Maryhill (ward)

Maryhill (Ward 15) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. It was created in 2007 as Maryhill/Kelvin, and in that election it returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system.[2] The same boundaries were used in 2012. For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election, the boundaries were changed, the ward substantially decreased in territory and population, was renamed Maryhill and returned three members.

Maryhill

Maryhill Burgh Hall within the ward
Area4.99 km2 (1.93 sq mi)
Population22,244 (2015)[1]
• Density4,457.7/km2 (11,545/sq mi)
Council area
Lieutenancy area
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGLASGOW
Dialling code0141
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
Maryhill Ward (2017) within Glasgow

Boundaries

Located in the far north of Glasgow with East Dunbartonshire to the north, the ward includes the former burgh of Maryhill (and the Wyndford housing estate) between the River Kelvin to the west and the Port Dundas branch of the Forth and Clyde Canal to the east, as well as the Maryhill Park, Summerston, Gilshochill, Acre and Dawsholm neighbourhoods to the north of the main canal.[3]

The 2017 changes removed the Cadder neighbourhood which was assigned to Canal ward (along with a large area around Balmore Road which is almost uninhabited); part of North Kelvinside (streets to the north-west of Queen Margaret Drive, which now forms Maryhill's southern boundary) was added from the same ward. Kelvindale and Kelvinside were removed and assigned to a new Partick East/Kelvindale ward.[3]

The ethnic makeup of the Maryhill ward using the 2011 census population statistics was:

  • 91.2% White Scottish / British / Irish / Other
  • 4.9% Asian (mainly Chinese)
  • 3% Black (mainly African)
  • 0.8% Mixed / Other Ethnic Group

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Mary Paris
(Liberal Democrats)		 Robert Winter
(Labour)		 Mohammed Razaq
(Labour)		 Alex Dingwall
(SNP)
2012 John Letford
(SNP)		 Martin Rhodes
(Labour)		 Franny Scally
(SNP)
2017 Jane Morgan
(Labour)		 3 seats

Election Results

2007
Main article: 2007 Glasgow City Council election
  1. Returning councillor for Summerston single-member ward.
  2. Returning councillor for Kelvindale single-member ward.
  3. Returning councillor for Maryhill single-member ward.
  • On 9 February 2010, Maryhill/Kelvin Cllr Alex Dingwall left the Scottish National Party and joined the Liberal Democrats.

2012

Main article: 2012 Glasgow City Council election

'* = Alex Dingwall was elected as an SNP councillor in 2007 but defected to the Liberal Democrats on 10 February 2010.

2017

Main article: 2017 Glasgow City Council election

* = Sitting Councillors for Maryhill/Kelvin ward.

See also

References

  1. City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 15 - Maryhill, Glasgow City Council
  2. Teale, Andrew (27 December 2008). "Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
  3. Council elections 2017: Maryhill is gearing up to be a hotly contested area, Evening Times, 3 April 2017
  4. Glasgow Young Scot, 20 Trongate (13 March 2017). "Notice of Election - Election of Councillors".
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