Springburn/Robroyston (ward)

Springburn/Robroyston (Ward 17) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council.^[2] Created as Springburn, in 2007 and in 2012 it returned three council members, using the single transferable vote system.^[3] For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election, the boundaries were changed, the ward increased in size and population (the latter by 20%), was renamed Springburn/Robroyston and returned four members.

Springburn/Robroyston Scottish Gaelic: Allt an Fhuairain / Baile Raibeart Ruadh
Springburn/Robroyston Ward (2017) within Glasgow
Aerial view looking east over Springburn (2017)
Area	9.50 km2 (3.67 sq mi)
Population	27,237 (2015)[1]
• Density	2,867/km2 (7,430/sq mi)
Council area	Glasgow City Council
Lieutenancy area	Glasgow
Country	Scotland
Sovereign state	United Kingdom
Post town	GLASGOW
Postcode district	G21, G33, G64
Dialling code	0141
Police	Scotland
Fire	Scottish
Ambulance	Scottish
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Boundaries

Located in the north of Glasgow, the original core of the ward centred around the district of Springburn (including the neighbourhoods of Stobhill, Old Balornock, Petershill and Balgrayhill), as well as part of Cowlairs (streets to the east of the Glasgow to Edinburgh via Falkirk Line railway tracks which form the ward's western boundary), and part of Colston (streets to the east of Springburn Road and south of Colston Road - north of this belongs to the adjoining town of Bishopbriggs in East Dunbartonshire which forms the northern boundary).

The 2017 changes were substantial: the southern boundary was moved north from the M8 motorway to the Cumbernauld Line railway, with the Royston, Germiston and Sighthill neighbourhoods assigned to a new Dennistoun ward along with commercial/industrial land at Blochairn and St Rollox. However, territory further east was reassigned from the North East ward into the Springburn ward, which was renamed as a result: Robroyston, Barmulloch, Wallacewell, Balornock and the streets in Millerston within Glasgow were all added;^[4] the eastern boundary is now with North Lanarkshire.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Allan Stewart (Labour)		James Todd (Labour)		Phil Greene (SNP)	3 seats
2012[5]	Gilbert Davidson (Labour)
2017[6]	Martin McElroy (Labour)	Aileen McKenzie (Labour)	Graham Campbell (SNP)		Christina Cannon (SNP)
2022[7]	Audrey Dempsey (Labour)	Thomas Rannachan (Labour)

Election results

2022 election

2022 Glasgow City Council election

Springburn/Robroyston − 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Audrey Dempsey	32.2	2,184
	SNP	Graham Campbell (incumbent)	24.9	1,690
	SNP	Christina Cannon (incumbent)	16.3	1,109	1,149	1,439
	Labour	Thomas Rannachan	9.6	650	1,282	1,290	1,302	1,323	1,379
	Conservative	Richard Johnson	9.0	614	643	643	644	649	671
	Scottish Green	Madeleine Guthrie	4.2	288	308	319	348	383	443
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Davies	2.1	143	162	166	170	181
	Alba	Farah Hamid	1.6	112	120	122	128
Electorate: 19,948   Valid: 6,790   Spoilt: 252   Quota: 1,359   Turnout: 35.3%

Source:^[8][9]

2017 election

2017 Glasgow City Council election

Springburn/Robroyston – 4 seats^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Martin McElroy *	31.64%	2,080
	SNP	Graham Campbell	20.13%	1,323
	SNP	Christina Cannon	15.41%	1,013	1,037	1,043	1,049	1,058	1,059	1,160	1,619
	Labour	Aileen McKenzie	8.05%	529	1,135	1,135	1,140	1,167	1,190	1,237	1,256	1,328
	Conservative	Euan McHardy	10.36%	681	709	709	712	727	769	790	797	806
	SNP	Paul McCabe	7.52%	494	502	503	505	508	513	534
	Scottish Green	Anthony Carroll	3.44%	226	241	242	255	268	287
	UKIP	Robb MacLean	1.59%	105	112	112	114	120
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Sykes	1.29%	85	90	90	91
	TUSC	Dave Semple	0.55%	36	37	37
Electorate: 19,554   Valid: 6,572   Spoilt: 300   Quota: 1,315   Turnout: 35.1%

* = Sitting Councillor for Hillhead ward.

2012 election

2012 Glasgow City Council election

Springburn – 3 seats^[5]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Gilbert Davidson	40.5	1,643
	Labour	Allan Stewart (incumbent)	17.2	699	1,184.4
	SNP	Phil Greene (incumbent)	21.9	888	932.6	948	949	951.1	960.4	971.1	978.5	1,039.5
	SNP	James Oakes	8.1	330	342.6	349.7	351.8	353.9	355.5	372.8	384.9	419.8
	Independent	Joe Chambers	5.9	240	257.2	273.	278.9	283.1	295.2	316.5	343.3
	Conservative	Jason Eccles	2.7	111	115.9	120.6	120.6	122.1	134.2	139.3
	Scottish Green	John Stuart	1.5	61	65.6	76.8	87.6	92.1	101
	Liberal Democrats	Sophie Bridger	1.1	45	49.6	53.9	53.9	61.5
	Glasgow First	Christopher Henderson	0.5	21	28.3	35.8	36.1
	TUSC	Luke Ivory	0.5	22	24.3	26.9
Electorate: 15,717   Valid: 4,060   Spoilt: 191   Quota: 1,016   Turnout: 4,251 (27.05%)

2007 election

2007 Glasgow City Council election

2007 Council election: Springburn^[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Labour	Allan Stewart[a]	32.38	1,752
	SNP	Phil Greene	24.03	1,300	1,437
	Labour	James Todd[b]	21.98	1,189	1,327
	Solidarity	Graham Campbell	6.27	339	351
	Conservative	Graeme Dickson	3.20	173	176
	Liberal Democrats	John H Stuart	3.11	168	176
	Scottish Green	Patrick McAleer	2.48	134	140
	Scottish Socialist	Margaret Bean	2.50	135	139
	BNP	Kenny Smith	2.50	135	137
	Scottish Unionist	Robert G. C. Sawers	1.57	85	86
Electorate: 15,496   Valid: 5,410   Spoilt: 235   Quota: 1,353   Turnout: 43.60%

1. Outgoing councillor for Cowlairs single-member ward.
2. Outgoing councillor for Springburn single-member ward.

See also

• Wards of Glasgow