Clydesdale East (ward)

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Clydesdale East
South Lanarkshire
Clydesdale East.svg
Boundary of Clydesdale East in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017.
Population13,165 (2021) [1]
Electorate 10,578 (2022)
Major settlements Biggar
Scottish Parliament constituency Clydesdale
Scottish Parliament region South Scotland
UK Parliament constituency Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors3
CouncillorIan McAllan (SNP)
CouncillorAlex Allison (Conservative)
CouncillorRalph Baker (Labour)
Created from Biggar/Symington and Black Mount
Carstairs/Carnwath
Duneaton/Carmicheal

Clydesdale East 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 13,165 people

Contents

The ward has been a Conservative stronghold with the party winning two of the three seats in 2007 and 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 Clydesdale East was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained the majority of the former Carstairs/Carnwath ward as well as all of the former Biggar/Symington and Black Mount and Duneaton/Carmicheal wards. Clydesdale East covers a large, rural and sparsely populated area in the southern- and eastern-most parts of South Lanarkshire next to its boundaries with Dumfries and Galloway, the Scottish Borders, West Lothian and East Ayrshire. The largest settlement in the ward is Biggar and it includes the villages of Abington, Carnwath, Carstairs, Carstairs Junction, Cleghorn, Crawford, Leadhills, Symington and Thankerton. [2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's boundaries were not changed. [3]

Councillors

ElectionCouncillors
2007 Bev Gauld
(SNP/Ind.)		Beith Forrest
(Conservative)		Hamish Stewart
(Conservative)
2012 Ralph Barker
(Labour)
2014
2017 Ian Donald McAllan
(SNP)		Eric Holford
(Conservative)		Alex Allison
(Conservative)
2022 Ralph Barker
(Labour)

Election results

2022 election

Clydesdale East - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
SNP Ian McAllan (incumbent)28.61,513       
Conservative Alex Allison (incumbent)25.81,364       
Labour Ralph Barker16.4869876 879 882 952 1,034 1,218 1,517
Conservative Eric Holford (incumbent)15.0794797 832 850 881 903 929  
Scottish Green Claire Watson5.3278288 288 293 325    
SNP John McLatchie4.9260419 420 422 431 571   
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Mark Tucker3.1162165 165 171     
Scottish Family Gareth Kirk0.94949 49      
Electorate: 10,578  Valid: 5,395  Spoilt: 106  Quota: 1,323  Turnout: 51.0%  

    Source: [4] [5]

    2017 election

    Clydesdale East - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    Conservative Alex Allison35.51,927       
    SNP Ian Donald McAllan25.71,393       
    Labour George Hannah10.9592609 613 634 678 802 984  
    Conservative Eric Holford9.7526959 960 967 992 1,021 1,136 1,386
    Independent Rev. Bev Gauld (incumbent)8.6469508 511 539 560 617   
    Scottish Green Janet Moxley4.9268277 293 324 376    
    Liberal Democrats Mark Gordon2.7144160 162 170     
    Independent Andrew McCallum2.1112121 123      
    Electorate: 10,165  Valid: 5,431  Spoilt: 109  Quota: 1,358  Turnout: 54.5%  

      Source: [6] [7]

      2012 election

      Clydesdale East - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      SNP Bev Gauld (incumbent) [note 1] 22.3936981 1,013 1,070  
      Conservative Hamish Stewart (incumbent)19.8832882 1,453   
      SNP Ian Donald McAllan17.7745783 810 850 864  
      Labour Ralph Barker17.3727794 824 876 877 1,120
      Conservative John McLatchie16.5692713     
      Scottish Green Janet Moxley6.4268     
      Electorate: 9,815  Valid: 4,200  Spoilt: 65  Quota: 1,051  Turnout: 42.8%  

        Source: [9]

        2007 election

        Clydesdale East - 3 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        Conservative Beith Forrest [note 2] 22.51,204??? 1,252 1,325 1,364  
        Conservative Hamish Stewart19.61,048??? 1,105 1,175 1,209 ??? ???
        SNP Bev Gauld [note 3] 19.51,042??? 1,093 1,630   
        Labour Ralph Barker15.5832??? 937 989 1,056 ???  
        SNP Tom Mitchell15.4824??? 864     
        Liberal Democrats Ron Waddell5.7305???      
        Independent Tom Dalbindle1.9101      
        Electorate: 9,907  Valid: 5,356  Quota: 1,340  Turnout: 54.8%  

          Source: [10] [11]

          Notes

          1. ↑ Clydesdale East SNP councillor Reverend Bev Gauld resigned from the party and became an independent in February 2014 after the party legalised same-sex marriage. [8]
          2. ↑ Returning councillor for Duneaton/Carmichael single-member ward.
          3. ↑ Returning councillor for Carstairs/Carnwath single-member ward.

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          References

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          2. ↑ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
          3. ↑ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
          4. ↑ "Ward 3 Clydesdale East Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
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