East Kilbride South (ward)
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Location of the ward in South Lanarkshire[1]
East Kilbride South is one of the twenty wards used to elect members of the South Lanarkshire Council.[2][3] Created in 2007, it elects three councillors. Its territory covers the south-east parts of East Kilbride including the Greenhills, Lindsayfield and Whitehills neighbourhoods – a 2017 national review removed a few streets around Owen Avenue/Dale Avenue (generally considered to belong to The Murray neighbourhood), and added a corridor of farmland north of the White Cart Water where housebuilding was planned (although the nearby Benthall Farm development was not re-assigned at that time, still falling just within the Avondale and Stonehouse ward despite being an extension of Lindsayfield). In 2019, the ward had a population of 16,688.[4]
Councillors
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Archie Buchanan (SNP) |
Douglas Edwards (SNP) |
Jim Docherty (Labour) | |||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2017[5] | Geri Gray (SNP) |
Fiona Dryburgh (Labour) | ||||||
| 2022 | Mathew Buchanan (Labour) | |||||||
Election Results
2022 Election
2022 South Lanarkshire Council election
| 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 | 13.6 | 722 | 738 | 748 | 750 | 757 | 782 | 787 | 1,042 | ||
| SNP | Geri Gray (incumbent) | 11.7 | 621 | 1,103 | 1,106 | 1,130 | 1,136 | 1,220 | 1,222 | 1,235 | 1,453 | |
| Conservative | Patrick Nailon | 8.6 | 458 | 461 | 463 | 467 | 486 | 490 | 492 | |||
| Green | John McKechnie | 2.9 | 154 | 180 | 182 | 192 | 198 | |||||
| Scottish Family | Jonathan Richardson | 1.2 | 68 | 70 | 72 | 79 | ||||||
| Alba | Iain Leckenby | 1.0 | 57 | 63 | 63 | |||||||
| Libertarian | Ross Gibson | 0.5 | 31 | 34 | ||||||||
| Electorate: 12,589 Valid: 5,274 Spoilt: 111 Quota: 1,319 Turnout: 42.8% | ||||||||||||
2017 Election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Archie Buchanan (incumbent) | 40.54 | 2,119 | |||||||
| Labour | Fiona Dryburgh[H] | 19.71 | 1,030 | 1,104 | 1,109 | 1,122 | 1,145 | 1,303 | 1,327 | |
| Conservative | Alexandra Herdman | 14.79 | 773 | 779 | 801 | 806 | 812 | 949 | 952 | |
| SNP | Geri Gray | 10.94 | 572 | 1,196 | 1,205 | 1,233 | 1,293 | 1,380 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Paul McGarry | 9.68 | 506 | 526 | 531 | 540 | 552 | |||
| Green | Ruth Thomas | 1.99 | 104 | 127 | 129 | 145 | ||||
| Solidarity | John Park | 1.4 | 73 | 82 | 86 | |||||
| UKIP | Conner Campbell | 0.96 | 50 | 59 | ||||||
| Electorate: 12,335 Valid: 5,227 Spoilt: 114 Quota: 1,307 Turnout: 5,341 (43.3%) | ||||||||||
- On 12 August 2019, 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.[8]
2012 Election
2012 South Lanarkshire Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Archie Buchanan (incumbent) | 40.74 | 1,725 | |||||
| Labour | Jim Docherty (incumbent) | 28.43 | 1,203 | |||||
| SNP | Douglas Edwards (incumbent) | 11.22 | 475 | 1,020.9 | 1,029.3 | 1,038.7 | 1,061.1 | |
| Labour | Patrick Quigg | 8.01 | 339 | 377.6 | 489.4 | 499.7 | 514 | |
| East Kilbride Alliance | Colin McKay | 4.56 | 193 | 214.6 | 219.2 | 225.7 | 242.1 | |
| Conservative | Patricia Harrow | 3.40 | 144 | 150.9 | 153.8 | 162.9 | 167.9 | |
| Solidarity | John Park. | 2.72 | 115 | 123.9 | 126.4 | 128.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Douglas Herbison | 0.94 | 40 | 45.8 | 47.6 | |||
| Electorate: 11,537 Valid: 4,234 Spoilt: 91 Quota: 1,059 Turnout: 4,325 (36.7%) | ||||||||
2007 Election
2007 South Lanarkshire Council election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Archie Buchanan[a] | 2,431 | 42.7 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Jim Docherty[b] | 1,900 | 33.3 | 2 | 1 | |
| East Kilbride Alliance | Colin McKay | 358 | 6.3 | |||
| Conservative | Gillian Alexander | 356 | 6.2 | |||
| SNP | Douglas Edwards | 294 | 5.2 | 3 | 8 | |
| Green | Drew Campbell | 167 | 2.9 | |||
| Solidarity | John Park | 129 | 2.3 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Lynsey MacGregor | 63 | 1.1 | |||
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: East Kilbride South, Scottish Government Statistics
- ^ a b Local Government Election results 2017, South Lanarkshire Council
- ^ "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. "Leonard halts rebellion over second vote".