Hamilton West and Earnock (ward)

Hamilton West and Earnock 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		Allan Falconer (Labour)		Jean McKeown (Labour)		Graeme Horne (SNP)		Tommy Gilligan (Ind.)
2011 by-			Jon Menzies (SNP)
2012
2017			Mark McGeever (Conservative)	Mary Donnelly (SNP)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 South Lanarkshire Council election [2]

Hamilton West and Earnock - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Mary Donnelly	25.73%	1,377
	Conservative	Mark McGeever^[G]	22.70%	1,215
	Labour	Allan Falconer (incumbent)	20.40%	1,092
	SNP	Graeme Horne (incumbent)	14.05%	752	1,019	1,025	1,026	1,069	1,111
	Labour	Jean McKeown (incumbent)	12.54%	671	681	720	737	757	830
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Ruston	2.50%	134	138	176	176	208
	Scottish Green	Christine Wright	2.08%	111	119	126	127
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,352   Spoilt: 151   Quota: 1,071   Turnout: 39.0%

2012 Election

2012 South Lanarkshire Council election

Hamilton West and Earnock - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	Labour	Allan Falconer (incumbent)	27.28	1,170
	SNP	Graeme Horne (incumbent)	26.88	1,153
	Labour	Jean McKeown (incumbent)	20.07	861
	SNP	John Menzies (incumbent)	13.80	592	639.9	887.7
	Conservative	Connar McBain	8.60	369	387.1	395.6
	Liberal Democrats	McKenzie Gibson	1.73	74	101.9	107.9
	UKIP	Rob Sale	1.63	70	94.8	98.6
Electorate: 13,853   Valid: 4,289   Spoilt: 77   Quota: 858   Turnout: 4,366 (30.96%)

2011 By-election

Hamilton West and Earnock, by-election 8th December 2011- 1 seat[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	John Menzies	50.03	822
	Labour	Stuart Gallacher	36.94	607
	Conservative	Connar McBain	13.02	214
	SNP gain from Independent		Swing
Electorate: 14,068   Valid: 1,643   Spoilt: 16   Quota: 822   Turnout: 1,659 (11.79%)

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2007 Election

2007 South Lanarkshire Council election

South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Hamilton West and Earnock

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Allan Falconer	1,670	26.4	1	1
	SNP	Graeme Horne	1,591	25.1	2	1
	Independent	Tommy Gilligan	1,433	22.6	3	1
	Labour	Jean McKeown	743	11.7	4	7
	Conservative	John Anderson	606	9.6
	Scottish Green	Scot Graham	167	2.6
	Scottish Socialist	Gordon McGovern	124	2.0

References

1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
2. "Local Government Election results 2017". South Lanarkshire Council. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 February 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)