East Kilbride East (ward)

East Kilbride East
East Kilbride East
South Lanarkshire
	Boundary of East Kilbride East in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017.
Population	15,275 (2021)
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, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Current ward
Created	2007
Number of councillors	3
Councillor	Gladys Ferguson-Miller (SNP)
Councillor	Graham Scott (Labour)
Councillor	Kirsten Robb (Scottish Green)
Created from	Cairns ; Calderglen ; Long Calderwood ; Morrishall

Last updated January 04, 2024

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.

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

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

Election Results

2022 election

East Kilbride East - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Gladys Ferguson-Miller (incumbent)	28.9	1,420
	Labour	Graham Scott (incumbent)	27.0	1,329
	Conservative	Graeme Mullin	13.5	664	665	680	720	803	825
	Scottish Green	Kirsten Robb	12.7	626	647	661	694	790	1,149	1,291
	SNP	Robert Gillies	8.5	420	570	580	590	661
	Independent	Jim Wardhaugh (incumbent)	6.8	336	339	356	382
	Liberal Democrats	Lorna Gall	2.6	126	129	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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Gladys Miller (incumbent)	27.1	1,374
	Labour	Graham Scott	25.9	1,314
	Conservative	Isabel Perratt	18.0	911	912	920	939	981	1,030	1,078
	SNP	Jim Wardhaugh (incumbent)^{[note 1]}	15.3	773	857	862	867	873	902	1,101	1,306
	Scottish Green	Kirsten Robb	7.2	366	378	384	392	418	464
	Independent	John Cairney (incumbent)	3.3	166	167	172	179	193
	Liberal Democrats	Lorna Gall	2.2	109	111	117	122
	UKIP	Brian Doolan	1.1	55	55	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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	John Cairney (incumbent)	27.4	1,037
	SNP	Jim Wardhaugh (incumbent)	22.5	853	855	867	913	1,031
	SNP	Gladys Miller	21.0	795	798	819	863	977
	Labour	Graham Scott (incumbent)	17.7	671	746	766	837
	Conservative	Ian Harrow	8.5	321	323	357
	Liberal Democrats	Nigel Benzies	3.0	112	113
Electorate: 9,622 Valid: 3,789 Spoilt: 72 Quota: 948 Turnout: 39.4%

Source:^[9]

2007 Election

East Kilbride East - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Jim Wardhaugh	36.2	1,896
	Labour	John Cairney	27.0	1,414
	Labour	Graham Scott^{[note 2]}	12.2	639	708	779	802	833	883	1,033	???
	Conservative	Ian Harrow	9.4	493	551	554	570	596	625	747
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Watson	5.2	271	376	381	397	436	565
	Scottish Green	Andrew Williamson	4.0	210	325	329	359	426
	East Kilbride Alliance	Richard Naismith	3.6	189	236	238	264
	Independent	John Doyle	2.3	122	160	163
Electorate: 9,765 Valid: 5,234 Quota: 1,309 Turnout: 54.6%

Source:^[10]^[11]

Notes

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

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References

↑ "East Kilbride East". Scottish Government. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
↑ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
↑ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
↑ "Ward 10 East Kilbride East Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
↑ "Ward 10 East Kilbride East Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
↑ Findlay, Nicola (25 May 2017). "Long-standing councillors quit SNP ahead of first meeting of new council". Daily Record.
↑ "Ward 10 East Kilbride East Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
↑ "Ward 10 East Kilbride East Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
↑ "Local Government election results 2012". South Lanarkshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
↑ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - South Lanarkshire" . Retrieved 19 February 2023.
↑ 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.

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[7] East Kilbride East SNP councillor Jim Wardhaugh resigned from the party and became an independent on 25 May 2017.^[6]

[11] Returning councillor for Westwoodhill single-member ward.

[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.

[auto-6] Findlay, Nicola (25 May 2017). "Long-standing councillors quit SNP ahead of first meeting of new council". Daily Record.

[8] "Ward 10 East Kilbride East Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.

[9] "Ward 10 East Kilbride East Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.

[2012res-10] "Local Government election results 2012". South Lanarkshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2023.

[LEAP-12] Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - South Lanarkshire" . Retrieved 19 February 2023.

[SCE2007-13] 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.

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