Avondale and Stonehouse (ward)

Avondale and Stonehouse is one of the twenty wards used to elect members of the South Lanarkshire Council.[2] Created in 2007, it elects three councillors. Its territory covers the small towns of Strathaven and Stonehouse, the villages of Chapelton and Glassford and a rural hinterland to the west up to the local authority borders with East Ayrshire and East Renfrewshire – a 2017 national boundary review removed a corridor of farmland between the White Cart Water and southern East Kilbride where housebuilding was planned (although the nearby Benthall Farm development was not re-assigned at that time, still falling just within Avondale and Stonehouse despite being an extension of the Lindsayfield suburb). This review also caused the loss of one seat from the original four despite the electorate increasing slightly, to balance with other wards with similar populations but only three seats. The population in 2019 was 17,089.[3]

Location of the ward in South Lanarkshire(2007 to 2017 boundaries)[1]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 William Holman
(SNP)		 James Malloy
(Labour)		 Greame Campbell
(Conservative
/Ind./
Conservative)		 Lynn Filshie
(Ind.)
2012 Margaret Cooper
(Labour)		 Isobel Dorman
(SNP)
2017[4] 3 seats

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 South Lanarkshire Council election

Avondale and Stonehouse - 3 seats[4]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Conservative Graeme Campbell (incumbent) 31.5 2,062              
Labour Margaret Cooper (incumbent)[B] 23.53 1,540 1,656            
SNP Isobel Dorman (incumbent) 17.12 1,121 1,131 1,134 1,137 1,147 1,187 1,309 2,279
SNP Mairi Tulbure 13.4 877 882 883 884 893 967 1,111  
Independent Alister Hendry 8.86 580 665 669 695 739 801    
Green Erica Young 2.95 193 203 204 211 273      
Liberal Democrats Daniel O'Malley 1.86 122 170 173 181        
UKIP Laura Murray 0.78 51 82 83          
Electorate: 13,114   Valid: 6,546   Spoilt: 90   Quota: 1,637   Turnout: 50.6%
    • Labour Party councillor Margaret Cooper resigned from the party and became Independents in May 2017.[5]

    2012 Election

    2012 South Lanarkshire Council election

    Avondale and Stonehouse - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567891011
    SNP Isobel Dorman 21.40 1,148                    
    SNP William Holman (incumbent) 16.14 866 922.7 931.8 949.8 992.8 1,061.3 1,162.6        
    Labour Margaret Cooper 12.49 670 673.1 674.1 685.2 698.3 732.3 759.3 764 1,158.8    
    Conservative Allan Finnie 11.63 624 625.4 634.5 641.6 649.6 666.6 718.7 724.5 734.7 739.4  
    Independent Graeme Campbell (incumbent) 9.36 502 503.2 505.2 516.4 525.4 580.6 808 823.5 853 861.9 1,100.3
    Labour John Hamilton 9.21 494 494.9 494.9 498.2 521.2 564.2 588.3 596.6      
    Independent Lynn Filshie (incumbent) 7.62 409 411.6 417.6 428.7 459.7 554.8          
    Independent Jim Malloy (incumbent) 6.32 339 340.4 340.4 357.4 380.5            
    Green Erica Young 3.37 181 183 185.1 189.2              
    Independent Kenny Weir 1.75 94 96.4 99.4                
    UKIP Melvyn Donald Randall 0.69 37 37.4                  
    Electorate: 12,848   Valid: 5,364   Spoilt: 97   Quota: 1,073   Turnout: 5,461 (41.75%)

      2007 Election

      2007 South Lanarkshire Council election

      South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Avondale and Stonehouse
      Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
      SNP William Holman 1,989 27.6 1 1
      Conservative Graeme Campbell 1,384 19.2 2 2
      Labour James Malloy[lower-alpha 1] 1,071 14.9 3 8
      Independent Lynn Filshie 797 11.1 4 8
      Labour Ian McInnes 788 10.9
      Liberal Democrats Nigel Benzies 414 5.7
      Green John Innes 333 4.6
      Independent Stuart Brown 238 3.3
      Independent Frank Reilly 198 2.7
      1. Returning councillor for Avondale North single-member ward.

      References
      1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
      2. "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
      3. Electoral Ward: Avondale and Stonehouse, Scottish Government Statistics
      4. Local Government Election results 2017, South Lanarkshire Council
      5. Findlay, Nicola (25 May 2017). "Long-standing councillors quit SNP ahead of first meeting of new council". dailyrecord.
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