East Kilbride West (ward)

East Kilbride West 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		Graham Simpson (Conservative)		Michael McCann (Labour)		David Watson (SNP)
2010 by-	Alan Scott (Labour)
2012	Janice McGinlay (Labour)
2017	Ian Harrow (Conservative)	Monique McAdams (Labour)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 South Lanarkshire Council election [2]

East Kilbride West - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Conservative	Ian Harrow	37.26%	2,363
	Labour	Monique McAdams	20.73%	1,315	1,529	1,571	1,612
	SNP	David Watson (incumbent)^[E]	20.47%	1,298	1,319	1,322	1,370	1,373	1,427	2,389
	SNP	Ali Salamati	14.19%	900	914	917	986	988	1,065
	Liberal Democrats	Ewan McRobert	3.52%	223	374	397	447	458
	Scottish Green	Billy McLean	3.06%	194	216	229
	UKIP	David Mackay	0.77%	49	140
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 6,342   Spoilt: 74   Quota: 1,586   Turnout: 52.8%

2012 Election

2012 South Lanarkshire Council election

East Kilbride West - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Graham Simpson (incumbent)	25.25	1,197
	SNP	David Watson(incumbent)	24.22	1,148	1,150.1	1,188.4
	Labour	Janice McGinlay	16.98	805	806	849.3	849.3	974.7	1,740.9
	Labour	Alan Scott (incumbent)	16.88	800	801.4	822.6	822.7	916
	SNP	John Reilly	12.22	579	579.5	604.6	606.5
	East Kilbride Alliance	Brian Jones	4.45	211	213.1
Electorate: 12,092   Valid: 4,740   Spoilt: 44   Quota: 1,186   Turnout: 4,784 (39.20%)

2010 By-election

East Kilbride West, by-election 28th October 2010[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Alan Scott	41.4	847	863	873	892	973	1,297
	SNP	Pat McGuire	27.9	571	587	606	641	761
	Conservative	Ian Harrow	19.7	403	427	442	455
	Scottish Green	Raymond Burke	4.0	82	85	100
	East Kilbride Alliance	Brian Jones	3.5	71	76
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Smith	3.4	70
	Labour hold		Swing
Electorate: 12,024   Valid: 2,044   Quota: 1,023   Turnout: 17.00%

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2007 Election

2007 South Lanarkshire Council election

South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: East Kilbride West

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	David Watson	1,861	30.2	1	1
	Labour	Michael McCann	1,805	29.4	2	1
	Conservative	Graham Simpson	860	14.0	3	7
	Labour	Margaret McCulloch	688	11.2
	Liberal Democrats	Pauline Aaron	437	7.1
	East Kilbride Alliance	Brian Jones	259	4.2
	Scottish Green	Kitty MacKenzie	232	3.8

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.
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 9 September 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)