East Kilbride West (ward)

East Kilbride West is one of the twenty wards used to elect members of the South Lanarkshire Council. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Graham Simpson
(Conservative)
Michael McCann
(Labour)
David Watson
(SNP)
2010 by- Alan Scott
(Labour)
2012 Janice McGinlay
(Labour)
2017 Ian Harrow
(Conservative)
Monique McAdams
(Labour)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 South Lanarkshire Council election [2]

East Kilbride West - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Conservative Ian Harrow 37.26% 2,363            
Labour Monique McAdams 20.73% 1,315 1,529 1,571 1,612      
SNP David Watson (incumbent)[E] 20.47% 1,298 1,319 1,322 1,370 1,373 1,427 2,389
SNP Ali Salamati 14.19% 900 914 917 986 988 1,065  
Liberal Democrats Ewan McRobert 3.52% 223 374 397 447 458    
Scottish Green Billy McLean 3.06% 194 216 229        
UKIP David Mackay 0.77% 49 140          
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 6,342   Spoilt: 74   Quota: 1,586   Turnout: 52.8%

    2012 Election

    2012 South Lanarkshire Council election

    East Kilbride West - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    Conservative Graham Simpson (incumbent) 25.25 1,197          
    SNP David Watson(incumbent) 24.22 1,148 1,150.1 1,188.4      
    Labour Janice McGinlay 16.98 805 806 849.3 849.3 974.7 1,740.9
    Labour Alan Scott (incumbent) 16.88 800 801.4 822.6 822.7 916  
    SNP John Reilly 12.22 579 579.5 604.6 606.5    
    East Kilbride Alliance Brian Jones 4.45 211 213.1        
    Electorate: 12,092   Valid: 4,740   Spoilt: 44   Quota: 1,186   Turnout: 4,784 (39.20%)

      2010 By-election

      East Kilbride West, by-election 28th October 2010[3]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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      Labour Alan Scott 41.4 847 863 873 892 973 1,297
      SNP Pat McGuire 27.9 571 587 606 641 761  
      Conservative Ian Harrow 19.7 403 427 442 455    
      Scottish Green Raymond Burke 4.0 82 85 100      
      East Kilbride Alliance Brian Jones 3.5 71 76        
      Liberal Democrats Gordon Smith 3.4 70          
      Labour hold Swing
      Electorate: 12,024   Valid: 2,044   Quota: 1,023   Turnout: 17.00%

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        2007 Election

        2007 South Lanarkshire Council election

        South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: East Kilbride West
        Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
        SNP David Watson 1,861 30.2 1 1
        Labour Michael McCann 1,805 29.4 2 1
        Conservative Graham Simpson 860 14.0 3 7
        Labour Margaret McCulloch 688 11.2
        Liberal Democrats Pauline Aaron 437 7.1
        East Kilbride Alliance Brian Jones 259 4.2
        Scottish Green Kitty MacKenzie 232 3.8


        References

        1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
        2. Council, South Lanarkshire. "South Lanarkshire Council online information | Council and government | Elections". www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk.
        3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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