East Kilbride South (ward)

East Kilbride South 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 16,985 people.

East Kilbride South
South Lanarkshire
Outline map
Boundary of East Kilbride South in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017.
Population16,985 (2021)[1]
Electorate12,589 (2022)
Major settlementsEast Kilbride (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituencyEast Kilbride
Clydesdale
Scottish Parliament regionCentral Scotland
UK Parliament constituencyEast Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors3
CouncillorArchie Buchanan (SNP)
CouncillorMathew Buchanan (Labour)
CouncillorGeri Gray (SNP)
Created fromGreenhills
Hairmyres/Crosshouse
Heatheryknowe
Lindsay
Westwoodhill
Whitehills

The ward is a Scottish National Party (SNP) stronghold with the party holding two of the three seats at every election since the ward was created.

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 South was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained part of the former Hairmyres/Crosshouse, Heatheryknowe, Lindsay and Westwoodhill wards as well as all of the former Greenhills and Whitehills wards. East Kilbride South covers a primarily urban area in southern East Kilbride including the Greenhills, Lindsayfield and Whitehills neighbourhoods.[2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, a few streets around Owen Avenue/Dale Avenue (generally considered to belong to The Murray neighbourhood) were transferred to the East Kilbride Central South ward and a corridor of farmland north of the White Cart Water previously part of the Avondale and Stonehouse ward was added.[3]

Councillors
Year Councillors
2007 Archie Buchanan
(SNP)		 Douglas Edwards
(SNP)		 Jim Docherty
(Labour)
2012
2017 Geri Gray
(SNP)		 Fiona Dryburgh
(Labour/Lib Dem)
2019
2022 Mathew Buchanan
(Labour)

Election results

2022 election
Main article: 2022 South Lanarkshire Council election
East Kilbride South - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456789
SNP Archie Buchanan (incumbent) 36.9 1,948                
Labour Mathew Buchanan 23.0 1,215 1,272 1,282 1,286 1,300 1,335      
Liberal Democrats Paul McGarry 13.7 722 738 748 750 757 782 787 1,042  
SNP Geri Gray (incumbent) 11.8 621 1,103 1,106 1,130 1,136 1,220 1,222 1,235 1,453
Conservative Patrick Nailon 8.7 458 461 463 467 486 490 492    
Scottish Green John McKechnie 2.9 154 180 182 192 198        
Scottish Family Jonathan Richardson 1.3 68 70 72 79          
Alba Iain Leckenby 1.1 57 63 63            
Libertarian Ross Gibson 0.6 31 34              
Electorate: 12,589   Valid: 5,274   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 1,319   Turnout: 42.8%  

    Source:[4][5]

    2017 election
    Main article: 2017 South Lanarkshire Council election
    East Kilbride South - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    SNP Archie Buchanan (incumbent) 40.5 2,119            
    Labour Fiona Dryburgh[note 1] 19.7 1,030 1,104 1,109 1,122 1,145 1,303 1,327
    Conservative Alexandra Herdman 14.8 773 779 801 806 812 949 952
    SNP Geri Gray 10.9 572 1,196 1,205 1,233 1,293 1,380  
    Liberal Democrats Paul McGarry 9.7 506 526 531 540 552    
    Scottish Green Ruth Thomas 2.0 104 127 129 145      
    Solidarity John Park 1.4 73 82 86        
    UKIP Conner Campbell 1.0 50 59          
    Electorate: 12,335   Valid: 5,227   Spoilt: 114   Quota: 1,307   Turnout: 43.3%  

      Source:[7][8]

      2012 election
      Main article: 2012 South Lanarkshire Council election
      East Kilbride South - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      SNP Archie Buchanan (incumbent) 40.7 1,725        
      Labour Jim Docherty (incumbent) 28.4 1,203        
      SNP Douglas Edwards (incumbent) 11.2 475 1,021 1,029 1,039 1,061
      Labour Patrick Quigg 8.0 339 378 489 500 514
      East Kilbride Alliance Colin McKay 4.6 193 215 219 226 242
      Conservative Patricia Harrow 3.4 144 151 154 163 168
      Solidarity John Park 2.7 115 124 126 128  
      Liberal Democrats Douglas Herbison 0.9 40 46 48    
      Electorate: 11,537   Valid: 4,234   Spoilt: 91   Quota: 1,059   Turnout: 36.7%  

        Source:[9]

        2007 election
        Main article: 2007 South Lanarkshire Council election
        East Kilbride South - 3 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345678
        SNP Archie Buchanan[note 2] 42.7 2,431              
        Labour Jim Docherty[note 3] 33.3 1,900              
        East Kilbride Alliance Colin McKay 6.3 358 413 466 478 506 585 ???  
        Conservative Gillian Alexander 6.2 356 394 429 454 441 460    
        SNP Douglas Edwards 5.2 294 878 941 956 1,014 1,101 ??? ???
        Scottish Green Drew Campbell 2.9 167 222 272 291 323      
        Solidarity John Park 2.3 129 167 194 224        
        Scottish Socialist Lynsey MacGregor 1.1 63 85 107          
        Electorate: 11,701   Valid: 5,698   Quota: 1,425   Turnout: 49.5%  

          Source:[10][11]

          Notes
          1. On 12 August 2019, East Kilbride South Labour councillor Fiona Dryburgh resigned from the party and joined the Liberal Democrats in opposition to Labour voicing support for a second Scottish independence referendum.[6]
          2. Returning councillor for Greenhills single-member ward.
          3. Returning councillor for Whitehills single-member ward.

          References
          1. "East Kilbride South". Scottish Government. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
          2. "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
          3. "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 27 February 2023.
          4. "Ward 6 East Kilbride South Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
          5. "Ward 6 East Kilbride South Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
          6. Andrews, Kieran (13 August 2019). "Leonard halts rebellion over second vote". The Times. Archived from the original on 13 October 2021. Retrieved 13 August 2019.
          7. "Ward 6 East Kilbride South Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
          8. "Ward 6 East Kilbride South Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 20 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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