ade Aibinu
(Conservative)		 3 seats

Election Results

2007
Main article: 2007 Glasgow City Council election
Partick West - 4 seats[3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567
SNP Kenny McLean 22.06 2,811            
Liberal Democrats Christopher Mason[lower-alpha 1] 17.73 2,259 2,300 2,325 2,354 2,411 2,910  
Labour Aileen Colleran[lower-alpha 2] 16.47 2,099 2,115 2,128 2,150 2,199 2,275 2,316
Green Stuart Clay 12.51 1,594 1,652 1,744 1,789 1,963 2,175 2,304
Labour Irene Graham[lower-alpha 3] 13.33 1,699 1,716 1,732 1,741 1,785 1,866 1,920
Conservative Richard Alan Sullivan 11.02 1,404 1,419 1,419 1,529      
Solidarity Jimmy Ross 2.93 373 402 465 472      
Scottish Unionist Party (modern) George Aytoun Atkinson 2.08 265 268 271        
Scottish Socialist Andrew Gray 1.88 240 253          
Electorate: 23,574   Valid: 12,744   Spoilt: 197   Quota: 2,549   Turnout: 54.90%
    1. Returning councillor for Jordanhill single-member ward.
    2. Returning councillor for Partick single-member ward.
    3. Returning councillor for Victoria Park single-member ward.

    2012
    Main article: 2012 Glasgow City Council election
    Partick West - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678910111213
    Labour Aileen Colleran (incumbent) 19.97% 1,884 1,885 1,890                    
    Green Martin Bartos 14.71% 1,388 1,388 1,392 1,392 1,395 1,409 1,418 1,478 1,662 1,946      
    SNP Feargal Dalton 18.63% 1,757 1,757 1,758 1,758 1,759 1,760 1,767 1,776 1,813 1,913      
    SNP Kenny McLean (incumbent) 14.87% 1,403 1,403 1,403 1,403 1,405 1,410 1,421 1,434 1,479 1,538 1,553 1,575 1,813
    Labour Michael Shanks 12.13% 1,144 1,144 1,147 1,149 1,153 1,156 1,167 1,190 1,258 1,380 1,394 1,395  
    Conservative John Anderson 10.33% 974 977 979 979 995 1,017 1,041 1,041 1,161        
    Liberal Democrats James Paris 5.54% 523 525 526 526 532 534 540 540          
    Scottish Socialist Andrew Gray 1.19% 112 112 113 113 113 113 114            
    Scottish Christian Donald Williamson 0.96% 91 91 91 91 95 102              
    UKIP Stuart Maskell 0.68% 64 65 65 65 77                
    Scottish Unionist Catherine Findlay 0.43% 41 59 60 60                  
    Glasgow First Nicholas Black 0.29% 27 27                      
    Scottish Unionist Robert Findlay 0.27% 25                        
    Electorate: 25,686   Valid: 9,433   Spoilt: 198   Quota: 1,887   Turnout: 9,631 (37.50%)

      2017
      Main article: 2017 Glasgow City Council election
      Victoria Park - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      SNP Feargal Dalton * 26.39% 2,248
      Conservative Ade Aibinu 23.69% 2,018 2,019 2,022 2,148
      Labour Maggie McTernan 19.97% 1,701 1,706 1,722 1,872 1,879 1,977 3,001
      Green Allan Faulds 13.50% 1,150 1,172 1,190 1,336 1,339 1,937
      SNP Deirdre Parkinson 10.05% 856 936 941 961 962
      Liberal Democrats James Douglas Speirs 5.78% 492 494 497
      TUSC Matt McGrath 0.61% 52 52
      Electorate: 17,660   Valid: 8,517   Spoilt: 117   Quota: 2,130   Turnout: 48.9%

        * = Sitting Councillor for Partick West ward.

        See also

        References
        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. Teale, Andrew (27 December 2008). "Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
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