Cambuslang West (ward)

Cambuslang West
South Lanarkshire
Outline map
Boundary of Cambuslang West in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017.
Population14,096 (2021)[1]
Electorate12,800 (2022)
Major settlementsCambuslang (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituencyRutherglen
Scottish Parliament regionGlasgow
UK Parliament constituencyRutherglen
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors3
CouncillorMargaret Walker (Labour)
CouncillorJohn Bradley (SNP)
CouncillorNorman Rae (Liberal Democrats)
Created fromCairns
Cambuslang Central
Cathkin/Springhall
Eastfield
Kirkhill/Whitlawburn
Long Calderwood

Cambuslang West 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 14,096 people.

The ward has politically been split between Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish National Party (SNP) with each party returning one councillor at half of the elections.

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 Cambuslang West was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained part of the former Cairns ward, roughly half of the former Cathkin/Springhall and Cambuslang Central wards as well as all of the former Eastfield and Kirkhill/Whitlawburn wards. As a result of amendments to the boundaries of the South Lanarkshire Council's management areas, the boundaries between Rutherglen and Cambuslang, East Kilbride and Hamilton were tweaked so Cambuslang West also contained part of the former Long Calderwood ward. Cambuslang West covers a suburban area in the west of Cambuslang including the town centre and the neighbourhoods of Eastfield, Greenlees, Kirkhill, Silverbank and Whitlawburn. The ward's northern boundary is the division with Glasgow City Council which runs along the River Clyde.[2]

Prior to the local government reforms in the 1990s, Cambuslang was within the Glasgow District under Strathclyde Regional Council. One of its single-member wards was Cambuslang which included much of the same area as the current Cambuslang West.[3]

Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, streets around East Kilbride Road, Brownside Road and Dukes Road were transferred from the ward into Rutherglen South while streets between Greenlees Road and the Cathcart Circle Line railway tracks over Hamilton Road were transferred into Cambuslang West from Cambuslang East.[4]

Councillors

Aerial view of ward from the west
Election Councillors
2007 Clare McColl
(SNP) 		Russell Clearie
(Labour) 		David Baillie
(Liberal Democrats)
2012 Richard Tullett
(Labour)
2017 John Bradley
(SNP) 		Margaret Walker
(Labour) 		Ann Le Blond
(Conservative)
2022 Norman Rae
(Liberal Democrats)

Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 South Lanarkshire Council election
Cambuslang West - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour Margaret Walker (incumbent) 30.1 1,727          
SNP John Bradley (incumbent) 24.1 1,382 1,404 1,491      
SNP Gillian Sutherland 14.9 856 882 1,000 1,049 1,066  
Conservative Ann Le Blond (incumbent) 12.9 739 786 798 798    
Liberal Democrats Norman Rae 12.7 730 826 890 893 1,416 1,802
Scottish Green Tom Lauckner 5.2 301 327        
Electorate: 12,800   Valid: 5,735   Spoilt: 102   Quota: 1,434   Turnout: 45.6%  

Source:[5][6]

2017 election

Main article: 2017 South Lanarkshire Council election
Cambuslang West - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Labour Margaret Walker 24.2 1,336 1,346 1,369 1,397        
Conservative Ann Le Blond 21.1 1,167 1,178 1,201 1,210 1,212 1,499    
SNP John Bradley 19.9 1,099 1,104 1,110 1,149 1,150 1,214 1,220 2,170
SNP Clare McColl (incumbent) 17.4 962 965 976 1,033 1,035 1,120 1,128  
Liberal Democrats Norman Rae 11.7 648 651 672 696 700      
Scottish Green David McClemont 2.9 161 165 176          
Independent Don Ferguson 1.9 106 112            
UKIP Kieran Kiely 0.9 50              
Electorate: 12,118   Valid: 5,529   Spoilt: 106   Quota: 1,383   Turnout: 46.5%  

Source:[7][8]

2012 election

Main article: 2012 South Lanarkshire Council election
Cambuslang West - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour Russell Clearie (incumbent) 34.7 1,669          
SNP Clare McColl (incumbent) 26.2 1,260          
Liberal Democrats David Baillie (incumbent) 14.7 707 759 762 836 1,048  
Labour Richard Tullett[note 1] 12.6 606 950 961 1,030 1,065 1,395
Conservative James MacKay 7.2 344 356 358 388    
Scottish Green Janice Sharkey 4.7 228 245 260      
Electorate: 11,948   Valid: 4,814   Spoilt: 81   Quota: 1,204   Turnout: 40.3%  

Source:[9]

2007 election

Main article: 2007 South Lanarkshire Council election
Cambuslang West - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Russell Clearie[note 2] 20.5 1,253 1,264 ??? 1,294 1,386 ??? ???
Labour John McGuinness[note 3] 20.0 1,225 1,238 ??? 1,264 1,305 ???  
SNP Clare McColl 19.8 1,209 1,240 ??? 1,307 1,409 ??? ???
Liberal Democrats David Baillie[note 4] 19.5 1,191 1,206 ??? 1,294 1,597    
Conservative Malcolm Macaskill 12.6 772 774 ??? 844      
Scottish Green Christian Schmidt 3.1 187 207 ???        
Scottish Unionist Jimi Moore 2.5 154 161          
Scottish Socialist David McClemont 2.1 130            
Electorate: 11,591   Valid: 6,121   Quota: 1,531   Turnout: 53.7%  

Source:[10][11]

Notes

  1. ^ Incumbent for Cambuslang East.
  2. ^ Returning councillor for Cathkin/Springhall single-member ward.
  3. ^ Returning councillor for Eastfield single-member ward.
  4. ^ Returning councillor for Kirkhill/Whitlawburn single-member ward.

References

  1. ^ "Cambuslang West". 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 13 Cambuslang West Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  6. ^ "Ward 13 Cambuslang West Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Ward 13 Cambuslang West Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  8. ^ "Ward 13 Cambuslang West Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
  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.