Hamilton North and East 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 15,004 people.
| Hamilton North and East | |
|---|---|
| South Lanarkshire | |
 Boundary of Hamilton North and East in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017. | |
| Population | 15,004 (2021)[1] |
| Electorate | 12,036 (2022) |
| Major settlements | Hamilton (part of) |
| Scottish Parliament constituency | Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Uddingston and Bellshill |
| Scottish Parliament region | Central Scotland |
| UK Parliament constituency | Hamilton and Clyde Valley |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2007 |
| Number of councillors | 3 |
| Councillor | Davie McLachlan (Labour) |
| Councillor | Colin Dewar (SNP) |
| Councillor | Martin Hose (Conservative) |
| Created from | Burnbank/Blantyre Hamilton Centre/Ferniegair Hamilton Centre North Udston Wellhall/Earnock Whitehill |
The ward was previously a Labour stronghold with the party holding two of the three seats between 2007 and 2017. However, it has since become split between Labour, the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Conservatives with each party holding one seat since 2017.
Boundaries
editThe 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 Hamilton North and East was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained all of the former Whitehill ward, the majority of the former Hamilton Centre/Ferniegair ward and part of the former Burnbank/Blantyre and Hamilton Centre North wards as well as a small part of the former Udston and Wellhall/Earnock ward. Hamilton North and East covers the northern and eastern parts of Hamilton including the town centre, Barncluith, Burnbank, Chantinghall, Hamilton West and Whitehill, plus the separate village of Ferniegair/Allanton. The River Clyde forms the ward's eastern boundary, coinciding with the council's border with North Lanarkshire Council, and the Avon Water forms the ward's southwestern boundary.[2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, streets south of the town centre between Portland Place, Burnblea Street and Kemp Street were transferred to Hamilton South while streets around Ballantrae Road were transferred into the ward from Blantyre.[3]
Councillors
edit| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | David McLachlan (Labour) |
Mary Smith (Labour) |
Barry Douglas (SNP) | |||||
| 2012 | Monica Lennon (Labour) |
Lynn Adams (SNP) | ||||||
| 2016 by-election | Stephanie Callaghan (SNP) | |||||||
| 2017 | Martin Hose (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2022 | Colin Dewar (SNP) | |||||||
Election results
edit2022 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Labour | Davie McLachlan (incumbent) | 32.4 | 1,539 | ||||||
| SNP | Colin Dewar | 30.3 | 1,442 | ||||||
| Conservative | Martin Hose (incumbent) | 19.0 | 902 | 965 | 968 | 989 | 1,109 | 1,304 | |
| SNP | Phil Sykes | 10.5 | 501 | 552 | 772 | 805 | 876 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Andrew Reynolds | 5.2 | 249 | 348 | 355 | 396 | |||
| Independent | Balarabe Baba | 2.6 | 124 | 150 | 154 | ||||
| Electorate: 12,036 Valid: 4,757 Spoilt: 109 Quota: 1,190 Turnout: 40.4% | |||||||||
2017 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Conservative | Martin Hose | 26.5 | 1,268 | ||||||
| SNP | Stephanie Callaghan (incumbent) | 25.1 | 1,201 | ||||||
| Labour | Davie McLachlan (incumbent)[note 1] | 23.6 | 1,128 | 1,144 | 1,144 | 1,158 | 1,180 | 1,239 | |
| SNP | Jason Douglas | 10.9 | 521 | 522 | 525 | 541 | 603 | 633 | |
| Labour | Nina Reeves | 6.2 | 296 | 301 | 301 | 305 | 320 | 343 | |
| Liberal Democrats | David Bennie | 2.9 | 137 | 152 | 152 | 177 | 207 | ||
| Scottish Green | Steven Hannigan | 3.2 | 152 | 154 | 154 | 165 | |||
| Independent | Balarabe Baba | 1.8 | 87 | 94 | 94 | ||||
| Electorate: 11,600 Valid: 4,790 Spoilt: 94 Quota: 1,198 Turnout: 42.1% | |||||||||
2016 by-election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Stephanie Callaghan | 42.9 | 1,089 | 1,096 | 1,138 | 1,206 | 1,569 | |
| Labour | Lyndsay Clelland | 33.6 | 855 | 861 | 878 | 1,052 | ||
| Conservative | James MacKay | 18.5 | 469 | 480 | 485 | |||
| Scottish Green | Steven Hannigan | 3.3 | 83 | 90 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Norman Rae | 1.8 | 45 | |||||
| Electorate: 12,423 Valid: 2,541 Spoilt: 31 Quota: 1,271 Turnout: 20.2% | ||||||||
Source:[10]
2012 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Labour | Davie McLachlan (incumbent) | 24.4 | 1,037 | 1,045 | 1,073 | ||||
| SNP | Lynn Adams[note 2] | 22.2 | 945 | 964 | 994 | 994 | 1,044 | 1,726 | |
| Labour | Monica Lennon | 18.7 | 794 | 808 | 827 | 834 | 893 | 945 | |
| SNP | Barry Douglas (incumbent) | 18.2 | 776 | 792 | 803 | 803 | 862 | ||
| Conservative | Margaret Murray | 10.1 | 430 | 448 | 471 | 471 | |||
| Independent | Balarabe Baba | 3.3 | 141 | 170 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Alasdair Duke | 3.1 | 133 | ||||||
| Electorate: 12,361 Valid: 4,256 Spoilt: 112 Quota: 1,065 Turnout: 34.4% | |||||||||
Source:[12]
2007 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Barry Douglas | 31.3 | 1,769 | ||||||
| Labour | David McLachlan | 23.6 | 1,335 | 1,382 | 1,401 | 1,456 | |||
| Labour | Mary Smith[note 3] | 21.6 | 1,221 | 1,255 | 1,273 | 1,305 | ??? | ??? | |
| Conservative | Andrew Leitch | 16.2 | 917 | 974 | 990 | 1,112 | ??? | ||
| Independent | James Ward | 3.8 | 214 | 246 | |||||
| Independent | Hugh Clements | 3.4 | 190 | 251 | 394 | ||||
| Electorate: 12,084 Valid: 5,646 Quota: 1,412 Turnout: 48.0% | |||||||||
Notes
edit- ^ In January 2018, Hamilton North and East Labour councillor Davie McLachlan was suspended from the party after allegedly making a racist remark about Anas Sarwar.[6] Following an investigation, he was cleared of any wrongdoing and the suspension was lifted.[7]
- ^ Hamilton North and East SNP councillor Lynn Adams died on 21 September 2015.[11] A by-election was held on 21 January 2016 and it was won by the SNP's Stephanie Callaghan.
- ^ Returning councillor for Hamilton Centre/Ferniegair single-member ward.
References
edit- ^ "Hamilton North and East". Scottish Government. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
- ^ "Ward 17 Hamilton North and East Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Ward 17 Hamilton North and East Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Labour councillor suspended amid investigation into Islamophobic slur". Heart Scotland.
- ^ "Hamilton councillor Davie McLachlan cleared of making racist slur". Daily Record.
- ^ "Ward 17 Hamilton North and East Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ "Ward 17 Hamilton North and East Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ "Hamilton North and East by-election - 21 January 2016". South Lanarkshire Council. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ "Hamilton councillor and publican Lynn Adams passes away". Daily Record. 23 October 2015.
- ^ "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.