East Kilbride Central North (ward)

East Kilbride Central North is one of the twenty wards used to elect members of the South Lanarkshire Council. It elects four Councillors.

Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

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

Election Results

2019 By-election

East Kilbride Central North By-election (29 August 2019) - 1 Seat[2][3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	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
	Scottish Green	Antony Lee	4.5	153	154	159
	UKIP	David MacKay	1.4	48	50
	Scottish Libertarian	Stephen McNamara	0.4	12
Electorate: 12,960   Valid: 3,405   Spoilt: 51   Quota: 1,703   Turnout: 3,456 (26.7%)

2017 Election

2017 South Lanarkshire Council election [4]

East Kilbride Central North - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	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
	Scottish 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%

2012 Election

2012 South Lanarkshire Council election

East Kilbride Central North - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	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
	Scottish 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	2,248	28.3	1	1
	Labour	Alice Marie Mitchell	1,899	23.9	2	1
	Labour	Christopher Thompson	1,229	15.5	3	7
	Conservative	Isobel Perratt	545	6.9
	SNP	Sheena Wardhaugh	538	6.8	4	10
	Scottish 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

References

1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
2. http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/11870/candidate_votes_per_stage.pdf
3. https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/info/200237/elections/1815/east_kilbride_central_north_by-election_thursday_29_august_2019
4. https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/downloads/download/916/local_government_election_results_2017