Cambuslang West (ward)

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Cambuslang West
South Lanarkshire
Cambuslang West.svg
Boundary of Cambuslang West in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017.
Population14,096 (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
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors3
CouncillorMargaret Walker (Labour)
CouncillorJohn Bradley (SNP)
CouncillorNorman 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.

Contents

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 Cambuslang from the air (geograph 5374281).jpg
Aerial view of ward from the west
ElectionCouncillors
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

Cambuslang West - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Labour Margaret Walker (incumbent)30.11,727     
SNP John Bradley (incumbent)24.11,3821,404 1,491   
SNP Gillian Sutherland14.9856882 1,000 1,049 1,066  
Conservative Ann Le Blond (incumbent)12.9739786 798 798   
Liberal Democrats Norman Rae12.7730826 890 893 1,416 1,802
Scottish Green Tom Lauckner5.2301327     
Electorate: 12,800  Valid: 5,735  Spoilt: 102  Quota: 1,434  Turnout: 45.6%  

    Source: [5] [6]

    2017 election

    Cambuslang West - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    Labour Margaret Walker24.21,3361,346 1,369 1,397    
    Conservative Ann Le Blond21.11,1671,178 1,201 1,210 1,212 1,499  
    SNP John Bradley19.91,0991,104 1,110 1,149 1,150 1,214 1,220 2,170
    SNP Clare McColl (incumbent)17.4962965 976 1,033 1,035 1,120 1,128  
    Liberal Democrats Norman Rae11.7648651 672 696 700    
    Scottish Green David McClemont2.9161165 176      
    Independent Don Ferguson1.9106112       
    UKIP Kieran Kiely0.950       
    Electorate: 12,118  Valid: 5,529  Spoilt: 106  Quota: 1,383  Turnout: 46.5%  

      Source: [7] [8]

      2012 election

      Cambuslang West - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      Labour Russell Clearie (incumbent)34.71,669     
      SNP Clare McColl (incumbent)26.21,260     
      Liberal Democrats David Baillie (incumbent)14.7707759 762 836 1,048  
      Labour Richard Tullett [note 1] 12.6606950 961 1,030 1,065 1,395
      Conservative James MacKay7.2344356 358 388   
      Scottish Green Janice Sharkey4.7228245 260    
      Electorate: 11,948  Valid: 4,814  Spoilt: 81  Quota: 1,204  Turnout: 40.3%  

        Source: [9]

        2007 election

        Cambuslang West - 3 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        Labour Russell Clearie [note 2] 20.51,2531,264 ??? 1,294 1,386 ??? ???
        Labour John McGuinness [note 3] 20.01,2251,238 ??? 1,264 1,305 ???  
        SNP Clare McColl19.81,2091,240 ??? 1,307 1,409 ??? ???
        Liberal Democrats David Baillie [note 4] 19.51,1911,206 ??? 1,294 1,597  
        Conservative Malcolm Macaskill12.6772774 ??? 844    
        Scottish Green Christian Schmidt3.1187207 ???     
        Scottish Unionist Jimi Moore2.5154161      
        Scottish Socialist David McClemont2.1130      
        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.

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