Cambuslang West (ward)

Cambuslang West is one of the twenty wards used to elect members of the South Lanarkshire Council.[2] Created in 2007, it elects three councillors.

Location of the ward in South Lanarkshire[1]

The ward's territory includes the town centre of Cambuslang[3] and neighbourhoods to its south and west including Eastfield, Greenlees, Kirkhill, Silverbank and Whitlawburn. The northern border is the River Clyde. A 2017 national review removed several of the streets in the west of the ward (those off East Kilbride Road, Brownside Road and Dukes Road) but added some in the east (between Greenlees Road and the Cathcart Circle Line railway tracks over Hamilton Road). The population in 2018 was 14,307.[4]

The ward was formed from roughly the boundaries of three wards under the previous single-member system used from the creation of South Lanarkshire local authority in 1995 until 2007: Cambuslang Central, Eastfield and Kirkhill/Whitlawburn.[5] Prior to this, the town was within the Glasgow District under Strathclyde Regional Council - one of its single-member wards from 1984 was named Cambuslang, and this included much the same area as the current Cambuslang West.

Councillors
Aerial view of ward from the west
Election Councillors
2007 Clare McColl
(SNP)		 Russell Clearie
(Labour)		 David Baillie
(Liberal Democrats)
2012 Richard Tullett
(Labour)
2017[6] John Bradley
(SNP)		 Margaret Walker
(Labour)		 Ann Le Blond
(Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 South Lanarkshire Council election

Cambuslang West - 3 seats[6]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Labour Margaret Walker 24.16% 1,336 1,346 1,369 1,397        
Conservative Ann Le Blond 21.11% 1,167 1,178 1,201 1,210 1,212 1,499    
SNP John Bradley 19.88% 1,099 1,104 1,110 1,149 1,150 1,214 1,220 2,170
SNP Clare McColl (incumbent) 17.40% 962 965 976 1,033 1,035 1,120 1,128  
Liberal Democrats Norman Rae 11.72% 648 651 672 696 700      
Green David McClemont 2.91% 161 165 176          
Independent Don Ferguson 1.92% 106 112            
UKIP Kieran Kiely 0.90% 50              
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,529   Spoilt: 106   Quota: 1,383   Turnout: 46.5%

    2012 Election

    2012 South Lanarkshire Council election

    Cambuslang West - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    Labour Russell Clearie (incumbent) 34.67 1,669          
    SNP Clare McColl (incumbent) 26.17 1,260          
    Liberal Democrats David Baillie (incumbent) 14.69 707 752.9 762.3 835.6 1,048.3  
    Labour Richard Tullett * 12.59 606 949.8 960.8 1,029.6 1,065.3 1,394.5
    Conservative James MacKay 7.15 344 355.6 357.8 387.8    
    Green Janice Sharkey 4.74 228 244.9 260.1      
    Electorate: 11,948   Valid: 4,814   Spoilt: 81   Quota: 1,204   Turnout: 4,895 (40.29%)
      • = Sitting Councillor for a different Ward.

      2007 Election

      2007 South Lanarkshire Council election

      South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Cambuslang West
      Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
      Labour Russell Clearie[lower-alpha 1] 1,253 20.5 2 7
      Labour John McGuinness[lower-alpha 2] 1,225 20.0
      SNP Clare McColl 1,209 19.8 3 7
      Liberal Democrats David Baillie[lower-alpha 3] 1,191 19.5 1 5
      Conservative Malcolm Macaskill 772 12.6
      Green Christian Schmidt 187 3.1
      Scottish Unionist Jimi Moore 154 2.5
      Scottish Socialist David McClemont 130 2.1
      1. Returning councillor for Cathkin/Springhall single-member ward.
      2. Returning councillor for Eastfield single-member ward.
      3. Returning councillor for Kirkhill/Whitlawburn 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. Voters in Cambuslang West have chance to quiz council candidates, Daily Record, 21 April 2017
      4. Electoral Ward: Cambuslang West, Scottish Government Statistics
      5. South Lanarkshire Council Area, 3rd Reviews of Electoral Arrangements Maps : Wards 1999 - 2007, Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
      6. Local Government Election results 2017, South Lanarkshire Council
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