Larkhall (South Lanarkshire ward)
Location of the ward [1]
Larkhall is one of the twenty wards used to elect members of the South Lanarkshire Council.[2] Created in 2007, it elects four councillors. Its territory covers the town of Larkhall and the surrounding rural area including the villages of Ashgill, Netherburn and Quarter, the eastern border formed by the River Clyde – these boundaries were unaffected by a 2017 national review. The population in 2019 was 18,444.[3]
Councillors[]
Election | Councillors | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2007 | Jackie Burns (Labour) |
Andy Carmichael (Labour) |
Peter Craig (SNP) |
Lesley McDonald (SNP) | ||||
2012 | ||||||||
2017 | Richard Nelson (Conservative) |
Election Results[]
2017 Election[]
2017 South Lanarkshire Council election[4]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | ||||
Conservative | Richard Nelson | 26.34 | 1,645 | |||||||||
Labour | Andy Carmichael (incumbent) | 17.71 | 1,106 | 1,150 | 1,161 | 1,179 | 1,202 | 1,483 | ||||
SNP | Peter Craig (incumbent) | 16.83 | 1,051 | 1,056 | 1,060 | 1,067 | 1,120 | 1,153 | 1,175 | 1,176 | 1,880 | |
Labour | Jackie Burns (incumbent)[B] | 15.8 | 987 | 1,027 | 1,040 | 1,054 | 1,083 | 1,175 | 1,255 | |||
SNP | Donald MacLeod | 11.27 | 704 | 709 | 714 | 720 | 761 | 790 | 801 | 802 | ||
Labour | Lesley McDonald (incumbent) | 6.56 | 410 | 447 | 457 | 488 | 512 | |||||
Green | Bobby Bulloch | 2.58 | 161 | 177 | 192 | 232 | ||||||
Liberal Democrats | Lindsay Watt | 1.63 | 102 | 160 | 180 | |||||||
UKIP | Donald Murdo MacKay | 1.28 | 80 | 143 | ||||||||
Electorate: 14,478 Valid: 6,246 Spoilt: 168 Quota: 1,250 Turnout: 44.3% |
- Labour councillor Jackie Burns was expelled from the party and became an Independent following a conviction for sexual harassment and breach of the peace.[5]
2012 Election[]
2012 South Lanarkshire Council election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Labour | Jackie Burns (incumbent) | 37.42 | 1,965 | |||
SNP | Peter Craig (incumbent) | 21.41 | 1,124 | |||
SNP | Lesley McDonald (incumbent) | 18.24 | 958 | 1,009.6 | 1,102.4 | |
Labour | Andy Carmichael (incumbent) | 14.32 | 752 | 1,506.9 | ||
Conservative | David Murray | 6.11 | 321 | 333.6 | 363.4 | |
UKIP | Donald Murdo MacKay | 2.50 | 131 | 140.8 | 176.5 | |
Electorate: 14,510 Valid: 5,251 Spoilt: 106 Quota: 1,051 Turnout: 5,357 (36.19%) |
- Councillor Lesley McDonald defected from the SNP and joined the Labour Party on 2 May 2014.[6]
2007 Election[]
2007 South Lanarkshire Council election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jackie Burns | 2,699 | 38.0 | 1 | 1 | |
SNP | Peter Craig | 1,264 | 17.8 | 2 | 4 | |
SNP | Lesley McDonald | 890 | 12.5 | 4 | 7 | |
Conservative | Gregor Cameron | 563 | 7.9 | |||
Labour | Robin Cunningham | 502 | 7.1 | |||
Scottish Unionist | Mary Duckett | 466 | 6.6 | |||
Labour | Andy Carmichael | 366 | 5.2 | 3 | 7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Callan Dick | 349 | 4.9 |
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.
- ^ Electoral Ward: Larkhall, Scottish Government Statistics
- ^ [1]
- ^ Findlay, Nicola (25 May 2017). "Long-standing councillors quit SNP ahead of first meeting of new council". Daily Record.
- ^ [2]
Categories:
- Wards of South Lanarkshire
- Larkhall