Hamilton West and Earnock (ward)
Hamilton West and Earnock is one of the twenty wards used to elect members of the South Lanarkshire Council.[2][3] Created in 2007, it elects four councillors. Its territory covers the suburban south-west of Hamilton including the Brackenhill, Earnock, High Earnock, Highstonehall, Hillhouse, Little Earnock and Udston neighbourhoods, as well as the adjoining modern West Craigs development (which belongs to Blantyre in some reckonings) – these boundaries were unaffected by a 2017 national review. In 2019, the ward's population was 18,618.[4]
Councillors
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Allan Falconer (Labour) |
Jean McKeown (Labour) |
Graeme Horne (SNP) |
Tommy Gilligan (Ind.) | ||||
| 2011 by- | Jon Menzies (SNP) | |||||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2017[5] | Mark McGeever (Conservative/ Liberal Democrats) |
Mary Donnelly (SNP) | ||||||
| 2022 | ||||||||
Election Results
2017 Election
2017 South Lanarkshire Council election
- On 26 July 2019, Conservative councillor Mark McGeever resigned from the party and joined the Scottish Liberal Democrats following the election of Boris Johnson as Conservative Leader and Prime Minister.[6]
2012 Election
2012 South Lanarkshire Council election
2007 Election
2007 South Lanarkshire Council election
2011 By-election
Independent councillor Tommy Gilligan died on 22 October 2011. A by-election in was held on 8 December 2011 to fill the vacancy, won by the SNP's John Menzies.
References
- ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ "Local multi-member ward boundary maps". South Lanarkshire Council. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ Electoral Ward: Hamilton West and Earnock, Scottish Government Statistics
- ^ Local Government Election results 2017, South Lanarkshire Council
- ^ "Scots Tory joins Lib Dems over Boris Johnson 'racist and misogynistic' language". 26 July 2019.