Hamilton South (ward)
Hamilton South is one of the twenty wards used to elect members of the South Lanarkshire Council.[2][3] Created in 2007, it elects four councillors. Its territory covers south-eastern parts of suburban Hamilton including the Avon Grove, Cadzow, Eddlewood, Fairhill, Laighstonehall, Low Waters, Meikle Earnock, Silvertonhill, Torhead Farm and Woodhead neighbourhoods. A 2017 national review saw the addition of some territory in the north of the ward (streets around Portland Place, Burnblea Street, Kemp Street), the northern boundary moving to the Argyle Line railway tracks. In 2019, the ward's population was 21,793.[4]
Councillors[]
Election | Councillors | |||||||
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2007 | Joe Lowe (Labour) |
Brian McCaig (Labour) |
Bobby Lawson (SNP) |
John Murray (Conservative) | ||||
2012 | Angela Crawley (SNP) | |||||||
2013 by- | Stuart Gallacher (Labour) | |||||||
2015 by- | John Ross (SNP) | |||||||
2017 | Lynne Mailon (Conservative) |
Josh Wilson (SNP) |
Election Results[]
2017 Election[]
2017 South Lanarkshire Council election[5]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
SNP | John Ross (incumbent) | 30.64% | 2,167 | |||||||
Labour | Joe Lowe (incumbent) | 25.70% | 1,818 | |||||||
Conservative | Lynne Nailon | 21.83% | 1,544 | |||||||
Labour | Brian McCaig (incumbent) | 9.09% | 643 | 669 | 991 | 1,020 | 1,055 | 1,177 | ||
SNP | Josh Wilson | 6.72% | 475 | 1,105 | 1,112 | 1,115 | 1,209 | 1,245 | 1,485 | |
Green | John Kane | 3.05% | 216 | 249 | 257 | 265 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Joanne Ferguson | 2.97% | 210 | 228 | 244 | 282 | 345 | |||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 7,073 Spoilt: 177 Quota: 1,415 Turnout: 44.4% |
- Labour Party councillor Joe Lowe resigned from the party and became an Independent in May 2017.[6]
2012 Election[]
2012 South Lanarkshire Council election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
Labour | Joe Lowe (incumbent) | 36.6 | 1,975 | |||||||
SNP | Angela Crawley | 23.2 | 1,255 | |||||||
Labour | Brian McCaig (incumbent) | 14.8 | 800 | 1,512.3 | ||||||
SNP | Bobby Lawson (incumbent) | 9.3 | 502 | 537.4 | 598.9 | 746.5 | 773.4 | 861.1 | 988.3 | |
Conservative | John Murray (incumbent) | 9.2 | 496 | 515.9 | 542.3 | 544.5 | 583.9 | 653.6 | ||
Scottish Senior Citizens | David Holland | 3.7 | 199 | 233.9 | 313.7 | 323.5 | 379.8 | |||
Scottish Christian | Craig Smith | 3.1 | 165 | 175.9 | 197.5 | 200.3 | ||||
Electorate: 14,383 Valid: 5,392 Spoilt: 134 Quota: 1,079 Turnout: 5,526 (37.49%) |
2013 By-election[]
SNP councillor Bobby Lawson died on 13 August 2013. A by-election was held on 24 October 2013 and was won by the Labour Party's Stuart Gallacher.[7]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
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1 | ||||
Labour | Stuart Gallacher | 51.7% | 1,781 | |
SNP | Josh Wilson | 32.5% | 1,120 | |
Conservative | Lynne Nailon | 9.4% | 322 | |
Scottish Christian | Craig Martin | 3.9% | 133 | |
UKIP | Josh Richardson | 2.5% | 86 | |
Electorate: Valid: 3,442 Spoilt: 43 Quota: 1,722 Turnout: 3,485 |
2015 By-election[]
SNP councillor Angela Crawley was elected as an MP for Lanark and Hamilton East on 7 May 2015. She resigned her Council seat on 22 May 2015.[9] A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 6 August 2015 and it was won by the SNP's John Ross.
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
SNP | John Ross | 48.0 | 1881 | 1883 | 1888 | 1905 | 1919 | 1988 | |
Labour | Jim Lee | 35.6 | 1396 | 1398 | 1405 | 1410 | 1425 | 1460 | |
Conservative | Lynne Nailon | 8.9 | 349 | 349 | 354 | 365 | 389 | 394 | |
Green | John Kane | 3.2 | 127 | 128 | 132 | 135 | 146 | ||
Scottish Christian | Craig Smith | 2.0 | 77 | 80 | 81 | 84 | |||
UKIP | Donald Murdo MacKay | 1.1 | 43 | 44 | 45 | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Matthew Cockburn | 0.82 | 32 | 34 | |||||
Pirate | Andrew McCallum | 0.33 | 13 | ||||||
Electorate: 14811 Valid: 3918 Spoilt: 52 Quota: 1960 Turnout: 3970 (26.8%) |
2007 Election[]
2007 South Lanarkshire Council election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Labour | Joe Lowe | 2,626 | 34.9 | 1 | 1 | |
SNP | Bobby Lawson | 1,791 | 23.8 | 2 | 1 | |
Labour | Brian McCaig | 1,005 | 13.4 | 3 | 2 | |
Conservative | John Murray | 808 | 10.7 | 4 | 8 | |
Independent | John Carracher | 464 | 6.2 | |||
Liberal Democrats | John Oswald | 427 | 5.7 | |||
Independent | David Holland | 215 | 2.9 | |||
Green | Denize McBride | 188 | 2.5 |
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: Hamilton South, Scottish Government Statistics
- ^ "South Lanarkshire Council online information | Council and government | Elections".
- ^ Findlay, Nicola (25 May 2017). "Long-standing councillors quit SNP ahead of first meeting of new council". Daily Record.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-11-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- ^ "Hamilton South Councillor Angela Crawley to step down triggering by-election". 23 May 2015.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2016-04-28. Retrieved 2015-08-07.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- Wards of South Lanarkshire
- Hamilton, South Lanarkshire