Newton Mearns South and Eaglesham (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Newton Mearns South and Eaglesham is one of the five wards used to elect members of the East Renfrewshire Council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2017		Caroline Bamforth (SNP)		Jim Swift (Conservative)		Barbara Grant (Conservative)		Jim McLean (Conservative)
2022			Andrew Anderson (Labour)	Paul Edlin (Conservative)

Election results

2022 election

2022 East Renfrewshire Council election: ^[2] Newton Mearns South and Eaglesham - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Labour	Andrew Anderson [3]	19.1%	1,831	1,938
	SNP	Caroline Bamforth [3] (incumbent)	24.3%	2,325
	Conservative	Paul Edlin [3]	21.1%	2,016
	Conservative	Jim McLean [3] (incumbent)	16.6%	1,584	1,600	1,685	1,690	1,691	1,721	1,733	1,823	2,888
	Scottish Green	Victoria Palmer-Dyer	4.8%	456	649	650	658	665	688	738
	Scottish Family	Luke Reid	1.2%	119	123	123	124	133
	Alba	Amer Siddiqui	1.3%	120	146	147	147	152	164
	Conservative	Paul Smith	11.2%	1,067	1,070	1,082	1,083	1,087	1,106	1,113	1,154
	Freedom Alliance (UK)	Mark Niven Turnbull [4]	0.5%	44	45	45	46
Electorate: 18,174  Valid: 9,562  Spoilt: 139 [5] (1.4%)  Quota: 1,913  Turnout: 53.1%

2017 election

Newton Mearns South and Eaglesham – 4 seats ^[6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Jim Swift (incumbent) [a]	28.30%	2,766
	SNP	Caroline Bamforth	19.51%	1,907	1,920	1,923	1,926	1,982
	Conservative	Barbara Grant (incumbent) [a]	18.40%	1,798	2,216
	Conservative	Jim McLean	14.70%	1,437	1,706	1,924	1,936	1,987
	Labour	Ian McAlpine (incumbent) [a]	10.33%	1,009	1,208	1,307	1,043	1,139
	Independent	Bev Brown	5.23%	511	545	552	562	620
	Liberal Democrats	Alan Rennie	3.15%	308	325	332	333
	UKIP	Gerry McVeigh	0.38%	37	40	41
Electorate: TBC  Valid: 9,773  Spoilt: 115  Quota: 1,955  Turnout: 58.6%

Notes

1. Sitting councillor for the Newton Mearns South ward which had been redrawn.

References

1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
2. "Notice of poll and situation of polling stations" (PDF). East Renfrewshire Council. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
3. "Local government election results 2022". East Renfrewshire Council.
4. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk.
5. Declaration of results {eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk
6. "Local Government Election results 2017". East Renfrewshire Council.