East Kilbride Central North (ward)

East Kilbride Central North is one of the twenty wards used to elect members of the South Lanarkshire Council.[2][3] Created in 2007, it currently elects three councillors. As the name suggests, its territory covers the parts of East Kilbride just north of the town centre with the southern boundary being the Queensway (A726) dual carriageway, including the central retail and administrative area itself as well as the neighbourhoods of East Mains, Kirktonholme, the Village and West Mains, most of St Leonards (west of High Common Road) and part of Calderwood (Maxwellton/west of Calderwood Road). A 2017 national review removed a few streets in the east of the ward (between Calderwood Road, Morrishall Road and Hunter Primary School) which had only a small effect on the electorate but caused the loss of one seat from the original four to balance with other wards with similar populations but only three seats. In 2019, the population was 16,799.[4]

Location of the ward in South Lanarkshire[1]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Christopher Thompson
(Labour)		 Alice Marie Mitchell
(Labour)		 Sheena Wardhaugh
(SNP)		 Anne Maggs
(SNP)
2012
2017[5] 3 seats Joe Fagan
(Labour)		 Hugh MacDonald
(SNP)
2019 by- Grant Ferguson
(SNP)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 South Lanarkshire Council election

East Kilbride Central North - 3 seats[5]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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SNP Hugh MacDonald 22.16% 1,374 1,389 1,398 1,452 1,488 1,519 1,618
SNP Sheena Wardhaugh (incumbent)[A] 20.05% 1,243 1,249 1,261 1,351 1,390 1,420 1,482
Labour Joe Fagan 18.76% 1,163 1,173 1,198 1,229 1,873    
Conservative Darren Clyde 18.76% 1,163 1,165 1,188 1,209 1,258 1,319  
Labour Alice Marie Mitchell (incumbent) 12.83% 795 799 827 854      
Green James Thornbury 3.86% 239 254 294        
Liberal Democrats John Rintoul 2.47% 153 157          
Solidarity Stuart McLean 1.11% 69            
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 6,199   Spoilt: 174   Quota: 1,550   Turnout: 48.6%
    • SNP councillor Sheena Wardhaugh resigned from the party and became Independent on 25 May 2017.[6]

    2019 By-election

    Councillor Sheena Wardhaugh died on 2 June 2019, triggering a by-election.[7] This was held on 29 August 2019, won by the SNP's Grant Ferguson.

    East Kilbride Central North By-election (29 August 2019) - 1 Seat[8][9]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    SNP Grant Ferguson 46.5 1,582 1,582 1,588 1,650 1,743
    Labour Kirsty Williams 20.3 690 692 695 715 837
    Conservative Graham Fisher 14.6 498 499 513 519 606
    Liberal Democrats Paul McGarry 12.4 422 424 428 456  
    Green Antony Lee 4.5 153 154 159    
    UKIP David MacKay 1.4 48 50      
    Libertarian Stephen McNamara 0.4 12        
    Electorate: 12,960   Valid: 3,405   Spoilt: 51   Quota: 1,703   Turnout: 3,456 (26.7%)

      2012 Election

      2012 South Lanarkshire Council election

      East Kilbride Central North - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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      SNP Anne Maggs (incumbent) 29.31 1,733              
      Labour Alice Marie Mitchell (incumbent) 22.80 1,348              
      Labour Christopher Thompson (incumbent) 18.01 1,065 1,100.9 1,230.6          
      SNP Sheena Wardhaugh (incumbent) 9.28 549 972.7 977.8 983.7 993.5 1,064.8 1,115.3 1,374.4
      Green Kirsten Robb 8.73 516 560.7 571 579.6 598.7 715.2 819.6  
      Conservative William Chalmers 6.33 374 378.4 380.8 383.2 386.3 412.4    
      East Kilbride Alliance Clare Keane 4.68 277 287.2 290.7 293.3 302.5      
      Solidarity Richard Foster 0.86 51 53.2 53.6 55.4        
      Electorate: 14,005   Valid: 5,913   Spoilt: 104   Quota: 1,183   Turnout: 6,017 (42.22%)

        2007 Election

        2007 South Lanarkshire Council election

        South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: East Kilbride Central North
        Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
        SNP Anne Maggs[lower-alpha 1] 2,248 28.3 1 1
        Labour Alice Mitchell[lower-alpha 2] 1,899 23.9 2 1
        Labour Christopher Thompson[lower-alpha 3] 1,229 15.5 3 7
        Conservative Isobel Perratt 545 6.9
        SNP Sheena Wardhaugh 538 6.8 4 10
        Green Raymond Burke 500 6.3
        Liberal Democrats Gordon Smith 446 5.6
        East Kilbride Alliance Clare Keane 227 2.9
        East Kilbride Alliance Tim Gingell 169 2.1
        Scottish Socialist Catherine Pedersen 130 1.6
        1. Returning councillor for Blacklaw single-member ward.
        2. Returning councillor for East Mains single-member ward.
        3. Returning councillor for Maxwellton single-member ward.

        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: East Kilbride Central North, Scottish Government Statistics
        5. Local Government Election results 2017, South Lanarkshire Council
        6. Findlay, Nicola (25 May 2017). "Long-standing councillors quit SNP ahead of first meeting of new council". dailyrecord.
        7. "Obituary: Sheena Wardhaugh, teacher and prominent figure in the SNP". HeraldScotland.
        8. "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). South Lanarkshire Council. 23 November 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 January 2018.
        9. "East Kilbride Central North By-election Thursday 29 August 2019". South Lanarkshire Council. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019.
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