Springburn/Robroyston (ward)

Springburn/Robroyston (Ward 17) is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. Created as Springburn, in 2007 and in 2012 it returned three council members, using the single transferable vote system.[2] 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
Aerial view looking east over Springburn (2017)
Area	9.50 km^2 (3.67 sq mi)
Population	27,237 (2015)[1]
• Density	2,867/km^2 (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

Springburn/Robroyston Ward (2017) within Glasgow

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;[3] the eastern boundary is now with North Lanarkshire.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Allan Stewart (Labour)		James Todd (Labour)		Phil Greene (SNP)	3 seats
2012	Gilbert Davidson (Labour)
2017	Martin McElroy (Labour)	Aileen McKenzie (Labour)	Graham Campbell (SNP)		Christina Cannon (SNP)

Election Results

2007

Main article: 2007 Glasgow City Council election

Springburn - 3 seats[2] Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Labour Allan Stewart[lower-alpha 1] 32.38 1,752   SNP Phil Greene 24.03 1,300 1,437 Labour James Todd[lower-alpha 2] 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. Returning councillor for Cowlairs single-member ward.
2. Returning councillor for Springburn single-member ward.

2012

Main article: 2012 Glasgow City Council election

Springburn - 3 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 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%) 2017 Main article: 2017 Glasgow City Council election Springburn/Robroyston - 4 seats Party Candidate FPv% Count 1 Count 2 Count 3 Count 4 Count 5 Count 6 Count 7 Count 8 Count 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. See also Wards of Glasgow References City Ward Factsheets 2017: Ward 17 - Springburn/Robroyston, Glasgow City Council Teale, Andrew (27 December 2008). "Local Election Results 2007 (Glasgow)" (PDF). Local Elections Archive Project. Retrieved 4 May 2012. Council Elections 2017: Springburn has seem one of the biggest regeneration sites in the city ever, Evening Times, 4 April 2017 External links Listed Buildings in Springburn/Robroyston Ward, Glasgow City at British Listed Buildings