East Kilbride East (ward)

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East Kilbride East ward
Location of the ward[1]

East Kilbride East is one of the twenty wards used to elect members of the South Lanarkshire Council.[2][3] Created in 2007, it elects three councillors. Its territory covers the parts of East Kilbride on the north-east and eastern peripheries of the town, primarily Calderwood (excepting the Maxwellton/west of Calderwood Road area), as well as Brancumhall, part of St Leonards (east of High Common Road), Nerston (the separate hamlet, but not the brownfield residential developments south of Kingsgate) and the Crutherland development fringing Calderglen Country Park. A 2017 national review added a few streets in the west of the ward (between Calderwood Road, Morrishall Road and Hunter Primary School). In 2019, the ward's population was 14,308.[4]

Councillors[]

Election Councillors
2007 John Cairney
(Labour) 		Graham Scott
(Labour) 		Jim Wardhaugh
(SNP)
2012 Gladys Miller
(SNP)
2017 Graham Scott
(Labour)

Election Results[]

2017 Election[]

2017 South Lanarkshire Council election[5]

East Kilbride East - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP Gladys Miller (incumbent) 27.11% 1,374              
Labour Graham Scott 25.93% 1,314              
Conservative Isabel Perratt 17.97% 911 912 920 939 981 1,030 1,078  
SNP Jim Wardhaugh (incumbent) 15.25% 773 857 862 867 873 902 1,101 1,306
Green Kirsten Robb 7.22% 366 378 384 392 418 464    
Independent John Cairney (incumbent) 3.28% 166 167 172 179 193      
Liberal Democrats Lorna Gall 2.15% 109 111 117 122        
UKIP Brian Doolan 1.09% 55 55 56          
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,068   Spoilt: 81   Quota: 1,268   Turnout: 46.7%
  • SNP councillor Jim Wardhaugh resigned from the party and became an Independent on 25 May 2017.[6]

2012 Election[]

2012 South Lanarkshire Council election

East Kilbride East - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Labour John Cairney (incumbent) 27.37 1,037        
SNP Jim Wardhaugh (incumbent) 22.51 853 855.3 866.6 912.7 1,030.9
SNP Gladys Miller 20.98 795 798.4 818.5 862.8 976.9
Labour Graham Scott (incumbent) 17.71 671 746.2 765.6 837.3  
Conservative Ian Harrow 8.47 321 322.9 356.9    
Liberal Democrats Nigel Benzies 2.96 112 113.2      
Electorate: 9,622   Valid: 3,789   Spoilt: 72   Quota: 948   Turnout: 3,861 (39.38%)

2007 Election[]

2007 South Lanarkshire Council election

South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: East Kilbride East
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
SNP Jim Wardhaugh 1,896 36.2 1 1
Labour John Cairney 1,414 27.0 2 1
Labour Graham Scott 639 12.2 3 8
Conservative Ian Harrow 493 9.4
Liberal Democrats Mark Watson 271 5.2
Green Andrew Williamson 210 4.0
East Kilbride Alliance Richard Naismith 189 3.6
Independent John Doyle 122 2.3

References[]

  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
  2. ^ "Local multi-member ward boundary maps". South Lanarkshire Council. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  3. ^ "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  4. ^ Electoral Ward: East Kilbride East, Scottish Government Statistics
  5. ^ Council, South Lanarkshire. "South Lanarkshire Council online information | Council and government | Elections". www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk.
  6. ^ Findlay, Nicola (May 25, 2017). "Long-standing councillors quit SNP ahead of first meeting of new council". dailyrecord.
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