Cambuslang East (ward)

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Cambuslang East ward
Location of the ward in South Lanarkshire[1]

Cambuslang East is one of the twenty wards used to elect members of the South Lanarkshire Council.[2] Created in 2007, it elects three councillors.

The largest neighbourhood within the suburban ward is Halfway,[3] also including the areas of Cairns, the Circuit, Drumsagard, Lightburn, Newton and Westburn, all situated within Cambuslang, lying east of its town centre. The northern border is the River Clyde and the eastern border the Rotten Calder. A 2017 national review removed some territory in the west of the ward (between Greenlees Road and the Cathcart Circle Line railway tracks over Hamilton Road). The population in 2018 was 16,597.[4]

The ward was formed from roughly the boundaries of two wards under the previous single-member system used from the creation of South Lanarkshire local authority in 1995 until 2007: Cairns and Hallside.[5] Most new merged wards were formed from at least three smaller predecessors, but the population of this territory had increased substantially over the dozen years since the last reorganisation due to the construction of the new Drumsagard neighbourhood, with further developments planned for the near future at sites including Westfarm, Newton Farm and Gilbertfield – these projects were largely completed over the next decade, increasing the ward's population above that of its neighbours.[6][4] Prior to 1995, the town of Cambuslang was within the Glasgow District under Strathclyde Regional Council - one of its single-member wards from 1984 was named Halfway, and this included much the same area as the current Cambuslang East.

Councillors

Aerial view of the ward from the north-east
Election Councillors
2007 Walter Brogan
(Labour) 		John Higgins
(SNP) 		Pam Clearie
(Labour)
2008 by- Richard Tullett
(SNP)
2012 Christine Deanie
(SNP)
2017[7] Katy Loudon
(SNP) 		Alistair Fulton
(SNP)
2022

Election Results

2022 Election

2022 South Lanarkshire Council election

Cambuslang East - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Walter Brogan (incumbent) 29.1 1,486            
SNP Alistair Fulton (incumbent) 22.0 1,123 1,129 1,147 1,162 1,219 1,230 1,381
SNP Katy Loudon (incumbent) 20.3 1,037 1,041 1,065 1,072 1,157 1,172 1,290
Labour Amy Lee Fraioli 10.2 524 688 697 760 808 1,046  
Conservative Jamie Logan 9.5 489 497 499 522 539    
Green Marie Gallagher 3.9 204 207 226 249      
Liberal Democrats Robert Bell 2.8 147 153 162        
Alba Muhammad Khuzaima 1.8 94 94          
Electorate: 13,227   Valid: 5,104   Spoilt: 83   Quota: 1,277   Turnout: 39.2%  

Source:[8][9]

2017 Election

2017 South Lanarkshire Council election

Cambuslang East - 3 seats[7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Labour Walter Brogan (incumbent) 32.79% 1,553              
SNP Katy Loudon 23.71% 1,123 1,139 1,145 1,154 1,225      
SNP Alistair Fulton 18.10% 857 876 879 896 923 958 1,019 1,140
Conservative Gavin Douglas 14.11% 668 690 762 792 810 811 902  
Green Laura Martin 3.10% 147 155 162 199        
Labour Stuart Gallacher* 2.83% 134 378 394 427 452 453    
Scottish Unionist James Moore 2.72% 129 137            
Liberal Democrats Ellen Bryson 2.64% 125 141 150          
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 4,736   Spoilt: 108   Quota: 1,185   Turnout: 42.1%  
  • = Sitting Councillor for Hamilton South.

2012 Election

2012 South Lanarkshire Council election

Cambuslang East - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Labour Walter Brogan (incumbent) 43.04 1,554    
SNP Christine Deanie 23.40 845 875.6 925.4
Labour Pam Clearie (incumbent) 17.47 631 1,176.8  
SNP Alistair Fulton 8.61 311 326.1 340
Conservative Alan Fraser 5.26 190 195 210.7
Liberal Democrats Lindsay Watt 2.22 80 91.7 118
Electorate: 11,090   Valid: 3,611   Spoilt: 103   Quota: 903   Turnout: 3,714 (32.56%)  

2007 Election

2007 South Lanarkshire Council election

South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Cambuslang East
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Labour Walter Brogan 1,544 32.4 1 1
SNP John Higgins 1,120 23.5 2 4
Labour Pam Clearie[a] 859 18.0 3 4
Liberal Democrats Tunweer Malik 684 14.3
Conservative Louise Ann Campbell 423 8.9
Scottish Socialist David Stevenson 137 2.9
  1. ^ Returning councillor for Cairns single-member ward.

2008 by-election

A by-election was held on 6 March 2008 following the death of the SNP's John Higgins on 29 December 2007. The by-election was won by Labour's Richard Tullett.

Cambuslang East, by-election 6th March 2008[10]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Labour Richard Tullett 28.0 725 729 739 742 747 922 1,094 1,475
SNP Christine Deanie 23.5 609 614 621 625 638 728 962  
Liberal Democrats Tunweer Malik 22.4 580 584 589 593 616 669    
Independent John McGuinness 19.6 509 510 517 521 538      
Conservative Malcolm Macaskill 3.1 80 82 82 94        
Scottish Unionist Jimi Moore 1.5 38 39 40          
Scottish Socialist David McClemont 1.2 32 35            
Green Susan Martin 0.8 21              
Labour gain from SNP Swing
Electorate: 10,397   Valid: 2,044   Spoilt: 38   Quota: 1,298   Turnout: 2,082 (24.95%)  

References

  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps". Scottish Boundary Commission. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. ^ "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  3. ^ Election special: Cambuslang East residents want action from councillors, Daily Record, 20 April 2017
  4. ^ a b Electoral Ward: Cambuslang East, Scottish Government Statistics
  5. ^ South Lanarkshire Council Area, 3rd Reviews of Electoral Arrangements Maps : Wards 1999 - 2007, Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
  6. ^ Population in Cambuslang continues to rise - but Rutherglen is shrinking, Daily Record, 24 August 2011
  7. ^ a b Local Government Election results 2017, South Lanarkshire Council
  8. ^ "Ward 14 Cambuslang East Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  9. ^ "Ward 14 Cambuslang East Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  10. ^ "www.kristoferkeane.co.uk - Scottish Elections :: Cambuslang East By-Election 2008". Archived from the original on 3 August 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
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