Hamilton West and Earnock (ward)

Hamilton West and Earnock is one of the twenty wards used to elect members of the South Lanarkshire Council.[2][3] Created in 2007, it elects four councillors. Its territory covers the suburban south-west of Hamilton including the Brackenhill, Earnock, High Earnock, Highstonehall, Hillhouse, Little Earnock and Udston neighbourhoods, as well as the adjoining modern West Craigs development (which belongs to Blantyre in some reckonings) – these boundaries were unaffected by a 2017 national review. In 2019, the ward's population was 18,618.[4]

Location of the ward in South Lanarkshire[1]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Allan Falconer
(Labour)		 Jean McKeown
(Labour)		 Graeme Horne
(SNP)		 Tommy Gilligan
(Ind.)
2011 by- Jon Menzies
(SNP)
2012
2017[5] Mark McGeever
(Conservative)		 Mary Donnelly
(SNP)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 South Lanarkshire Council election

Hamilton West and Earnock - 4 seats[5]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
SNP Mary Donnelly 25.73% 1,377          
Conservative Mark McGeever[G] 22.70% 1,215          
Labour Allan Falconer (incumbent) 20.40% 1,092          
SNP Graeme Horne (incumbent) 14.05% 752 1,019 1,025 1,026 1,069 1,111
Labour Jean McKeown (incumbent) 12.54% 671 681 720 737 757 830
Liberal Democrats Mark Ruston 2.50% 134 138 176 176 208  
Green Christine Wright 2.08% 111 119 126 127    
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,352   Spoilt: 151   Quota: 1,071   Turnout: 39.0%

    2012 Election

    2012 South Lanarkshire Council election

    Hamilton West and Earnock - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123
    Labour Allan Falconer (incumbent) 27.28 1,170    
    SNP Graeme Horne (incumbent) 26.88 1,153    
    Labour Jean McKeown (incumbent) 20.07 861    
    SNP John Menzies (incumbent) 13.80 592 639.9 887.7
    Conservative Connar McBain 8.60 369 387.1 395.6
    Liberal Democrats McKenzie Gibson 1.73 74 101.9 107.9
    UKIP Rob Sale 1.63 70 94.8 98.6
    Electorate: 13,853   Valid: 4,289   Spoilt: 77   Quota: 858   Turnout: 4,366 (30.96%)

      2007 Election

      2007 South Lanarkshire Council election

      South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Hamilton West and Earnock
      Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
      Labour Allan Falconer 1,670 26.4 1 1
      SNP Graeme Horne 1,591 25.1 2 1
      Independent Tommy Gilligan 1,433 22.6 3 1
      Labour Jean McKeown 743 11.7 4 7
      Conservative John Anderson 606 9.6
      Green Scot Graham 167 2.6
      Scottish Socialist Gordon McGovern 124 2.0

        2011 By-election

        Independent councillor Tommy Gilligan died on 22 October 2011. A by-election in was held on 8 December 2011 to fill the vacancy, won by the SNP's John Menzies.

        Hamilton West and Earnock, by-election 8th December 2011- 1 seat[7]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1
        SNP John Menzies 50.03 822
        Labour Stuart Gallacher 36.94 607
        Conservative Connar McBain 13.02 214
        SNP gain from Independent Swing
        Electorate: 14,068   Valid: 1,643   Spoilt: 16   Quota: 822   Turnout: 1,659 (11.79%)

          References
          1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
          2. "Local multi-member ward boundary maps". South Lanarkshire Council. 4 May 2017. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
          3. "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
          4. Electoral Ward: Hamilton West and Earnock, Scottish Government Statistics
          5. Local Government Election results 2017, South Lanarkshire Council
          6. "Scots Tory joins Lib Dems over Boris Johnson 'racist and misogynistic' language". 26 July 2019.
          7. "www.kristoferkeane.co.uk - Scottish Elections :: Hamilton West and Earnock By-Election 2011". Archived from the original on 1 February 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.
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