Anderston/City (ward)

Anderston/City
Scottish Gaelic: Baile Aindrea/Cathair
Scots: Anderstoun/Ceitie

Office Building on the corner of St Vincent Street & Hope Street in the Anderston/City ward.
Area  2.5 sq mi (6.5 km2)
Population 29,146 (2011)[1]
   – density  11,354.4/sq mi (4,384.0/km2)
Council areaGlasgow City Council
Lieutenancy areaGlasgow
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post town GLASGOW
Postcode district G1, G2, G3, G4, G9, G90
Dialling code 0141
Police Scottish
Fire Scottish
Ambulance Scottish
EU Parliament Scotland
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Anderston/City within Glasgow

Anderston/City is one of the 21 Wards of Glasgow City Council. There are 4 members for this area. Here is the ethnic makeup of the Anderston/City ward.

65.1% White British

17.4% Asian (Mainly Chinese)

2.7% Black.

2007 Election results

2007 Council election: Anderston/City[2]
Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 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 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%

    Election results 2012[3]

    2012 Council election: Anderston/City[2]
    Party Candidate % 1st Pref Count 1 Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8Count 9Count 10Count 11
    Labour Philip Braat 29.37% 1561 1064                  
    Labour Gordon Matheson 20.94% 1113 1113 1113 1064              
    SNP Martin John Docherty 19.89% 1057 1122 1064                
    Scottish Green Nina Baker 10.50% 558 652 657 663 666 676 704 753 809 892 1164
    SNP Craig Mackay 9.71% 516 541 588 592 592 596 605 628 645 683 0
    Conservative David Scott Barnes 4.68% 249 274 274 276 279 281 284 284 314 0  
    Solidarity Graham Campbell 1.67% 89 111 112 113 113 115 118 0      
    Liberal Democrats Ewan Hoyle 1.67% 89 113 114 116 117 120 126 129 0    
    Pirate Rob Harris 0.87% 46 54 54 55 58 61 0        
    Glasgow First Alexander McDowell 0.38% 20 31 31 32 36 0          
    Britannica John Moir Bingham Robertson 0.32% 17 19 19 19 0            
    Electorate: 23,063   Valid: 5315   Spoilt: 127   Quota: 1064   Turnout: 23.6%

      Note: Bold signifies elected in the specified count, while 0 (1064) means that this candidate's votes has been transferred in this count due to exclusion (election surplus),

      References

      1. ↑ https://www.glasgow.gov.uk/CHttpHandler.ashx?id=6458&p=0
      2. 1 2 Teale, Andrew (27 December 2008). "Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
      3. ↑ "Election Results Ward: 10 - Anderston". Retrieved 4 May 2012.
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