Blantyre (ward)

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Blantyre ward
Location of the ward[1]

Blantyre is one of the twenty wards used to elect members of the South Lanarkshire Council. Created in 2007, it originally returned four councillors with its territory mirroring the limits of the town of Blantyre (the northern/eastern border is the River Clyde and the western border the Rotten Calder) other than the Hamilton International Technology Park and the modern West Craigs development on its southern periphery; a 2017 national review resulted in a minor change in the boundaries (the loss of the streets around Ballantrae Road) but this led to one seat fewer being allocated. The population in 2018 was 16,101.[2]

Councillors[]

Election Councillors
2007 Bert Thomson
(Ind./
Labour) 		Jim Handibode
(Labour) 		John McNamee
(SNP) 		Hugh Dunsmuir
(Labour)
2012
2015 by- Mo Razzaq
(Labour)
2017 Maureen Chalmers
(SNP) 		3 seats

Election Results[]

2017 Election[]

2017 South Lanarkshire Council election

Blantyre - 3 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Labour Mo Razzaq (incumbent) 31.00% 1,663              
SNP Maureen Chalmers 25.30% 1,354              
SNP Michael McGlynn 14.80% 797 815 827 838 860 879 902  
Labour Bert Thomson (incumbent) 13.60% 731 980 980 988 1,013 1,051 1,278 1,533
Conservative Alan Fraser 11.10% 593 601 601 603 607 635    
Liberal Democrats Stephen Reid 1.90% 100 109 109 112 125      
Solidarity Ashley Hubbard 1.40% 76 80 81 101        
Scottish Socialist Gerry McMahon 0.90% 48 51 52          
Electorate: 12,711   Valid: 5,362   Spoilt: 180   Quota: 1,341   Turnout: 5,542 (43.6%)

2012 Election[]

2012 South Lanarkshire Council election

Blantyre - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
Labour Hugh Dunsmuir (incumbent) 25.04 1,144                  
SNP Bert Thomson (incumbent) 20.33 929                  
Labour Jim Handibode (incumbent) 16.55 756 935.7                
Labour John McNamee (incumbent) 12.67 579 600.9 616.9 617.4 621.4 626.2 638.7 686.5 751.7 843.7
SNP John Mullen 10.29 470 472.2 472.7 484.2 485.7 489.8 511.9 541.9 580.8  
Independent Michael Martin 5.12 234 238.2 238.9 239.4 241.4 259.7 297 348.4    
CPA Michael McGlynn 4.57 209 212 213.2 213.6 213.6 216.9 253.2      
Conservative Isobel Black 3.85 176 179 179.4 179.7 187.7 190.8        
Independent Gavin Wallace 0.88 40 41.4 41.6 41.9 45          
Liberal Democrats Mike Watson 0.70 32 33 33.1 33.2            
Electorate: 13,021   Valid: 4,569   Spoilt: 135   Quota: 914   Turnout: 4,704 (35.09%)
  • Councillor Bert Thomson defected from the SNP and joined the Labour Party in 2014.

2015 by-election[]

Labour councillor Jim Handibode died on 19 September 2015.[4] A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 10 December 2015 and was won by Labour's Mo Razzaq.

Blantyre By-election (10 December 2015) - 1 Seat[5]
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[6] 3.9 122 125 133    
Liberal Democrats Stephen Reid 2.9 92 97      
UKIP Emma Jay Docherty 1.9 59        
Electorate: 13,745   Valid: 3,125   Spoilt: 45   Quota: 1,563   Turnout: 3,170 (23.1%)

2007 Election[]

2007 South Lanarkshire Council election

South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Blantyre
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Labour Hugh Dunsmuir 1,586 24.6 1 1
Independent Bert Thomson 1,365 21.2 2 1
SNP John McNamee 1,253 19.4 4 6
Labour Jim Handibode 1,121 17.4 3 2
Independent Michael T McGlynn 748 11.6
Conservative Morag Redpath 327 5.1
Independent Gavin Wallace 52 0.8
  • On 1 February 2010, councillor John McNamee resigned from the Scottish National Party and joined the Scottish Labour Party.
  • Since the election, councillor Bert Thomson joined the Scottish National Party and ceased to be an Independent.

References[]

  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  2. ^ Electoral Ward: Blantyre, Scottish Government Statistics
  3. ^ "Local Government Election results 2017". South Lanarkshire Council.
  4. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-09-22.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  5. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-14. Retrieved 2015-12-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. ^ "Scottish Socialists Stand in Blantyre – SAVE OUR SERVICES". 9 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
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