Clydesdale West (ward)
Clydesdale West is one of the 20 electoral wards of South Lanarkshire Council . Created in 2007, the ward elects four councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 19,350 people.
The ward has produced strong results for both the Scottish National Party (SNP) and Labour . Initially, the SNP held half the seats in the ward before swinging towards Labour which has held half the seats since 2012.
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 West was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained part of the former Clyde Valley and Forth wards as well as all of the former Carluke/Crawforddyke , Carluke/Whitehill and Law/Carluke wards. Clydesdale West covers an area in the north of South Lanarkshire next to its boundary with North Lanarkshire Council and takes in a rural area surrounding the town of Carluke including the villages of Braidwood , Crossford and Law .[ 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 results
2022 election
Clydesdale West - 4 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
Labour
Eileen Logan (incumbent )
23.6
1,743
Conservative
Poppy Corbett (incumbent )
23.6
1,742
SNP
David Shearer (incumbent )
22.7
1,678
Labour
Lynsey Hamilton (incumbent )
14.6
1,082
1,264
1,355
1,361
1,398
1,528
SNP
Andrew Wilson
10.0
737
751
756
936
1,035
1,060
Scottish Green
Neil Barton
3.1
230
236
243
249
Liberal Democrats
Peter Charles Meehan
2.4
181
200
258
260
310
Electorate: 15,706 Valid: 7,393 Spoilt: 122 Quota: 1,479 Turnout: 47.8%
Source:[ 4] [ 5]
2017 election
Clydesdale West - 4 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
Conservative
Poppy Corbett
31.2
2,264
SNP
David Shearer (incumbent )
22.2
1,611
Labour
Eileen Logan (incumbent )
21.6
1,566
Labour
Lynsey Hamilton (incumbent )
11.6
839
1,049
1,055
1,133
1,160
1,192
1,322
1,616
SNP
Chris Travis
8.4
610
627
763
770
784
831
867
Liberal Democrats
Peter Charles Meehan
2.0
148
314
316
323
335
372
Scottish Green
Mandy Meikle
1.6
118
147
152
154
172
Solidarity
Pat Lee (incumbent )
1.2
90
107
110
112
Electorate: 15,183 Valid: 7,246 Spoilt: 133 Quota: 1,450 Turnout: 48.6%
Source:[ 6] [ 7]
2012 election
Clydesdale West - 4 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8
9
Labour
Eileen Logan (incumbent )
29.1
1,687
SNP
David Shearer (incumbent)
19.8
1,149
1,180
SNP
Pat Lee [ note 1]
15.9
921
944
960
977
989
1,000
1,023
1,094
1,248
Labour
Lynsey Hamilton
15.1
877
1,280
Conservative
Alex Allison (incumbent)
11.1
644
653
662
662
674
700
728
799
Independent
Duncan McFarlane
4.3
246
258
269
269
284
317
353
Liberal Democrats
Peter Charles Meehan
2.2
126
136
143
144
149
150
UKIP
Neil MacLeod
1.4
78
82
86
86
96
Scottish Christian
Robin Mawhinney
1.1
65
69
74
74
Electorate: 14,923 Valid: 5,793 Spoilt: 92 Quota: 1,159 Turnout: 38.8%
Source:[ 9]
2007 election
Clydesdale West - 4 seats
Party
Candidate
FPv%
Count
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Labour
Eileen Logan [ note 2]
33.5
2,549
SNP
Ian Gray [ note 3]
25.6
1,948
Conservative
Alex Allison
12.9
984
1,025
1,050
???
1,126
1,259
???
SNP
David Shearer [ note 4]
12.2
925
1,005
1,279
???
1,360
1,504
???
Liberal Democrats
Peter Meehan
6.4
490
566
602
???
707
Labour
Betty Rush[ note 5]
4.7
359
933
949
???
989
1,131
Scottish Christian
Robin Mawhinney
2.4
180
198
207
???
Scottish Green
Ruth Thomas
2.3
174
193
203
Electorate: 14,775 Valid: 7,645 Quota: 1,522 Turnout: 52.4%
Source:[ 10] [ 11]
Notes
^ Clydesdale West councillor Pat Lee defected from the SNP and joined Solidarity on 27 May 2015.[ 8]
^ Returning councillor for Carluke/Whitehill single-member ward.
^ Returning councillor for Forth single-member ward.
^ Returning councillor for Law/Carluke single-member ward.
^ Returning councillor for Clyde Valley single-member ward.
References