Rutherglen Central and North (ward)
Rutherglen Central and North is one of the twenty wards used to elect members of the South Lanarkshire Council.[2] Created in 2007, it elects three councillors.
The ward's territory is centred around the densely populated Burgh of Rutherglen, also encompassing its surrounding suburban neighbourhoods such as Bankhead, Burnhill, Gallowflat and Farme Cross, and the unpopulated Shawfield industrial area. The northern border is the River Clyde, and the western border the long-established division with the City of Glasgow. A 2017 national boundary review added some streets in the south of the ward (around Overtoun Park, Dryburgh Avenue and Limeside Avenue). The population in 2018 was 14,489.[3]
The ward was formed from roughly the boundaries of three wards under the previous single-member system used by the local authority from the creation of South Lanarkshire in 1995 until 2007: Bankhead, Burgh and Rutherglen West.[4] Prior to this, the town was within the Glasgow District under Strathclyde Regional Council - one of its single-member wards from 1984 was Rutherglen, which included much of the same area as the current Rutherglen Central and North, excepting the Burnhill and Newfield neighbourhoods which were in the Toryglen ward, but with the addition of parts of Burnside north of the Cathcart Circle Line railway tracks (i.e. the Stonelaw ward in the 1995 to 2007 system).
Councillors
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Election | Councillors | |||||||
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2007 | Edward McAvoy (Labour) |
Denis McKenna (Labour) |
Gordon Clark (SNP) | |||||
2012 | ||||||||
2017[5] | Gerard Killen (Labour) |
Jared Wark (Conservative) |
Janine Calikes (SNP) | |||||
2017 by- | Martin Lennon (Labour) |
Election Results
2017 Election
2017 South Lanarkshire Council election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
SNP | Janine Calikes | 29.02% | 1,492 | |||||||
Labour | Gerard Killen (incumbent)[C] | 25.54% | 1,313 | |||||||
Conservative | Jared Wark | 16.24% | 835 | 836 | 836 | 847 | 876 | 1,083 | 1,338 | |
SNP | Gordon Clark (incumbent) | 10.46% | 538 | 719 | 720 | 828 | 881 | 968 | ||
Liberal Democrats | Liz Keenan | 9.30% | 478 | 482 | 483 | 524 | 603 | |||
Labour | Martin Lennon | 5.43% | 279 | 282 | 304 | 330 | ||||
Green | Raymond Burke | 4.01% | 206 | 217 | 217 | |||||
Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,141 Spoilt: 144 Quota: 1,286 Turnout: 44.6% |
2017 By-election
On 23 June 2017, Labour councillor Gerard Killen resigned his seat having been elected as an MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West.[6] A by-election was held on 23 November 2017, won by Martin Lennon, also of the Scottish Labour Party.[7]
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Labour | Martin Lennon | 38.5 | 1,173 | 1,176 | 1,203 | 1,270 | 1,541 | |
SNP | David Innes | 27.4 | 836 | 838 | 870 | 884 | 989 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ellen Bryson | 18.2 | 554 | 558 | 574 | 711 | ||
Conservative | Taylor Muir | 12.1 | 368 | 377 | 379 | |||
Green | Brian Finlay | 2.9 | 88 | 93 | ||||
UKIP | Janice MacKay | 0.9 | 28 | |||||
Electorate: 12,110 Valid: 3,047 Spoilt: 47 Quota: 1,524 Turnout: 25.5% |
2012 Election
2012 South Lanarkshire Council election
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
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1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
Labour | Edward McAvoy (incumbent) | 40.77 | 1,571 | |||
SNP | Gordon Clark (incumbent) | 23.41 | 902 | 928.3 | 973.8 | |
Labour | Denis McKenna (incumbent) | 20.17 | 777 | 1,300.1 | ||
Conservative | Jean Miller | 5.19 | 200 | 204.6 | 218.9 | |
SNP | Michael Hanley | 4.10 | 158 | 163.4 | 175.5 | |
Scottish Unionist | Jim Nixon | 3.84 | 148 | 152.3 | 165.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Tunweer Malik | 2.52 | 97 | 103.6 | 128.1 | |
Electorate: 10,280 Valid: 3,853 Spoilt: 113 Quota: 964 Turnout: 3,966 (37.48%) |
2007 Election
2007 South Lanarkshire Council election
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Labour | Eddie McAvoy[lower-alpha 1] | 1,833 | 35.1 | 1 | 1 | |
SNP | Gordon Clark | 1,198 | 22.9 | 2 | 5 | |
Labour | Denis McKenna[lower-alpha 2] | 786 | 15.0 | 3 | 8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Janette Little | 666 | 12.7 | |||
Conservative | Ian Raeburn | 283 | 5.4 | |||
Green | Susan Martin | 176 | 3.4 | |||
Scottish Unionist | Jim Nixon | 157 | 3.0 | |||
Scottish Socialist | John Starrs | 126 | 2.4 |
- Returning councillor for Bankhead single-member ward.
- Returning councillor for Rutherglen West single-member ward.
References
- "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- Electoral Ward: Rutherglen Central and North, Scottish Government Statistics
- South Lanarkshire Council Area, 3rd Reviews of Electoral Arrangements Maps : Wards 1999 - 2007, Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
- Local Government Election results 2017, South Lanarkshire Council
- Kerr, Aiden (9 June 2017). "Labour gain first Scottish seat from SNP in election". STV Group. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
- "Labour hold Rutherglen Central and North". Daily Record / Rutherglen Reformer. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
- "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). South Lanarkshire Council. 23 November 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2018.