Blantyre (ward)

Blantyre is one of the twenty wards used to elect members of the South Lanarkshire Council. It elects four Councillors. Its territory mirrors the limits of the town of Blantyre. The population in 2018 was 16,101.[2]

Location of the ward [1]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Hugh Dunsmuir
(Labour)		 Jim Handibode
(Labour)		 John McNamee
(SNP)		 Bert Thomson
(Ind./
Labour)
2012
2015 by- Mo Razzaq
(Labour)
2017 3 seats Maureen Chalmers
(SNP)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 South Lanarkshire Council election

Blantyre - 3 seats[3]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Labour Mo Razzaq (incumbent) 31.00% 1,663              
SNP Maureen Chalmers 25.30% 1,354              
SNP Michael McGlynn 14.80% 797 815 827 838 860 879 902  
Labour Bert Thomson (incumbent) 13.60% 731 980 980 988 1,013 1,051 1,278 1,533
Conservative Alan Fraser 11.10% 593 601 601 603 607 635    
Liberal Democrats Stephen Reid 1.90% 100 109 109 112 125      
Solidarity Ashley Hubbard 1.40% 76 80 81 101        
Scottish Socialist Gerry McMahon 0.90% 48 51 52          
Electorate: 12,711   Valid: 5,362   Spoilt: 180   Quota: 1,341   Turnout: 5,542 (43.6%)

    2015 by-election
    Blantyre By-election (10 December 2015) - 1 Seat[4]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Labour Mo Razzaq 47.2 1,476 1,483 1,504 1,536 1,589
    SNP Gerry Chambers 39.6 1,236 1,246 1,259 1,314 1,327
    Conservative Taylor Muir 4.5 140 156 172 173  
    Scottish Socialist Sean Baillie[5] 3.9 122 125 133    
    Liberal Democrats Stephen Reid 2.9 92 97      
    UKIP Emma Jay Docherty 1.9 59        
    Electorate: 13,745   Valid: 3,125   Spoilt: 45   Quota: 1,563   Turnout: 3,170 (23.1%)

      2012 Election

      2012 South Lanarkshire Council election

      Blantyre - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678910
      Labour Hugh Dunsmuir (incumbent) 25.04 1,144                  
      SNP Bert Thomson (incumbent)††††† 20.33 929                  
      Labour Jim Handibode (incumbent)††††††††† 16.55 756 935.7                
      Labour John McNamee (incumbent) 12.67 579 600.9 616.9 617.4 621.4 626.2 638.7 686.5 751.7 843.7
      SNP John Mullen 10.29 470 472.2 472.7 484.2 485.7 489.8 511.9 541.9 580.8  
      Independent Michael Martin 5.12 234 238.2 238.9 239.4 241.4 259.7 297 348.4    
      CPA Michael McGlynn 4.57 209 212 213.2 213.6 213.6 216.9 253.2      
      Conservative Isobel Black 3.85 176 179 179.4 179.7 187.7 190.8        
      Independent Gavin Wallace 0.88 40 41.4 41.6 41.9 45          
      Liberal Democrats Mike Watson 0.70 32 33 33.1 33.2            
      Electorate: 13,021   Valid: 4,569   Spoilt: 135   Quota: 914   Turnout: 4,704 (35.09%)

        2007 Election

        2007 South Lanarkshire Council election

        South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Bothwell and Uddingston
        Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
        Conservative Henry Mitchell 1,615 30.0 1 1
        Labour Maureen Devlin 1,292 24.0 2 4
        SNP James McGuigan 998 18.6 3 7
        Labour Pat Morgan 696 12.9
        Liberal Democrats Douglas Herbison 477 8.9
        Scottish Green Kenneth Robb 168 3.1
        Solidarity Denis Reilly 132 2.5

        References
        1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
        2. Electoral Ward: Blantyre, Scottish Government Statistics
        3. "Local Government Election results 2017". South Lanarkshire Council.
        4. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-14. Retrieved 2015-12-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
        5. "Scottish Socialists Stand in Blantyre – SAVE OUR SERVICES". 9 November 2015. Retrieved 15 November 2015.
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