South Lanarkshire Council elections

South Lanarkshire Council in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation as a single-tier authority in 1995 to 2007.

Council elections

Year	SNP	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Green	Independent
1995	8	61 [a]	2	2	0	0
1999 [b]	10	54	2	1	0	0
2003	9	51	2	2	0	3
2007 [c]	24	30	8	2	0	3
2012	28	33	3	1	0	2
2017 [d]	27	22	14	1	0	0
2022	27	24	7	3	1	2

1. Includes Forth, where the election was postponed until 8 June 1995 on account of the death of a candidate. ^[1]
2. New ward boundaries. ^[2]
3. Change to single transferable vote system and new ward boundaries.
4. New ward boundaries. ^[3]

Results maps

• 
  2003 results map
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  2007 results map
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  2012 results map

By-elections

2003-2007

Bothwell South By-Election 26 August 2004 ^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Mitchell [5]	594	48.4	+13.2
	Labour		377	30.7	−18.1
	Liberal Democrats		143	11.7	+11.7
	SNP		67	5.5	−10.8
	Scottish Senior Citizens		26	2.1	+2.1
	Scottish Socialist		20	1.6	+1.6
Majority			217	17.7
Turnout			1,227
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Avondale South By-Election 30 March 2006 ^{[6] [7]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stanley Hogarth	775	50.9	+9.2
	Labour	Peter Duff	315	20.6	−6.9
	SNP	William Holman	221	14.5	−7.3
	Independent	Stuart Brown	79	5.1	+5.1
	Green	Kirsten Robb	71	4.6	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Hughes	59	3.8	−5.2
Majority			460	30.3
Turnout			1,520
	Conservative hold		Swing

Biggar/Symington and Black Mount By-Election 11 May 2006 ^{[8] [9]}

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hamish Stewart	816	47.2	+20.3
	SNP	Tom Mitchell	523	30.3	−34.3
	Independent	Peter Rae	295	17.0	+17.0
	Labour	Ralph Barker	87	5.0	3.6
Majority			293	17.0
Turnout			1,721
	Conservative gain from SNP		Swing

2007-2012

Cambuslang East By-Election 6 March 2008 ^[10]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Richard Tullett	28.0	725	729	739	742	747	922	1,094	1,475
	SNP	Christine Deanie	23.5	609	614	621	625	638	728	962
	Liberal Democrats	Tunweer Malik	22.4	580	584	589	593	616	669
	Independent	John McGuinness	19.6	509	510	517	521	538
	Conservative	Malcolm Macaskill	3.1	80	82	82	94
	Scottish Unionist	Jimi Moore	1.5	38	39	40
	Scottish Socialist	David McClemont	1.2	32	35
	Green	Susan Martin	0.8	21
	Labour gain from SNP
Valid: 2,044  Spoilt: 38  Quota: 1,298  Turnout: 2,082

East Kilbride West By-Election 28 October 2010 ^[11]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Alan Scott	41.4	847	863	873	892	973	1,297
	SNP	Pat McGuire	27.9	571	587	606	641	761
	Conservative	Ian Harrow	19.7	403	427	442	455
	Green	Raymond Burke	4.0	82	85	100
	East Kilbride Alliance	Brian Jones	3.5	71	76
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Smith	3.4	70
	Labour hold
Valid: 2,044  Quota: 1,023

East Kilbride West By-Election 22 October 2011 ^[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	John Menzies	50.0	822
	Labour	Stuart Gallacher	36.9	607
	Conservative	Connar McBain	13.0	214
	SNP gain from Independent
Valid: 1,643  Spoilt: 16  Quota: 822  Turnout: 1,659

2012-2017

Rutherglen South By-Election 14 February 2013 ^[13]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Gerard Killen	39.9	1,352	1,358	1,370	1,376	1,396	1,616	2,090
	Liberal Democrats	David Baillie	29.5	999	1,004	1,016	1,035	1,104	1,278
	SNP	Margaret Ferrier	21.0	712	714	730	741	755
	Conservative	Aric Gilinisky	3.8	128	133	134	170
	UKIP	Donald Murdo MacKay	3.3	111	115	120
	Green	Susan Martin	1.7	59	60
	Independent	Craig Smith	0.9	31
	Labour gain from SNP
Valid: 3,392  Spoilt: 46  Quota: 1,697  Turnout: 3,438

Hamilton South By-Election 24 October 2013 ^[14]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Labour	Stuart Gallacher	51.7	1,781
	SNP	Josh Wilson	32.5	1,120
	Conservative	Lynne Nailon	9.4	322
	Scottish Christian	Craig Martin	3.9	133
	UKIP	Josh Richardson	2.5	86
	Labour gain from SNP
Valid: 3,442  Spoilt: 43  Quota: 1,722  Turnout: 3,485

Clydesdale South By-Election 5 June 2014 ^[15]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Gordon Muir	40.8	1,492	1,512	1,559	1,819	2,366
	SNP	George Sneddon	32.0	1,170	1,203	1,260	1,356
	Conservative	Donna Hood	18.0	659	674	744
	UKIP	Donald MacKay	6.4	233	247
	Green	Ruth Thomas	2.8	104
	Labour gain from SNP
Valid: 3,658  Spoilt: 52  Quota: 1,830  Turnout: 3,710

Hamilton South By-Election 6 August 2015 ^[16]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	John Ross	48.0	1,881	1,883	1,888	1,905	1919	1,988
	Labour	Jim Lee	35.6	1,396	1,398	1,405	1,410	1,425	1,460
	Conservative	Lynne Nailon	8.9	349	349	354	365	389	394
	Green	John Kane	3.2	127	128	132	135	146
	Scottish Christian	Craig Smith	2.0	77	80	81	84
	UKIP	Donald Murdo MacKay	1.1	43	44	45
	Liberal Democrats	Matthew Cockburn	0.8	32	34
	Pirate	Andrew McCallum	0.3	13
	SNP hold
Valid: 3,918  Spoilt: 52  Quota: 1,960  Turnout: 3,970

Blantyre By-Election 10 December 2015 ^[17]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Mo Razzaq	47.2	1,476	1,483	1,504	1,536	1,589
	SNP	Gerry Chambers	39.6	1,236	1,246	1,259	1,314	1,327
	Conservative	Taylor Muir	4.5	140	156	172	173
	Scottish Socialist	Sean Baillie	3.9	122	125	133
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Reid	2.9	92	97
	UKIP	Emma Jay Docherty	1.9	59
	Labour hold
Valid: 3,125  Spoilt: 45  Quota: 1,563  Turnout: 3,170

Hamilton North and East By-Election 21 January 2016 ^[18]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Stephanie Callaghan	42.9	1,089	1,096	1,138	1,206	1,569
	Labour	Lyndsay Clelland	33.6	855	861	878	1,052
	Conservative	James MacKay	18.5	469	480	485
	Green	Steven Hannigan	3.3	83	90
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Rae	1.8	45
	SNP hold
Valid: 2,541  Spoilt: 31  Quota: 1,271  Turnout: 2,572

2017-2022

Rutherglen Central and North By-Election 23 November 2017 ^[19]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Martin Lennon	38.5	1,173	1,176	1,203	1,270	1,541
	SNP	David Innes	27.4	836	838	870	884	989
	Liberal Democrats	Ellen Bryson	18.2	554	558	574	711
	Conservative	Taylor Muir	12.1	368	377	379
	Green	Brian Finlay	2.9	88	93
	UKIP	Janice MacKay	0.9	28
	Labour hold
Valid: 3,047  Spoilt: 47  Quota: 1,524  Turnout: 3,094

East Kilbride Central North By-Election 29 August 2019 ^[20]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Grant Ferguson	46.5	1,582	1,582	1,588	1,650	1,743
	Labour	Kirsty Williams	20.3	690	692	695	715	837
	Conservative	Graham Fisher	14.6	498	499	513	519	606
	Liberal Democrats	Paul McGarry	12.4	422	424	428	456
	Green	Antony Lee	4.5	153	154	159
	UKIP	David MacKay	1.4	48	50
	Scottish Libertarian	Stephen McNamara	0.4	12
	SNP hold
Valid: 3,405  Spoilt: 51  Quota: 1,703  Turnout: 3,456

2022-2027

East Kilbride West By-Election 6 July 2023 ^[21]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Kirsty Williams	40.5	1,386	1,392	1,434	1,469	1,500	1,845
	Conservative	Bill Dorrian	26.4	904	914	919	933	937	965
	SNP	Robert Gillies	22.7	778	778	785	806	899
	Green	Cameron Eadie	3.8	131	131	139	155
	Independent	Kristofer Keane	2.9	99	112	123
	Liberal Democrats	Jake Stevenson	2.4	83	85
	Scottish Family	Jonathan Jack Richardson	1.2	42
	Labour gain from SNP
Valid: 3,450  Spoilt: 27  Quota: 1,712  Turnout: 3,477

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