Partick East and Kelvindale council election candidates have promised to fix potholes and deliver a transport revolution in the ward.
There are nine election hopefuls standing in the area, which is represented by four councillors. See below for details on who you can vote for.
Labour’s Jill Brown who won a by-election in 2021 is standing again. She replaced Conservative Tony Curtis who lost his office for not attending meetings. Kenny McLean, SNP, who has been a councillor since 2007 is also in the running once more.
Who won last time?
2017 Results:
- Kenny McLean, SNP, 2,366 votes (22.49% first preference votes)
- Tony Curtis, Conservative, 2,336 votes (22% first preference votes)
- Martin Rhodes, Labour, 2,303 votes (17% first preference votes)
- Martin Bartos, Green 2,148 votes (16.42 % first preference votes)
Who can I vote for this time?
Blair Anderson, Scottish Greens
Education policy worker Blair Anderson, 23, who came to Glasgow in 2016 to study law at the University of Glasgow currently lives with his fiancé in Yorkhill.
He said: “If elected, my top priorities would be making it easier and cheaper for people to live their lives, in the face of the climate crisis and the cost of living crisis. We need radical change to address the climate crisis but our climate action must have social justice at the heart.”
He added: “ I’ve worked in retail, hospitality and sustainability, and now I work in education policy. Outside Green politics, I’m also an active campaigner for LGBTQ+ equality and I’m currently involved in the campaign to end conversion therapy in Scotland.”
He said the Scottish Greens aim to deliver rent controls and “a huge increase in home insulation.”
Explaining more about the party’s plans, he said it aims to deliver a “transport revolution with safer cycling and better buses to cut carbon emissions and transport costs.”
Naveed Asghar, Conservative
The Glasgow Conservatives aim to put "cleaning up Glasgow" at the heart of their local government election manifesto. The party’s plans to clean-up Glasgow include reversing three-week bin collections, scrapping the bulk uplift charge, investing in a “Clean Up” Glasgow apprenticeship programme, demanding a deep clean of the city and setting up an environmental enforcement team to crack down on those who fly-tip in the city.
Jill Brown, Labour
Since winning the local by election in 2021, Jill Brown, Labour said she “has solved 800 local problems, many of which relate to issues with refuse collections, fly-tipping and potholes.”
Ms Brown has lived in the area for over 20 years and works as a solicitor as well as being a mum to two children.
If re-elected she promises to address the local cleansing crisis, invest in fixing potholes and improving road safety and fight the wider cost of living crisis.
Lilith Johnstone, Labour
Lilith Johnstone has been an English teacher for three years in London and Scotland. Ms Johnstone lives in the area so can see first hand the issues that matter most to constituents.
If elected she also pledges to address the local cleansing crisis, invest in fixing potholes and improving road safety and fight the wider cost of living crisis.
Kenny McLean, SNP
Kenny McLean, SNP, was originally elected in the Partick West Ward in 2007. Since 2017, Mr McLean has been representing Partick East/Kelvindale as a councillor and has lived in the ward most of his life.
He went to school at Hyndland Secondary and graduated from Glasgow University with an Honours Degree in History and Politics and a Master's degree in Urban Policy. He is city convenor for neighbourhoods, housing and public realm.
Nicholas Moohan, Scottish Liberal Democrats
The Scottish Liberal Democrats said it would reverse council cuts to essential services, increase the rate of bin collection in tenements areas and from public waste bins, remove the bulk uplift charge, and reopen the libraries and sports grounds.
It also said it would “introduce a a rapid response unit to address public concerns on potholes, street parking, street lighting and litter.” It also pledges to improve housing provision and reverse cuts to public transport.
Udochukwu Kings Nwaokorobia, Alba
Alba manifesto pledges include the doubling of the winter fuel payment for pensioners, cutting household energy costs by a third and offering free access to council sporting facilities for children and young people.
The party said its three key themes are: taking real action on Independence as an urgent necessity, tackling the cost of living crisis and standing up for women and girls.
Other policies include an annual £500 payment for every low earnings household in Scotland, which receives council tax reduction and increasing the Scottish Child Payment to £40 a week.
Linsey Wilson, SNP
The SNP manifesto pledges to use “all the powers and resources we have – in both national and local government” to ease the pressure of the cost of living crisis. The party promises every councillor elected will have as their top priority helping people with the cost of living.
Also standing in the ward will be Di McMillan, of the Freedom Alliance Leave Our Children Alone party.
