Concerns over a new housing development on a former Drumchapel primary school site will be just one of the issues councillors in the Drumchapel/ Anniesland ward will have to deal with.
Proposals to build the 48 homes at the land, which used to house the Cleddans Primary School, which was closed in 1996 and demolished shortly after, were approved by the planning committee at the beginning of the month.
Drumchapel is just one of the areas in the ward which is located in the far north-west of Glasgow and shares a boundary with West Dunbartonshire and East Dunbartonshire.
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Despite its name, it contains only part of the Anniesland neighbourhood - the streets to the north of Anniesland Road, the north of Great Western Road and east of Anniesland Cross.
It contains all of Drumchapel, Netherton, Temple, Old Drumchapel, Blairdardie and High Knightswood, and parts of Knightswood - streets to the east of Great Western Road and Knightswood Road.
Other issues affecting the ward, which the 10 hopefuls will have to deal with is the 1930s style Art Deco building in Anniesland which is being demolished to make way for affordable flats.
Despite concerns from local residents and MSPs, permission to knock down the building at 380 Bearsden Road was granted last month.
Who won last time?
2017 Results
The 2017 election saw a 36.5 per cent voter turnout with 7534 valid ballot papers and 308 rejected ballot papers.
The first preference votes received by each of the elected candidates was:
Paul Carey - Labour - 1871
Macolm Balfour - SNP - 1842
Anne McTaggart - Formally Labour - 941
Elspeth Kerr - Formally SNP - 827
Who can I vote for this time?
2022 candidates
Labour councillor Paul Carey who has been the longest serving member of the ward is campaigning to retain his seat for a fourth term. Councillor Anne McTaggart who was elected in the 2009 by-election and re-elected in 2017 as a Labour councillor but switched her allegiance to the SNP in 2019 is hoping to win a second term.
Councillor Elspeth Kerr, formally a SNP councillor and an independent since 2020 is standing as an independent in next month’s election, while councillor Malcolm Balfour, who was first elected in 2012 will be standing down after two terms.
Full list of candidates standing in the Drumchapel/Anniesland ward
Paul Carey - Labour
Patricia Ferguson - Labour
Fyeza Ikhlaq - SNP
Elspeth Kerr - Independent
Anne McTaggart - SNP
Joe Meehan - Scottish Socialist party
Cylina Porch - SNP
Richard Stalley - Lib Dems
Pauline Sutherland - Conservatives
Duncan Webford - Greens
