Cardonald (Ward 4) is one of the 23 wards of

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. It was created in 2007 as Craigton and returned four council members using the

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system. The same name and boundaries were used in the 2012 elections. For the

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, 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

Located in the southwest of Glasgow, the ward includes Cardonald as well as Hillington,

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Penilee Penilee is a small housing scheme and suburb on the southwestern edge of Glasgow, Scotland. The area is bounded to its east by the Glasgow suburbs of Cardonald and Hillington, and to the west by the Renfrewshire border and the farms of North a ...

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Pollok Pollok ( gd, Pollag, lit=a pool, sco, Powk) is a large housing estate on the south-western side of the city of Glasgow, Scotland. The estate was built either side of World War II to house families from the overcrowded inner city. Housing 30,0 ...

(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

Election Results

2022 Election

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2017 Election

2017 by-election

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

2012 Election

2012 Glasgow City Council election Elections to Glasgow City Council were held on 3 May 2012, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections. The election was the second using 21 new wards created as a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, each ward ...

2015 by-election

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

2007 Election

2007 Glasgow City Council election Elections to Glasgow City Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other 2007 Scottish local elections, Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament 2007 Scottish Parliament election, general election. The election ...

References

External links

Listed Buildings in Cardonald Ward, Glasgow City
at ''British Listed Buildings'' {{Wards of Glasgow Wards of Glasgow