Cambuslang West (ward)

Cambuslang West
South Lanarkshire
Boundary of Cambuslang West in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017.
Population	14,096 (2021) [1]
Electorate	12,800 (2022)
Major settlements	Cambuslang (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituency	Rutherglen
Scottish Parliament region	Glasgow
UK Parliament constituency	Rutherglen
Current ward
Created	2007 (2007)
Number of councillors	3
Councillor	Margaret Walker (Labour)
Councillor	John Bradley (SNP)
Councillor	Norman Rae (Liberal Democrats)
Created from	Cairns Cambuslang Central Cathkin/Springhall Eastfield Kirkhill/Whitlawburn 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 14,096 people.

The ward has politically been split between Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish National Party (SNP) with each party returning one councillor at half of the elections.

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 West was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained part of the former Cairns ward, roughly half of the former Cathkin/Springhall and Cambuslang Central wards as well as all of the former Eastfield and Kirkhill/Whitlawburn wards. 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 West also contained part of the former Long Calderwood ward. Cambuslang West covers a suburban area in the west of Cambuslang including the town centre and the neighbourhoods of Eastfield, Greenlees, Kirkhill, Silverbank and Whitlawburn. The ward's northern boundary is the division with Glasgow City Council which runs along the River Clyde. ^[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 Cambuslang which included much of the same area as the current Cambuslang West. ^[3]

Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, streets around East Kilbride Road, Brownside Road and Dukes Road were transferred from the ward into Rutherglen South while streets between Greenlees Road and the Cathcart Circle Line railway tracks over Hamilton Road were transferred into Cambuslang West from Cambuslang East. ^[4]

Councillors

Aerial view of ward from the west

Election	Councillors
2007		Clare McColl (SNP)		Russell Clearie (Labour)		David Baillie (Liberal Democrats)
2012			Richard Tullett (Labour)
2017	John Bradley (SNP)	Margaret Walker (Labour)		Ann Le Blond (Conservative)
2022				Norman Rae (Liberal Democrats)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 South Lanarkshire Council election

Cambuslang West - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Margaret Walker (incumbent)	30.1	1,727
	SNP	John Bradley (incumbent)	24.1	1,382	1,404	1,491
	SNP	Gillian Sutherland	14.9	856	882	1,000	1,049	1,066
	Conservative	Ann Le Blond (incumbent)	12.9	739	786	798	798
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Rae	12.7	730	826	890	893	1,416	1,802
	Scottish Green	Tom Lauckner	5.2	301	327
Electorate: 12,800  Valid: 5,735  Spoilt: 102  Quota: 1,434  Turnout: 45.6%

Source: ^{[5] [6]}

2017 election

Main article: 2017 South Lanarkshire Council election

Cambuslang West - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Margaret Walker	24.2	1,336	1,346	1,369	1,397
	Conservative	Ann Le Blond	21.1	1,167	1,178	1,201	1,210	1,212	1,499
	SNP	John Bradley	19.9	1,099	1,104	1,110	1,149	1,150	1,214	1,220	2,170
	SNP	Clare McColl (incumbent)	17.4	962	965	976	1,033	1,035	1,120	1,128
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Rae	11.7	648	651	672	696	700
	Scottish Green	David McClemont	2.9	161	165	176
	Independent	Don Ferguson	1.9	106	112
	UKIP	Kieran Kiely	0.9	50
Electorate: 12,118  Valid: 5,529  Spoilt: 106  Quota: 1,383  Turnout: 46.5%

Source: ^{[7] [8]}

2012 election

Main article: 2012 South Lanarkshire Council election

Cambuslang West - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Russell Clearie (incumbent)	34.7	1,669
	SNP	Clare McColl (incumbent)	26.2	1,260
	Liberal Democrats	David Baillie (incumbent)	14.7	707	759	762	836	1,048
	Labour	Richard Tullett [note 1]	12.6	606	950	961	1,030	1,065	1,395
	Conservative	James MacKay	7.2	344	356	358	388
	Scottish Green	Janice Sharkey	4.7	228	245	260
Electorate: 11,948  Valid: 4,814  Spoilt: 81  Quota: 1,204  Turnout: 40.3%

Source: ^[9]

2007 election

Main article: 2007 South Lanarkshire Council election

Cambuslang West - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Russell Clearie [note 2]	20.5	1,253	1,264	???	1,294	1,386	???	???
	Labour	John McGuinness [note 3]	20.0	1,225	1,238	???	1,264	1,305	???
	SNP	Clare McColl	19.8	1,209	1,240	???	1,307	1,409	???	???
	Liberal Democrats	David Baillie [note 4]	19.5	1,191	1,206	???	1,294	1,597
	Conservative	Malcolm Macaskill	12.6	772	774	???	844
	Scottish Green	Christian Schmidt	3.1	187	207	???
	Scottish Unionist	Jimi Moore	2.5	154	161
	Scottish Socialist	David McClemont	2.1	130
Electorate: 11,591  Valid: 6,121  Quota: 1,531  Turnout: 53.7%

Source: ^{[10] [11]}

Notes

1. Incumbent for Cambuslang East.
2. Returning councillor for Cathkin/Springhall single-member ward.
3. Returning councillor for Eastfield single-member ward.
4. Returning councillor for Kirkhill/Whitlawburn single-member ward.

References

1. "Cambuslang West". Scottish Government. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
2. "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
3. "Second Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
4. "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
5. "Ward 13 Cambuslang West Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
6. "Ward 13 Cambuslang West Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
7. "Ward 13 Cambuslang West Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
8. "Ward 13 Cambuslang West Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
9. "Local Government election results 2012". South Lanarkshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
10. Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - South Lanarkshire" . Retrieved 19 February 2023.
11. Bochel, H. M.; Denver, D. T. (2007). Scottish Council Elections 2007 Results and Statistics (PDF). Lincoln: Policy Studies Research Centre, University of Lincoln. ISBN   978-1-874474-36-4 . Retrieved 19 February 2023.