Victoria Park (Ward 12) is one of the 23
ward
Ward may refer to:
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s of
Glasgow City Council
Glasgow City Council is the local government authority for the City of Glasgow, Scotland. It was created in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994, largely with the boundaries of the post-1975 City of Glasgow district of the S ...
.
Created as Partick West in 2007 it
returned four council members, using the
single transferable vote
Single transferable vote (STV) is a multi-winner electoral system in which voters cast a single vote in the form of a ranked-choice ballot. Voters have the option to rank candidates, and their vote may be transferred according to alternate p ...
system;
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
Located in the west of
Glasgow
Glasgow ( ; sco, Glesca or ; gd, Glaschu ) is the most populous city in Scotland and the fourth-most populous city in the United Kingdom, as well as being the 27th largest city by population in Europe. In 2020, it had an estimated popul ...
, the core of the ward since its creation as ''Partick West'' in 2007 has been formed from the
Broomhill,
Thornwood,
Jordanhill
Jordanhill ( sco, Jordanhull, gd, Cnoc Iòrdain)
is an ...
,
Glasgow Harbour
Glasgow Harbour is an urban regeneration scheme at Partick in the West End of the city of Glasgow, Scotland.
Construction
After many years of dereliction caused by the decline of shipbuilding and the migration of Glasgow's docks to the Firth o ...
and
Whiteinch
Whiteinch ( gd, Innis Bhàn) is an area in the city of Glasgow, Scotland. It is situated directly north of the River Clyde, between the Partick and Scotstoun areas of the city. Whiteinch was at one stage part of the burgh of Partick, until that ...
neighbourhoods, along with a small part of
Anniesland
Anniesland ( gd, Fearann Anna) is a district in the West End of the Scottish city Glasgow. It is situated north of the River Clyde, and centres on the major road junction of the Great Western Road (A82) and Crow Road/Bearsden Road (A739), kno ...
(south of Anniesland Road and west of the
Argyle Line
The Argyle Line is a suburban railway located in West Central Scotland. The line serves the commercial and shopping districts of Glasgow's central area, and connects towns from West Dunbartonshire to South Lanarkshire. Named for Glasgow's Argyl ...
railway), and a small part of
Partick
Partick ( sco, Pairtick, Scottish Gaelic: ''Partaig'') is an area of Glasgow on the north bank of the River Clyde, just across from Govan. To the west lies Whiteinch, to the east Yorkhill and Kelvingrove Park (across the River Kelvin), and to t ...
(west of the Argyle/
North Clyde Line
The North Clyde Line (defined by Network Rail as the ''Glasgow North Electric Suburban'' line) is a suburban railway in West Central Scotland. The route is operated by ScotRail Trains. As a result of the incorporation of the Airdrie–Bathgat ...
railway), with the southern boundary being the
River Clyde
The River Clyde ( gd, Abhainn Chluaidh, , sco, Clyde Watter, or ) is a river that flows into the Firth of Clyde in Scotland. It is the ninth-longest river in the United Kingdom, and the third-longest in Scotland. It runs through the major cit ...
.
The 2017 changes removed all territory to the east of the railway lines: most of Partick and
Partickhill
Partickhill ( gd, A' Bhrae na Partaig) is a district of the city of Glasgow. Located to the north of Partick, south of Hyndland and west of Dowanhill, it contains mixed housing stock of tenemental type property and villa style houses, as well a ...
, 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 Victoria Park may refer to:
Places Australia
* Victoria Park Nature Reserve, a protected area in Northern Rivers region, New South Wales
* Victoria Park, Adelaide, a park and racecourse
* Victoria Park, Brisbane, a public park and former golf ...
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
Election results
2022
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2017
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2012
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2007
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See also
*
Wards of Glasgow
The City of Glasgow is divided into a number of wards. These electoral districts, as they are also known, are used to elect councillors to Glasgow City Council. The council, composed of the elected members from each ward, provides local governmen ...
References
External links
Listed Buildings in Victoria Park Ward, Glasgow Cityat ''British Listed Buildings''
{{Wards of Glasgow
Wards of Glasgow
Partick