Hillhead (ward)

Hillhead (Ward 11) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. On its creation in 2007 and in 2012 it returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system.[2] For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election, the boundaries were changed substantially, the ward slightly decreased in population and returned three members.

Hillhead

View looking west along Great Western Road which bisects the Hillhead ward
Area2.92 km2 (1.13 sq mi)
Population25,411 (2015)[1]
 Density8,702.4/km2 (22,539/sq mi)
Council area
Lieutenancy area
  • Glasgow
CountryScotland
Sovereign stateUnited Kingdom
Post townGLASGOW
Postcode districtG3, G4, G12, G20
Dialling code0141
PoliceScotland
FireScottish
AmbulanceScottish
Hillhead Ward (2017) within Glasgow

Boundaries

Situated to the west of Glasgow city centre, the core of the ward which has remained since its 2007 creation consists of Hillhead, Kelvinbridge, Gilmorehill (the University of Glasgow main campus), Woodlands and Woodside, with boundaries being the M8 motorway to the south-east and the Port Dundas branch of the Forth and Clyde Canal to the north-east.

Other aspects of the ward were substantially altered in 2017, with the Dowanhill and Hyndland neighbourhoods reassigned to a new Partick East/Kelvindale ward and Byres Road becoming the south-west boundndary; most of the North Kelvinside neighbourhood (streets to the east of Queen Margaret Drive, which became Hillhead's north-west boundary) was gained from the Canal ward, and the Park District (along with Kelvingrove Park itself) was gained from the Anderston/City ward, with the park's south entrances the new southern boundary of Hillhead.

Following these alterations, it was the smallest ward in physical size but the most densely populated, despite the park taking up a proportion of the territory.

Demographics

According to the 2011 census,[3] the ethnicity of the population was:

EthnicityProportion
White Scottish/British68.97%
White Irish3%
Other White8%
Mixed Ethnic Groups1.17%
Indian2.33%
Pakistani6.08%
Bangladeshi0.02%
Chinese4.89%
Other Asian1.61%
African1.81%
Caribbean or Black0.03%
Other Ethnic Group1.63%

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Hanzala Malik
(Labour)
Kenneth Elder
(Liberal Democrats)
George A Roberts
(SNP)
Martha Wardrop
(Green)
2011 by Ken Andrew
(SNP)
2012 Martin McElroy
(Labour)
Pauline McKeever
(Labour)
2017 Hanzala Malik
(Labour)
3 seats

Current representation

The three councillors representing the area since 4 May 2017 are:

Election results

2007

2012

2017

See also

References

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