Clydesdale East (ward)

Clydesdale East
South Lanarkshire
Outline map
Boundary of Clydesdale East in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017.
Population13,165 (2021)[1]
Electorate10,578 (2022)
Major settlementsBiggar
Scottish Parliament constituencyClydesdale
Scottish Parliament regionSouth Scotland
UK Parliament constituencyDumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors3
CouncillorIan McAllan (SNP)
CouncillorAlex Allison (Conservative)
CouncillorRalph Baker (Labour)
Created fromBiggar/Symington and Black Mount
Carstairs/Carnwath
Duneaton/Carmicheal

Clydesdale East is one of the 20 electoral wards of South Lanarkshire Council. Created in 2007, the ward elects three councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 13,165 people

The ward has been a Conservative stronghold with the party winning two of the three seats in 2007 and 2017.

Boundaries

The ward was created following the Fourth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2007 Scottish local elections. As a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, local elections in Scotland would use the single transferable vote electoral system from 2007 onwards so Clydesdale East was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained the majority of the former Carstairs/Carnwath ward as well as all of the former Biggar/Symington and Black Mount and Duneaton/Carmicheal wards. Clydesdale East covers a large, rural and sparsely populated area in the southern- and eastern-most parts of South Lanarkshire next to its boundaries with Dumfries and Galloway, the Scottish Borders, West Lothian and East Ayrshire. The largest settlement in the ward is Biggar and it includes the villages of Abington, Carnwath, Carstairs, Carstairs Junction, Cleghorn, Crawford, Leadhills, Symington and Thankerton.[2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's boundaries were not changed.[3]

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Bev Gauld
(SNP/Ind.) 		Beith Forrest
(Conservative) 		Hamish Stewart
(Conservative)
2012 Ralph Barker
(Labour)
2014
2017 Ian Donald McAllan
(SNP) 		Eric Holford
(Conservative) 		Alex Allison
(Conservative)
2022 Ralph Barker
(Labour)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 South Lanarkshire Council election
Clydesdale East - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP Ian McAllan (incumbent) 28.6 1,513              
Conservative Alex Allison (incumbent) 25.8 1,364              
Labour Ralph Barker 16.4 869 876 879 882 952 1,034 1,218 1,517
Conservative Eric Holford (incumbent) 15.0 794 797 832 850 881 903 929  
Scottish Green Claire Watson 5.3 278 288 288 293 325      
SNP John McLatchie 4.9 260 419 420 422 431 571    
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Mark Tucker 3.1 162 165 165 171        
Scottish Family Gareth Kirk 0.9 49 49 49          
Electorate: 10,578   Valid: 5,395   Spoilt: 106   Quota: 1,323   Turnout: 51.0%  

Source:[4][5]

2017 election

Main article: 2017 South Lanarkshire Council election
Clydesdale East - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Conservative Alex Allison 35.5 1,927              
SNP Ian Donald McAllan 25.7 1,393              
Labour George Hannah 10.9 592 609 613 634 678 802 984  
Conservative Eric Holford 9.7 526 959 960 967 992 1,021 1,136 1,386
Independent Rev. Bev Gauld (incumbent) 8.6 469 508 511 539 560 617    
Scottish Green Janet Moxley 4.9 268 277 293 324 376      
Liberal Democrats Mark Gordon 2.7 144 160 162 170        
Independent Andrew McCallum 2.1 112 121 123          
Electorate: 10,165   Valid: 5,431   Spoilt: 109   Quota: 1,358   Turnout: 54.5%  

Source:[6][7]

2012 election

Main article: 2012 South Lanarkshire Council election
Clydesdale East - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Bev Gauld (incumbent)[note 1] 22.3 936 981 1,013 1,070    
Conservative Hamish Stewart (incumbent) 19.8 832 882 1,453      
SNP Ian Donald McAllan 17.7 745 783 810 850 864  
Labour Ralph Barker 17.3 727 794 824 876 877 1,120
Conservative John McLatchie 16.5 692 713        
Scottish Green Janet Moxley 6.4 268          
Electorate: 9,815   Valid: 4,200   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 1,051   Turnout: 42.8%  

Source:[9]

2007 election

Main article: 2007 South Lanarkshire Council election
Clydesdale East - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Conservative Beith Forrest[note 2] 22.5 1,204 ??? 1,252 1,325 1,364    
Conservative Hamish Stewart 19.6 1,048 ??? 1,105 1,175 1,209 ??? ???
SNP Bev Gauld[note 3] 19.5 1,042 ??? 1,093 1,630      
Labour Ralph Barker 15.5 832 ??? 937 989 1,056 ???  
SNP Tom Mitchell 15.4 824 ??? 864        
Liberal Democrats Ron Waddell 5.7 305 ???          
Independent Tom Dalbindle 1.9 101            
Electorate: 9,907   Valid: 5,356   Quota: 1,340   Turnout: 54.8%  

Source:[10][11]

Notes

  1. ^ Clydesdale East SNP councillor Reverend Bev Gauld resigned from the party and became an independent in February 2014 after the party legalised same-sex marriage.[8]
  2. ^ Returning councillor for Duneaton/Carmichael single-member ward.
  3. ^ Returning councillor for Carstairs/Carnwath single-member ward.

References

  1. ^ "Clydesdale East". Scottish Government. Retrieved 5 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  3. ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
  4. ^ "Ward 3 Clydesdale East Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  5. ^ "Ward 3 Clydesdale East Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Ward 3 Clydesdale East Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  7. ^ "Ward 3 Clydesdale East Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Councillor Bev Gauld resigns from SNP". Carluke Gazette. 12 February 2014. Archived from the original on 23 September 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2021.
  9. ^ "Local Government election results 2012". South Lanarkshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  10. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - South Lanarkshire". Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  11. ^ Bochel, H. M.; Denver, D. T. (2007). Scottish Council Elections 2007 Results and Statistics (PDF). Lincoln: Policy Studies Research Centre, University of Lincoln. ISBN 978-1-874474-36-4. Retrieved 19 February 2023.