Houston, Crosslee and Linwood (ward)

Houston, Crosslee and Linwood is one of the twelve wards used to elect members of the Renfrewshire Council in Scotland. It elects four councillors. Created in 2007, its territory – which was unaffected by a boundary review in 2017 – takes in the adjacent villages of Crosslee (and Craigends) and Houston, and the nearby small town of Linwood, as well as Brookfield.[2][3] In 2020, the ward's population was 19,152.[4]

Location of the ward in Renfrewshire[1]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Audrey Doig
(SNP)		 Allan Noon
(SNP)		 Anne Hall
(Labour)		 David Clews
(Conservative
/Labour)
2011
2012 Stuart Clark
(Labour)
2017[5] Scott Kerr
(Conservative)		 Alison Dowling
(Labour)		 Jim Sheridan
(Labour/
Ind.)
2021

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 Renfrewshire Council election

Houston, Crosslee and Linwood - 4 seats[5]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Conservative Scott Kerr 27.96 1,574          
SNP Audrey Doig (incumbent) 21.39 1,204          
Labour Jim Sheridan† 16.61 935 993.78 996.21 1,023.71 1,078.51 1,221.98
Labour Alison Dowling††††† 13.96 786 853.30 857.65 884.82 974.53 1,210.50
SNP Robert Innes 13.75 774 787.63 848.89 928.70 954.76  
Green Helen Speirs 3.46 195 221.41 224.99      
Liberal Democrats Allan Heron 2.88 162 271.62 272.9 318.61    
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,630   Spoilt: 112   Quota: 1,127   Turnout: 5,742 (48.1%)
    • † In August 2018, Labour Cllr Jim Sheridan was suspended from the party following the discovery of anti-Semitic posts on Facebook.[6] He was reinstated following an investigation in January 2019.[7] In July 2021 he was suspended again.[8] In March 2022 he resigned from the Labour party[9]

    2012 Election

    2012 Renfrewshire Council election

    Houston, Crosslee and Linwood - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    Labour Stuart Clark 28.77 1,454          
    Labour Anne Hall (incumbent) 24.34 1,230          
    SNP Allan Noon (incumbent) 17.12 865 923.2 936.4 954.1 985.2 1,089.4
    SNP Audrey Doig (incumbent) 14.94 755 801.3 835.5 847.5 869.9 951.3
    Conservative Tom Begg 11.81 597 633.9 643.3 654.5 700.9  
    Liberal Democrats Allan Heron 1.84 93 124.9 135.7 153.1    
    TUSC Danny Williamson 1.17 59 92.5 107.1      
    Electorate: 11,743   Valid: 5,053   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 1,011   Turnout: 5,141 (43.03%)

      2007 Election

      2007 Renfrewshire Council election

      Renfrewshire council election, 2007: Houston, Crosslee and Linwood
      Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
      Labour Anne Hall 2,216 33.0 1 1
      SNP Audrey Doig 1,205 18.0 2 4
      Conservative David Clews† 1,174 17.5 3 4
      SNP Allan Noon 1,120 16.7 4 4
      Labour David Lavery 519 7.7
      Liberal Democrats Sandra Jelfs 384 5.7
      Scottish Socialist Stefan Kohlmorgen 89 1.3
      • †On 30 March 2011, Cllr David Clews quit the Conservative Party and joined the Labour Party.

      References
      1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
      2. "Electoral boundaries- interactive map". www.renfrewshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 18 August 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
      3. 5th Reviews - ward maps | Renfrewshire | Ward 10 Houston, Crosslee and Linwood, Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 22 April 2022
      4. Electoral Ward | Houston, Crosslee and Linwood, Scottish Government Statistics. Retrieved 22 April 2022
      5. "Candidates declared for the Renfrewshire Council election". renfrewshire.gov.uk. Renfrewshire Council. Archived from the original on 5 April 2017. Retrieved 4 April 2017.
      6. "Labour Party suspends former MP Jim Sheridan". 18 August 2018. Retrieved 30 March 2021 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
      7. "Anti-Semitism row former MP Jim Sheridan reinstated". 25 January 2019. Retrieved 30 March 2021 – via www.bbc.co.uk.
      8. Hutcheon, Paul. "Scottish Labour councillor suspended for a second time over anti-semitism row". Daily Record. Retrieved 7 February 2022.
      9. Nicol, Jacob (25 March 2022). "Labour councillor Jim Sheridan quits party after 40 years". The Gazette. Retrieved 31 March 2022.
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