East Kilbride East (ward)

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East Kilbride East
South Lanarkshire
East Kilbride East.svg
Boundary of East Kilbride East in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017.
Population15,275 (2021) [1]
Electorate 10,887 (2022)
Major settlements East Kilbride (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituency East Kilbride
Scottish Parliament region Central Scotland
UK Parliament constituency East Kilbride and Strathaven
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors3
CouncillorGladys Ferguson-Miller (SNP)
CouncillorGraham Scott (Labour)
CouncillorKirsten Robb (Green)
Created from Cairns
Calderglen
Long Calderwood
Morrishall

East Kilbride 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 15,275 people.

Contents

The ward has produced strong results for both Labour and the Scottish National Party (SNP) with the former holding two of the three seats from 2007 to 2012 and the latter holding two between 2012 and 2017. It is the only ward in South Lanarkshire to have returned a Green councillor.

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 East Kilbride East was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained the vast majority of the former Calderglen and Long Calderwood wards as well as all of the former Morrishall 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 East Kilbride East also contained part of the former Cairns ward. East Kilbride East covers the parts of East Kilbride on the north-east and eastern peripheries of the town, primarily Calderwood (excepting the Maxwellton/west of Calderwood Road area), as well as Brancumhall, part of St Leonards (east of High Common Road), Nerston (the separate hamlet, but not the brownfield residential developments south of Kingsgate) and the Crutherland development fringing Calderglen Country Park. [2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, streets between Calderwood Road, Morrishall Road and Hunter Primary School were transferred into the ward from East Kilbride Central North. [3]

Councillors

YearCouncillors
2007 John Cairney
(Labour)
Graham Scott
(Labour)
Jim Wardhaugh
(SNP/Independent)
2012 Gladys Miller
(SNP)
2017 Graham Scott
(Labour)
2017
2022 Kirsten Robb
(Green)

Election results

2022 election

East Kilbride East - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567
SNP Gladys Ferguson-Miller (incumbent)28.91,420      
Labour Graham Scott (incumbent)27.01,329      
Conservative Graeme Mullin13.5664665 680 720 803 825  
Green Kirsten Robb12.7626647 661 694 790 1,149 1,291
SNP Robert Gillies8.5420570 580 590 661   
Independent Jim Wardhaugh (incumbent)6.8336339 356 382    
Liberal Democrats Lorna Gall2.6126129 145     
Electorate: 10,887  Valid: 4,921  Spoilt: 86  Quota: 1,231  Turnout: 46.0%  

    Source: [4] [5]

    2017 Election

    East Kilbride East - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    SNP Gladys Miller (incumbent)27.11,374       
    Labour Graham Scott25.91,314       
    Conservative Isabel Perratt18.0911912 920 939 981 1,030 1,078  
    SNP Jim Wardhaugh (incumbent) [note 1] 15.3773857 862 867 873 902 1,101 1,306
    Green Kirsten Robb7.2366378 384 392 418 464   
    Independent John Cairney (incumbent)3.3166167 172 179 193    
    Liberal Democrats Lorna Gall2.2109111 117 122     
    UKIP Brian Doolan1.15555 56      
    Electorate: 11,025  Valid: 5,068  Spoilt: 81  Quota: 1,268  Turnout: 46.7%  

      Source: [7] [8]

      2012 Election

      East Kilbride East - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      Labour John Cairney (incumbent)27.41,037    
      SNP Jim Wardhaugh (incumbent)22.5853855 867 913 1,031
      SNP Gladys Miller21.0795798 819 863 977
      Labour Graham Scott (incumbent)17.7671746 766 837  
      Conservative Ian Harrow8.5321323 357   
      Liberal Democrats Nigel Benzies3.0112113    
      Electorate: 9,622  Valid: 3,789  Spoilt: 72  Quota: 948  Turnout: 39.4%  

        Source: [9]

        2007 Election

        East Kilbride East - 3 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678
        SNP Jim Wardhaugh36.21,896       
        Labour John Cairney27.01,414       
        Labour Graham Scott [note 2] 12.2639708 779 802 833 883 1,033 ???
        Conservative Ian Harrow9.4493551 554 570 596 625 747  
        Liberal Democrats Mark Watson5.2271376 381 397 436 565   
        Green Andrew Williamson4.0210325 329 359 426    
        East Kilbride Alliance Richard Naismith3.6189236 238 264     
        Independent John Doyle2.3122160 163      
        Electorate: 9,765  Valid: 5,234  Quota: 1,309  Turnout: 54.6%  

          Source: [10] [11]

          Notes

          1. East Kilbride East SNP councillor Jim Wardhaugh resigned from the party and became an independent on 25 May 2017. [6]
          2. Returning councillor for Westwoodhill single-member ward.

          References

          1. "East Kilbride East". Scottish Government. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
          2. "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
          3. "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
          4. "Ward 10 East Kilbride East Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
          5. "Ward 10 East Kilbride East Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
          6. Findlay, Nicola (25 May 2017). "Long-standing councillors quit SNP ahead of first meeting of new council". Daily Record.
          7. "Ward 10 East Kilbride East Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
          8. "Ward 10 East Kilbride East 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.