Hamilton South (ward)

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Hamilton South
South Lanarkshire
Hamilton South.svg
Boundary of Hamilton South in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017.
Population22,032 (2020) [1]
Electorate 16,516 (2022)
Major settlements Hamilton (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituency Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse
Scottish Parliament region Central Scotland
UK Parliament constituency Hamilton and Clyde Valley
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors4
CouncillorJohn Ross (SNP)
CouncillorGavin Wylie Keatt (Labour)
CouncillorCeline Handibode (Labour)
CouncillorHelen Toner (SNP)
Created from Cadzow
Hamilton Centre/Ferniegair
Hamilton Centre North
Low Waters
Silvertonhill
Woodhead/Meikle Earnock

Hamilton South 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 22,032 people.

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The ward has produced strong results for both the Scottish National Party (SNP) – who won half the seats at the 2012, 2017 and 2022 elections – and Labour who won half the seats at the 2007, 2012 and 2022 elections. Following a by-election win in 2013, Labour held three of the four seats.

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 Hamilton South was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained all of the former Low Waters and Silvertonhill wards as well as part of the former Cadzow and Woodhead/Meikle Earnock wards and a small part of the former Hamilton Centre/Ferniegair and Hamilton Centre North wards. Hamilton South covers the southern part of Hamilton including the Avon Grove, Cadzow, Eddlewood, Fairhill, Laighstonehall, Low Waters, Meikle Earnock, Silvertonhill, Torhead Farm and Woodhead neighbourhoods. [2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, streets around Portland Place, Burnblea Street and Kemp Street were added to the ward from Hamilton North and East which resulted in the ward's northeastern boundary moving to the Argyle Line railway tracks. [3]

Councillors

YearCouncillors
2007 Joe Lowe
(Labour/Independent)		Brian McCaig
(Labour)		Bobby Lawson
(SNP)		John Murray
(Conservative)
2012 Angela Crawley
(SNP)
2013
by-election		Stuart Gallacher
(Labour)
2015
by-election		John Ross
(SNP)
2017 Lynne Mailon
(Conservative)		Josh Wilson
(SNP)
2017
2022 Gavin Wylie Keatt
(Labour)		Celine Handibode
(Labour)		Helen Toner
(SNP)

Election results

2022 election

Hamilton South - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12
SNP John Ross (incumbent)26.31,921 
Labour Gavin Wylie Keatt23.11,688 
Labour Celine Handibode22.31,632 
SNP Helen Toner15.11,1051,525
Conservative Lynne Nailon (incumbent)13.1960967
Electorate: 16,516  Valid: 7,306  Spoilt: 193  Quota: 1,462  Turnout: 45.4%  

    Source: [4] [5]

    2017 election

    Hamilton South - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    SNP John Ross (incumbent)30.62,167      
    Labour Joe Lowe (incumbent) [note 1] 25.71,818      
    Conservative Lynne Nailon21.81,544      
    Labour Brian McCaig (incumbent)9.1643669 991 1,020 1,055 1,177  
    SNP Josh Wilson6.74751,105 1,112 1,115 1,209 1,245 1,485
    Scottish Green John Kane3.0216249 257 265    
    Liberal Democrats Joanne Ferguson3.0210228 244 282 345   
    Electorate: 16,328  Valid: 7,073  Spoilt: 177  Quota: 1,415  Turnout: 44.4%  

      Source: [7] [8]

      2015 by-election

      Hamilton South by-election (6 August 2015)- 1 seat
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      SNP John Ross48.01,8811,883 1,888 1,905 1919 1,988
      Labour Jim Lee35.61,3961,398 1,405 1,410 1,425 1,460
      Conservative Lynne Nailon8.9349349 354 365 389 394
      Scottish Green John Kane3.2127128 132 135 146  
      Scottish Christian Craig Smith2.07780 81 84   
      UKIP Donald Murdo MacKay1.14344 45    
      Liberal Democrats Matthew Cockburn0.83234     
      Pirate Andrew McCallum0.313     
      Electorate: 14,811  Valid: 3,918  Spoilt: 52  Quota: 1,960  Turnout: 26.8%  

        Source: [9]

        2013 by-election

        Hamilton South by-election (24 October 2013) - 1 seat
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1
        Labour Stuart Gallacher51.71,781
        SNP Josh Wilson32.51,120
        Conservative Lynne Nailon9.4322
        Scottish Christian Craig Martin3.9133
        UKIP Josh Richardson2.586
        Electorate: 14,478  Valid: 3,442  Spoilt: 43  Quota: 1,722  Turnout: 24.1%  

          Source: [10]

          2012 election

          Hamilton South - 4 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234567
          Labour Joe Lowe (incumbent)36.61,975      
          SNP Angela Crawley [note 2] 23.21,255      
          Labour Brian McCaig (incumbent)14.88001,512     
          SNP Bobby Lawson (incumbent) [note 3] 9.3502537 599 747 773 861 988
          Conservative John Murray (incumbent)9.2496516 542 545 584 654  
          Scottish Senior Citizens David Holland3.7199234 314 324 380   
          Scottish Christian Craig Smith3.1165176 198 200    
          Electorate: 14,383  Valid: 5,392  Spoilt: 134  Quota: 1,079  Turnout: 37.5%  

            Source: [13]

            2007 election

            Hamilton South - 4 seats
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            12345678
            Labour Joe Lowe [note 4] 34.92,626       
            SNP Bobby Lawson23.81,791       
            Labour Brian McCaig [note 5] 13.41,0051,685      
            Conservative John Murray10.7808837 872 883 906 942 1,121 ???
            Independent John Carracher6.2464531 564 584 611 740 876  
            Liberal Democrats John Oswald5.7427459 509 532 633 664   
            Independent David Holland2.9215255 276 283 300    
            Scottish Green Denize McBride2.5188219 265 276     
            Electorate: 15,037  Valid: 7,524  Quota: 1,505  Turnout: 51.0%  

              Source: [14] [15]

              Notes

              1. ↑ Hamilton South Labour councillor and Joe Lowe resigned from the party and became an independent in May 2017. [6]
              2. ↑ Hamilton South SNP councillor Angela Crawley was elected as MP for Lanark and Hamilton East on 7 May 2015. She resigned her council seat on 22 May 2015. [11] A by-election was held on 6 August 2015 and was won by the SNP's John Ross.
              3. ↑ Hamilton South SNP councillor Bobby Lawson died on 13 August 2013. A by-election was held on 24 October 2013 and was won by Labour's Stuart Gallacher. [12]
              4. ↑ Returning councillor for Low Waters single-member ward.
              5. ↑ Returning councillor for Silvertonhill single-member ward.

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              References

              1. ↑ "Hamilton South". Scottish Government. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
              2. ↑ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
              3. ↑ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
              4. ↑ "Ward 19 Hamilton South Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
              5. ↑ "Ward 19 Hamilton South 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 19 Hamilton South Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
              8. ↑ "Ward 19 Hamilton South Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
              9. ↑ "Hamilton South by-election - 6 August 2015". South Lanarkshire Council. 7 August 2015. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
              10. ↑ "Hamilton South by-election - 24 October 2013". South Lanarkshire Council. 25 October 2013. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
              11. ↑ Pirie, Mark (23 May 2015). "Hamilton South councillor Angela Crawley to step down triggering by-election". Daily Record.
              12. ↑ "Hamilton South By-election Thursday 24 October 2013". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2013.
              13. ↑ "Local Government election results 2012". South Lanarkshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
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