East Kilbride South (ward)

Location of the ward^[1]

East Kilbride South 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 south-east parts of East Kilbride including the Greenhills, Lindsayfield and Whitehills neighbourhoods – a 2017 national review removed a few streets around Owen Avenue/Dale Avenue (generally considered to belong to The Murray neighbourhood), and added a corridor of farmland north of the White Cart Water where housebuilding was planned (although the nearby Benthall Farm development was not re-assigned at that time, still falling just within the Avondale and Stonehouse ward despite being an extension of Lindsayfield). In 2019, the ward had a population of 16,688.^[4]

Councillors[]

Election	Councillors
2007		Archie Buchanan (SNP)		Douglas Edwards (SNP)	Jim Docherty (Labour)
2012				Douglas Edwards (SNP)	Jim Docherty (Labour)
2017	Geri Gray (SNP)		Fiona Dryburgh (Labour)

Election Results[]

2017 Election[]

2017 South Lanarkshire Council election^[5]

East Kilbride South - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Archie Buchanan (incumbent)	40.54	2,119
	Labour	Fiona Dryburgh	19.71	1,030	1,104	1,109	1,122	1,145	1,303	1,327
	Conservative	Alexandra Herdman	14.79	773	779	801	806	812	949	952
	SNP	Geri Gray	10.94	572	1,196	1,205	1,233	1,293	1,380
	Liberal Democrats	Paul McGarry	9.68	506	526	531	540	552
	Green	Ruth Thomas	1.99	104	127	129	145
	Solidarity	John Park	1.4	73	82	86
	UKIP	Conner Campbell	0.96	50	59
Electorate: 12,335 Valid: 5,227 Spoilt: 114 Quota: 1,307 Turnout: 5,341 (43.3%)

On 12 August 2019, Labour councillor Fiona Dryburgh resigned from the party and joined the Liberal Democrats in opposition to Labour voicing support for a second Scottish Independence Referendum.^[6]

2012 Election[]

2012 South Lanarkshire Council election

East Kilbride South - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Archie Buchanan (incumbent)	40.74	1,725
	Labour	Jim Docherty (incumbent)	28.43	1,203
	SNP	Douglas Edwards (incumbent)	11.22	475	1,020.9	1,029.3	1,038.7	1,061.1
	Labour	Patrick Quigg	8.01	339	377.6	489.4	499.7	514
	East Kilbride Alliance	Colin McKay	4.56	193	214.6	219.2	225.7	242.1
	Conservative	Patricia Harrow	3.40	144	150.9	153.8	162.9	167.9
	Solidarity	John Park.	2.72	115	123.9	126.4	128.4
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Herbison	0.94	40	45.8	47.6
Electorate: 11,537 Valid: 4,234 Spoilt: 91 Quota: 1,059 Turnout: 4,325 (36.7%)

2007 Election[]

2007 South Lanarkshire Council election

South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: East Kilbride South
	Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
SNP	Archie Buchanan	2,431	42.7	1	1
Labour	Jim Docherty	1,900	33.3	2	1
East Kilbride Alliance	Colin McKay	358	6.3
Conservative	Gillian Alexander	356	6.2
SNP	Douglas Edwards	294	5.2	3	8
Green	Drew Campbell	167	2.9
Solidarity	John Park	129	2.3
Scottish Socialist	Lynsey MacGregor	63	1.1

References[]

^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
^ "Local multi-member ward boundary maps". South Lanarkshire Council. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
^ "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
^ Electoral Ward: East Kilbride South, Scottish Government Statistics
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[lgbc-scotland-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.

[pop19-4] Electoral Ward: East Kilbride South, Scottish Government Statistics

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