Rutherglen Central and North (ward)

Rutherglen Central and North
South Lanarkshire
Outline map
Boundary of Rutherglen Central and North in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017.
Population14,237 (2021)[1]
Electorate11,692 (2022)
Major settlementsRutherglen (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituencyRutherglen
Scottish Parliament regionGlasgow
UK Parliament constituencyRutherglen
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors3
CouncillorMartin Lennon (Labour)
CouncillorJanine Calikes (SNP)
CouncillorAndrea Cowan (SNP)
Created fromBankhead
Burgh
Rutherglen West
Stonelaw

Rutherglen Central and North 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 14,237 people.

The ward was previously a Labour stronghold with the party holding two of the three seats from 2007 to 2017 however, the ward has since swung to the Scottish National Party (SNP) who won two of the three seats at the 2022 election.

Boundaries

Rutherglen West Parish Church and the town's war memorial are among the landmarks in the ward

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 Rutherglen Central and North was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained the vast majority of the former Bankhead ward, all of the former Burgh and Rutherglen West wards as well as a small part of the former Stonelaw ward. Rutherglen North covers a suburban area in the north of Rutherglen – the northernmost part of South Lanarkshire – including the neighbourhoods of Burgh, Bankhead, Burnhill, Gallowflat and Farme Cross as well as the unpopulated Shawfield industrial area. The ward's northern and western boundary is the long-established division with Glasgow City Council, part of which runs along the River Clyde.[2]

Prior to the local government reforms in the 1990s, Rutherglen was within the Glasgow District under Strathclyde Regional Council. One of its single-member wards was Rutherglen, which included much of the same area as the current Rutherglen Central and North, with the exception of the Burnhill and Newfield neighbourhoods and the addition of the parts of Burnside north of the Cathcart Circle Line railway tracks.[3]

Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, streets around Overtoun Park, Dryburgh Avenue and Limeside Avenue were transferred into the ward from Rutherglen South.[4]

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Edward McAvoy
(Labour) 		Denis McKenna
(Labour) 		Gordon Clark
(SNP)
2012
2017 Gerard Killen
(Labour) 		Jared Wark
(Conservative) 		Janine Calikes
(SNP)
2017 by-election Martin Lennon
(Labour)
2022 Andrea Cowan
(SNP)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 South Lanarkshire Council election
Rutherglen Central and North - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour Martin Lennon (incumbent) 24.5 1,245 1,270        
SNP Janine Calikes (incumbent) 23.4 1,188 1,265 1,338      
SNP Andrea Cowan 14.3 725 796 840 899 1,029 1,163
Conservative Libby Fox 12.0 609 612 730 730 881  
Labour Jack McGinty 10.5 531 567 716 717    
Liberal Democrats Gloria Adebo 10.2 517 544        
Scottish Green Alex McRae 5.1 261          
Electorate: 11,692   Valid: 5,076   Spoilt: 151   Quota: 1,270   Turnout: 44.7%  

Source:[5][6]

2017 by-election

Rutherglen Central and North by-election (23 November 2017) - 1 seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Labour Martin Lennon 38.5 1,173 1,176 1,203 1,270 1,541
SNP David Innes 27.4 836 838 870 884 989
Liberal Democrats Ellen Bryson 18.2 554 558 574 711  
Conservative Taylor Muir 12.1 368 377 379    
Scottish Green Brian Finlay 2.9 88 93      
UKIP Janice MacKay 0.9 28        
Electorate: 12,110   Valid: 3,047   Spoilt: 47   Quota: 1,524   Turnout: 25.5%  

Source:[7]

2017 election

Main article: 2017 South Lanarkshire Council election
Rutherglen Central and North - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Janine Calikes 29.0 1,492            
Labour Gerard Killen (incumbent)[note 1] 25.5 1,313            
Conservative Jared Wark 16.2 835 836 836 847 876 1,083 1,338
SNP Gordon Clark (incumbent) 10.5 538 719 720 828 881 968  
Liberal Democrats Liz Keenan 9.3 478 482 483 524 603    
Labour Martin Lennon 5.4 279 282 304 330      
Scottish Green Raymond Burke 4.0 206 217 217        
Electorate: 11,849   Valid: 5,141   Spoilt: 144   Quota: 1,286   Turnout: 44.6%  

Source:[8][9]

2012 election

Main article: 2012 South Lanarkshire Council election
Rutherglen Central and North - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Labour Edward McAvoy (incumbent) 40.8 1,571    
SNP Gordon Clark (incumbent) 23.4 902 928 974
Labour Denis McKenna (incumbent) 20.2 777 1,300  
Conservative Jean Miller 5.2 200 205 219
SNP Michael Hanley 4.1 158 163 176
Scottish Unionist Jim Nixon 3.8 148 152 166
Liberal Democrats Tunweer Malik 2.5 97 104 128
Electorate: 10,280   Valid: 3,853   Spoilt: 113   Quota: 964   Turnout: 37.5%  

Source:[10]

2007 election

Main article: 2007 South Lanarkshire Council election
Rutherglen Central and North - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Labour Eddie McAvoy[note 2] 35.1 1,833              
SNP Gordon Clark 22.9 1,198 1,233 1,273 1,286 1,355      
Labour Denis McKenna[note 3] 15.0 786 1,162 1,180 1,191 1,221 ??? ??? ???
Liberal Democrats Janette Little 12.7 666 692 702 721 781 ??? ???  
Conservative Ian Raeburn 5.4 283 288 291 371 376 ???    
Scottish Green Susan Martin 3.4 176 182 210 216        
Scottish Unionist Jim Nixon 3.0 157 159 162          
Scottish Socialist John Starrs 2.4 126 129            
Electorate: 10,867   Valid: 5,225   Quota: 1,307   Turnout: 49.1%  

Source:[11][12]

Notes

  1. ^ On 23 June 2017, Rutherglen Central and North Labour councillor Gerard Killen resigned his seat having been elected as MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West. A by-election was held on 23 November 2017.
  2. ^ Returning councillor for Bankhead single-member ward.
  3. ^ Returning councillor for Rutherglen West single-member ward.

References

  1. ^ "Rutherglen Central and North". Scottish Government. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  2. ^ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  3. ^ "Second Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  4. ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
  5. ^ "Ward 12 Rutherglen Central and North Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Ward 12 Rutherglen Central and North Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Rutherglen Central and North by-election". South Lanarkshire Council. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Ward 12 Rutherglen Central and North Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  9. ^ "Ward 12 Rutherglen Central and North Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  10. ^ "Local Government election results 2012". South Lanarkshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
  11. ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - South Lanarkshire". Retrieved 19 February 2023.
  12. ^ 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.