Bothwell and Uddingston (ward)
| Bothwell and Uddingston | |
|---|---|
| South Lanarkshire | |
 Boundary of Bothwell and Uddingston in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017. | |
| Population | 13,261 (2021)[1] |
| Electorate | 10,818 (2022) |
| Major settlements | Bothwell Uddingston |
| Scottish Parliament constituency | Uddingston and Bellshill |
| Scottish Parliament region | Central Scotland |
| UK Parliament constituency | Lanark and Hamilton East |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2007 |
| Number of councillors | 3 |
| Councillor | Maureen Devlin (Labour) |
| Councillor | Kenny McCreary (Conservative) |
| Councillor | Cal Johnston-Dempsey (SNP) |
| Created from | Bothwell South Uddingston Uddingston South/Bothwell |
Bothwell and Uddingston is one of the 20 electoral wards of South Lanarkshire Council. Created in 2007, the ward elects three councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 13,261 people.
The ward has politically been split between Labour, the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Conservatives with each party holding one seat at every election since the ward's creation.
Boundaries[edit]
The ward was created following the Fourth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2007 Scottish local elections. As a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, local elections in Scotland would use the single transferable vote electoral system from 2007 onwards so Bothwell and Uddingston was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained all of the former Bothwell South, Uddingston and Uddingston South/Bothwell wards. As its name suggests, Bothwell and Uddingston centres on the towns of Bothwell and Uddingston bounded by the River Clyde to the west and south, and the M74 motorway to the north and east. Bothwell and Uddingston is located in the north of South Lanarkshire with its northwestern boundary coinciding with the council's border with Glasgow City Council and its eastern boundary coinciding with the council's border with North Lanarkshire Council.[2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's boundaries were unchanged.[3]
Councillors[edit]
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| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Maureen Devlin (Labour) |
Henry Mitchell (Conservative) |
James McGuigan (SNP) | |||||
| 2012 | Anne Kegg (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2017 | Kenny McCreary (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2022 | Cal Johnston-Dempsey (SNP) | |||||||
Election Results[edit]
2022 election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Labour | Maureen Devlin (incumbent) | 30.3 | 1,633 | ||||||
| Conservative | Kenny McCreary (incumbent) | 27.6 | 1,485 | ||||||
| SNP | Cal Dempsey | 17.2 | 924 | 947 | 949 | 1,008 | 1,099 | 1,913 | |
| SNP | Jim McGuigan (incumbent) | 15.1 | 811 | 844 | 848 | 941 | 994 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Troy Davidson | 5.3 | 285 | 397 | 469 | 539 | |||
| Scottish Green | John Stubbs | 4.5 | 243 | 275 | 280 | ||||
| Electorate: 10,818 Valid: 5,381 Spoilt: 74 Quota: 1,346 Turnout: 50.4% | |||||||||
2017 election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Conservative | Kenny McCreary | 35.3 | 1,851 | |||||
| Labour | Maureen Devlin (incumbent) | 26.0 | 1,362 | |||||
| SNP | Jim McGuigan (incumbent) | 21.6 | 1,132 | 1,150 | 1,158 | 1,219 | 1,550 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Colin Robb | 8.6 | 450 | 701 | 718 | 757 | 774 | |
| SNP | Phil Sykes | 6.6 | 347 | 353 | 355 | 369 | ||
| Scottish Green | James Ferguson | 2.0 | 106 | 134 | 140 | |||
| Electorate: 10,351 Valid: 5,248 Spoilt: 52 Quota: 1,313 Turnout: 51.2% | ||||||||
2012 election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| SNP | Jim McGuigan (incumbent) | 35.2 | 1,342 | ||
| Labour | Maureen Devlin (incumbent) | 29.5 | 1,124 | ||
| Conservative | Anne Kegg | 23.8 | 906 | 1,001 | |
| Labour | Patrick Morgan | 11.5 | 438 | 551 | |
| Electorate: 9,525 Valid: 3,810 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 953 Turnout: 40.0% | |||||
Source:[8]
2007 election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Conservative | Henry Mitchell[note 1] | 30.0 | 1,615 | |||||||
| Labour | Maureen Devlin[note 2] | 24.0 | 1,292 | 1,315 | 1,329 | 1,347 | ||||
| SNP | Jim McGuigan | 18.6 | 998 | 1,032 | 1,089 | 1,120 | 1,120 | 1,324 | ??? | |
| Labour | Pat Morgan[note 3] | 12.9 | 696 | 709 | 721 | 739 | 741 | 861 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Douglas Herbison | 8.9 | 477 | 553 | 562 | 633 | 634 | |||
| Scottish Green | Kenneth Robb | 3.1 | 168 | 187 | 214 | |||||
| Solidarity | Denis Reilly | 2.5 | 132 | 135 | ||||||
| Electorate: 9,788 Valid: 5,378 Quota: 1,345 Turnout: 55.8% | ||||||||||
Notes[edit]
- ^ Returning councillor for Bothwell South single-member ward.
- ^ Returning councillor for Whitehill single-member ward.
- ^ Returning councillor for Uddingston single-member ward.
References[edit]
- ^ "Bothwell and Uddingston". Scottish Government. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
- ^ "Ward 16 Bothwell and Uddingston Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Ward 16 Bothwell and Uddingston Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Ward 16 Bothwell and Uddingston Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ "Ward 16 Bothwell and Uddingston Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ "Local Government election results 2012". South Lanarkshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - South Lanarkshire". Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- ^ Bochel, H. M.; Denver, D. T. (2007). Scottish Council Elections 2007 Results and Statistics (PDF). Lincoln: Policy Studies Research Centre, University of Lincoln. ISBN 978-1-874474-36-4. Retrieved 19 February 2023.