Cambuslang West (ward)
Cambuslang West is one of the twenty wards used to elect members of the South Lanarkshire Council.[2] Created in 2007, it elects three councillors.
The ward's territory includes the town centre of Cambuslang[3] and neighbourhoods to its south and west including Eastfield, Greenlees, Kirkhill, Silverbank and Whitlawburn. The northern border is the River Clyde. A 2017 national review removed several of the streets in the west of the ward (those off East Kilbride Road, Brownside Road and Dukes Road) but added some in the east (between Greenlees Road and the Cathcart Circle Line railway tracks over Hamilton Road). The population in 2018 was 14,307.[4]
The ward was formed from roughly the boundaries of three wards under the previous single-member system used from the creation of South Lanarkshire local authority in 1995 until 2007: Cambuslang Central, Eastfield and Kirkhill/Whitlawburn.[5] Prior to this, the town was within the Glasgow District under Strathclyde Regional Council - one of its single-member wards from 1984 was named Cambuslang, and this included much the same area as the current Cambuslang West.
Councillors[]
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Clare McColl (SNP) |
Russell Clearie (Labour) |
David Baillie (Liberal Democrats) | |||||
| 2012 | Richard Tullett (Labour) | |||||||
| 2017 | John Bradley (SNP) |
Margaret Walker (Labour) |
Ann Le Blond (Conservative) | |||||
Election Results[]
2017 Election[]
2017 South Lanarkshire Council election[6]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Labour | Margaret Walker | 24.16% | 1,336 | 1,346 | 1,369 | 1,397 | |||||
| Conservative | Ann Le Blond | 21.11% | 1,167 | 1,178 | 1,201 | 1,210 | 1,212 | 1,499 | |||
| SNP | John Bradley | 19.88% | 1,099 | 1,104 | 1,110 | 1,149 | 1,150 | 1,214 | 1,220 | 2,170 | |
| SNP | Clare McColl (incumbent) | 17.40% | 962 | 965 | 976 | 1,033 | 1,035 | 1,120 | 1,128 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Norman Rae | 11.72% | 648 | 651 | 672 | 696 | 700 | ||||
| Green | David McClemont | 2.91% | 161 | 165 | 176 | ||||||
| Independent | Don Ferguson | 1.92% | 106 | 112 | |||||||
| UKIP | Kieran Kiely | 0.90% | 50 | ||||||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,529 Spoilt: 106 Quota: 1,383 Turnout: 46.5% | |||||||||||
2012 Election[]
2012 South Lanarkshire Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Labour | Russell Clearie (incumbent) | 34.67 | 1,669 | ||||||
| SNP | Clare McColl (incumbent) | 26.17 | 1,260 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | David Baillie (incumbent) | 14.69 | 707 | 752.9 | 762.3 | 835.6 | 1,048.3 | ||
| Labour | Richard Tullett * | 12.59 | 606 | 949.8 | 960.8 | 1,029.6 | 1,065.3 | 1,394.5 | |
| Conservative | James MacKay | 7.15 | 344 | 355.6 | 357.8 | 387.8 | |||
| Green | Janice Sharkey | 4.74 | 228 | 244.9 | 260.1 | ||||
| Electorate: 11,948 Valid: 4,814 Spoilt: 81 Quota: 1,204 Turnout: 4,895 (40.29%) | |||||||||
2007 Election[]
2007 South Lanarkshire Council election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Russell Clearie[a] | 1,253 | 20.5 | 2 | 7 | |
| Labour | John McGuinness[b] | 1,225 | 20.0 | |||
| SNP | Clare McColl | 1,209 | 19.8 | 3 | 7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Baillie[c] | 1,191 | 19.5 | 1 | 5 | |
| Conservative | Malcolm Macaskill | 772 | 12.6 | |||
| Green | 187 | 3.1 | ||||
| Scottish Unionist | Jimi Moore | 154 | 2.5 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | David McClemont | 130 | 2.1 | |||
- ^ Serving councillor for the Cathkin/Springhall single-member ward (see 2003 South Lanarkshire Council election).
- ^ Serving councillor for the Eastfield single-member ward (see 2003 South Lanarkshire Council election).
- ^ Serving councillor for the Kirkhill/Whitlawburn single-member ward (see 2003 South Lanarkshire Council election).
References[]
- ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
- ^ "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ Voters in Cambuslang West have chance to quiz council candidates, Daily Record, 21 April 2017
- ^ Electoral Ward: Cambuslang West, Scottish Government Statistics
- ^ South Lanarkshire Council Area, 3rd Reviews of Electoral Arrangements Maps : Wards 1999 - 2007, Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
- ^ Local Government Election results 2017, South Lanarkshire Council
- Wards of South Lanarkshire
- Cambuslang