Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South (ward)

Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the East Dunbartonshire Council. It elects three Councillors. Its territory (which has not altered since its creation in 2007) consists of the village of Lenzie including the modern development at Woodilee, plus the contiguous southern parts of Kirkintilloch (neighbourhoods south of the Forth and Clyde Canal and the Luggie Water including Gallowhill, Oxgang and Townhead).[2][3] In 2020, the ward had a population of 13,475.[4]

Location of the ward in East Dunbartonshire[1]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Gillian Renwick
(SNP)		 Rhondda Geekie
(Labour)		 Anne Jarvis
(Conservative)
2012[5]
2017 Rod Ackland
(Liberal Democrats)		 Sandra Thornton
(Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 East Dunbartonshire Council election

Lenzie & Kirkintilloch South - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
Conservative Sandra Thornton 24.55% 1,634 1,641 1,716          
SNP Gillian Renwick (incumbent) 22.52% 1,499 1,576 1,611 1,612 2,093      
Liberal Democrats Rod Ackland 12.09% 805 847 896 914 928 989 1,342 1,825
Independent Sandy Taylor 12.19% 811 841 1,037 1,049 1,070 1,180 1,298  
Labour Rhondda Geekie (incumbent) 10.94% 728 758 777 783 797 859    
SNP Martin Robertson 7.59% 505 543 552 552        
Independent Alisdair Sinclair 6.23% 415 431            
Green Carolynn Scrimgeour 3.89% 259              
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 6,656   Spoilt: 103   Quota: 1,665   Turnout: 56.1%

    2012 Election

    2012 East Dunbartonshire Council election

    Lenzie & Kirkintilloch South - 3 seats[5]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12
    Labour Rhondda Geekie (incumbent) 36.6 1,729  
    SNP Gillian Renwick (incumbent) 32.0 1,511  
    Conservative Anne Jarvis (incumbent) 24.0 1,133 1,240
    Liberal Democrats John Duncan 7.5 353 533
    Electorate: 10,412   Valid: 4,726   Spoilt: 38   Quota: 1182   Turnout: 45.39%

      2007 Election

      2007 East Dunbartonshire Council election

      Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456789
      Labour Rhondda Geekie 28.8 1,937                
      Conservative Anne Jarvis 26.3 1,772                
      SNP Gillian Renwick 16.8 1,128 1,163 1,174 1,201 1,233 1,282 1,325 1,477 1,838
      Liberal Democrats Gordon MacDonald 10.1 681 717 731 741 764 800 1,032 1,139  
      EDIA Ken Selbie 6.5 435 454 464 473 538 575 592    
      Liberal Democrats Margaret Morris 4.1 277 290 299 305 318 359      
      Independent James Barker 3.0 201 221 229 239          
      Green Isabel Park 2.8 191 210 216 241 261        
      Scottish Socialist Moira Brown 1.5 103 118 120            
      Electorate:     Valid: 6,725   Spoilt: 87   Quota: 1,682   Turnout: 64.08%

        References
        1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
        2. 5th Reviews - ward maps | East Dunbartonshire | Ward 6 Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South, Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 17 April 2022
        3. Councillors 2017, East Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 17 April 2022
        4. Electoral Ward | Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South, Scottish Government Statistics. Retrieved 17 April 2022
        5. "East Dunbartonshire Election Results". East Dunbartonshire Council. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
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