East Kilbride South (ward)

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East Kilbride South
South Lanarkshire
East Kilbride South.svg
Boundary of East Kilbride South in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017.
Population16,985 (2021) [1]
Electorate 12,589 (2022)
Major settlements East Kilbride (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituency East Kilbride
Clydesdale
Scottish Parliament region Central Scotland
UK Parliament constituency East Kilbride and Strathaven
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors3
CouncillorArchie Buchanan (SNP)
CouncillorMathew Buchanan (Labour)
CouncillorGeri Gray (SNP)
Created from Greenhills
Hairmyres/Crosshouse
Heatheryknowe
Lindsay
Westwoodhill
Whitehills

East Kilbride South 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 16,985 people.

Contents

The ward is a Scottish National Party (SNP) stronghold with the party holding two of the three seats at every election since the ward was created.

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 South was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained part of the former Hairmyres/Crosshouse, Heatheryknowe, Lindsay and Westwoodhill wards as well as all of the former Greenhills and Whitehills wards. East Kilbride South covers a primarily urban area in southern East Kilbride including the Greenhills, Lindsayfield and Whitehills neighbourhoods. [2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, a few streets around Owen Avenue/Dale Avenue (generally considered to belong to The Murray neighbourhood) were transferred to the East Kilbride Central South ward and a corridor of farmland north of the White Cart Water previously part of the Avondale and Stonehouse ward was added. [3]

Councillors

YearCouncillors
2007 Archie Buchanan
(SNP)		Douglas Edwards
(SNP)		Jim Docherty
(Labour)
2012
2017 Geri Gray
(SNP)		Fiona Dryburgh
(Labour/Lib Dem)
2019
2022 Mathew Buchanan
(Labour)

Election results

2022 election

East Kilbride South - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789
SNP Archie Buchanan (incumbent)36.91,948        
Labour Mathew Buchanan23.01,2151,272 1,282 1,286 1,300 1,335   
Liberal Democrats Paul McGarry13.7722738 748 750 757 782 787 1,042  
SNP Geri Gray (incumbent)11.86211,103 1,106 1,130 1,136 1,220 1,222 1,235 1,453
Conservative Patrick Nailon8.7458461 463 467 486 490 492   
Scottish Green John McKechnie2.9154180 182 192 198     
Scottish Family Jonathan Richardson1.36870 72 79      
Alba Iain Leckenby1.15763 63       
Scottish Libertarian Ross Gibson0.63134        
Electorate: 12,589  Valid: 5,274  Spoilt: 111  Quota: 1,319  Turnout: 42.8%  

    Source: [4] [5]

    2017 election

    East Kilbride South - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    SNP Archie Buchanan (incumbent)40.52,119      
    Labour Fiona Dryburgh [note 1] 19.71,0301,104 1,109 1,122 1,145 1,303 1,327
    Conservative Alexandra Herdman14.8773779 801 806 812 949 952
    SNP Geri Gray10.95721,196 1,205 1,233 1,293 1,380 
    Liberal Democrats Paul McGarry9.7506526 531 540 552   
    Scottish Green Ruth Thomas2.0104127 129 145    
    Solidarity John Park1.47382 86     
    UKIP Conner Campbell1.05059      
    Electorate: 12,335  Valid: 5,227  Spoilt: 114  Quota: 1,307  Turnout: 43.3%  

      Source: [7] [8]

      2012 election

      East Kilbride South - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      SNP Archie Buchanan (incumbent)40.71,725    
      Labour Jim Docherty (incumbent)28.41,203    
      SNP Douglas Edwards (incumbent)11.24751,021 1,029 1,039 1,061
      Labour Patrick Quigg8.0339378 489 500 514
      East Kilbride Alliance Colin McKay4.6193215 219 226 242
      Conservative Patricia Harrow3.4144151 154 163 168
      Solidarity John Park2.7115124 126 128  
      Liberal Democrats Douglas Herbison0.94046 48   
      Electorate: 11,537  Valid: 4,234  Spoilt: 91  Quota: 1,059  Turnout: 36.7%  

        Source: [9]

        2007 election

        East Kilbride South - 3 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678
        SNP Archie Buchanan [note 2] 42.72,431       
        Labour Jim Docherty [note 3] 33.31,900       
        East Kilbride Alliance Colin McKay6.3358413 466 478 506 585 ???  
        Conservative Gillian Alexander6.2356394 429 454 441 460   
        SNP Douglas Edwards5.2294878 941 956 1,014 1,101 ??? ???
        Scottish Green Drew Campbell2.9167222 272 291 323    
        Solidarity John Park2.3129167 194 224     
        Scottish Socialist Lynsey MacGregor1.16385 107      
        Electorate: 11,701  Valid: 5,698  Quota: 1,425  Turnout: 49.5%  

          Source: [10] [11]

          Notes

          1. ↑ On 12 August 2019, East Kilbride South Labour councillor Fiona Dryburgh resigned from the party and joined the Liberal Democrats in opposition to Labour voicing support for a second Scottish independence referendum. [6]
          2. ↑ Returning councillor for Greenhills single-member ward.
          3. ↑ Returning councillor for Whitehills single-member ward.

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          References

          1. ↑ "East Kilbride South". Scottish Government. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
          2. ↑ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
          3. ↑ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
          4. ↑ "Ward 6 East Kilbride South Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
          5. ↑ "Ward 6 East Kilbride South Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
          6. ↑ Andrews, Kieran (13 August 2019). "Leonard halts rebellion over second vote". The Times . Archived from the original on 13 October 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
          7. ↑ "Ward 6 East Kilbride South Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
          8. ↑ "Ward 6 East Kilbride South Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 20 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.
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