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Anderston/City/Yorkhill
Anderston/City/Yorkhill Ward (2017) within Glasgow
View looking west over the Anderston and Finnieston areas within the Anderston/City/Yorkhill ward
Area5.75 km2 (2.22 sq mi)
Population30,184 (2015)[1]
• Density5,249.4/km2 (13,596/sq mi)
Council area
Lieutenancy area
  • Glasgow
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGLASGOW
Postcode districtG1, G2, G3
Dialling code0141
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
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UK
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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

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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:

  • 75.9% White Scottish / British / Irish / Other
  • 18.1% Asian (mainly Chinese)
  • 2.8% Black (mainly African)
  • 3% Mixed / Other Ethnic Group

Councillors

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Election Councillors
2007 Philip Braat
(Labour) 		Gordon Matheson
(Labour) 		Craig MacKay
(SNP) 		Nina Baker
(Green)
2012[4] Martin John Docherty
(SNP)
2015 by Eva Bolander
(SNP)
2016 by Angus Millar
(SNP)
2017[5] Christy Mearns
(Green)
2022[6]

Election Results

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2022 Election

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2022 Glasgow City Council election

Anderston/City/Yorkhill – 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Scottish Green Christy Mearns (incumbent) 25.8 1,527                  
Labour Philip Braat (incumbent) 24.4 1,439                  
SNP Eva Bolander (incumbent) 22.8 1,349                  
SNP Angus Millar (incumbent) 10.2 603 783 801 938 940 947 974 992 1,016 1,236
Conservative Susan McCourt 6.7 395 399 408 410 418 422 431 463    
Labour John Gerard Carson 5.7 337 401 597 606 610 616 629 712 900  
Liberal Democrats Matthew James Clark 2.5 145 168 175 178 184 187 198      
Independent Benn Rapson 0.8 48 64 64 65 69 83        
Independent Carla Arrighi 0.6 36 39 39 41 45          
Scottish Libertarian Nick Thomson 0.5 31 33 33 33            
Electorate: 21,667   Valid: 5,910   Spoilt: 180   Quota: 1,183   Turnout: 28.1%  

Source:[7][8]

2017 Election

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2017 Glasgow City Council election

Anderston/City/Yorkhill – 4 seats[9]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP Eva Bolander (incumbent) 26.47% 1,591
Labour Philip Braat (incumbent) 22.09% 1,328
Scottish Green Christy Mearns 18.32% 1,101 1,146 1,155 1,161 1,187 1,254
SNP Angus Millar (incumbent) 12.89% 775 1,072 1,078 1,080 1,090 1,098 1,127 1,224
Conservative Cameron Stewart 9.88% 594 597 604 607 620 649 650 716
Labour Faten Hameed 6.41% 385 394 470 472 476 510 520
Liberal Democrats James Harrison 2.51% 151 154 160 162 168
Independent Gerry Creechan 0.92% 55 61 65 76
Independent Gordon Keane 0.49% 30 31 32
Electorate: 19,071   Valid: 6,010   Spoilt: 172   Quota: 1,203   Turnout: 32.4%  

2012 Election

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2012 Glasgow City Council election

Anderston/City – 4 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11
Labour Philip Braat (incumbent) 29.4 1,561                    
Labour Gordon Matheson (incumbent) 20.9 1,113                    
SNP Martin Docherty 19.9 1,057 1,122.3                  
Scottish Green Nina Baker (incumbent) 10.5 558 652.2 656.6 662.6 665.6 676.2 704.3 753.2 809 891.8 1,163.5
SNP Craig MacKay (incumbent) 9.7 516 541.5 587.8 592.3 592.3 596 605.5 628.4 645.2 683.3  
Conservative David Barnes 4.7 249 273.5 274.4 276.3 279.3 280.8 283.9 283.9 314.3    
Liberal Democrats Ewan Hoyle 1.7 89 112.9 113.9 116 117.3 120 126.4 129.4      
Solidarity Graham Campbell 1.7 89 110.9 112.1 113.2 113.2 115.3 118.3        
Pirate Rob Harris 0.9 46 53.9 54.4 54.8 58.5 60.9          
Glasgow First Alexander McDowell 0.4 20 30.8 31.2 32.4 36            
Britannica Party James Moir Robertson 0.3 17 19.2 19.2 19.4              
Electorate: 23,063   Valid: 5,315   Spoilt: 191   Quota: 1,064   Turnout: 5,442 (23.60%)  

2015 by-election

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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.

Anderston/City by-election (6 August 2015) - 1 Seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Eva Bolander 48.1% 1,441 1,444 1,446 1,457 1,473 1,750
Labour Katie Ford 28.6% 857 857 866 881 943 1,024
Scottish Green Christy Mearns 13.8% 414 414 421 442 467  
Conservative Ary Jaff 5.5% 164 166 173 184    
Liberal Democrats Gary McLelland 2.2% 66 68 70      
UKIP Janice MacKay 1.4% 43 45        
Scottish Libertarian Stevie Creighton 0.4% 12          
Electorate: 23,285   Valid: 2,997   Spoilt: 39   Quota: 1,499   Turnout: 3,036 (14.5%)  

2016 by-election

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On 14 March 2016, Labour Cllr Gordon Matheson resigned his seat as he had been appointed a visiting professor at Strathclyde University.[10] A by-election took place on 5 May 2016 and it was won by the SNP's Angus Millar.

Anderston/City by-election (5 May 2016) - 1 Seat[11]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Angus Millar 43.03% 3,467 3,480 3,509 3,586 4,436
Labour Steven Livingston 21.07% 1,698 1,715 1,793 2,112 2,603
Scottish Green Christy Mearns 20.12% 1,621 1,637 1,710 1,869  
Conservative Philip Charles 10.79% 869 908 965    
Liberal Democrats Ryan Ross 3.08% 248 256      
UKIP Karen King 1.91% 154        
Electorate: 20,995   Valid: 8,057   Spoilt: 133   Quota: 4,030   Turnout: 8,190 (39.18%)  

2007 Election

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2007 Glasgow City Council election

2007 Council election: Anderston/City[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Craig MacKay 23.65 1,632          
Labour Philip Braat 18.71 1,291 1,306 1,318 1,328 1,366 1,421
Labour Gordon Matheson[a] 17.06 1,177 1,194 1,200 1,220 1,259 1,291
Scottish Green Nina Baker 12.75 880 927 974 1,033 1,163 1,247
Liberal Democrats Ann Laird 11.68 806 836 866 890 929 1,050
Conservative Erin Boyle 7.04 486 495 511 515 524  
Solidarity Akhtar Khan 4.13 285 317 319 367    
Scottish Socialist Peter Murray 2.87 198 215 228      
Independent Dave Holladay 2.10 145 150        
Electorate: 20,431   Valid: 6,900   Spoilt: 130   Quota: 1,381   Turnout: 34.41%  
  1. ^ Outgoing councillor for Merchant City single-member ward.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 10 - Anderston/City/Yorkhill, Glasgow City Council
  2. ^ "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b Teale, Andrew (27 December 2008). "Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  4. ^ a b "Election Results 2012". glasgow.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Local Election 2017 Full Results". Glasgow City Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  6. ^ a b "Notice of election agents". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 4 April 2022.[permanent dead link]
  7. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 10 Anderston-City-Yorkhill". Glasgow City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Candidate votes per stage Ward 10 Anderston-City-Yorkhill". Glasgow City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
  9. ^ "Local Election 2017 Full Results". Glasgow City Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
  10. ^ "Former leader Gordon Matheson to leave Glasgow City Council - BBC News". BBC News. 14 March 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  11. ^ "By-Election - Ward 10 - Anderston/City". www.glasgow.gov.uk. 1 April 2016.
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