Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar (ward)

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Kirkintilloch East and North Twechar.svg
Location of the ward in East Dunbartonshire [1]

Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the East Dunbartonshire Council. It elects three Councillors. [2] The current entity was technically created in 2017 following a boundary review, but has largely the same boundaries as the 2007 Kirkintilloch East and Twechar ward, which as its name suggests encompassed the eastern parts of Kirkintilloch (neighbourhoods between the Forth and Clyde Canal and the Luggie Water, including Harestanes, Hillhead, Merkland and Waterside) and the separate village of Twechar further east, up to the boundary with Kilsyth and Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire. [3]

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The 2017 amendments involved the addition of the Kirkintilloch neighbourhoods north of the canal / along the A803 road from the defunct Campsie & Kirkintilloch North ward with the name also altered to reflect this, although the number of representatives did not change. [4] In 2020, the ward population was 18,251. [5]

Councillors

ElectionCouncillors
2007 John Jamieson
(SNP)
Stewart MacDonald
(Labour)
Jack Young
(EDIA / Ind.)
2012 [6]
2012
2017 Susan Murray
(Liberal Democrats)
2022 [7] Pamela Marshall
(SNP)
2025Aidan Marshall
(Labour)

Election results

2022 election

2022 East Dunbartonshire Council election

Kirkintilloch East & North & Twechar – 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123
SNP Pamela Marshall38.882,095  
Labour Stewart MacDonald (incumbent)29.171,572  
Liberal Democrats Susan Murray (incumbent)18.671,0061,307.65 1,404.40
Conservative Josephine MacLeod11.95644663.61 692.82
Freedom Alliance (United Kingdom)Alan McManus1.3472180.75 199.13
Electorate: 12,318  Valid: 5,389  Spoilt: 87  Quota: 1,348  Turnout: 44.5%  

    2017 election

    2017 East Dunbartonshire Council election

    Kirkintilloch East & North & Twechar – 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    SNP John Jamieson (incumbent)19.80%1,1151,132 1,144 1,872  
    Labour Stewart MacDonald (incumbent)19.33%1,0891,101 1,241 1,269 1,366 1,645
    Liberal Democrats Susan Murray 16.25%915931 1,183 1,215 1,281 1,678
    Independent Willie Paterson15.11%851871 1,028 1,053 1,185  
    SNP Pamela Marshall14.29%805849 858    
    Conservative Alison Lothian13.16%741741     
    Scottish Green Emma Sheppard2.06%116     
    Electorate: TBC  Valid: 5,632  Spoilt: 119  Quota: 1,409  Turnout: 47.9%  

      2012 election

      2012 East Dunbartonshire Council election

      Kirkintilloch East & Twechar – 3 seats [6]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123
      Labour Stewart MacDonald (incumbent)36.21,293  
      EDIA Jack Young (incumbent)26.4941  
      SNP John Jamieson (incumbent)24.3868892 904
      Labour Jim Neill6.8241571 583
      Conservative Alison Lothian3.3118121 124
      Liberal Democrats Samantha Johnstone1.86670 72
      Scottish Socialist Willie Telfer1.14147 51
      Electorate: 8,918  Valid: 3,568  Spoilt: 72  Quota: 893  Turnout: 40.01%  

        2007 election

        2007 East Dunbartonshire Council election

        Kirkintilloch East and Twechar
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        Labour Stewart MacDonald 28.71,487      
        EDIA Jack Young25.41,316      
        SNP John Jamieson19.71,0191,029 1,033 1,064 1,114 1,241 1,464
        Labour Alan Moir13.4693828 832 859 886 953  
        Liberal Democrats Rod Ackland5.4282288 289 298 373   
        Conservative Alison Lothian5.4279281 283 285    
        Scottish Socialist Willie Telfer1.9100103 104     
        Electorate:  Valid: 5,176  Spoilt: 85  Quota: 1,295  Turnout: 55.18%  

          References

          1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
          2. Councillors 2017, East Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 17 April 2022
          3. 4th Reviews - ward maps | East Dunbartonshire Overview, Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 17 April 2022
          4. 5th Reviews - ward maps | East Dunbartonshire | Ward 6 Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar, Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 17 April 2022
          5. Electoral Ward | Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar, Scottish Government Statistics. Retrieved 17 April 2022
          6. 1 2 "East Dunbartonshire Election Results". East Dunbartonshire Council. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
          7. "East Dunbartonshire Election Results". East Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.