A by-election was held for the Hillhead ward of Glasgow City Council on 17 November 2011 following the death of SNP Cllr George Roberts.

Ken Andrew held the seat for the SNP.

First Preferences Share
SNP		32.8%
Labour		30.2%
Green		13.9%
Conservative		11.9%
Lib Dems		9.8%
Other		1.5%

Party	Candidate	1st Prefs	Share	Change	Elected?
SNP	Ken Andrew	1,026	32.8%	+11.7%	Yes
Labour	Martin McElroy	945	30.2%	+4.9%
Green	Stuart Leckie	435	13.9%	-4.7%
Conservative	Maya Forrest	372	11.9%	+1.7%
Lib Dems	Ewan Hoyle	307	9.8%	-8.6%
UKIP	Neil Craig	36	1.1%	N/A
Britannica	Charles Baillie	11	0.4%	N/A

Transfers
	Round 1	2	3	4	5	6	7
Ken Andrew	1,026	1,027	1,030	1,079	1,174	1,386	1,851
Martin McElroy	945	946	950	992	1,057	1,276
Stuart Leckie	435	436	441	556	639
Maya Forrest	372	374	384	441
Ewan Hoyle	307	310	311
Neil Craig	36	37
Charles Baillie	11
Non-transferable	0	2	16	64	262	470	1,281

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Seats
Labour		1
SNP		1
Green		1
Lib Dems		1

First Preferences Share
Labour		25.3%
SNP		21.1%
Green		18.6%
Lib Dems		18.4%
Conservative		10.2%
Solidarity		3.8%
Socialist		2.1%
9% Growth		0.6%

Party	Candidate	1st Prefs	Vote Share	Elected?
SNP	George Roberts	1,899	21.1%	Yes
Green	Martha Wardrop	1,675	18.6%	Yes
Labour	Hanzala Malik	1,192	13.3%	Yes
Lib Dems	Kenneth Elder	1,184	13.2%	Yes
Labour	Martin Rhodes	1,080	12.0%
Conservative	John Anderson	912	10.2%
Lib Dems	Abdul Khan	463	5.2%
Solidarity	Akhter Khan	344	3.8%
Socialist	Anthea Irwin	184	2.1%
9% Growth	Neil Craig	51	0.6%

"SNP hold onto Hillhead ward as councillor Ken Andrew wins by-election", Glaswegian, 24 November
"Hillhead: A legendary by-election", Better Nation (blog), 23 November
"Labour on attack as SNP hails by-election victory", The Herald, 19 November
"SNP wins Glasgow City Council Hillhead ward by-election", BBC, 18 November
"SNP hold council seat following by-election", STV, 18 November
"Vince Cable rolls into Glasgow", The Journal, 16 November
"UKIP Glasgow Launch Hillhead Campaign", UKIP Glasgow (blog), 4 November
"Gordon Matheson: 'We are proud of city and don't take success for granted'", Evening Times, 1 November
"Local lass Maya Forrest fights for Hillhead by-election win", Tory Hoose (blog), 1 November
"Hillhead By-Election: Ken Andrew", First Person (blog), 28 October
"Seven candidates to contest by-election after death of Glasgow councillor", STV, 26 October
" Ken Andrew to contest Hillhead by-election", Glasgow SNP (blog), 15 October
"Labour MSP under fire for double job", Herald, 29 September