Bothwell and Uddingston (ward)

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Bothwell and Uddingston
South Lanarkshire
Bothwell and Uddingston.svg
Boundary of Bothwell and Uddingston in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017.
Population13,261 (2021) [1]
Electorate 10,818 (2022)
Major settlements Bothwell
Uddingston
Scottish Parliament constituency Uddingston and Bellshill
Scottish Parliament region Central Scotland
UK Parliament constituency Rutherglen
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors3
CouncillorMaureen Devlin (Labour)
CouncillorKenny McCreary (Conservative)
CouncillorCal Johnston-Dempsey (SNP)
Created from Bothwell South
Uddingston
Uddingston South/Bothwell

Bothwell and Uddingston 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 13,261 people.

Contents

The ward has politically been split between Labour, the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Conservatives with each party holding one seat at every election since the ward's creation.

Boundaries

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 Bothwell and Uddingston was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained all of the former Bothwell South, Uddingston and Uddingston South/Bothwell wards. As its name suggests, Bothwell and Uddingston centres on the towns of Bothwell and Uddingston bounded by the River Clyde to the west and south, and the M74 motorway to the north and east. Bothwell and Uddingston is located in the north of South Lanarkshire with its northwestern boundary coinciding with the council's border with Glasgow City Council and its eastern boundary coinciding with the council's border with North Lanarkshire Council. [2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's boundaries were unchanged. [3]

Councillors

Aerial view of the ward from the south-west Blantyre and the River Clyde from the air (geograph 5716664) (cropped).jpg
Aerial view of the ward from the south-west
ElectionCouncillors
2007 Maureen Devlin
(Labour)
Henry Mitchell
(Conservative)
James McGuigan
(SNP)
2012 Anne Kegg
(Conservative)
2017 Kenny McCreary
(Conservative)
2022 Cal Johnston-Dempsey
(SNP)

Election Results

2022 election

Bothwell and Uddingston - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Labour Maureen Devlin (incumbent)30.31,633     
Conservative Kenny McCreary (incumbent)27.61,485     
SNP Cal Dempsey17.2924947 949 1,008 1,099 1,913
SNP Jim McGuigan (incumbent)15.1811844 848 941 994  
Liberal Democrats Troy Davidson5.3285397 469 539   
Scottish Green John Stubbs4.5243275 280    
Electorate: 10,818  Valid: 5,381  Spoilt: 74  Quota: 1,346  Turnout: 50.4%  

    Source: [4] [5]

    2017 election

    Bothwell and Uddingston - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Conservative Kenny McCreary35.31,851    
    Labour Maureen Devlin (incumbent)26.01,362    
    SNP Jim McGuigan (incumbent)21.61,1321,150 1,158 1,219 1,550
    Liberal Democrats Colin Robb8.6450701 718 757 774
    SNP Phil Sykes6.6347353 355 369  
    Scottish Green James Ferguson2.0106134 140   
    Electorate: 10,351  Valid: 5,248  Spoilt: 52  Quota: 1,313  Turnout: 51.2%  

      Source: [6] [7]

      2012 election

      Bothwell and Uddingston - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12
      SNP Jim McGuigan (incumbent)35.21,342 
      Labour Maureen Devlin (incumbent)29.51,124 
      Conservative Anne Kegg23.89061,001
      Labour Patrick Morgan11.5438551
      Electorate: 9,525  Valid: 3,810  Spoilt: 59  Quota: 953  Turnout: 40.0%  

        Source: [8]

        2007 election

        Bothwell and Uddingston - 3 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        Conservative Henry Mitchell [note 1] 30.01,615      
        Labour Maureen Devlin [note 2] 24.01,2921,315 1,329 1,347   
        SNP Jim McGuigan18.69981,032 1,089 1,120 1,120 1,324 ???
        Labour Pat Morgan [note 3] 12.9696709 721 739 741 861  
        Liberal Democrats Douglas Herbison8.9477553 562 633 634   
        Scottish Green Kenneth Robb3.1168187 214     
        Solidarity Denis Reilly2.5132135      
        Electorate: 9,788  Valid: 5,378  Quota: 1,345  Turnout: 55.8%  

          Source: [9] [10]

          Notes

          1. Returning councillor for Bothwell South single-member ward.
          2. Returning councillor for Whitehill single-member ward.
          3. Returning councillor for Uddingston single-member ward.

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