Blantyre (ward)

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Blantyre
South Lanarkshire
Blantyre.svg
Boundary of Blantyre in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017.
Population15,968 (2021) [1]
Electorate 12,850 (2022)
Major settlements Blantyre
Scottish Parliament constituency Rutherglen
Uddingston and Bellshill
Scottish Parliament region Glasgow
UK Parliament constituency Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors4 (2007–2017)
3 (2017–present)
CouncillorMaureen Chalmers (SNP)
CouncillorMo Razzaq (Labour)
CouncillorBert Thomson (Labour)
Created from Blantyre West
Burnbank/Blantyre
Coatshill/Low Blantyre
High Blantyre
1974 (1974)–1995 (1995)
Number of councillors1
Replaced by Blantyre West
Coatshill/Low Blantyre

Blantyre is one of the 20 electoral wards of South Lanarkshire Council. Re-established in 2007, the ward initially elected four councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system before a boundary review in 2017 reduced the number of councillors to three. It covers an area with a population of 15,968 people.

Contents

The ward is a Labour stronghold with the party holding at least two of the seats since the ward's recreation. From 2014 to 2017, the party held all four seats in the ward.

Between 1974 and 1995, Blantyre was one of the 20 first-past-the-post electoral wards of Hamilton District Council.

Boundaries

The Blantyre ward was initially created in 1974 by the Formation Electoral Arrangements from the previous Blantyre electoral division of Lanark County Council. The ward centred around the town of Blantyre and took in the northwestern part of Hamilton District up to its border with the City of Glasgow District. [2] The original single-member ward, covering an area with an electorate of 4,648 people in 1974, [3] was much smaller than the current multi-member ward. The boundaries remained largely unchanged following the Initial Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1980. [4] The ward was abolished in 1995 following the Second Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements in 1994. The second review became the Formation Electoral Arrangements for South Lanarkshire Council – an amalgamation of Hamilton District Council, East Kilbride District Council, Clydesdale District Council and part of the City of Glasgow District Council – following the implementation of the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 and the Blantyre ward was replaced by the Blantyre West and Coatshill/Low Blantyre wards. [5] [6]

The ward was re-established 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 Blantyre was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained part of the former Burnbank/Blantyre and High Blantyre wards as well as all of the former Blantyre West and Coatshill/Low Blantyre wards. The Blantyre ward centres on the town of Blantyre, excluding the Hamilton International Technology Park and the modern West Craigs development on the town's southern periphery, in the north of South Lanarkshire between the towns of Cambuslang and Uddingston. The ward is bounded to the north and east by the River Clyde, to the west by the Rotten Calder and to the south by the A725 East Kilbride Expressway. The ward's northern boundary also coincides with the council's border with Glasgow City Council. [7] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, streets around Ballantrae Road were transferred into Hamilton North and East. The review resulted in a reduction in the number of seats from four to three in order to balance with other wards with similar populations. [8]

Councillors

Single-member ward

ElectionCouncillor
1974 D. Tremble
1988
1992 J. Handibode

Multi-member ward

YearCouncillors
2007 Bert Thomson
(Ind./
SNP/
Labour)		Jim Handibode
(Labour)		John McNamee
(SNP/
Labour)		Hugh Dunsmuir
(Labour)
2010
2012
2014
2015
by-election		Mo Razzaq
(Labour)
2017 Maureen Chalmers
(SNP)
2022

Election results

2022 election

Blantyre - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
SNP Maureen Chalmers (incumbent)31.71,652     
Labour Mo Razzaq (incumbent)29.21,519     
Labour Bert Thomson (incumbent)15.7815826 997 1,031 1,066 1,307
SNP Gerry Chambers10.4542855 864 872 972 982
Conservative Calum Nimmo7.7399399 408 427 439  
Scottish Green David McClemont3.2169179 183 205   
Liberal Democrats Stephen Reid2.1110111 117    
Electorate: 12,850  Valid: 5,206  Spoilt: 165  Quota: 1,302  Turnout: 41.8%  

    Source: [9] [10]

    2017 election

    Blantyre - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    Labour Mo Razzaq (incumbent)31.01,663       
    SNP Maureen Chalmers25.31,354       
    SNP Michael McGlynn14.8797815 827 838 860 879 902  
    Labour Bert Thomson (incumbent)13.6731980 980 988 1,013 1,051 1,278 1,533
    Conservative Alan Fraser11.1593601 601 603 607 635   
    Liberal Democrats Stephen Reid1.9100109 109 112 125    
    Solidarity Ashley Hubbard1.47680 81 101     
    Scottish Socialist Gerry McMahon0.94851 52      
    Electorate: 12,711  Valid: 5,362  Spoilt: 180  Quota: 1,341  Turnout: 43.6%  

      Source: [11] [12]

      2015 by-election

      Blantyre by-election (10 December 2015) - 1 seat
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      Labour Mo Razzaq47.21,4761,483 1,504 1,536 1,589
      SNP Gerry Chambers39.61,2361,246 1,259 1,314 1,327
      Conservative Taylor Muir4.5140156 172 173  
      Scottish Socialist Sean Baillie3.9122125 133   
      Liberal Democrats Stephen Reid2.99297    
      UKIP Emma Jay Docherty1.959    
      Electorate: 13,745  Valid: 3,125  Spoilt: 45  Quota: 1,563  Turnout: 23.1%  

        Source: [13]

        2012 election

        Blantyre - 4 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678910
        Labour Hugh Dunsmuir (incumbent)25.01,144         
        SNP Bert Thomson (incumbent) [note 1] 20.3929         
        Labour Jim Handibode (incumbent) [note 2] 16.6756936        
        Labour John McNamee (incumbent)12.7579601 617 617 621 626 639 687 752 844
        SNP John Mullen10.3470472 473 484 486 490 512 542 581  
        Independent Michael Martin5.1234238 239 239 241 260 297 348   
        CPA Michael McGlynn4.6209212 213 214 214 217 253    
        Conservative Isobel Black3.9176179 179 180 188 191     
        Independent Gavin Wallace0.94041 42 42 45      
        Liberal Democrats Mike Watson0.73233 33 33       
        Electorate: 13,021  Valid: 4,569  Spoilt: 135  Quota: 914  Turnout: 35.1%  

          Source: [15]

          2007 election

          Blantyre - 4 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          123456
          Labour Hugh Dunsmuir24.61,586     
          Independent Bert Thomson [note 3] [note 4] 21.21,365     
          SNP John McNamee [note 5] 19.41,2531,339    
          Labour Jim Handibode [note 6] 17.41,1211,260 1,270 ??? ??? ???
          Independent Michael McGlynn [note 7] 11.6748764 783 ??? ??? ???
          Conservative Morag Redpath5.1327329 332 ??? ???  
          Independent Gavin Wallace0.85253 66 ???   
          Electorate: 13,782  Valid: 6,452  Quota: 1,291  Turnout: 48.0%  

            Source: [16] [17]

            1992 election

            Blantyre
            PartyCandidateVotes%±%
            Labour J. Handibode 995 70.3 Increase2.svg 34.2
            SNP J. Pollock40928.9New
            Majority58641.4N/A
            Turnout 1,40431.4Decrease2.svg 19.2
            Registered electors 4,511
            Labour gain from Independent Labour Swing Increase2.svg 17.1

            Source: [18] [19]

            1988 election

            Blantyre
            PartyCandidateVotes%±%
            Independent Labour M. Tremble 1,331 57.4 New
            Labour J. Handibode83736.1Decrease2.svg 42.1
            Conservative L. McIntosh1375.9Decrease2.svg 2.7
            Majority49421.3N/A
            Turnout 2,30550.6Increase2.svg 7.4
            Registered electors 4,575
            Independent Labour gain from Labour Swing Increase2.svg 49.7

            Source: [19] [20]

            1984 election

            Blantyre
            PartyCandidateVotes%
            Labour D. Tremble 1,535 78.2
            Liberal D. McWhirter25312.9
            Conservative A. Walker1688.6
            Majority1,28265.3
            Turnout 1,95643.2
            Registered electors 4,544
            Labour hold

            Source: [20] [21]

            1980 election

            Blantyre
            PartyCandidateVotes%
            Labour M. D. TrembleUnopposed
            Registered electors 4,718
            Labour hold

            Source: [21]

            1977 election

            Blantyre
            PartyCandidateVotes%±%
            Labour M. D. Tremble 1,608 61.2 Increase2.svg 4.9
            SNP J. Waugh1,01938.8Decrease2.svg 4.9
            Majority58922.4Increase2.svg 9.8
            Turnout 2,62755.5Increase2.svg 0.6
            Registered electors 4,784
            Labour hold Swing Increase2.svg 4.9

            Source: [22] [23]

            1974 election

            Blantyre
            PartyCandidateVotes%
            Labour D. Tremble 1,412 56.3
            SNP T. Rarity1,09443.7
            Majority31812.6
            Turnout 2,50654.9
            Registered electors 4,648
            Labour win (new seat)

            Source: [23]

            Notes

            1. ↑ Blantyre SNP councillor Bert Thomson defected from the SNP and joined Labour in 2014.
            2. ↑ Blantyre Labour councillor Jim Handibode died on 19 September 2015. [14] A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 10 December 2015 and was won by Labour's Mo Razzaq.
            3. ↑ Returning councillor for High Blantyre single-member ward.
            4. ↑ Blantyre councillor Bert Thomson subsequently joined the SNP and ceased to be an independent.
            5. ↑ On 1 February 2010, Blantyre councillor John McNamee resigned from the SNP and joined Labour.
            6. ↑ Returning councillor for Coatshill/Low Blantyre single-member ward.
            7. ↑ Returning councillor for Blantyre West single-member ward.

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