# Garscadden/Scotstounhill (ward)

Garscadden/Scotstounhill (Ward 13) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. Since its creation in 2007 it has retained the same boundaries and returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system.

## Boundaries

Located in the north-west of Glasgow, the ward is immediately north of the River Clyde which is its southern boundary. It is directly adjacent to the town of Clydebank (West Dunbartonshire) to the west. As its name suggests, it includes the neighbourhoods of Garscadden and Scotstounhill, as well as Yoker, Scotstoun and part of Knightswood (streets to the west of Great Western Road and Knightswood Road).
The ethnic makeup of the Garscadden/Scotstounhill ward using the 2011 census population statistics was:
* 89.8% White Scottish / British / Irish / Other
* 4.9% Asian (mainly Pakistani)
* 4.2% Black (mainly African)
* 1.2% Mixed / Other Ethnic Group

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Liz Cameron (Labour) | | Paul Rooney (Labour) | Jean McFadden (Labour) | Graeme Hendry (SNP) |
| 2012 | John Kelly (Labour) | Liz Cameron (Labour) | | Paul Rooney (Labour) | | Graeme Hendry (SNP) |
| 2016 by | | Liz Cameron (Labour) | Chris Cunningham (SNP) | Paul Rooney (Labour) | | Graeme Hendry (SNP) |
| 2017 | Bill Butler (Labour) | Eva Murray (Labour) | Chris Cunningham (SNP) | Michael Cullen (SNP) |
| 2022 | Bill Butler (Labour) | Eva Murray (Labour) | Chris Cunningham (SNP) | Malcolm Mitchell (SNP) |

## Election Results
### 2022 Election

2022 Glasgow City Council election
Garscadden/Scotstounhill – 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | Bill Butler (incumbent) | 27.9 | 2,403 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Chris Cunningham (incumbent) | 26.8 | 2,310 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Eva Murray (incumbent) | 10.9 | 940 | 1,438 | 1,452 | 1,512 | 1,548 | 1,795 |
| | Conservative | Steven Morrison | 10.3 | 886 | 932 | 935 | 966 | 968 | 1,001 |
| | SNP | Rosemary Ugbah | 8.6 | 745 | 751 | 821 | 829 | | |
| | Scottish Green | John Hamelink | 8.3 | 712 | 747 | 802 | 845 | 939 | |
| | SNP | Malcolm Mitchell | 5.3 | 460 | 479 | 802 | 845 | 1,554 | 1,993 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Hugh Waterfield | 2.0 | 173 | 186 | 189 | | | |
| Electorate: 22,355 Valid: 8,629 Spoilt: 293 Quota: 1,726 Turnout: 39.9% ||||||||||
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### 2017 Election

2017 Glasgow City Council election
Garscadden/Scotstounhill – 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 |
| | Labour | Bill Butler * | 23.25% | 2,020 |
| | SNP | Michael Cullen††††† | 20.15% | 1,751 |
| | SNP | Chris Cunningham (incumbent) | 14.05% | 1,221 | 1,233 | 1,243 | 1,261 | 1,269 | 1,282 | 1,424 | 2,345 |
| | Labour | Eva Murray | 10.49% | 912 | 1,117 | 1,117 | 1,123 | 1,140 | 1,183 | 1,293 | 1,340 | 1,506 | 1,975 |
| | Conservative | Tariq Parvez | 12.20% | 1,060 | 1,070 | 1,070 | 1,072 | 1,108 | 1,161 | 1,191 | 1,203 | 1,217 |
| | SNP | Roza Salih | 10.66% | 926 | 927 | 929 | 934 | 935 | 941 | 1,066 |
| | Scottish Green | Gillian MacDonald | 5.05% | 439 | 445 | 445 | 460 | 478 | 525 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Walker | 2.19% | 191 | 194 | 194 | 197 | 207 |
| | UKIP | Gisela Allen | 1.22% | 106 | 110 | 110 | 114 |
| | Solidarity | Samuel Cook | 0.71% | 62 | 65 | 65 |
| Electorate: 22,514 Valid: 8,688 Spoilt: 338 Quota: 1,738 Turnout: 40.1% ||||||||||||||
* = Sitting Councillor for Greater Pollok ward.

### 2012 Election

2012 Glasgow City Council election
Garscadden/Scotstounhill – 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 |
| | Labour | Liz Cameron (incumbent) | 28.0 | 2,295 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Paul Rooney (incumbent) | 27.0 | 2,220 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Graeme Hendry (incumbent) | 22.2 | 1,820 | | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | John Kelly | 6.6 | 541 | 993.4 | 1,417 | 1,422.1 | 1,427.4 | 1,432.9 | 1,439.4 | 1,459.3 | 1,491.9 | 1,512.2 | 1,541.4 | 1,606.6 | 1,712.3 |
| | SNP | David Wilson | 4.9 | 400 | 430.4 | 465.1 | 604.1 | 609.1 | 612.4 | 620.6 | 632 | 654.8 | 689.1 | 716 | 791.5 | |
| | Scottish Green | Martin Schmierer | 2.7 | 221 | 240.6 | 252.1 | 259.6 | 263.9 | 273.8 | 279.3 | 303 | 309.3 | 350.6 | 400.8 | | |
| | Conservative | Susan McCourt | 2.6 | 215 | 226.7 | 231.6 | 233.5 | 235.9 | 235.9 | 249.9 | 267.9 | 286.7 | 311.6 | | | |
| | Independent | Phil Jarvis | 1.8 | 151 | 164.7 | 174 | 176.9 | 177.8 | 180 | 205 | 211.2 | 239.2 | | | | |
| | Scottish Christian | John Cormack | 1.6 | 135 | 149.2 | 154.7 | 156.7 | 156.7 | 157.7 | 164.1 | 169.2 | | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Speirs | 1.1 | 90 | 98.3 | 103.5 | 105.7 | 106.8 | 109.8 | 112.5 | | | | | | |
| | UKIP | Ian Cumming | 0.8 | 69 | 80.4 | 84 | 86.4 | 86.7 | 89.7 | | | | | | | |
| | TUSC | Ryan Stuart | 0.4 | 29 | 31.6 | 32.3 | 32.5 | 35.2 | | | | | | | | |
| | Glasgow First | Mark Muir | 0.3 | 22 | 23.9 | 27.6 | 28.4 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 21,743 Valid: 8,208 Spoilt: 258 Quota: 1,642 Turnout: 8,466 (39.94%) |||||||||||||||||

#### 2016 by-election

On 25 July 2016, Labour councillor John Kelly died as a result of Motor Neuron Disease. A by-election was held on 6 October 2016 and was won by the SNP's Chris Cunningham.
Garscadden/Scotstounhill by-election (6 October 2016) - 1 Seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SNP | Chris Cunningham | 42.6% | 2,135 | 2,140 | 2,150 | 2,275 | 2,321 | 2,906 |
| | Labour | Ian Cruikshank | 38.8% | 1,944 | 1,953 | 1,984 | 2,037 | 2,204 | |
| | Conservative | Ary Jaff | 10.2% | 510 | 536 | 553 | 564 | | |
| | Scottish Green | Gillian MacDonald | 4.8% | 242 | 247 | 261 | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Speirs | 1.9% | 97 | 105 | | | | |
| | UKIP | Donald MacKay | 1.7% | 83 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 21,419 Valid: 5,011 Spoilt: 83 Quota: 2,506 Turnout: 5,094 (23.8%) ||||||||||

### 2007 Election

2007 Glasgow City Council election
2007 Council election: Garscadden/Scotstounhill :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Labour | Liz Cameron | 27.01 | 2,744 | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Graeme Hendry | 22.96 | 2,333 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Paul Rooney | 18.65 | 1,895 | 2,007 | 2,026 | 2,037 | | | | |
| | Labour | Jean McFadden | 10.97 | 1,115 | 1,450 | 1,478 | 1,500 | 1,503 | 1,523 | 1,576 | 1,681 |
| | Scottish Green | Sue England | 3.96 | 402 | 426 | 464 | 500 | 500 | 517 | 640 | 820 |
| | Conservative | Matthew T Smith | 5.26 | 534 | 544 | 557 | 558 | 558 | 652 | 659 | 746 |
| | Liberal Democrats | James Paris | 4.75 | 483 | 508 | 544 | 563 | 563 | 576 | 614 | |
| | Solidarity | Charlotte Ahmed | 3.13 | 318 | 338 | 375 | 414 | 414 | 421 | | |
| | Scottish Unionist | Robert Findlay | 1.88 | 191 | 201 | 205 | 214 | 214 | | | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Peter Lavelle | 1.43 | 145 | 156 | 177 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 20,869 Valid: 10,160 Spoilt: 215 Quota: 2,033 Turnout: 49.71% ||||||||||||
* ↑ Outgoing councillor for Knightswood South single-member ward.
* ↑ Outgoing councillor for Scotstoun single-member ward.