Cambuslang East (ward)

Cambuslang East
South Lanarkshire
Boundary of Cambuslang East in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017.
Population	17,418 (2021) [1]
Electorate	13,227 (2022)
Major settlements	Cambuslang (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituency	Rutherglen
Scottish Parliament region	Glasgow
UK Parliament constituency	Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Current ward
Created	2007 (2007)
Number of councillors	3
Councillor	Walter Brogan (Labour)
Councillor	Katy Loudon (SNP)
Councillor	Alistair Fulton (SNP)
Created from	Cairns Cambuslang Central Hallside Long Calderwood

Cambuslang West 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 17,418 people.

The ward was previously a Labour stronghold with the party holding at least two of the three seats between 2007 and 2017. However, it has since swung towards the Scottish National Party (SNP) with the party holding two of the three seats since 2017.

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 Cambuslang East was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained the majority of the former Cairns ward, roughly half of the former Cambuslang Central ward as well as all of the former Hallside ward. As a result of amendments to the boundaries of the South Lanarkshire Council's management areas, the boundaries between Rutherglen and Cambuslang, East Kilbride and Hamilton were tweaked so Cambuslang East also contained part of the former Long Calderwood ward. ^[2]

Most new multi-member wards were formed from at least three smaller predecessors, but the population of Cambuslang in the area now represented by Cambuslang East had increased substantially over the dozen years following the local government reforms in the 1990s due to the construction of the new Drumsagard neighbourhood, with further developments planned for sites including Westfarm, Newton Farm and Gilbertfield – these projects were largely completed over the next decade, increasing the ward's population above that of its neighbours. ^[3]

Cambuslang East covers a suburban area in the east of Cambuslang including the neighbourhoods of Halfway, Cairns, the Circuit, Drumsagard, Lightburn, Newton and Westburn. The ward's northern boundary is the division with Glasgow City Council which runs along the River Clyde and its eastern boundary is the Rotten Calder. ^[2]

Prior to the local government reforms in the 1990s, Cambuslang was within the Glasgow District under Strathclyde Regional Council. One of its single-member wards was Halfway which included much of the same area as the current Cambuslang East. ^[4]

Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, streets between Greenlees Road and the Cathcart Circle Line railway tracks over Hamilton Road were transferred into Cambuslang West. ^[5]

Councillors

Aerial view of the ward from the north-east

Election	Councillors
2007		Walter Brogan (Labour)		John Higgins (SNP)		Pam Clearie (Labour)
2008 by-election			Richard Tullett (Labour)
2012			Christine Deanie (SNP)
2017	Katy Loudon (SNP)			Alistair Fulton (SNP)
2022

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 South Lanarkshire Council election

Cambuslang East - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Walter Brogan (incumbent)	29.1	1,486
	SNP	Alistair Fulton (incumbent)	22.0	1,123	1,129	1,147	1,162	1,219	1,230	1,381
	SNP	Katy Loudon (incumbent)	20.3	1,037	1,041	1,065	1,072	1,157	1,172	1,290
	Labour	Amy Lee Fraioli	10.3	524	688	697	760	808	1,046
	Conservative	Jamie Logan	9.6	489	497	499	522	539
	Scottish Green	Marie Gallagher	4.0	204	207	226	249
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Bell	2.9	147	153	162
	Alba	Muhammad Khuzaima	1.8	94	94
Electorate: 13,227  Valid: 5,104  Spoilt: 83  Quota: 1,277  Turnout: 39.2%

Source: ^{[6] [7]}

2017 election

Main article: 2017 South Lanarkshire Council election

Cambuslang East - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Walter Brogan (incumbent)	32.8	1,553
	SNP	Katy Loudon	23.7	1,123	1,139	1,145	1,154	1,225
	SNP	Alistair Fulton	18.1	857	876	879	896	923	958	1,019	1,140
	Conservative	Gavin Douglas	14.1	668	690	762	792	810	811	902
	Scottish Green	Laura Martin	3.1	147	155	162	199
	Labour	Stuart Gallacher [note 1]	2.8	134	378	394	427	452	453
	Scottish Unionist	James Moore	2.7	129	137
	Liberal Democrats	Ellen Bryson	2.6	125	141	150
Electorate: 11,505  Valid: 4,736  Spoilt: 108  Quota: 1,185  Turnout: 42.1%

Source: ^{[8] [9]}

2012 election

Main article: 2012 South Lanarkshire Council election

Cambuslang East - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Labour	Walter Brogan (incumbent)	43.0	1,554
	SNP	Christine Deanie	23.4	845	876	925
	Labour	Pam Clearie (incumbent)	17.5	631	1,177
	SNP	Alistair Fulton	8.6	311	326	340
	Conservative	Alan Fraser	5.3	190	195	211
	Liberal Democrats	Lindsay Watt	2.2	80	92	118
Electorate: 11,090  Valid: 3,611  Spoilt: 103  Quota: 903  Turnout: 32.6%

Source: ^[10]

2008 by-election

Cambuslang East by-election (6 March 2008) - 1 seat

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
	Scottish Green	Susan Martin	0.8	21
Electorate: 10,397  Valid: 2,044  Spoilt: 38  Quota: 1,298  Turnout: 25.0%

Source: ^[11]

2007 election

Main article: 2007 South Lanarkshire Council election

Cambuslang East - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4
	Labour	Walter Brogan	32.4	1,544
	SNP	John Higgins [note 2]	23.5	1,120	1,139	1,181	1,267
	Labour	Pam Clearie [note 3]	18.0	859	1,117	1,152	1,224
	Liberal Democrats	Tunweer Malik	14.3	684	696	716	845
	Conservative	Louise Ann Campbell	8.9	423	428	437
	Scottish Socialist	David Stevenson	2.9	137	146
Electorate: 10,394  Valid: 4,767  Quota: 1,192  Turnout: 46.9%

Source: ^{[12] [13]}

Notes

1. Sitting Councillor for Hamilton South.
2. Cambuslang East councillor John Higgins died on 29 December 2007. A by-election, held on 6 March 2008, was won by Labour's Richard Tullett.
3. Returning councillor for Cairns single-member ward.

References

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2. "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
3. Dickie, Douglas (24 August 2011). "Population in Cambuslang continues to rise - but Rutherglen is shrinking". Daily Record. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
4. "Second Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
5. "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
6. "Ward 14 Cambuslang East Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
7. "Ward 14 Cambuslang East Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
8. "Ward 14 Cambuslang East Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
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10. "Local Government election results 2012". South Lanarkshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
11. Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - Cambuslang East Ward" . Retrieved 19 February 2023.
12. Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - South Lanarkshire" . Retrieved 19 February 2023.
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