Victoria Park (ward)

Human settlement in Scotland

Victoria Park

Victoria Park Ward (2017) within Glasgow

View looking south down Crow Road towards the Victoria Park ward (2015)

Area| 4.41 km2 (1.70 sq mi)
Population| 20,950 (2015)[1]
• Density| 4,750.6/sq mi (1,834.2/km2)
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

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Victoria Park (Ward 12) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council.[2] Created as Partick West in 2007 it returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system;[3] 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.

## Boundaries

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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

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Election  | Councillors

|

2007 |  | Aileen Colleran
(Labour)  |  | Christopher Mason
(Liberal Democrats)  |  | Kenny McLean
(SNP)  |  | Stuart Clay
(Green)
2012[4] |  | Feargal Dalton
(SNP)  | Martin Bartos
(Green)
2017[5] | Maggie McTernan
(Labour)  |  | Ade Aibinu
(Conservative)  | 3 seats
2022[6] | Eunis Jassemi
(Labour)  |  | Lana Reid-McConnell
(Green)

## Election results

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### 2022

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Victoria Park – 3 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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|
|

1 | 2 | 3
| Labour | Eunis Jassemi | 28.4  | 2,447 |  |
| SNP | Feargal Dalton (incumbent)  | 26.6  | 2,291 |  |
| Scottish Green | Lana Reid-McConnell | 23.4  | 2,016  | 2,102  | 2,200
| Conservative | Ade Aibinu (incumbent)  | 15.8  | 1,364  | 1,419  | 1,422
| Liberal Democrats | James Douglas Speirs  | 4.2  | 358  | 445  | 453
| Alba | Mahmood Ullah  | 1.6  | 141  | 145  | 153
Electorate: 17,512  Valid: 8,617  Spoilt: 84  Quota: 2,155  Turnout: 49.7%

Source:[7][8]

### 2017

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Victoria Park – 3 seats[9] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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|
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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.

### 2012

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Partick West – 4 seats[4] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

|
|
|

1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13
| Labour | Aileen Colleran (incumbent)[a] | 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%)

1. ^ On 2 October 2014, Colleran resigned from Scottish Labour amid fallout from that year's Scottish independence referendum. She continued to sit on the council as an independent.[10]

### 2007

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2007 Council election: Partick West[3] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
| SNP | Kenny McLean | 22.06  | 2,811 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Liberal Democrats | Christopher Mason[a] | 17.73  | 2,259  | 2,300  | 2,325  | 2,354  | 2,411  | 2,910 |
| Labour | Aileen Colleran[b] | 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[c] | 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. ^ Outgoing councillor for Jordanhill single-member ward.
2. ^ Outgoing councillor for Partick single-member ward.
3. ^ Outgoing councillor for Victoria Park single-member ward.

## See also

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* Wards of Glasgow

## References

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1. ^ City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 12 - Victoria Park, Glasgow City Council
2. ^ "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
3. ^ a b Teale, Andrew (27 December 2008). "Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2012.
4. ^ a b "Election Results 2012". glasgow.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 6 July 2012.
5. ^ "Local Election 2017 Full Results". Glasgow City Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
6. ^ "Notice of election agents". Glasgow City Council. Retrieved 4 April 2022.
7. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 12 Victoria Park". Glasgow City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
8. ^ "Candidate votes per stage Ward 12 Victoria Park". Glasgow City Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 25 September 2023.
9. ^ "Local Election 2017 Full Results". Glasgow City Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2022.
10. ^ "Labour council chief quits amid indyref fallout". HeraldScotland. Retrieved 17 June 2021.

## External links

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

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