Cardonald (ward)

Cardonald is one of the 23 wards of Glasgow City Council. It was created in 2007 as Craigton and returned four council members using the single transferable vote system. The same name and boundaries were used in the 2012 elections. For the 2017 Glasgow City Council election, the name was changed although the territory and councillor numbers remained the same.

Boundaries

Located in the southwest of Glasgow, the ward includes Cardonald as well as Hillington, Halfway, Penilee, Mosspark, Corkerhill, the northern part of Crookston and the northern part of Pollok.
The ethnic makeup of the Cardonald ward using the 2011 census population statistics was:

Labour counsellor Alistair Watson died suddenly on 29 June 2017. A by-election was held on 7 September 2017 and was won by Jim Kavanagh of the Scottish Labour Party.

On 10 June 2015, SNP counsellor Iris Gibson retired due to ill health. A by-election was held on 6 August and was won by the SNP's Alex Wilson.