Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor (ward)

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Location of the ward [1]

Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor is one of the five wards used to elect members of the East Renfrewshire Council. It elects three Councillors.

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Councillors

ElectionCouncillors
2017 Angela Convery
(SNP)		Betty Wood Cunningham
(Labour)		Danny Devlin
(Ind.)		Paul Aitken
(Conservative
/Ind.)
2018
2022 Chris Lunday
(SNP)

Election results

2025 by-election

Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor by-election (21 August 2025) - 1 seat [2]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Labour Julie Costello McHale41.9%1,9011,906 1,970 2,029 2,217 2,866
SNP David McDonald25.1%1,1421,142 1,151 1,292 1,431  
Reform UK Andy MacGibbon22.4%1,0181,022 1,076 1,089   
Green Karen Sharkey5.4%247252 266    
Conservative Farooq Choudury4.6%207211     
Abolish the Scottish Parliament Gus Ferguson0.6%27     
Valid: 4,542  Spoilt: 43  Quota: 2,272  Turnout: 4,585  

    2022 election

    2022 East Renfrewshire Council election: [3] Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    Independent Danny Devlin (incumbent)26%1,753       
    SNP Angela Convery (incumbent)24.3%1,639       
    Labour Betty Wood Cunningham (incumbent)20.1%1,355       
    Conservative Greg Turner†10.7%722760 761 762 767 780 898  
    SNP Chris Lunday9.1%616691 935 936 968 1,105 1,198 1,282
    Independent Paul Aitken (incumbent)5.1%345462 470 472 491 536   
    Green Frank Wilson3.4%229258 272 273 285    
    Alba Neil Anderson1.1%7491 96 96     
    Electorate: 14,485  Valid: 6,733  Spoilt: 133 [4] (1.93%)  Quota: 1,347  Turnout: 47.2%  

      † Greg Turner was suspended from the Conservatives on 21 April 2022, prior to the election, after being linked to derogatory online remarks against Catholics. [5] His name remained on the ballot paper, as the deadline for nominations had passed.

      2017 election

      2017 East Renfrewshire Council election: Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor – 4 seats [6]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678
      Independent Danny Devlin (incumbent) [a] 26.02%1,840       
      Conservative Paul Aitken†18.34%1,2971,356 1,372 1,390 1,412 1,427  
      SNP Angela Convery16.95%1,1991,242 1,242 1,330 1,347 1,357 1,358 2,371
      SNP Tommy Reilly (incumbent) [a] 14.97%1,0591,125 1,126 1,167 1,205 1,218 1,219  
      Labour Betty Wood Cunningham (incumbent) [a] 14.42%1,0201,111 1,113 1,160 1,506   
      Labour Kenny Hay (incumbent) [a] 5.71%404463 465 481     
      Green David Allison3.11%220244 249      
      UKIP John Ferguson0.48%3443       
      Electorate: TBC  Valid: 7,073  Spoilt: 116  Quota: 1,415  Turnout: 52.5%  

        Notes

        1. 1 2 3 4 Sitting Councillor for the Barrhead ward which had been redrawn.

        References

        1. ↑ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
        2. ↑ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). East Renfrewshire Council. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
        3. ↑ "Notice of poll and situation of polling stations" (PDF). East Renfrewshire Council. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
        4. ↑ "Declaration of Results - Ward 1 - Barrhead Liboside and Uplawmoor" (PDF). East Renfrewshire Council.
        5. ↑ McCall, Chris (21 April 2022). "Scots Tory candidate dropped after branding Catholic school a 'bigot factory'". Daily Record.
        6. ↑ "Local Government Election results 2017". East Renfrewshire Council. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
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