Hamilton South (ward)

Hamilton South 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 south-eastern parts of suburban Hamilton including the Avon Grove, Cadzow, Eddlewood, Fairhill, Laighstonehall, Low Waters, Meikle Earnock, Silvertonhill, Torhead Farm and Woodhead neighbourhoods. A 2017 national review saw the addition of some territory in the north of the ward (streets around Portland Place, Burnblea Street, Kemp Street), the northern boundary moving to the Argyle Line railway tracks. In 2019 the ward's population was 21,793, the highest in the council area.[4]

Location of the ward within South Lanarkshire[1]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Joe Lowe
(Labour)		 Brian McCaig
(Labour)		 Bobby Lawson
(SNP)		 John Murray
(Conservative)
2012 Angela Crawley
(SNP)
2013 by- Stuart Gallacher
(Labour)
2015 by- John Ross
(SNP)
2017[5] Lynne Mailon
(Conservative)		 Josh Wilson
(SNP)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 South Lanarkshire Council election

Hamilton South - 4 seats[5]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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SNP John Ross (incumbent) 30.64% 2,167            
Labour Joe Lowe (incumbent)[B] 25.70% 1,818            
Conservative Lynne Nailon 21.83% 1,544            
Labour Brian McCaig (incumbent) 9.09% 643 669 991 1,020 1,055 1,177  
SNP Josh Wilson 6.72% 475 1,105 1,112 1,115 1,209 1,245 1,485
Green John Kane 3.05% 216 249 257 265      
Liberal Democrats Joanne Ferguson 2.97% 210 228 244 282 345    
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 7,073   Spoilt: 177   Quota: 1,415   Turnout: 44.4%
    • Labour Party councillor Joe Lowe resigned from the party and became an Independent in May 2017.[6]

    2012 Election

    2012 South Lanarkshire Council election

    Hamilton South - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    Labour Joe Lowe (incumbent) 36.6 1,975            
    SNP Angela Crawley††††††† 23.2 1,255            
    Labour Brian McCaig (incumbent) 14.8 800 1,512.3          
    SNP Bobby Lawson (incumbent)†† 9.3 502 537.4 598.9 746.5 773.4 861.1 988.3
    Conservative John Murray (incumbent) 9.2 496 515.9 542.3 544.5 583.9 653.6  
    Scottish Senior Citizens David Holland 3.7 199 233.9 313.7 323.5 379.8    
    Scottish Christian Craig Smith 3.1 165 175.9 197.5 200.3      
    Electorate: 14,383   Valid: 5,392   Spoilt: 134   Quota: 1,079   Turnout: 5,526 (37.49%)

      2013 By-election

      SNP councillor Bobby Lawson died on 13 August 2013. A by-election was held on 24 October 2013 and was won by the Labour Party's Stuart Gallacher.[7]

      Hamilton South By-election (24 October 2013) [8]- 1 Seat
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1
      Labour Stuart Gallacher 51.7% 1,781
      SNP Josh Wilson 32.5% 1,120
      Conservative Lynne Nailon 9.4% 322
      Scottish Christian Craig Martin 3.9% 133
      UKIP Josh Richardson 2.5% 86
      Electorate:     Valid: 3,442   Spoilt: 43   Quota: 1,722   Turnout: 3,485

        2015 By-election

        SNP councillor Angela Crawley was elected as an MP for Lanark and Hamilton East on 7 May 2015. She resigned her Council seat on 22 May 2015.[9] A by-election was held to fill the vacancy on 6 August 2015 and it was won by the SNP's John Ross.

        Hamilton South By-election (6 August 2015)- 1 Seat[10]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        SNP John Ross 48.0 1881 1883 1888 1905 1919 1988
        Labour Jim Lee 35.6 1396 1398 1405 1410 1425 1460
        Conservative Lynne Nailon 8.9 349 349 354 365 389 394
        Green John Kane 3.2 127 128 132 135 146  
        Scottish Christian Craig Smith 2.0 77 80 81 84    
        UKIP Donald Murdo MacKay 1.1 43 44 45      
        Liberal Democrats Matthew Cockburn 0.82 32 34        
        Pirate Andrew McCallum 0.33 13          
        Electorate: 14811   Valid: 3918   Spoilt: 52   Quota: 1960   Turnout: 3970 (26.8%)

          2007 Election

          2007 South Lanarkshire Council election

          South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Hamilton South
          Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
          Labour Joe Lowe 2,626 34.9 1 1
          SNP Bobby Lawson 1,791 23.8 2 1
          Labour Brian McCaig 1,005 13.4 3 2
          Conservative John Murray 808 10.7 4 8
          Independent John Carracher 464 6.2
          Liberal Democrats John Oswald 427 5.7
          Independent David Holland 215 2.9
          Green Denize McBride 188 2.5

            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 South, 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". Daily Record.
            7. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 29 October 2013. Retrieved 25 October 2013.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
            8. "Hamilton South, 2013". Archived from the original on 8 December 2015. Retrieved 28 November 2015.
            9. "Hamilton South Councillor Angela Crawley to step down triggering by-election". 23 May 2015.
            10. "Hamilton South by election result". Archived from the original on 28 April 2016. Retrieved 7 August 2015.
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