Cardonald (ward)

Cardonald
Cardonald Ward (2017) within Glasgow
Aerial view of Cardonald looking south, 2010
Area7.27 km2 (2.81 sq mi)
Population29,639 (2017)[1]
• Density4,076.9/km2 (10,559/sq mi)
Council area
Lieutenancy area
  • Glasgow
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGLASGOW
Postcode districtG51, G52, G53
Dialling code0141
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
List of places
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Cardonald (Ward 4) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council.[2] It was created in 2007 as Craigton and returned four council members using the single transferable vote system. The same name and boundaries were used in the 2012 elections. For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election, the name was changed (Craigton is the name of a historic estate and was used as a ward name in past versions of the town authority, but in modern times the urban neighbourhood known by that name did not fall within its boundaries, whereas the whole of the larger Cardonald district did) although the territory and councillor numbers remained the same.

Boundaries

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Located in the southwest of Glasgow, the ward includes Cardonald as well as Hillington, Halfway, Penilee, Mosspark, Corkerhill, the northern part of Crookston (known as Rosshall) and the northern part of Pollok (the Lyoncross/Templeland area north of the Levern Water, the rest of the district coming under the Greater Pollok ward).

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

  • 93.8% White Scottish / British / Irish / Other
  • 4.1% Asian
  • 1.3% Black (Mainly African)
  • 0.7% Mixed / Other Ethnic Group

Councillors

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Election Councillors
2007[3] Alistair Watson
(Labour) 		John Matthew Kerr
(Labour) 		Ruth Black
(Solidarity) 		Iris Gibson
(SNP)
2012[4] Jim Torrance
(SNP)
2012 by Alex Wilson
(SNP)
2017 Elaine McSporran
(SNP)
2017 by Jim Kavanagh
(Labour)
2022[5]

Election Results

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2022 Election

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2022 Glasgow City Council election

Cardonald – 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP Elaine McSporran (incumbent) 29.0 2,489              
Labour Jim Kavanagh (incumbent) 27.6 2,367              
Labour Matt Kerr (incumbent) 14.4 1,236 1,275 1,809          
SNP Alex Wilson (incumbent) 10.2 872 1,476 1,496 1,507 1,532 1,548 1,647 2,007
Conservative Stephen Paxton 8.8 755 758 776 789 792 836 857 886
Scottish Green Ellie Gomersall 5.4 461 514 522 532 535 581 619  
Alba Alexander Torrance 2.2 189 211 222 225 226 233    
Liberal Democrats Ross Chalmers 1.8 153 159 168 182 192      
SDP Robin Dudfield 0.6 50 53 56 59        
Electorate: 22,574   Valid: 8,572   Spoilt: 242   Quota: 1,715   Turnout: 39.0%  

Source:[6][7]

2017 Election

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2017 Glasgow City Council election

Cardonald – 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
SNP Elaine McSporran 20.66% 1,913                
Labour Co-op Matt Kerr (incumbent) 20.45% 1,894                
SNP Alex Wilson (incumbent) 14.39% 1,333 1,345 1,346 1,350 1,371 1,381 1,455 2,192  
Labour Co-op Alistair Watson (incumbent)† 17.35% 1,607 1,608 1,637 1,655 1,677 1,732 1,782 1,829 1,912
Conservative Judy Lockhart 11.68% 1,082 1,082 1,084 1,121 1,129 1,167 1,180 1,189 1,197
SNP Joe Murray 8.29% 768 810 811 816 837 847 927    
Scottish Green Alan Sharkey 2.52% 233 234 235 244 268 309      
Liberal Democrats Isabel Nelson 1.97% 182 182 184 190 196        
Solidarity Lynn Sheridan 1.41% 131 132 133 141          
UKIP Robert Barclay 1.27% 118 118 119            
Electorate: 22,853   Valid: 9,261   Spoilt: 321   Quota: 1,853   Turnout: 41.9%  

2017 by-election

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Labour counsellor Alistair Watson died suddenly on 29 June 2017.[8] A by-election was held on 7 September 2017 and was won by Jim Kavanagh of the Scottish Labour Party.

Cardonald by-election (7 September 2017) - 1 seat[9]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Labour Jim Kavanagh 48.6 2,614 2,615 2,641 2,683 2,936
SNP Alex Mitchell 36.7 1,972 1,972 1,981 2,066 2,101
Conservative Thomas Haddow 10.3 552 554 566 574
Scottish Green John Smith 2.7 147 151 161
Liberal Democrats Isabel Nelson 1.5 80 82
Scottish Libertarian Antony Sammeroff 0.2 12
Electorate: 23,248   Valid: 5,377   Spoilt: 97   Quota: 2,689   Turnout: 23.7%  

2012 Election

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2012 Glasgow City Council election

Craigton – 4 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Labour Matt Kerr (incumbent) 27.8 2,279                  
Labour Alistair Watson (incumbent) 25.6 2,102                  
SNP Iris Gibson (incumbent) 22.9 1,876                  
SNP Jim Torrance 8.5 700 771.8 826.7 1,004.1 1,010.7 1,025.9 1,048.7 1,128.1 1,193.8 1,434.9
Solidarity Gail Sheridan 5.8 472 555.3 624.3 638.9 646.9 656.8 688 735.1 772.4  
Conservative Jayne Morgan 3.6 292 316.7 330.5 333.3 365.7 391.1 411.9 431.5    
Scottish Green Ian Ruffell 2.1 169 209.9 237.8 245 256.7 273.9 314      
Glasgow First Gordon MacDiarmid 1.8 147 193.8 226.6 233.7 245.3 259.2        
Liberal Democrats Isabel Nelson 0.9 76 103.2 115.5 119.7 123.7          
UKIP Janice MacKay 1.0 86 99.7 107.2 109.7            
Electorate: 22,948   Valid: 8,199   Spoilt: 124   Quota: 1,640   Turnout: 8,439 (36.77%)  

2015 by-election

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On 10 June 2015, SNP counsellor Iris Gibson retired due to ill health.[10] A by-election was held on 6 August and was won by the SNP's Alex Wilson.

Craigton by-election (6 August 2015) - 1 Seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
SNP Alex Wilson 54.2% 2,674
Labour Kevin O'Donnell 33.3% 1,643
Conservative Philip Charles 6.1% 300
Scottish Green Katie Noble 2.8% 136
UKIP Arthur Misty Thackeray 1.9% 95
Liberal Democrats Isabel Nelson 1.8% 87
Electorate: 24,119   Valid: 4,935   Spoilt: 71   Quota: 2,468   Turnout: 5,006 (21.64%)  

2007 Election

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2007 Glasgow City Council election

2007 Council election: Craigton (4 members)[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP Iris Gibson 24.69 2,729            
Labour Alistair Watson[a] 18.68 2,065 2,096 2,103 2,132 2,161 2,226    
Labour John Matthew Kerr 17.37 1,920 1,972 1,992 2,007 2,035 2,123 2,127 2,177
Solidarity Ruth Black† 11.04 1,220 1,315 1,324 1,382 1,462 1,557 1,559 1,641
Labour Gordon McDiamid 12.02 1,328 1,350 1,357 1,371 1,387 1,430 1,435 1,493
Conservative Scott Alexander Petty 5.15 569 594 698 702 727 797 798  
Liberal Democrats Scott R Goghill 4.13 457 500 508 525 631      
Scottish Green Gordon Masterton 2.85 315 366 390 414        
Scottish Socialist Wullie McGartland 2.03 224 247 256          
Scottish Unionist Mark Dingwall 2.04 225 234            
Electorate: 22,772   Valid: 11,052   Spoilt: 243   Quota: 2,211   Turnout: 49.62%  
  1. ^ Outgoing councillor for North Cardonald single-member ward.

See also

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References

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  1. ^ City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 4 - Cardonald, Glasgow City Council
  2. ^ "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  3. ^ a b Local Election Results 3rd May 2007, Andrew Teale (2008)
  4. ^ a b "Election Results 2012". glasgow.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012.
  5. ^ "Notice of election agents". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 4 April 2022.[permanent dead link‍]
  6. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 4 Cardonald". Glasgow City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  7. ^ "Candidate votes per stage Ward 4 Cardonald". Glasgow City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 1 September 2023.
  8. ^ "Scotland's largest council plunged into shock as Labour stalwart Alistair Watson found dead". HeraldScotland.
  9. ^ Glasgow Young Scot, 20 Trongate (6 September 2017). "Local By Elections 7th September 2017 Full Results". www.glasgow.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 April 2019.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  10. ^ "SNP veteran quits sparking another by-election | Glasgow Times". Eveningtimes.co.uk. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
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