Clydebank Central (ward)

Clydebank Central is one of the six wards used to elect members of the West Dunbartonshire Council. It elects four Councillors.

Location of the ward ^[1]

The ward covers northern parts of the town of Clydebank, although despite its name it only includes part of the town centre, namely the areas north of the Forth and Clyde Canal at the Clyde Shopping Centre, Clyde Retail Park and Clydebank Business Centre, while south of the canal is within the Clydebank Waterfront ward. West of Boquhanran Road tunnel, the boundary between the wards changes from the canal to the Argyle Line / North Clyde Line railway tracks. Residential neighbourhoods in the ward include Drumry, Kilbowie, Linnvale, North Mountblow, Parkhall and Radnor Park^[2]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Patrick Gerard McGlinchey (Labour)		Willie McLaughlin (Labour)		Jim Brown (SNP)		Denis Agnew (Ind.)
2012	John Mooney (Labour)
2017			Diane Docherty (Ind.)
2022	Fiona Hennebry (Labour)	Sophie Traynor (SNP)			Craig Edward (Labour)
2024 by-				Clare Steel (Labour)

Election Results

2024 By-election

Clydebank Central by-election (13 June 2024) - 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Labour	Fiona Hennebry	49.6	1,398	1,400	1,404	1,425
	SNP	Marina Scanlan	38.9	1,095	1,099	1,118	1,127
	Conservative	Ewan McGinnigle	4.4	125	126	126	130
	Independent	Andrew Muir	3.1	87	87	91	98
	Scottish Liberal Democrats	Kai Robert Murray Pyper	1.8	52	56	59
	Communist	Nathan Hennebry	1.7	47	47
	Independent	Kelly Wilson	0.4	12
Electorate: 11,702   Valid: 2,816   Spoilt: 29   Quota: 1,409   Turnout: 24.3%

2022 Election

2022 West Dunbartonshire Council election

Clydebank Central - 4 seats^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	SNP	Diane Docherty (incumbent)	41.0	1,903
	Labour	Craig Edward	25.8	1,199
	Labour	Clare Steel	13.9	645	717.7	900.7	1,137.8
	SNP	Sophie Traynor	11.1	531	1,367.8
	Conservative	Liam Wilson	7.9	366	368.6	384.2	390.5
Electorate: 11,820   Valid: 4,848   Spoilt: 204   Quota: 929   Turnout: 41.0%

2017 Election

2017 West Dunbartonshire Council election^[4]

Clydebank Central - 4 seats^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Jim Brown (incumbent)	32.8	1,631
	Labour	John Mooney (incumbent)	23.7	1,180
	Independent	Denis Agnew (incumbent)	15.9	791	806.2	880.0	893.7	953.5	1,050.8
	SNP	Diane Docherty	14.3	714	1,298.0
	Conservative	Penny Hutton	8.9	441	443.7	450.1	454.1	460.5	524.7
	Labour	Alan Sorrell	2.7	135	138.1	184.0	327.1	345.3
	West Dunbartonshire Community	Dean Allardice	1.7	84	87.1	123.4	125.3
Electorate: 11,928   Valid: 4,976   Spoilt: 189   Quota: 996   Turnout: 43.3

2012 Election

2012 West Dunbartonshire Council election^[6]

Clydebank Central - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Patrick Gerard McGlinchey (incumbent)	34.83	1,587
	SNP	Jim Brown (incumbent)	26.36	1,201
	Independent	Denis Agnew (incumbent)	17.10	779	798.9	814.9	863	910	955
	Labour	John Mooney	12.42	566	1,158.9
	SNP	Frank McNiff	5.20	237	250.6	493.9	523.1	541.8	564.6
	Communist	Tom Morrison	2.06	94	98.7	103	114.9	119.2
	Conservative	Douglas Campbell	2.02	92	94.6	97.2	104.9
Electorate: 11,559   Valid: 4,556   Spoilt: 108   Quota: 912   Turnout: 4,664 (40.35%)

2007 Election

2007 West Dunbartonshire Council election

West Dunbartonshire Council election, 2007: Clydebank Central

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Patrick Gerard McGlinchey	1,610	26.0
	SNP	Jim Brown	1,423	23.0
	Labour	Willie McLaughlin††	873	14.1
	Independent	Denis Agnew	601	9.7
	A Strong Voice for Clydebank	Andy White	548	8.8
	SNP	Alex Scullion	467	7.6
	Conservative	David James Crichton	221	3.6
	Independent	Locky Cameron	155	2.5
	Scottish Green	Danielle Casey	132	2.1
	Scottish Socialist	Alex Cunningham	115	1.9
	Independent	Charles Murray	30	0.5