Cambuslang East (ward)

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Cambuslang East
South Lanarkshire
Cambuslang East.svg
Boundary of Cambuslang East in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017.
Population17,418 (2021) [1]
Electorate 13,227 (2022)
Major settlements Cambuslang (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituency Rutherglen
Scottish Parliament region Glasgow
UK Parliament constituency Rutherglen
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors3
CouncillorWalter Brogan (Labour)
CouncillorKaty Loudon (SNP)
CouncillorAlistair Fulton (SNP)
Created from Cairns
Cambuslang Central
Hallside
Long Calderwood

Cambuslang West 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 17,418 people.

Contents

The ward was previously a Labour stronghold with the party holding at least two of the three seats between 2007 and 2017. However, it has since swung towards the Scottish National Party (SNP) with the party holding two of the three seats since 2017.

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 Cambuslang East was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained the majority of the former Cairns ward, roughly half of the former Cambuslang Central ward as well as all of the former Hallside ward. As a result of amendments to the boundaries of the South Lanarkshire Council's management areas, the boundaries between Rutherglen and Cambuslang, East Kilbride and Hamilton were tweaked so Cambuslang East also contained part of the former Long Calderwood ward. [2]

Most new multi-member wards were formed from at least three smaller predecessors, but the population of Cambuslang in the area now represented by Cambuslang East had increased substantially over the dozen years following the local government reforms in the 1990s due to the construction of the new Drumsagard neighbourhood, with further developments planned for 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. [3]

Cambuslang East covers a suburban area in the east of Cambuslang including the neighbourhoods of Halfway, Cairns, the Circuit, Drumsagard, Lightburn, Newton and Westburn. The ward's northern boundary is the division with Glasgow City Council which runs along the River Clyde and its eastern boundary is the Rotten Calder. [2]

Prior to the local government reforms in the 1990s, Cambuslang was within the Glasgow District under Strathclyde Regional Council. One of its single-member wards was Halfway which included much of the same area as the current Cambuslang East. [4]

Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, streets between Greenlees Road and the Cathcart Circle Line railway tracks over Hamilton Road were transferred into Cambuslang West. [5]

Councillors

Aerial view of the ward from the north-east Newton and Cambuslang from the air (geograph 2988822) (cropped).jpg
Aerial view of the ward from the north-east
ElectionCouncillors
2007 Walter Brogan
(Labour)
John Higgins
(SNP)
Pam Clearie
(Labour)
2008
by-election
Richard Tullett
(Labour)
2012 Christine Deanie
(SNP)
2017 Katy Loudon
(SNP)
Alistair Fulton
(SNP)
2022

Election results

2022 election

Cambuslang East - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567
Labour Walter Brogan (incumbent)29.11,486      
SNP Alistair Fulton (incumbent)22.01,1231,129 1,147 1,162 1,219 1,230 1,381
SNP Katy Loudon (incumbent)20.31,0371,041 1,065 1,072 1,157 1,172 1,290
Labour Amy Lee Fraioli10.3524688 697 760 808 1,046  
Conservative Jamie Logan9.6489497 499 522 539   
Scottish Green Marie Gallagher4.0204207 226 249    
Liberal Democrats Robert Bell2.9147153 162     
Alba Muhammad Khuzaima1.89494      
Electorate: 13,227  Valid: 5,104  Spoilt: 83  Quota: 1,277  Turnout: 39.2%  

    Source: [6] [7]

    2017 election

    Cambuslang East - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    Labour Walter Brogan (incumbent)32.81,553       
    SNP Katy Loudon23.71,1231,139 1,145 1,154 1,225   
    SNP Alistair Fulton18.1857876 879 896 923 958 1,019 1,140
    Conservative Gavin Douglas14.1668690 762 792 810 811 902  
    Scottish Green Laura Martin3.1147155 162 199     
    Labour Stuart Gallacher [note 1] 2.8134378 394 427 452 453   
    Scottish Unionist James Moore2.7129137       
    Liberal Democrats Ellen Bryson2.6125141 150      
    Electorate: 11,505  Valid: 4,736  Spoilt: 108  Quota: 1,185  Turnout: 42.1%  

      Source: [8] [9]

      2012 election

      Cambuslang East - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123
      Labour Walter Brogan (incumbent)43.01,554  
      SNP Christine Deanie23.4845876 925
      Labour Pam Clearie (incumbent)17.56311,177 
      SNP Alistair Fulton8.6311326 340
      Conservative Alan Fraser5.3190195 211
      Liberal Democrats Lindsay Watt2.28092 118
      Electorate: 11,090  Valid: 3,611  Spoilt: 103  Quota: 903  Turnout: 32.6%  

        Source: [10]

        2008 by-election

        Cambuslang East by-election (6 March 2008) - 1 seat
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678
        Labour Richard Tullett28.0725729 739 742 747 922 1,094 1,475
        SNP Christine Deanie23.5609614 621 625 638 728 962  
        Liberal Democrats Tunweer Malik22.4580584 589 593 616 669   
        Independent John McGuinness19.6509510 517 521 538    
        Conservative Malcolm Macaskill3.18082 82 94     
        Scottish Unionist Jimi Moore1.53839 40      
        Scottish Socialist David McClemont1.23235       
        Scottish Green Susan Martin0.821       
        Electorate: 10,397  Valid: 2,044  Spoilt: 38  Quota: 1,298  Turnout: 25.0%  

          Source: [11]

          2007 election

          Cambuslang East - 3 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234
          Labour Walter Brogan32.41,544   
          SNP John Higgins [note 2] 23.51,1201,139 1,181 1,267
          Labour Pam Clearie [note 3] 18.08591,117 1,152 1,224
          Liberal Democrats Tunweer Malik14.3684696 716 845
          Conservative Louise Ann Campbell8.9423428 437  
          Scottish Socialist David Stevenson2.9137146   
          Electorate: 10,394  Valid: 4,767  Quota: 1,192  Turnout: 46.9%  

            Source: [12] [13]

            Notes

            1. Sitting Councillor for Hamilton South.
            2. Cambuslang East councillor John Higgins died on 29 December 2007. A by-election, held on 6 March 2008, was won by Labour's Richard Tullett.
            3. Returning councillor for Cairns single-member ward.

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