East Kilbride South (ward)
| East Kilbride South | |
|---|---|
| South Lanarkshire | |
 Boundary of East Kilbride South in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017. | |
| Population | 16,985 (2021)[1] |
| Electorate | 12,589 (2022) |
| Major settlements | East Kilbride (part of) |
| Scottish Parliament constituency | East Kilbride Clydesdale |
| Scottish Parliament region | Central Scotland |
| UK Parliament constituency | East Kilbride and Strathaven |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2007 |
| Number of councillors | 3 |
| Councillor | Archie Buchanan (SNP) |
| Councillor | Mathew Buchanan (Labour) |
| Councillor | Geri Gray (SNP) |
| Created from | Greenhills Hairmyres/Crosshouse Heatheryknowe Lindsay Westwoodhill Whitehills |
East Kilbride South is one of the 20 electoral wards of South Lanarkshire Council. Created in 2007, the ward elects three councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 16,985 people.
The ward is a Scottish National Party (SNP) stronghold with the party holding two of the three seats at every election since the ward was created.
Boundaries
[edit]The ward was created following the Fourth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2007 Scottish local elections. As a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, local elections in Scotland would use the single transferable vote electoral system from 2007 onwards so East Kilbride South was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained part of the former Hairmyres/Crosshouse, Heatheryknowe, Lindsay and Westwoodhill wards as well as all of the former Greenhills and Whitehills wards. East Kilbride South covers a primarily urban area in southern East Kilbride including the Greenhills, Lindsayfield and Whitehills neighbourhoods.[2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, a few streets around Owen Avenue/Dale Avenue (generally considered to belong to The Murray neighbourhood) were transferred to the East Kilbride Central South ward and a corridor of farmland north of the White Cart Water previously part of the Avondale and Stonehouse ward was added.[3]
Councillors
[edit]| Year | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Archie Buchanan (SNP) |
Douglas Edwards (SNP) |
Jim Docherty (Labour) | |||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2017 | Geri Gray (SNP) |
Fiona Dryburgh (Labour/Lib Dem) | ||||||
| 2019 | ||||||||
| 2022 | Mathew Buchanan (Labour) | |||||||
Election results
[edit]2022 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
| SNP | Archie Buchanan (incumbent) | 36.9 | 1,948 | |||||||||
| Labour | Mathew Buchanan | 23.0 | 1,215 | 1,272 | 1,282 | 1,286 | 1,300 | 1,335 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul McGarry | 13.7 | 722 | 738 | 748 | 750 | 757 | 782 | 787 | 1,042 | ||
| SNP | Geri Gray (incumbent) | 11.8 | 621 | 1,103 | 1,106 | 1,130 | 1,136 | 1,220 | 1,222 | 1,235 | 1,453 | |
| Conservative | Patrick Nailon | 8.7 | 458 | 461 | 463 | 467 | 486 | 490 | 492 | |||
| Scottish Green | John McKechnie | 2.9 | 154 | 180 | 182 | 192 | 198 | |||||
| Scottish Family | Jonathan Richardson | 1.3 | 68 | 70 | 72 | 79 | ||||||
| Alba | Iain Leckenby | 1.1 | 57 | 63 | 63 | |||||||
| Scottish Libertarian | Ross Gibson | 0.6 | 31 | 34 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 12,589 Valid: 5,274 Spoilt: 111 Quota: 1,319 Turnout: 42.8% | ||||||||||||
2017 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Archie Buchanan (incumbent) | 40.5 | 2,119 | |||||||
| Labour | Fiona Dryburgh[note 1] | 19.7 | 1,030 | 1,104 | 1,109 | 1,122 | 1,145 | 1,303 | 1,327 | |
| Conservative | Alexandra Herdman | 14.8 | 773 | 779 | 801 | 806 | 812 | 949 | 952 | |
| SNP | Geri Gray | 10.9 | 572 | 1,196 | 1,205 | 1,233 | 1,293 | 1,380 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul McGarry | 9.7 | 506 | 526 | 531 | 540 | 552 | |||
| Scottish Green | Ruth Thomas | 2.0 | 104 | 127 | 129 | 145 | ||||
| Solidarity | John Park | 1.4 | 73 | 82 | 86 | |||||
| UKIP | Conner Campbell | 1.0 | 50 | 59 | ||||||
| Electorate: 12,335 Valid: 5,227 Spoilt: 114 Quota: 1,307 Turnout: 43.3% | ||||||||||
2012 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Archie Buchanan (incumbent) | 40.7 | 1,725 | |||||
| Labour | Jim Docherty (incumbent) | 28.4 | 1,203 | |||||
| SNP | Douglas Edwards (incumbent) | 11.2 | 475 | 1,021 | 1,029 | 1,039 | 1,061 | |
| Labour | Patrick Quigg | 8.0 | 339 | 378 | 489 | 500 | 514 | |
| East Kilbride Alliance | Colin McKay | 4.6 | 193 | 215 | 219 | 226 | 242 | |
| Conservative | Patricia Harrow | 3.4 | 144 | 151 | 154 | 163 | 168 | |
| Solidarity | John Park | 2.7 | 115 | 124 | 126 | 128 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Douglas Herbison | 0.9 | 40 | 46 | 48 | |||
| Electorate: 11,537 Valid: 4,234 Spoilt: 91 Quota: 1,059 Turnout: 36.7% | ||||||||
Source:[9]
2007 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Archie Buchanan[note 2] | 42.7 | 2,431 | ||||||||
| Labour | Jim Docherty[note 3] | 33.3 | 1,900 | ||||||||
| East Kilbride Alliance | Colin McKay | 6.3 | 358 | 413 | 466 | 478 | 506 | 585 | ??? | ||
| Conservative | Gillian Alexander | 6.2 | 356 | 394 | 429 | 454 | 441 | 460 | |||
| SNP | Douglas Edwards | 5.2 | 294 | 878 | 941 | 956 | 1,014 | 1,101 | ??? | ??? | |
| Scottish Green | Drew Campbell | 2.9 | 167 | 222 | 272 | 291 | 323 | ||||
| Solidarity | John Park | 2.3 | 129 | 167 | 194 | 224 | |||||
| Scottish Socialist | Lynsey MacGregor | 1.1 | 63 | 85 | 107 | ||||||
| Electorate: 11,701 Valid: 5,698 Quota: 1,425 Turnout: 49.5% | |||||||||||
Notes
[edit]- ^ On 12 August 2019, East Kilbride South Labour councillor Fiona Dryburgh resigned from the party and joined the Liberal Democrats in opposition to Labour voicing support for a second Scottish independence referendum.[6]
- ^ Returning councillor for Greenhills single-member ward.
- ^ Returning councillor for Whitehills single-member ward.
References
[edit]- ^ "East Kilbride South". Scottish Government. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
- ^ "Ward 6 East Kilbride South Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Ward 6 East Kilbride South Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ Andrews, Kieran (13 August 2019). "Leonard halts rebellion over second vote". The Times. Archived from the original on 13 October 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
- ^ "Ward 6 East Kilbride South Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ "Ward 6 East Kilbride South Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
- ^ "Local Government election results 2012". South Lanarkshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - South Lanarkshire". Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- ^ Bochel, H. M.; Denver, D. T. (2007). Scottish Council Elections 2007 Results and Statistics (PDF). Lincoln: Policy Studies Research Centre, University of Lincoln. ISBN 978-1-874474-36-4. Retrieved 19 February 2023.