Glasgow North covers neighbourhoods on the northern side of central Glasgow and extends toward the city’s outer northern boundary. It includes a mixture of dense inner-city streets, established residential districts and lower-density communities farther out. The constituency contains important educational, cultural and transport areas alongside local shopping centres and large parks. The River Kelvin and its valley form a prominent natural feature through part of the seat, while major roads and rail lines connect neighbourhoods with central Glasgow. Development becomes more suburban toward the northern edge, but the constituency remains firmly part of the continuous Glasgow urban area. Its character is therefore varied despite its relatively compact city geography.
Election data comes from UK Parliament. Turnout percentage is calculated by Project Open Gov from Parliament's turnout and electorate figures.
People and place
A population and household snapshot for Glasgow North, using validated House of Commons Library constituency datasets.
Estimated population117,109
EstimateMid-2024 estimate
Region / nationScotland
Age profile
0 to 1713.5% · 15,776 people
18 to 2422.7% · 26,569 people
25 to 3422.0% · 25,754 people
35 to 4916.9% · 19,769 people
50 to 6413.9% · 16,282 people
65 and over11.1% · 12,959 people
Population figures are mid-2024 estimates from the House of Commons Library. Project Open Gov calculates the estimated population shown above by summing the six published age-band counts. View population source ↗
Home ownership and renting
Housing tenure shows how households in this constituency described their home at the most recent census.
49,540 householdsCensus 2022
Home owners38.7% · 19,158 households
Private renters24.6% · 12,163 households
Social renters34.6% · 17,153 households
Other tenure2.2% · 1,066 households
“Other tenure” combines shared ownership and households recorded as living rent free.
Housing-tenure figures come from the most recent census: 2021 in England, Wales and Northern Ireland and 2022 in Scotland. View housing-tenure source ↗
Household composition
A broad view of household types in this constituency. Project Open Gov uses the four broad groups supplied by the Commons Library so the presentation remains consistent across the UK.
49,542 householdsCensus 2022
One-person households45.1% · 22,335 households
Families with dependent children17.7% · 8,782 households
Other single-family households25.1% · 12,450 households
Other household types12.1% · 5,975 households
Household-composition figures come from the Commons Library constituency dataset. The source uses census data and Project Open Gov displays its broad household groups rather than attempting to harmonise the detailed categories itself. View household-composition source ↗
Disability and day-to-day activities
The source records whether day-to-day activities are limited and uses separate person-level tables for England & Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
109,096 people in the source baseCensus 2022Source comparison: Scotland
Day-to-day activities limited a lot10.6% · 11,511 people
Day-to-day activities limited a little12.2% · 13,361 people
Non-disabled77.2% · 84,224 people
Comparison note: the workbook uses different source terminology across the UK: England & Wales uses “Disabled under the Equality Act”, while Scotland and Northern Ireland use “Disabled” / “Non-disabled”. Project Open Gov therefore preserves the source categories and does not present them as one single like-for-like UK legal definition.
Disability figures come from the Commons Library constituency workbook. This profile uses the person-level tables only; the workbook also contains separate household-level disability tables which are not used here. View disability source ↗
Petitions
Open UK Government and Parliament petitions that have reached at least 10,000 signatures nationally, ranked here by the number of signatures recorded in this constituency.
Petition signatures are not a poll and do not show what the constituency as a whole thinks. A person can also sign more than one petition.
Open petitionCloses 12 September 2026
Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership
Signatures in this constituency500
Signatures nationally244,689
Government response published · Debate scheduled for 29 June 2026
Signature counts come from the official UK Government and Parliament petitions data and may change while a petition remains open. Browse official petitions ↗
Funding and local projects
National Lottery grants awarded to organisations recorded in this parliamentary constituency since 4 July 2024.
The constituency is based on the recipient organisation recorded in the source data. The funded activity may sometimes take place across a wider area.
Grants recorded297
Total awarded£22,117,165
Most recent awards
National Lottery grantAwarded 1 July 2026
Ceòl is Craic
Ceòl is Craic
£77,880
Creative Scotland · Arts
About this award
Ceòl is Craic will deliver a programme of Gaelic cultural activity in Glasgow between August 2026 and July 2027. The programme will combine live music events, creative collaborations, mentoring activity and cinema events, offering high quality opportunities for audiences to engage with Gaelic arts. We will include live music events developed with long-term partners, including Roma arts organisation Ando Glaso, an ongoing creative commission with Comhairle nan Leabhraichean, and a cross-cultural event as part of Celtic Connections festival. We will include a new collaboration with Glasgow Life as part of the National Mòd in Glasgow. We will deliver mentoring workshops with Glasgow Gaelic School, continue our weekly Gaelic-language radio show, and present cinema events featuring screenings and Q&A sessions. These activities will create welcoming environments that celebrate contemporary Gaelic culture, encourage participation and connection, reduce isolation, and support Gaelic artists alongside the audiences and communities they serve.
National Lottery grantAwarded 25 June 2026
Cells
Grant to Individual
£19,820
Creative Scotland · Arts
About this award
Cells is an extended research and making period working in collaboration with the scientist dr. Rachel Quilang at the university of Leiden looking into microchimerism, definitions of individual, biological plurality and intimacy at the micro scale. This takes shape as an experimental home residency - a flexible self directed work that adapts to the realities of a young family, and reflects the working alongside young child and baby through elements of playfulness, choice of materials and pace. This visual art project will have outcomes in painting, embroidery, text and moving image and will be expanded by work sheets showing the child friendly collaborative elements that can be used as prompt sheets for future educational activities or as accompaniment to future exhibitions. The work will sit in a wider context of my practice with the focus on ecological thought through multi species relationships, micro scale, and biological history.
National Lottery grantAwarded 25 June 2026
Empathic relation as artistic method: horse / tree / earth
Grant to Individual
£5,000
Creative Scotland · Arts
About this award
My project engages the image and history of equine labour in Glasgow, while questioning ideas of nature, culture, and what it means to work the land. A working horse and cart hauls trees, tools, and soil alongside an artist moving between the Whisky Bond, the canal, Applecross, and Hamiltonhill Claypits Nature Reserve (HCLNR), where the trees are planted. The project is about the forces of restoration and renewal. The project culminates in exhibitions that combine documentation with archival images of working horses (1850–1950) and a film of the performance, featuring reflections from artists, performers, and the wider community. As a founding board member of HCLNR, I support arts, heritage, and biodiversity. This project involves planting 37 native trees across 3 performances, connecting ecological restoration with embodied labour. Documentation will be shown at Clay Café and Glasgow Sculpture Studios during Doors Open Day, alongside a booklet distributed through the partnerships.
National Lottery grantAwarded 25 June 2026
Embedding Anti-Racist Approaches in Community Based Adult Learning
Learning Link Scotland
£15,840
The National Lottery Community Fund · Charitable and Community including Health, Education and Environment
About this award
Learning Link Scotland - Community - National Lottery Awards for All Scotland
National Lottery grantAwarded 24 June 2026
SQIFF 2026
SQIFF
£43,225
British Film Institute · Arts
About this award
An award from the National Lottery via the Audience Projects Fund will support SQIFF’s 11th edition to continue its commitment to access measures and engaging audiences in a curated programme of primarily Queer short films.
292 more awards are available.
Source: DCMS National Lottery Grants Database. The figures shown cover awards from 4 July 2024 to 1 July 2026. View official grants data ↗
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