East Kilbride East (ward)

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

Location of the ward [1]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 John Cairney
(Labour)		 Graham Scott
(Labour)		 Jim Wardhaugh
(SNP)
2012 Gladys Miller
(SNP)
2017 Graham Scott
(Labour)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 South Lanarkshire Council election [2]

East Kilbride East - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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SNP Gladys Miller (incumbent) 27.11% 1,374              
Labour Graham Scott 25.93% 1,314              
Conservative Isabel Perratt 17.97% 911 912 920 939 981 1,030 1,078  
SNP Jim Wardhaugh (incumbent)[A] 15.25% 773 857 862 867 873 902 1,101 1,306
Scottish Green Kirsten Robb 7.22% 366 378 384 392 418 464    
Independent John Cairney (incumbent) 3.28% 166 167 172 179 193      
Liberal Democrats Lorna Gall 2.15% 109 111 117 122        
UKIP Brian Doolan 1.09% 55 55 56          
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,068   Spoilt: 81   Quota: 1,268   Turnout: 46.7%

    2012 Election

    2012 South Lanarkshire Council election

    East Kilbride East - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    Labour John Cairney (incumbent) 27.37 1,037        
    SNP Jim Wardhaugh (incumbent) 22.51 853 855.3 866.6 912.7 1,030.9
    SNP Gladys Miller 20.98 795 798.4 818.5 862.8 976.9
    Labour Graham Scott (incumbent) 17.71 671 746.2 765.6 837.3  
    Conservative Ian Harrow 8.47 321 322.9 356.9    
    Liberal Democrats Nigel Benzies 2.96 112 113.2      
    Electorate: 9,622   Valid: 3,789   Spoilt: 72   Quota: 948   Turnout: 3,861 (39.38%)

      2007 Election

      2007 South Lanarkshire Council election

      South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: East Kilbride East
      Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
      SNP Jim Wardhaugh 1,896 36.2 1 1
      Labour John Cairney 1,414 27.0 2 1
      Labour Graham Scott 639 12.2 3 8
      Conservative Ian Harrow 493 9.4
      Liberal Democrats Mark Watson 271 5.2
      Scottish Green Andrew Williamson 210 4.0
      East Kilbride Alliance Richard Naismith 189 3.6
      Independent John Doyle 122 2.3

      References
      1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
      2. Council, South Lanarkshire. "South Lanarkshire Council online information | Council and government | Elections". www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk.
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