Rutherglen Central and North (ward)

Rutherglen Central and North is one of the twenty wards used to elect members of the South Lanarkshire Council. Created in 2007, it elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward [1]

The ward's territory is centred around the densely populated Burgh of Rutherglen, also encompassing its surrounding suburban neighbourhoods such as Bankhead, Burnhill, Gallowflat and Farme Cross, and the unpopulated Shawfield industrial area. The population in 2018 was 14,489.[2]

The ward was formed from roughly the boundaries of three wards under the previous single-member system used by the local authority from the creation of South Lanarkshire in 1995 until 2007: Bankhead, Burgh and Rutherglen West.[3] Prior to this, the town was within the Glasgow District under Strathclyde Regional Council - one of its wards from 1984 was Rutherglen, which included much of the same area as the current Rutherglen Central and North, excepting the Burnhill and Newfield neighbourhoods which were in the Toryglen ward, but with the addition of parts of Burnside north of the Cathcart Circle Line railway tracks (i.e the Stonelaw ward in the 1995-2007 system).

Councillors
Rutherglen West Parish Church and the town's war memorial are among the landmarks in the ward
Election Councillors
2007 Edward McAvoy
(Labour)		 Denis McKenna
(Labour)		 Gordon Clark
(SNP)
2012
2017 Gerard Killen
(Labour)		 Jared Wark
(Conservative)		 Janine Calikes
(SNP)
2017 by- Martin Lennon
(Labour)

Election Results

2017 By-election
Rutherglen Central and North By-election (23 November 2017) - 1 Seat[4][5]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
Labour Martin Lennon 38.5 1,173 1,176 1,203 1,270 1,541
SNP David Innes 27.4 836 838 870 884 989
Liberal Democrats Ellen Bryson 18.2 554 558 574 711  
Conservative Taylor Muir 12.1 368 377 379    
Scottish Green Brian Finlay 2.9 88 93      
UKIP Janice MacKay 0.9 28        
Electorate: 12,110   Valid: 3,047   Spoilt: 47   Quota: 1,524   Turnout: 25.5%

    2017 Election

    2017 South Lanarkshire Council election[6]

    Rutherglen Central and North - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    SNP Janine Calikes 29.02% 1,492            
    Labour Gerard Killen (incumbent) 25.54% 1,313            
    Conservative Jared Wark 16.24% 835 836 836 847 876 1,083 1,338
    SNP Gordon Clark (incumbent) 10.46% 538 719 720 828 881 968  
    Liberal Democrats Liz Keenan 9.30% 478 482 483 524 603    
    Labour Martin Lennon 5.43% 279 282 304 330      
    Scottish Green Raymond Burke 4.01% 206 217 217        
    Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,141   Spoilt: 144   Quota: 1,286   Turnout: 44.6%

      2012 Election

      2012 South Lanarkshire Council election

      Rutherglen Central and North - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123
      Labour Edward McAvoy (incumbent) 40.77 1,571    
      SNP Gordon Clark (incumbent) 23.41 902 928.3 973.8
      Labour Denis McKenna (incumbent) 20.17 777 1,300.1  
      Conservative Jean Miller 5.19 200 204.6 218.9
      SNP Michael Hanley 4.10 158 163.4 175.5
      Scottish Unionist Jim Nixon 3.84 148 152.3 165.9
      Liberal Democrats Tunweer Malik 2.52 97 103.6 128.1
      Electorate: 10,280   Valid: 3,853   Spoilt: 113   Quota: 964   Turnout: 3,966 (37.48%)

        2007 Election

        2007 South Lanarkshire Council election

        South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Rutherglen Central and North
        Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
        Labour Edward McAvoy[lower-alpha 1] 1,833 35.1 1 1
        SNP Gordon Clark 1,198 22.9 2 5
        Labour Denis McKenna[lower-alpha 2] 786 15.0 3 8
        Liberal Democrats Janette Little 666 12.7
        Conservative Ian Raeburn 283 5.4
        Scottish Green Susan Martin 176 3.4
        Scottish Unionist Jim Nixon 157 3.0
        Scottish Socialist John Starrs 126 2.4
        1. Serving councillor for the Bankhead single-member ward (see 2003 South Lanarkshire Council election).
        2. Serving councillor for the Rutherglen West single-member ward (see 2003 South Lanarkshire Council election).

        References
        1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
        2. Electoral Ward: Rutherglen Central and North, Scottish Government Statistics
        3. South Lanarkshire Council Area, 3rd Reviews of Electoral Arrangements Maps : Wards 1999 - 2007, Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
        4. http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/11870/candidate_votes_per_stage.pdf
        5. Labour hold Rutherglen Central and North, Daily Record, 24 November 2017
        6. Local Government Election results 2017, South Lanarkshire Council
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