Rutherglen South (ward)

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Rutherglen South
South Lanarkshire
Rutherglen South.svg
Boundary of Rutherglen South in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017.
Population15,322 (2021) [1]
Electorate 11,697 (2022)
Major settlements Rutherglen (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituency Rutherglen
Scottish Parliament region Glasgow
UK Parliament constituency Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors3
CouncillorCarol Nugent (SNP)
CouncillorRobert Brown (Liberal Democrats)
CouncillorMargaret Cowie (Labour)
Created from Bankhead
Cathkin/Springhall
Fernhill
Spittal/Blairbeth
Stonelaw

Rutherglen South 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 15,322 people.

Contents

The ward has politically been split between Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish National Party (SNP) with each party returning one councillor at each full election. Labour briefly held two of the three seats following a by-election in 2013.

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 Rutherglen South was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained the majority of the former Stonelaw ward, roughly half of the former Cathkin/Springhall ward and all of the former Fernhill and Spittal/Blairbeth wards as well as a small part of the former Bankhead ward. Rutherglen South covers a suburban area in the south of Rutherglen including the neighbourhoods of Burnside, Blairbeth, Cathkin, Fernhill, High Burnside, Springhall and Spittal. The ward's western boundary is the long-established division with Glasgow City Council. [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 Fernhill, which included much of the same area as the current Rutherglen South, with the exception 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 from the ward into Rutherglen Central and North while streets to the east of the ward around East Kilbride Road, Brownside Road and Dukes Road were transferred into Rutherglen South from Cambuslang West. [4]

Councillors

Aerial view of the ward from the west Cambuslang from the air (geograph 4517259) (rglen sth).jpg
Aerial view of the ward from the west
ElectionCouncillors
2007 Brian McKenna
(Labour)
Eileen Baxendale
(Liberal Democrats)
Anne Higgins
(SNP)
2012 Robert Brown
(Liberal Democrats)
2013 by-election Gerard Killen
(Labour)
2017 Margaret Cowie
(Labour)
Carol Nugent
(SNP)
2022

Election Results

2022 election

Rutherglen South - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12
SNP Carol Nugent (incumbent)31.91,825 
Liberal Democrats Robert Brown (incumbent)29.41,686 
Labour Margaret Cowie (incumbent)23.21,3311,436
Conservative Alexandra Herdman8.5489495
Green Emma Smith4.6263436
Scottish Family Michael O'Hara1.37385
Independent Spencer Hugh Pryor1.16273
Electorate: 11,697  Valid: 5,729  Spoilt: 73  Quota: 1,433  Turnout: 49.6%  

    Source: [5] [6]

    2017 election

    Rutherglen South - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    SNP Carol Nugent31.01,803    
    Liberal Democrats Robert Brown (incumbent)31.01,798    
    Labour Margaret Cowie19.71,1421,220 1,333 1,343 1,522
    Conservative Taylor Muir14.7854861 950 976 1,009
    Green Brian Finlay2.6152324 364 383  
    UKIP Jack Sinclair1.05765 71   
    Electorate: 11,557  Valid: 5,806  Spoilt: 65  Quota: 1,452  Turnout: 50.8%  

      Source: [7] [8]

      2013 by-election

      Rutherglen South by-election (14 February 2013) - 1 seat
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1234567
      Labour Gerard Killen 39.91,3521,358 1,370 1,376 1,396 1,616 2,090
      Liberal Democrats David Baillie29.59991,004 1,016 1,035 1,104 1,278  
      SNP Margaret Ferrier 21.0712714 730 741 755   
      Conservative Aric Gilinisky3.8128133 134 170    
      UKIP Donald Murdo MacKay3.3111115 120     
      Green Susan Martin1.75960      
      Independent Craig Smith0.931      
      Electorate: 12,919  Valid: 3,392  Spoilt: 46  Quota: 1,697  Turnout: 26.6%  

        Source: [9]

        2012 election

        Rutherglen South - 3 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345
        Labour Brian McKenna (incumbent)26.01,244    
        Liberal Democrats Robert Brown 24.71,1811,185 1,213  
        SNP Anne Higgins (incumbent) [note 1] 23.91,1411,143 1,151 1,156 1,199
        Labour Gerard Killen 17.8851888 914 918 972
        Conservative Richard Tawse4.9232233 269 272  
        Scottish Unionist Michael Haigh2.7130131    
        Electorate: 11,153  Valid: 4,779  Spoilt: 72  Quota: 1,195  Turnout: 42.9%  

          Source: [11]

          2007 election

          Rutherglen South - 3 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345678910
          Labour Brian McKenna [note 2] 24.71,5341,548 1,565       
          Liberal Democrats Eileen Baxendale17.31,0771,082 1,092 1,092 ??? 1,174 1,597   
          SNP Anne Higgins16.81,0451,070 1,074 1,074 ??? 1,159 1,195 1,204 1,303 ???
          Labour Patricia Osborne [note 3] 13.6846857 864 871 ??? 951 970 976 1,035  
          Conservative Jean Miller8.5529530 588 588 ??? 630 649 657   
          Liberal Democrats Danny Campbell8.1506507 510 510 ??? 550     
          Independent Brian McCutcheon4.6285293 303 303 ???      
          Green Michael Tobin2.4150176 178 178       
          Scottish Unionist Michael A Haigh2.2135138         
          Scottish Socialist John Patrick1.7106         
          Electorate: 11,376  Valid: 6,213  Quota: 1,554  Turnout: 55.8%  

            Source: [12] [13]

            Notes

            1. Rutherglen South SNP councillor Anne Higgins died on 20 November 2012. A by-election was held on 14 February 2013 and was won by Labour's Gerard Killen which gave the party an overall majority on the council. [10]
            2. Returning councillor for Burgh single-member ward.
            3. Returning councillor for Fernhill single-member ward.

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