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Cambuslang West (ward)

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Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Cambuslang West is one of the twenty wards used to elect members of the South Lanarkshire Council. Created in 2007, it elects three Councillors.

The ward's territory includes the town centre of Cambuslang[2] and neighbourhoods to its south and west including Eastfield, Greenlees, Kirkhill, Silverbank and Whitlawburn. The population in 2018 was 14,307.[3]

The ward was formed from roughly the boundaries of three wards under the previous single-member system used from the creation of South Lanarkshire local authority in 1995 until 2007: Cambuslang Central, Eastfield and Kirkhill/Whitlawburn.[4] Prior to this, the town was within the Glasgow District under Strathclyde Regional Council - one of its wards from 1984 was named Cambuslang, and this included much the same area as the current Cambuslang West.

Councillors

Aerial view of ward from the west
Election Councillors
2007 rowspan=3; style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | Clare McColl
(SNP)
rowspan=3; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" | Russell Clearie
(Labour)
rowspan=1; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Liberal Democrats/meta/color" | David Baillie
(Liberal Democrats)
2012 rowspan=1; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" | Richard Tullett
(Labour)
2017 John Bradley
(SNP)
Margaret Walker
(Labour)
rowspan=1; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party/meta/color" | Ann Le Blond
(Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 South Lanarkshire Council election[5]

Cambuslang West - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Labour Margaret Walker 24.16% 1,336 1,346 1,369 1,397        
Conservative Ann Le Blond 21.11% 1,167 1,178 1,201 1,210 1,212 1,499    
SNP John Bradley 19.88% 1,099 1,104 1,110 1,149 1,150 1,214 1,220 2,170
SNP Clare McColl (incumbent) 17.40% 962 965 976 1,033 1,035 1,120 1,128  
Liberal Democrats Norman Rae 11.72% 648 651 672 696 700      
Scottish Green David McClemont 2.91% 161 165 176          
Independent Don Ferguson 1.92% 106 112            
UKIP Kieran Kiely 0.90% 50              
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,529   Spoilt: 106   Quota: 1,383   Turnout: 46.5%  

2012 Election

2012 South Lanarkshire Council election

Cambuslang West - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour Russell Clearie (incumbent) 34.67 1,669          
SNP Clare McColl (incumbent) 26.17 1,260          
Liberal Democrats David Baillie (incumbent) 14.69 707 752.9 762.3 835.6 1,048.3  
Labour Richard Tullett * 12.59 606 949.8 960.8 1,029.6 1,065.3 1,394.5
Conservative James MacKay 7.15 344 355.6 357.8 387.8    
Scottish Green Janice Sharkey 4.74 228 244.9 260.1      
Electorate: 11,948   Valid: 4,814   Spoilt: 81   Quota: 1,204   Turnout: 4,895 (40.29%)  

2007 Election

2007 South Lanarkshire Council election

South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Cambuslang West
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Labour Russell Clearie[a] 1,253 20.5 2 7
Labour John McGuinness[b] 1,225 20.0
SNP Clare McColl 1,209 19.8 3 7
Liberal Democrats David Baillie[c] 1,191 19.5 1 5
Conservative Malcolm Macaskill 772 12.6
Scottish Green Christian Schmidt 187 3.1
Scottish Unionist Jimi Moore 154 2.5
Scottish Socialist David McClemont 130 2.1
  1. ^ Serving councillor for the Cathkin/Springhall single-member ward (see 2003 South Lanarkshire Council election).
  2. ^ Serving councillor for the Eastfield single-member ward (see 2003 South Lanarkshire Council election).
  3. ^ Serving councillor for the Kirkhill/Whitlawburn single-member ward (see 2003 South Lanarkshire Council election).

References

  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  2. ^ Voters in Cambuslang West have chance to quiz council candidates, Daily Record, 21 April 2017
  3. ^ Electoral Ward: Cambuslang West, Scottish Government Statistics
  4. ^ South Lanarkshire Council Area, 3rd Reviews of Electoral Arrangements Maps : Wards 1999 - 2007, Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
  5. ^ Local Government Election results 2017, South Lanarkshire Council