Hamilton West and Earnock (ward)

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Hamilton West and Earnock
South Lanarkshire
Hamilton West and Earnock.svg
Boundary of Hamilton West and Earnock in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017.
Population18,503 (2020) [1]
Electorate 15,083 (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
CouncillorMary Donnelly (SNP)
CouncillorAlan Falconer (Labour)
CouncillorGraeme Horne (SNP)
CouncillorMark McGeever (Liberal Democrats)
Created from Cadzow
Earnock
Hamilton Centre North
High Blantyre
Hillhouse
Udston
Wellhall/Earnock
Woodhead/Meikle Earnock

Hamilton West and Earnock 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 18,503 people.

Contents

The ward was previously a Labour stronghold with the party holding half of the seats between 2007 and 2017. However, it has since become a Scottish National Party (SNP) stronghold with the party holding half of the seats since a by-election win in 2011.

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 West and Earnock was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained the majority of the former High Blantyre, Udston and Wellhall/Earnock wards, a small part of the former Hamilton Centre North ward and part of the former Cadzow and Woodhead/Meikle Earnock wards as well as all of the former Earnock and Hillhouse wards. Hamilton West and Earnock covers the western part of Hamilton including the Brackenhill, Earnock, High Earnock, Highstonehall, Hillhouse, Little Earnock and Udston neighbourhoods, as well as the adjoining West Craigs development. [2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's boundaries were unchanged. [3]

Councillors

YearCouncillors
2007 Allan Falconer
(Labour)
Jean McKeown
(Labour)
Graeme Horne
(SNP)
Tommy Gilligan
(Ind.)
2011
by-election
Jon Menzies
(SNP)
2012
2017 Mark McGeever
(Conservative/
Liberal Democrats)
Mary Donnelly
(SNP)
2019
2022

Election results

2022 election

Hamilton West and Earnock - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567
SNP Mary Donnelly (incumbent)29.71,731      
Labour Allan Falconer (incumbent)24.11,404      
Conservative Graham William Fisher12.9753761 779 783 785 862  
Liberal Democrats Mark McGeever (incumbent)11.9691706 715 759 778 989 1,440
SNP Graeme Horne (incumbent)11.76801,140 1,150 1,263   
Labour Jim Lee6.6385391 561 583 606   
Scottish Green Leonard Gingell3.1179221 227     
Electorate: 15,083  Valid: 5,823  Spoilt: 135  Quota: 1,165  Turnout: 39.5%  

    Source: [4] [5]

    2017 election

    Hamilton West and Earnock - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    SNP Mary Donnelly25.71,377     
    Conservative Mark McGeever [note 1] 22.71,215     
    Labour Allan Falconer (incumbent)20.41,092     
    SNP Graeme Horne (incumbent)14.17521,019 1,025 1,026 1,069 1,111
    Labour Jean McKeown (incumbent)12.5671681 720 737 757 830
    Liberal Democrats Mark Ruston2.5134138 176 176 208  
    Scottish Green Christine Wright2.1111119 126 127   
    Electorate: 14,110  Valid: 5,352  Spoilt: 151  Quota: 1,071  Turnout: 39.0%  

      Source: [7] [8]

      2012 election

      Hamilton West and Earnock - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123
      Labour Allan Falconer (incumbent)27.31,170  
      SNP Graeme Horne (incumbent)26.91,153  
      Labour Jean McKeown (incumbent)20.1861  
      SNP John Menzies (incumbent)13.8592640 888
      Conservative Connar McBain8.6369387 396
      Liberal Democrats McKenzie Gibson1.774102 108
      UKIP Rob Sale1.67095 99
      Electorate: 13,853  Valid: 4,289  Spoilt: 77  Quota: 858  Turnout: 31.0%  

        Source: [9]

        2011 by-election

        East Kilbride West by-election (22 October 2011) - 1 seat
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1
        SNP John Menzies50.0822
        Labour Stuart Gallacher36.9607
        Conservative Connar McBain13.0214
        Electorate: 14,068  Valid: 1,643  Spoilt: 16  Quota: 822  Turnout: 11.8%  

          Source: [10]

          2007 election

          Hamilton West and Earnock - 4 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234567
          Labour Allan Falconer [note 2] 26.41,670      
          SNP Graeme Horne [note 3] 25.11,591      
          Independent Tommy Gilligan [note 4] [note 5] 22.61,433      
          Labour Jean McKeown11.77431,006 1,064 1,088 1,127 ??? ???
          Conservative John Anderson9.6606622 671 713 732 ???  
          Scottish Green Scot Graham2.6167180 232 261 320   
          Scottish Socialist Gordon McGovern2.0124138 182 192    
          Electorate: 13,749  Valid: 6,334  Quota: 1,267  Turnout: 46.9%  

            Source: [11] [12]

            Notes

            1. On 26 July 2019, Hamilton West and Earnock Conservative councillor Mark McGeever resigned from the party and joined the Liberal Democrats following the election of Boris Johnson as Conservative Party Leader and Prime Minister. [6]
            2. Returning councillor for Wellhall/Earnock single-member ward.
            3. Returning councillor for Hillhouse single-member ward.
            4. Returning councillor for Earnock single-member ward.
            5. Hamilton West and Earnock councillor Tommy Gilligan dies on 22 October 2011. A by-election, held on 8 December 2011, was won by the SNP's John Menzies.

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