Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank (ward)

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Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank is an electoral ward in Renfrewshire, Scotland. It is one of the twelve wards in Renfrewshire and elects three of its forty-three Councillors using the Single Transferable Vote electoral system.[1]

As its name suggests, the ward contains the villages of Bishopton, Bridge of Weir, and Langbank.[2]

Councillors[]

Election Councillors
2007 Iain Langlands
(Conservative) 		Carol Puthucheary
(SNP) 		Michael Holmes
(Labour)
2012 James MacLaren
(Conservative) 		Maria Brown
(SNP)
2017 Natalie Don
(SNP) 		Colin McCulloch
(Labour)

Election Results[]

2007 Election[]

Main article: 2007 Renfrewshire Council election
Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank - 3 seats [3] [4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Conservative Iain Langlands 36.3 2,077          
SNP Carol Puthucheary 24.0 1,375 1,450.57        
Labour Michael Holmes 19.5 1,113 1,184.22 1,185.90 1,207.07 1,409.01 1,763.13
SNP Bill Robertson 12.5 714 804.51 814.66 844.62 951.73  
Liberal Democrats Michael Hanley 6.3 360 504.00 506.49 521.41    
Solidarity Harry Pfaff 1.5 83 92.64 93.08      
Electorate: 8,944   Valid: 5,773   Spoilt: 51   Quota: TBC   Turnout: 5,824 (65.1%)

2012 Election[]

Main article: 2012 Renfrewshire Council election
Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Labour Michael Holmes (incumbent) 30.35 1,277
Conservative James MacLaren 29.25 1,231
SNP Maria Brown 27.80 1,170
SNP Margaret Dymond 6.99 294
Liberal Democrats Martin Heron 4.11 173
TUSC Warren Vale 1.50 63
Electorate: 8,974   Valid: 4,208   Spoilt: 42   Quota: 1,053   Turnout: 4,250 (46.89%)

2017 Election[]

Main article: 2017 Renfrewshire Council election
Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank - 3 seats [5] [6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Conservative James MacLaren (incumbent) 45.47 2,552      
SNP Natalie Don 31.77 1,783      
Labour Colin McCulloch 15.96 896 1,212.69 1,289 1,407.35
Liberal Democrats Elliot Harrison 3.78 212 537.68 578.49 733.70
Green Ellen Höfer-Franz 3.03 170 230.72 406.93  
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,613   Spoilt: 44   Quota: 1,404   Turnout: 5,657 (55.1%)

References[]

  1. ^ team, Renfrewshire Communications. "Local government electoral boundaries". www.renfrewshire.gov.uk.
  2. ^ team, Renfrewshire Communications. "Electoral boundaries- interactive map". www.renfrewshire.gov.uk.
  3. ^ "Ward 10 Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank". renfrewshire.gov.uk. Renfrewshire Council. Archived from the original on 8 January 2009. Retrieved 7 January 2009.
  4. ^ "Bishopton, Bridge of Weir & Langbank Final report 2007" (PDF). renfrewshire.gov.uk. Renfrewshire Council. Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 May 2011. Retrieved 31 May 2011.
  5. ^ "Candidates declared for the Renfrewshire Council election". renfrewshire.gov.uk. Renfrewshire Council. Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
  6. ^ "Renfrewshire LG Election results 2017". renfrewshire.gov.uk. Renfrewshire Council. Archived from the original on 17 May 2017. Retrieved 10 September 2021.
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