Hamilton West and Earnock (ward)
| Hamilton West and Earnock | |
|---|---|
| South Lanarkshire | |
 Boundary of Hamilton West and Earnock in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017. | |
| Population | 18,503 (2020)[1] |
| Electorate | 15,083 (2022) |
| Major settlements | Hamilton (part of) |
| Scottish Parliament constituency | Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse |
| Scottish Parliament region | Central Scotland |
| UK Parliament constituency | Lanark and Hamilton East Rutherglen and Hamilton West |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2007 |
| Number of councillors | 4 |
| Councillor | Mary Donnelly (SNP) |
| Councillor | Alan Falconer (Labour) |
| Councillor | Graeme Horne (SNP) |
| Councillor | Mark McGeever (Liberal Democrats) |
| Created from | Cadzow Earnock Hamilton Centre North High Blantyre Hillhouse Udston Wellhall/Earnock Woodhead/Meikle Earnock |
Hamilton West and Earnock 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 18,503 people.
The ward was previously a Labour stronghold with the party holding half of the seats between 2007 and 2017. However, it has since become a Scottish National Party (SNP) stronghold with the party holding half of the seats since a by-election win in 2011.
Boundaries[edit]
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 Hamilton West and Earnock was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained the majority of the former High Blantyre, Udston and Wellhall/Earnock wards, a small part of the former Hamilton Centre North ward and part of the former Cadzow and Woodhead/Meikle Earnock wards as well as all of the former Earnock and Hillhouse wards. Hamilton West and Earnock covers the western part of Hamilton including the Brackenhill, Earnock, High Earnock, Highstonehall, Hillhouse, Little Earnock and Udston neighbourhoods, as well as the adjoining West Craigs development.[2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's boundaries were unchanged.[3]
Councillors[edit]
| Year | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Allan Falconer (Labour) |
Jean McKeown (Labour) |
Graeme Horne (SNP) |
Tommy Gilligan (Ind.) | ||||
| 2011 by-election |
Jon Menzies (SNP) | |||||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2017 | Mark McGeever (Conservative/ Liberal Democrats) |
Mary Donnelly (SNP) | ||||||
| 2019 | ||||||||
| 2022 | ||||||||
Election results[edit]
2022 election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Mary Donnelly (incumbent) | 29.7 | 1,731 | |||||||
| Labour | Allan Falconer (incumbent) | 24.1 | 1,404 | |||||||
| Conservative | Graham William Fisher | 12.9 | 753 | 761 | 779 | 783 | 785 | 862 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Mark McGeever (incumbent) | 11.9 | 691 | 706 | 715 | 759 | 778 | 989 | 1,440 | |
| SNP | Graeme Horne (incumbent) | 11.7 | 680 | 1,140 | 1,150 | 1,263 | ||||
| Labour | Jim Lee | 6.6 | 385 | 391 | 561 | 583 | 606 | |||
| Scottish Green | Leonard Gingell | 3.1 | 179 | 221 | 227 | |||||
| Electorate: 15,083 Valid: 5,823 Spoilt: 135 Quota: 1,165 Turnout: 39.5% | ||||||||||
2017 election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Mary Donnelly | 25.7 | 1,377 | ||||||
| Conservative | Mark McGeever[note 1] | 22.7 | 1,215 | ||||||
| Labour | Allan Falconer (incumbent) | 20.4 | 1,092 | ||||||
| SNP | Graeme Horne (incumbent) | 14.1 | 752 | 1,019 | 1,025 | 1,026 | 1,069 | 1,111 | |
| Labour | Jean McKeown (incumbent) | 12.5 | 671 | 681 | 720 | 737 | 757 | 830 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Mark Ruston | 2.5 | 134 | 138 | 176 | 176 | 208 | ||
| Scottish Green | Christine Wright | 2.1 | 111 | 119 | 126 | 127 | |||
| Electorate: 14,110 Valid: 5,352 Spoilt: 151 Quota: 1,071 Turnout: 39.0% | |||||||||
2012 election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Labour | Allan Falconer (incumbent) | 27.3 | 1,170 | |||
| SNP | Graeme Horne (incumbent) | 26.9 | 1,153 | |||
| Labour | Jean McKeown (incumbent) | 20.1 | 861 | |||
| SNP | John Menzies (incumbent) | 13.8 | 592 | 640 | 888 | |
| Conservative | Connar McBain | 8.6 | 369 | 387 | 396 | |
| Liberal Democrats | McKenzie Gibson | 1.7 | 74 | 102 | 108 | |
| UKIP | Rob Sale | 1.6 | 70 | 95 | 99 | |
| Electorate: 13,853 Valid: 4,289 Spoilt: 77 Quota: 858 Turnout: 31.0% | ||||||
Source:[9]
2011 by-election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| SNP | John Menzies | 50.0 | 822 | |
| Labour | Stuart Gallacher | 36.9 | 607 | |
| Conservative | Connar McBain | 13.0 | 214 | |
| Electorate: 14,068 Valid: 1,643 Spoilt: 16 Quota: 822 Turnout: 11.8% | ||||
Source:[10]
2007 election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | Allan Falconer[note 2] | 26.4 | 1,670 | |||||||
| SNP | Graeme Horne[note 3] | 25.1 | 1,591 | |||||||
| Independent | Tommy Gilligan[note 4][note 5] | 22.6 | 1,433 | |||||||
| Labour | Jean McKeown | 11.7 | 743 | 1,006 | 1,064 | 1,088 | 1,127 | ??? | ??? | |
| Conservative | John Anderson | 9.6 | 606 | 622 | 671 | 713 | 732 | ??? | ||
| Scottish Green | Scot Graham | 2.6 | 167 | 180 | 232 | 261 | 320 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Gordon McGovern | 2.0 | 124 | 138 | 182 | 192 | ||||
| Electorate: 13,749 Valid: 6,334 Quota: 1,267 Turnout: 46.9% | ||||||||||
Notes[edit]
- ^ On 26 July 2019, Hamilton West and Earnock Conservative councillor Mark McGeever resigned from the party and joined the Liberal Democrats following the election of Boris Johnson as Conservative Party Leader and Prime Minister.[6]
- ^ Returning councillor for Wellhall/Earnock single-member ward.
- ^ Returning councillor for Hillhouse single-member ward.
- ^ Returning councillor for Earnock single-member ward.
- ^ Hamilton West and Earnock councillor Tommy Gilligan dies on 22 October 2011. A by-election, held on 8 December 2011, was won by the SNP's John Menzies.
References[edit]
- ^ "Hamilton West and Earnock". Scottish Government. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ "Ward 18 Hamilton West and Earnock Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Ward 18 Hamilton West and Earnock Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ Bark, Stephen (26 July 2019). "Scots Tory politician joins Lib Dems over Boris Johnson's 'racist and misogynistic language'". Daily Record (Scotland). Archived from the original on 13 October 2021.
- ^ "Ward 18 Hamilton West and Earnock Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ "Ward 18 Hamilton West and Earnock Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ "Local Government election results 2012". South Lanarkshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - Hamilton West and Earnock Ward". Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - South Lanarkshire". Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- ^ 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.