East Kilbride East (ward)
| East Kilbride East | |
|---|---|
| South Lanarkshire | |
 Boundary of East Kilbride East in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017. | |
| Population | 15,275 (2021)[1] |
| Electorate | 10,887 (2022) |
| Major settlements | East Kilbride (part of) |
| Scottish Parliament constituency | East Kilbride |
| Scottish Parliament region | Central Scotland |
| UK Parliament constituency | East Kilbride and Strathaven |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2007 |
| Number of councillors | 3 |
| Councillor | Gladys Ferguson-Miller (SNP) |
| Councillor | Graham Scott (Labour) |
| Councillor | Kirsten Robb (Scottish Green) |
| Created from | Cairns Calderglen Long Calderwood Morrishall |
East Kilbride East 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 15,275 people.
The ward has produced strong results for both Labour and the Scottish National Party (SNP) with the former holding two of the three seats from 2007 to 2012 and the latter holding two between 2012 and 2017. It is the only ward in South Lanarkshire to have returned a Green councillor.
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 East was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained the vast majority of the former Calderglen and Long Calderwood wards as well as all of the former Morrishall ward. As a result of amendments to the boundaries of the South Lanarkshire Council's management areas, the boundaries between Rutherglen and Cambuslang, East Kilbride and Hamilton were tweaked so East Kilbride East also contained part of the former Cairns ward. East Kilbride East covers the parts of East Kilbride on the north-east and eastern peripheries of the town, primarily Calderwood (excepting the Maxwellton/west of Calderwood Road area), as well as Brancumhall, part of St Leonards (east of High Common Road), Nerston (the separate hamlet, but not the brownfield residential developments south of Kingsgate) and the Crutherland development fringing Calderglen Country Park.[2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, streets between Calderwood Road, Morrishall Road and Hunter Primary School were transferred into the ward from East Kilbride Central North.[3]
Councillors
[edit]| Year | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | John Cairney (Labour) |
Graham Scott (Labour) |
Jim Wardhaugh (SNP/Independent) | |||||
| 2012 | Gladys Miller (SNP) | |||||||
| 2017 | Graham Scott (Labour) | |||||||
| 2017 | ||||||||
| 2022 | Kirsten Robb (Green) | |||||||
Election Results
[edit]2022 election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Gladys Ferguson-Miller (incumbent) | 28.9 | 1,420 | |||||||
| Labour | Graham Scott (incumbent) | 27.0 | 1,329 | |||||||
| Conservative | Graeme Mullin | 13.5 | 664 | 665 | 680 | 720 | 803 | 825 | ||
| Scottish Green | Kirsten Robb | 12.7 | 626 | 647 | 661 | 694 | 790 | 1,149 | 1,291 | |
| SNP | Robert Gillies | 8.5 | 420 | 570 | 580 | 590 | 661 | |||
| Independent | Jim Wardhaugh (incumbent) | 6.8 | 336 | 339 | 356 | 382 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Lorna Gall | 2.6 | 126 | 129 | 145 | |||||
| Electorate: 10,887 Valid: 4,921 Spoilt: 86 Quota: 1,231 Turnout: 46.0% | ||||||||||
2017 Election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Gladys Miller (incumbent) | 27.1 | 1,374 | ||||||||
| Labour | Graham Scott | 25.9 | 1,314 | ||||||||
| Conservative | Isabel Perratt | 18.0 | 911 | 912 | 920 | 939 | 981 | 1,030 | 1,078 | ||
| SNP | Jim Wardhaugh (incumbent)[note 1] | 15.3 | 773 | 857 | 862 | 867 | 873 | 902 | 1,101 | 1,306 | |
| Scottish Green | Kirsten Robb | 7.2 | 366 | 378 | 384 | 392 | 418 | 464 | |||
| Independent | John Cairney (incumbent) | 3.3 | 166 | 167 | 172 | 179 | 193 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Lorna Gall | 2.2 | 109 | 111 | 117 | 122 | |||||
| UKIP | Brian Doolan | 1.1 | 55 | 55 | 56 | ||||||
| Electorate: 11,025 Valid: 5,068 Spoilt: 81 Quota: 1,268 Turnout: 46.7% | |||||||||||
2012 Election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Labour | John Cairney (incumbent) | 27.4 | 1,037 | |||||
| SNP | Jim Wardhaugh (incumbent) | 22.5 | 853 | 855 | 867 | 913 | 1,031 | |
| SNP | Gladys Miller | 21.0 | 795 | 798 | 819 | 863 | 977 | |
| Labour | Graham Scott (incumbent) | 17.7 | 671 | 746 | 766 | 837 | ||
| Conservative | Ian Harrow | 8.5 | 321 | 323 | 357 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Nigel Benzies | 3.0 | 112 | 113 | ||||
| Electorate: 9,622 Valid: 3,789 Spoilt: 72 Quota: 948 Turnout: 39.4% | ||||||||
Source:[9]
2007 Election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| SNP | Jim Wardhaugh | 36.2 | 1,896 | ||||||||
| Labour | John Cairney | 27.0 | 1,414 | ||||||||
| Labour | Graham Scott[note 2] | 12.2 | 639 | 708 | 779 | 802 | 833 | 883 | 1,033 | ??? | |
| Conservative | Ian Harrow | 9.4 | 493 | 551 | 554 | 570 | 596 | 625 | 747 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Watson | 5.2 | 271 | 376 | 381 | 397 | 436 | 565 | |||
| Scottish Green | Andrew Williamson | 4.0 | 210 | 325 | 329 | 359 | 426 | ||||
| East Kilbride Alliance | Richard Naismith | 3.6 | 189 | 236 | 238 | 264 | |||||
| Independent | John Doyle | 2.3 | 122 | 160 | 163 | ||||||
| Electorate: 9,765 Valid: 5,234 Quota: 1,309 Turnout: 54.6% | |||||||||||
Notes
[edit]- ^ East Kilbride East SNP councillor Jim Wardhaugh resigned from the party and became an independent on 25 May 2017.[6]
- ^ Returning councillor for Westwoodhill single-member ward.
References
[edit]- ^ "East Kilbride East". Scottish Government. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
- ^ "Ward 10 East Kilbride East Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Ward 10 East Kilbride East Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ Findlay, Nicola (25 May 2017). "Long-standing councillors quit SNP ahead of first meeting of new council". Daily Record.
- ^ "Ward 10 East Kilbride East Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ "Ward 10 East Kilbride East Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 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.