Drumchapel/Anniesland (ward)

Drumchapel/Anniesland (Ward 14) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council.^[2] Since its creation in 2007 it has retained the same boundaries and returned four council members, using the single transferable vote system.^[3]

Drumchapel/Anniesland Scottish Gaelic: Druim a' Chapaill/Fearann Anna
Drumchapel/Anniesland Ward (2017) within Glasgow
View looking north-west over Drumchapel from Linkwood towers (2014)
Area	7.30 km2 (2.82 sq mi)
Population	29,432 (2015)[1]
• Density	4,031.8/km2 (10,442/sq mi)
Council area	Glasgow City Council
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G13, G15
Dialling code	0141
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
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Boundaries

Located in the far north-west of Glasgow, the ward's western boundary is with West Dunbartonshire and its northern boundary with East Dunbartonshire. Despite its name, it contains only part of the Anniesland neighbourhood (the streets to the north of Anniesland Road, and to the north of Great Western Road, east of Anniesland Cross). It contains all of Drumchapel, Netherton, Temple, Old Drumchapel, Blairdardie and High Knightswood, and part of Knightswood (streets to the east of Great Western Road and Knightswood Road).

The ethnic makeup of the Drumchapel/Anniesland ward using the 2011 census population statistics was:

• 94.3% White Scottish / British / Irish / Other
• 3.3% Asian
• 1.8% Black (mainly African)
• 0.6% Mixed / Other Ethnic Group

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Paul Carey (Labour)		Bill Kidd (SNP)		Steven Purcell (Labour)		Jonathan Findlay (Labour)
2009 by			Anne McTaggart (Labour)
2010 by	Christopher Hughes (Labour)
2012[4]	Judith Fisher (Labour)			Malcolm Balfour (SNP)
2017[5]	Anne McTaggart (Labour/SNP)				Elspeth Kerr (SNP)
2019
2022[6]			Fyeza Ikhlaq (SNP)		Patricia Ferguson (Labour)
2024				Davena Rankin (Labour)

Election Results

2024 By-election

Drumchapel/Anniesland by-election (21 November 2024) − 1 seat

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Davena Rankin	34.3	1,084	1,108	1,143	1,193	1,263	1,385	1,857
	SNP	Adekemi Giwa	26.3	830	841	847	971	1,083	1,134
	Reform UK	Allan Douglas Lyons	12.8	405	412	461	473	524
	Independent	Elsbeth Kerr	9.4	297	310	331	372
	Green	Christopher Lavelle	8.3	263	270	275
	Conservative	Steven Morrison	5.8	184	196
	Liberal Democrats	Michael Edward Shields	2.9	93
Electorate: 20,895   Valid: 3,156   Spoilt: 42   Quota: 1,579   Turnout: 15.3%

2022 Election

2022 Glasgow City Council election

Drumchapel/Anniesland − 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Paul Carey (incumbent)	27.8	2,011
	SNP	Anne McTaggart (incumbent)	20.0	1,446
	SNP	Fyeza Ikhlaq	13.1	945	959	969	971	1,278	1,366	1,626
	Labour	Patricia Ferguson	10.3	747	1,191	1,209	1,240	1,252	1,368	1,495
	Conservative	Pauline Sutherland	9.5	689	701	701	724	727	771	792
	Green	Duncan Webford	6.1	438	444	475	498	523	610
	Independent	Elspeth Kerr (incumbent)	5.2	376	409	434	454	464
	SNP	Cylina Porch	4.8	350	358	369	373
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Frank Stalley	1.6	118	122	127
	Scottish Socialist	Joe Meehan	1.5	106	112
Electorate: 21,148   Valid: 7,226   Spoilt: 222   Quota: 1,446   Turnout: 35.2%

Source:^[7][8]

2017 Election

2017 Glasgow City Council election

Drumchapel/Anniesland – 4 seats^[9]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Labour	Paul Carey (incumbent)	24.83%	1,871
	SNP	Malcolm Balfour (incumbent)	24.45%	1,842
	SNP	Elspeth Kerr ††††††	10.98%	827	849	1,073	1,086	1,095	1,101	1,213	1,963
	Labour	Anne McTaggart††††	12.49%	941	1,177	1,189	1,194	1,213	1,288	1,308	1,327	1,456	1,876
	Conservative	Patrick Logue	11.59%	873	895	898	903	904	945	962	966	981
	SNP	Malcolm Mitchell	8.99%	678	682	733	738	747	749	829
	Green	Louisa McGuigan	4.27%	322	331	348	353	369	379
	UKIP	Bryan Free	1.25%	94	101	105	106	106
	Scottish Socialist	Joe Meehan	0.68%	51	56	58	63
	Solidarity	Gary Kelly	0.46%	35	42	48
Electorate: 21,507   Valid: 7,534   Spoilt: 308   Quota: 1,507   Turnout: 36.5%

2012 Election

2012 Glasgow City Council election

Drumchapel/Anniesland – 4 seats^[4]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10
	Labour	Paul Carey (incumbent)	30.65%	2,075
	Labour	Jon Findlay (incumbent)	17.70%	1,198	1,552
	SNP	Malcolm Balfour	19.82%	1,342	1,388
	Labour	Judith Fisher	13.01%	881	1,079	1,235	1,236	1,241	1,243	1,247	1,274	1,328	1,378
	SNP	John Docherty	9.44%	639	665	676	705	709	713	717	747	807	854
	Conservative	Martyn McIntyre	3.62%	245	248	251	252	253	255	260	292	315
	Green	Alastair Whitelaw	2.63%	178	183	187	188	196	199	216	251
	Liberal Democrats	Paul McGarry	1.96%	133	139	142	143	143	146	150
	Independent	James Trolland	0.50%	34	34	35	35	39	45
	Glasgow First	Gerrard O'Neill McCue	0.30%	20	26	28	28	30
	TUSC	Eric Stevenson	0.37%	25	26	27	27
Electorate: 21,288   Valid: 6,770   Spoilt: 180   Quota: 1,355   Turnout: 32.65%

2010 by-election

On 6 May 2010, a by-election was held following the resignation of Labour councillor Stephen Purcell. The by-election was won by Labour's Christopher Hughes.

Drumchapel/Anniesland by-election (6 May 2010) - 1 seat^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Labour	Christopher Hughes	56.3	5,710
	SNP	Frank Rankin	21.7	2,197
	Liberal Democrats	Paul McGarry	11.3	1,143
	Conservative	Richard Alan Sullivan	7.0	710
	Green	Larry Butler	3.7	375
Electorate: 19,951   Valid: 10,030   Spoilt: 239   Quota: 5,016   Turnout: 10,269 (51.47%)

2009 by-election

On 4 June 2009, a by-election was held following the resignation of SNP MSP Bill Kidd as councillor. The by-election was won by Labour's Anne McTaggart.

Drumchapel/Anniesland by-election (4 June 2009) - 1 seat^[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Anne McTaggart	48.4	2,584	2,593	2,613	2,651	2,689
	SNP	Martin J Docherty	28.3	1,509	1,530	1,573	1,651	1,698
	Liberal Democrats	Nathalie McKee	6.5	349	362	373	443	532
	Conservative	Richard Alan Sullivan	5.9	316	327	359	366
	Green	Eileen Duke	5.1	270	284	295
	BNP	John Robertson	3.3	177	186
	Independent	James Trolland	2.4	129
Electorate: 20,141   Valid: 5,334   Spoilt: 84   Quota: 2,667   Turnout: 5,418 (26.9%)

2007 Election

2007 Glasgow City Council election

2007 Council election:Drumchapel/Anniesland^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Paul Carey[a]	26.31	2,284
	SNP	Bill Kidd	21.53	1,869
	Labour	Steven Purcell[b]	21.38	1,856
	Labour	Jonathan Findlay[c]	12.70	1,102	1,374	1,385	1,445	1,455	1,476	1,524
	Conservative	Susan McCourt	4.75	412	419	425	428	517	520	535
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Lee	4.02	349	364	379	385	400	415	454
	Green	Eileen Margaret Cartner Duke	3.00	260	283	300	305	319	361	428
	Solidarity	Esther Nixon	2.57	223	243	259	263	267	321
	Scottish Socialist	Mike Dyer	1.71	148	175	186	191	197
	Scottish Unionist	Bobby Howie	2.04	177	184	188	190
Electorate: 20,398   Valid: 8,680   Spoilt: 214   Quota: 1,737   Turnout: 43.60%

1. Outgoing councillor for Summerhill single-member ward.
2. Outgoing councillor for Blairdardie single-member ward.
3. Outgoing councillor for Anniesland single-member ward.

See also

• Wards of Glasgow