Victoria Park (ward)

Victoria Park (Ward 12) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. Created as Partick West in 2007 it returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system;[2] 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)
Area	4.41 km^2 (1.70 sq mi)
Population	20,950 (2015)[1]
• Density	4,750.6/sq mi (1,834.2/km^2)
Council area	Glasgow City Council
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G11, G13, G14
Dialling code	0141
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish

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

Partick West - 4 seats[2] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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 Scottish 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 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

Partick West - 4 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Labour Aileen Colleran (incumbent) 19.97% 1,884 1,885 1,890                     Scottish 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

Victoria Park - 3 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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 Scottish 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

• Wards of Glasgow

References

1. City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 12 - Victoria Park, Glasgow City Council
2. Teale, Andrew (27 December 2008). "Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2012.

External links

• Listed Buildings in Victoria Park Ward, Glasgow City at British Listed Buildings