Rutherglen Central and North (ward)

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Rutherglen Central and North
South Lanarkshire
Rutherglen Central and North.svg
Boundary of Rutherglen Central and North in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017.
Population14,237 (2021) [1]
Electorate 11,692 (2022)
Major settlements Rutherglen (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituency Rutherglen
Scottish Parliament region Glasgow
UK Parliament constituency Rutherglen
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors3
CouncillorMartin Lennon (Labour)
CouncillorJanine Calikes (SNP)
CouncillorAndrea Cowan (SNP)
Created from Bankhead
Burgh
Rutherglen West
Stonelaw

Rutherglen Central and North 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 14,237 people.

Contents

The ward was previously a Labour stronghold with the party holding two of the three seats from 2007 to 2017 however, the ward has since swung to the Scottish National Party (SNP) who won two of the three seats at the 2022 election.

Boundaries

Rutherglen West Parish Church and the town's war memorial are among the landmarks in the ward Rutherglen War Memorial (geograph 4120906).jpg
Rutherglen West Parish Church and the town's war memorial are among the landmarks in the ward

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 Rutherglen Central and North was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained the vast majority of the former Bankhead ward, all of the former Burgh and Rutherglen West wards as well as a small part of the former Stonelaw ward. Rutherglen North covers a suburban area in the north of Rutherglen – the northernmost part of South Lanarkshire – including the neighbourhoods of Burgh, Bankhead, Burnhill, Gallowflat and Farme Cross as well as the unpopulated Shawfield industrial area. The ward's northern and western boundary is the long-established division with Glasgow City Council, part of which runs along the River Clyde. [2]

Prior to the local government reforms in the 1990s, Rutherglen was within the Glasgow District under Strathclyde Regional Council. One of its single-member wards was Rutherglen, which included much of the same area as the current Rutherglen Central and North, with the exception of the Burnhill and Newfield neighbourhoods and the addition of the parts of Burnside north of the Cathcart Circle Line railway tracks. [3]

Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, streets around Overtoun Park, Dryburgh Avenue and Limeside Avenue were transferred into the ward from Rutherglen South. [4]

Councillors

ElectionCouncillors
2007 Edward McAvoy
(Labour)
Denis McKenna
(Labour)
Gordon Clark
(SNP)
2012
2017 Gerard Killen
(Labour)
Jared Wark
(Conservative)
Janine Calikes
(SNP)
2017 by-electionMartin Lennon
(Labour)
2022 Andrea Cowan
(SNP)

Election results

2022 election

Rutherglen Central and North - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Labour Martin Lennon (incumbent)24.51,2451,270    
SNP Janine Calikes (incumbent)23.41,1881,265 1,338   
SNP Andrea Cowan14.3725796 840 899 1,029 1,163
Conservative Libby Fox12.0609612 730 730 881  
Labour Jack McGinty10.5531567 716 717   
Liberal Democrats Gloria Adebo10.2517544     
Scottish Green Alex McRae5.1261     
Electorate: 11,692  Valid: 5,076  Spoilt: 151  Quota: 1,270  Turnout: 44.7%  

    Source: [5] [6]

    2017 by-election

    Rutherglen Central and North by-election (23 November 2017) - 1 seat
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Labour Martin Lennon38.51,1731,176 1,203 1,270 1,541
    SNP David Innes27.4836838 870 884 989
    Liberal Democrats Ellen Bryson18.2554558 574 711  
    Conservative Taylor Muir12.1368377 379   
    Scottish Green Brian Finlay2.98893    
    UKIP Janice MacKay0.928    
    Electorate: 12,110  Valid: 3,047  Spoilt: 47  Quota: 1,524  Turnout: 25.5%  

      Source: [7]

      2017 election

      Rutherglen Central and North - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      SNP Janine Calikes29.01,492      
      Labour Gerard Killen (incumbent) [note 1] 25.51,313      
      Conservative Jared Wark16.2835836 836 847 876 1,083 1,338
      SNP Gordon Clark (incumbent)10.5538719 720 828 881 968  
      Liberal Democrats Liz Keenan9.3478482 483 524 603   
      Labour Martin Lennon5.4279282 304 330    
      Scottish Green Raymond Burke4.0206217 217     
      Electorate: 11,849  Valid: 5,141  Spoilt: 144  Quota: 1,286  Turnout: 44.6%  

        Source: [8] [9]

        2012 election

        Rutherglen Central and North - 3 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123
        Labour Edward McAvoy (incumbent)40.81,571  
        SNP Gordon Clark (incumbent)23.4902928 974
        Labour Denis McKenna (incumbent)20.27771,300 
        Conservative Jean Miller5.2200205 219
        SNP Michael Hanley4.1158163 176
        Scottish Unionist Jim Nixon3.8148152 166
        Liberal Democrats Tunweer Malik2.597104 128
        Electorate: 10,280  Valid: 3,853  Spoilt: 113  Quota: 964  Turnout: 37.5%  

          Source: [10]

          2007 election

          Rutherglen Central and North - 3 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345678
          Labour Eddie McAvoy [note 2] 35.11,833       
          SNP Gordon Clark22.91,1981,233 1,273 1,286 1,355   
          Labour Denis McKenna [note 3] 15.07861,162 1,180 1,191 1,221 ??? ??? ???
          Liberal Democrats Janette Little12.7666692 702 721 781 ??? ???  
          Conservative Ian Raeburn5.4283288 291 371 376 ???   
          Scottish Green Susan Martin3.4176182 210 216     
          Scottish Unionist Jim Nixon3.0157159 162      
          Scottish Socialist John Starrs2.4126129       
          Electorate: 10,867  Valid: 5,225  Quota: 1,307  Turnout: 49.1%  

            Source: [11] [12]

            Notes

            1. On 23 June 2017, Rutherglen Central and North Labour councillor Gerard Killen resigned his seat having been elected as MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West. A by-election was held on 23 November 2017.
            2. Returning councillor for Bankhead single-member ward.
            3. Returning councillor for Rutherglen West single-member ward.

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