Clydesdale West (ward)

Clydesdale West
South Lanarkshire
Boundary of Clydesdale West in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017.
Population	19,350 (2021) [1]
Electorate	15,706 (2022)
Major settlements	Carluke
Scottish Parliament constituency	Clydesdale
Scottish Parliament region	South Scotland
UK Parliament constituency	Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke Hamilton and Clyde Valley
Current ward
Created	2007 (2007)
Number of councillors	4
Councillor	Eileen Logan (Labour)
Councillor	Poppy Corbett (Reform UK)
Councillor	David Shearer (SNP)
Councillor	Lynsey Hamilton (Labour)
Created from	Clyde Valley Carluke/Crawforddyke Carluke/Whitehill Forth Law/Carluke

Clydesdale West is one of the 20 electoral wards of South Lanarkshire Council. Created in 2007, the ward elects four councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 19,350 people.

The ward has produced strong results for both the Scottish National Party (SNP) and Labour. Initially, the SNP held half the seats in the ward before swinging towards Labour which has held half the seats since 2012.

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 West was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained part of the former Clyde Valley and Forth wards as well as all of the former Carluke/Crawforddyke, Carluke/Whitehill and Law/Carluke wards. Clydesdale West covers an area in the north of South Lanarkshire next to its boundary with North Lanarkshire Council and takes in a rural area surrounding the town of Carluke including the villages of Braidwood, Crossford and Law. ^[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

Year	Councillors
2007		Ian Gray (SNP)		David Shearer (SNP)		Eileen Logan (Labour)		Alex Allison (Conservative)
2012	Pat Lee (SNP/Solidarity)		Lynsey Hamilton (Labour)
2015
2017		Poppy Corbett (Conservative/ Reform UK)
2022
2025

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 South Lanarkshire Council election

Clydesdale West - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Eileen Logan (incumbent)	23.6	1,743
	Conservative	Poppy Corbett (incumbent)	23.6	1,742
	SNP	David Shearer (incumbent)	22.7	1,678
	Labour	Lynsey Hamilton (incumbent)	14.6	1,082	1,264	1,355	1,361	1,398	1,528
	SNP	Andrew Wilson	10.0	737	751	756	936	1,035	1,060
	Scottish Green	Neil Barton	3.1	230	236	243	249
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Charles Meehan	2.4	181	200	258	260	310
Electorate: 15,706  Valid: 7,393  Spoilt: 122  Quota: 1,479  Turnout: 47.8%

Source: ^{[4] [5]}

2017 election

Main article: 2017 South Lanarkshire Council election

Clydesdale West - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Conservative	Poppy Corbett	31.2	2,264
	SNP	David Shearer (incumbent)	22.2	1,611
	Labour	Eileen Logan (incumbent)	21.6	1,566
	Labour	Lynsey Hamilton (incumbent)	11.6	839	1,049	1,055	1,133	1,160	1,192	1,322	1,616
	SNP	Chris Travis	8.4	610	627	763	770	784	831	867
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Charles Meehan	2.0	148	314	316	323	335	372
	Scottish Green	Mandy Meikle	1.6	118	147	152	154	172
	Solidarity	Pat Lee (incumbent)	1.2	90	107	110	112
Electorate: 15,183  Valid: 7,246  Spoilt: 133  Quota: 1,450  Turnout: 48.6%

Source: ^{[6] [7]}

2012 election

Main article: 2012 South Lanarkshire Council election

Clydesdale West - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Eileen Logan (incumbent)	29.1	1,687
	SNP	David Shearer (incumbent)	19.8	1,149	1,180
	SNP	Pat Lee [note 1]	15.9	921	944	960	977	989	1,000	1,023	1,094	1,248
	Labour	Lynsey Hamilton	15.1	877	1,280
	Conservative	Alex Allison (incumbent)	11.1	644	653	662	662	674	700	728	799
	Independent	Duncan McFarlane	4.3	246	258	269	269	284	317	353
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Charles Meehan	2.2	126	136	143	144	149	150
	UKIP	Neil MacLeod	1.4	78	82	86	86	96
	Scottish Christian	Robin Mawhinney	1.1	65	69	74	74
Electorate: 14,923  Valid: 5,793  Spoilt: 92  Quota: 1,159  Turnout: 38.8%

Source: ^[9]

2007 election

Main article: 2007 South Lanarkshire Council election

Clydesdale West - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Eileen Logan [note 2]	33.5	2,549
	SNP	Ian Gray [note 3]	25.6	1,948
	Conservative	Alex Allison	12.9	984	1,025	1,050	???	1,126	1,259	???
	SNP	David Shearer [note 4]	12.2	925	1,005	1,279	???	1,360	1,504	???
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Meehan	6.4	490	566	602	???	707
	Labour	Betty Rush [note 5]	4.7	359	933	949	???	989	1,131
	Scottish Christian	Robin Mawhinney	2.4	180	198	207	???
	Scottish Green	Ruth Thomas	2.3	174	193	203
Electorate: 14,775  Valid: 7,645  Quota: 1,522  Turnout: 52.4%

Source: ^{[10] [11]}

Notes

1. Clydesdale West councillor Pat Lee defected from the SNP and joined Solidarity on 27 May 2015. ^[8]
2. Returning councillor for Carluke/Whitehill single-member ward.
3. Returning councillor for Forth single-member ward.
4. Returning councillor for Law/Carluke single-member ward.
5. Returning councillor for Clyde Valley single-member ward.

References

1. "Clydesdale West". Scottish Government. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
2. "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
3. "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 21 February 2023.
4. "Ward 1 Clydesdale West Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
5. "Ward 1 Clydesdale West Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
6. "Ward 1 Clydesdale West Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
7. "Ward 1 Clydesdale West Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
8. "Councillor Pat Lee joins Solidarity". Facebook. 27 May 2015. Retrieved 7 June 2021.
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.