East Kilbride East (ward)

East Kilbride 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 15,275 people.

East Kilbride East
South Lanarkshire
Outline map
Boundary of East Kilbride East in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017.
Population15,275 (2021)[1]
Electorate10,887 (2022)
Major settlementsEast Kilbride (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituencyEast Kilbride
Scottish Parliament regionCentral Scotland
UK Parliament constituencyEast Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors3
CouncillorGladys Ferguson-Miller (SNP)
CouncillorGraham Scott (Labour)
CouncillorKirsten Robb (Scottish Green)
Created fromCairns
Calderglen
Long Calderwood
Morrishall

The ward has produced strong results for both Labour and the Scottish National Party (SNP) with the former holding two of the three seats from 2007 to 2012 and the latter holding two between 2012 and 2017. It is the only ward in South Lanarkshire to have returned a Green councillor.

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 East Kilbride East was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained the vast majority of the former Calderglen and Long Calderwood wards as well as all of the former Morrishall ward. 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 East Kilbride East also contained part of the former Cairns ward. East Kilbride East covers the parts of East Kilbride on the north-east and eastern peripheries of the town, primarily Calderwood (excepting the Maxwellton/west of Calderwood Road area), as well as Brancumhall, part of St Leonards (east of High Common Road), Nerston (the separate hamlet, but not the brownfield residential developments south of Kingsgate) and the Crutherland development fringing Calderglen Country Park.[2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, streets between Calderwood Road, Morrishall Road and Hunter Primary School were transferred into the ward from East Kilbride Central North.[3]

Councillors
Year Councillors
2007 John Cairney
(Labour)		 Graham Scott
(Labour)		 Jim Wardhaugh
(SNP/Independent)
2012 Gladys Miller
(SNP)
2017 Graham Scott
(Labour)
2017
2022 Kirsten Robb
(Green)

Election Results

2022 election
Main article: 2022 South Lanarkshire Council election
East Kilbride East - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567
SNP Gladys Ferguson-Miller (incumbent) 28.9 1,420            
Labour Graham Scott (incumbent) 27.0 1,329            
Conservative Graeme Mullin 13.5 664 665 680 720 803 825  
Scottish Green Kirsten Robb 12.7 626 647 661 694 790 1,149 1,291
SNP Robert Gillies 8.5 420 570 580 590 661    
Independent Jim Wardhaugh (incumbent) 6.8 336 339 356 382      
Liberal Democrats Lorna Gall 2.6 126 129 145        
Electorate: 10,887   Valid: 4,921   Spoilt: 86   Quota: 1,231   Turnout: 46.0%  

    Source:[4][5]

    2017 Election
    Main article: 2017 South Lanarkshire Council election
    East Kilbride East - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    SNP Gladys Miller (incumbent) 27.1 1,374              
    Labour Graham Scott 25.9 1,314              
    Conservative Isabel Perratt 18.0 911 912 920 939 981 1,030 1,078  
    SNP Jim Wardhaugh (incumbent)[note 1] 15.3 773 857 862 867 873 902 1,101 1,306
    Scottish Green Kirsten Robb 7.2 366 378 384 392 418 464    
    Independent John Cairney (incumbent) 3.3 166 167 172 179 193      
    Liberal Democrats Lorna Gall 2.2 109 111 117 122        
    UKIP Brian Doolan 1.1 55 55 56          
    Electorate: 11,025   Valid: 5,068   Spoilt: 81   Quota: 1,268   Turnout: 46.7%  

      Source:[7][8]

      2012 Election
      Main article: 2012 South Lanarkshire Council election
      East Kilbride East - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      Labour John Cairney (incumbent) 27.4 1,037        
      SNP Jim Wardhaugh (incumbent) 22.5 853 855 867 913 1,031
      SNP Gladys Miller 21.0 795 798 819 863 977
      Labour Graham Scott (incumbent) 17.7 671 746 766 837  
      Conservative Ian Harrow 8.5 321 323 357    
      Liberal Democrats Nigel Benzies 3.0 112 113      
      Electorate: 9,622   Valid: 3,789   Spoilt: 72   Quota: 948   Turnout: 39.4%  

        Source:[9]

        2007 Election
        Main article: 2007 South Lanarkshire Council election
        East Kilbride East - 3 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678
        SNP Jim Wardhaugh 36.2 1,896              
        Labour John Cairney 27.0 1,414              
        Labour Graham Scott[note 2] 12.2 639 708 779 802 833 883 1,033 ???
        Conservative Ian Harrow 9.4 493 551 554 570 596 625 747  
        Liberal Democrats Mark Watson 5.2 271 376 381 397 436 565    
        Scottish Green Andrew Williamson 4.0 210 325 329 359 426      
        East Kilbride Alliance Richard Naismith 3.6 189 236 238 264        
        Independent John Doyle 2.3 122 160 163          
        Electorate: 9,765   Valid: 5,234   Quota: 1,309   Turnout: 54.6%  

          Source:[10][11]

          Notes
          1. East Kilbride East SNP councillor Jim Wardhaugh resigned from the party and became an independent on 25 May 2017.[6]
          2. Returning councillor for Westwoodhill single-member ward.

          References
          1. "East Kilbride East". Scottish Government. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
          2. "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
          3. "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 10 March 2023.
          4. "Ward 10 East Kilbride East Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
          5. "Ward 10 East Kilbride East Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
          6. Findlay, Nicola (25 May 2017). "Long-standing councillors quit SNP ahead of first meeting of new council". Daily Record.
          7. "Ward 10 East Kilbride East Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
          8. "Ward 10 East Kilbride East 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.
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