Avondale and Stonehouse (ward)

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Avondale and Stonehouse
South Lanarkshire
Avondale and Stonehouse.svg
Boundary of Avondale and Stonehouse in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017.
Population17,749 (2021) [1]
Electorate 14,882 (2022)
Major settlements Strathaven
Stonehouse
Scottish Parliament constituency Clydesdale
Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse
Scottish Parliament region South Scotland
UK Parliament constituency East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Lanark and Hamilton East
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors3
CouncillorMargaret Cooper (Independent)
CouncillorElise Frame (SNP)
CouncillorSusan Kerr (Labour)
Created from Avondale North
Avondale South
Larkhall South
Lindsay

Avondale and Stonehouse is one of the 20 electoral wards of South Lanarkshire Council. Created in 2007, the ward initially elected four councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system before a boundary review in 2017 reduced the number of councillors to three. It covers an area with a population of 17,749 people.

Contents

The ward has produced strong results for both Labour and the Scottish National Party (SNP). Prior to the boundary review, the SNP held half the seats in the ward and both parties have returned at least one member at every election.

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 Avondale and Stonehouse was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained the majority of the former Lindsay ward and part of the former Larkhall South ward as well as all of the former Avondale North and Avondale South wards. Avondale and Stonehouse is located in the west of South Lanarkshire and covers a rural hinterland next to its boundaries with East Ayrshire and East Renfrewshire. The ward centres around the towns of Strathaven and Stonehouse as well the villages of Chapelton and Glassford. [2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's boundaries were altered to remove a corridor of farmland between the White Cart Water and southern East Kilbride. The review resulted in a reduction in the number of seats from four to three in order to balance with other wards with similar populations. [3]

Councillors

YearCouncillors
2007 William Holman
(SNP)
James Malloy
(Labour)
Graeme Campbell
(Conservative
/Independent/
Conservative)
Lynn Filshie
(Independent)
2012 Margaret Cooper
(Labour
/Independent)
Isobel Dorman
(SNP)
2017 3 seats
2017
2022 Susan Kerr
(Labour)
Elise Frame
(SNP)

Election results

2022 election

Avondale and Stonehouse - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567
Independent Margaret Cooper (incumbent)23.71,6291,639 1,740    
SNP Elise Frame21.21,4541,471 1,632 1,635 2,122  
Conservative Gary Burns20.61,4161,420 1,440 1,445 1,452 1,462  
Labour Susan Kerr19.81,3631,367 1,439 1,444 1,480 1,619 2,290
SNP Leigh Payne7.2495515 566 567    
Green Erica Bradley-Young6.4437444      
Alba Colin MacLaren1.175      
Electorate: 14,882  Valid: 6,869  Spoilt: 93  Quota: 1,718  Turnout: 46.8%  

    Source: [4] [5]

    2017 election

    Avondale and Stonehouse - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    Conservative Graeme Campbell (incumbent)31.52,062       
    Labour Margaret Cooper (incumbent) [note 1] 23.51,5401,656      
    SNP Isobel Dorman (incumbent)17.11,1211,131 1,134 1,137 1,147 1,187 1,309 2,279
    SNP Mairi Tulbure13.4877882 883 884 893 967 1,111  
    Independent Alister Hendry8.9580665 669 695 739 801   
    Green Erica Young3.0193203 204 211 273    
    Liberal Democrats Daniel O'Malley1.9122170 173 181     
    UKIP Laura Murray0.85182 83      
    Electorate: 13,114  Valid: 6,546  Spoilt: 90  Quota: 1,637  Turnout: 50.6%  

      Source: [7] [8]

      2012 election

      Avondale and Stonehouse - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567891011
      SNP Isobel Dorman21.41,148          
      SNP William Holman (incumbent)16.1866923 932 950 993 1,061 1,163    
      Labour Margaret Cooper12.5670673 674 685 698 732 759 764 1,159  
      Conservative Allan Finnie11.6624625 635 642 650 667 719 725 735 740  
      Independent Graeme Campbell (incumbent)9.4502503 505 516 525 581 808 824 853 862 1,100
      Labour John Hamilton9.2494495 495 499 522 565 589 597    
      Independent Lynn Filshie (incumbent)7.6409412 412 429 460 555      
      Independent Jim Malloy (incumbent)6.3339340 340 357 381       
      Green Erica Young3.4181183 185 189        
      Independent Kenny Weir1.89496 99         
      UKIP Melvyn Donald Randall0.73737          
      Electorate: 12,848  Valid: 5,364  Spoilt: 97  Quota: 1,073  Turnout: 41.8%  

        Source: [9]

        2007 election

        Avondale and Stonehouse - 4 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678
        SNP William Holman27.61,989       
        Conservative Graeme Campbell19.21,3841,450      
        Labour James Malloy [note 2] 14.91,0711,127 1,128 1,140 1,155 1,226 1,356 ???
        Independent Lynn Filshie11.1797858 860 975 1,127 1,205 1,348 ???
        Labour Ian McInnes10.9788816 816 824 830 867 922  
        Liberal Democrats Nigel Benzies5.7414496 498 511 536 646   
        Green John Innes4.6333406 406 416 449    
        Independent Stuart Brown3.3238266 267 304     
        Independent Frank Reilly2.7198217 218      
        Electorate: 13,144  Valid: 6,912  Quota: 1,443  Turnout: 55.7%  

          Source: [10] [11]

          Notes

          1. Avondale and Stonehouse Labour councillor Margaret Cooper resigned from the party and became an independent in May 2017. [6]
          2. Returning councillor for Avondale North single-member ward.

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