2003 South Lanarkshire Council election
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Elections to South Lanarkshire Council were held on 1 May 2003, the same day as the 31 other local government elections in Scotland and elections to the Scottish Parliament. This was the third election since the council's creation in 1995 and the last election to use first-past-the-post voting.
Labour maintained control of the council although their vote share reduced to 48.0%. The party won a majority of the seats despite their representation on the council decreasing by three. The Scottish National Party (SNP) remained as the largest opposition party on the council despite a net loss of one seat. The Conservatives remained on two seats while the Liberal Democrats gained one seat to hold two and three independent candidates were elected.
Following the introduction of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, local elections in Scotland would use the single transferable vote electoral system which meant this was the last election in which the 67 single-member wards created by the Third Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements would be contested.
Results
Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | |
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Labour | 51 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 77.6 | 48.0 | 55,173 | 2.0 | |
Scottish National | 9 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10.4 | 29.2 | 33,555 | 3.8 | |
Independent | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 4.5 | 3.1 | 3,604 | 2.5 | |
Conservative | 2 | 0 | 0 | 4.5 | 12.5 | 14,371 | 2.3 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3.0 | 4.6 | 5,336 | 1.0 | |
Scottish Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 2.3 | 2,589 | New | ||
Scottish Unionist | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 255 | New | ||
Total | 67 | 114,883 |
Ward results
Lanark North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary McNeill | 761 | 40.7 | 2.8 | |
Conservative | Alistair Campbell | 636 | 34.0 | 2.5 | |
Scottish National | Carolyn Park | 349 | 18.7 | 3.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Ronald Waddell | 124 | 6.6 | 2.0 | |
Majority | 125 | 6.7 | 0.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,870 | 52.1 | 10.2 | ||
Registered electors | 3,591 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.1 |
Lanark South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian Reilly | 802 | 46.2 | 5.0 | |
Scottish National | Frank Gunning | 550 | 31.7 | 0.3 | |
Conservative | Patrick Ross-Taylor | 384 | 22.1 | 4.5 | |
Majority | 252 | 14.5 | 4.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,736 | 50.7 | 7.3 | ||
Registered electors | 3,427 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.3 |
Lesmahagow
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alexander McInnes | 1,010 | 55.8 | 15.3 | |
Scottish National | David Smart | 684 | 37.8 | 8.9 | |
Conservative | Grace Parton | 116 | 6.4 | New | |
Majority | 326 | 18.0 | 24.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,810 | 53.0 | 8.0 | ||
Registered electors | 3,418 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 12.1 |
Blackwood
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scottish National | Archibald Manson | 910 | 53.9 | 6.5 | |
Labour | Esther Serrels | 662 | 39.2 | 1.3 | |
Conservative | Louise Hodgson | 116 | 6.9 | New | |
Majority | 248 | 14.7 | 4.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,688 | 54.7 | 8.7 | ||
Registered electors | 3,086 | ||||
Scottish National hold | Swing | 2.6 |
Clyde Valley
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elizabeth Rush | 521 | 33.4 | 1.8 | |
Scottish National | Thomas Ashburn | 515 | 33.0 | 4.0 | |
Conservative | Alex Allison | 329 | 21.1 | 4.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Hill | 195 | 12.5 | 1.0 | |
Majority | 4 | 0.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,560 | 47.9 | 13.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,254 | ||||
Labour gain from Scottish National | Swing | 1.1 |
Biggar/Symington and Black Mount
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Scottish National | Tom McAlpine | 1,166 | 64.6 | 5.8 | |
Conservative | John Lyon | 485 | 26.9 | 4.3 | |
Labour | Angela McGranachan | 155 | 8.6 | 1.4 | |
Majority | 681 | 37.7 | 10.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,806 | 53.5 | 11.5 | ||
Registered electors | 3,378 | ||||
Scottish National hold | Swing | 5.0 |
Duneaton/Carmichael
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Alexander Forrest | 878 | 55.5 | 1.2 | |
Scottish National | Thomas Mitchell | 441 | 27.9 | 5.0 | |
Labour | Michael Derrington | 263 | 16.6 | 3.8 | |
Majority | 437 | 27.6 | 6.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,582 | 53.8 | 5.2 | ||
Registered electors | 2,943 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 3.1 |
Carstairs/Carnwath
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scottish National | Beverly Gauld | 831 | 55.5 | 7.8 | |
Labour | Lindy Barbour | 428 | 28.6 | 4.8 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Ross-Taylor | 239 | 16.0 | 2.8 | |
Majority | 403 | 26.9 | 12.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,498 | 45.8 | 12.2 | ||
Registered electors | 3,270 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 5.3 |
Douglas
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Daniel Meikle | 1,661 | 65.2 | 21.3 | |
Scottish National | Lindsay Addison | 804 | 31.6 | 18.0 | |
Conservative | David Parton | 82 | 3.2 | 3.3 | |
Majority | 857 | 33.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,547 | 67.3 | 3.7 | ||
Registered electors | 3,783 | ||||
Labour gain from Scottish National | Swing | 19.6 |
Carluke/Whitehill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eileen Logan | 1,276 | 63.9 | ||
Scottish National | Stuart Moffat | 509 | 25.5 | 10.6 | |
Conservative | Donald Hopkins | 211 | 10.6 | New | |
Majority | 767 | 38.4 | 10.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,996 | 48.2 | 12.8 | ||
Registered electors | 4,139 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 5.3 |
Carluke/Crawforddyke
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | William Ross | 1,114 | 60.4 | 8.9 | |
Scottish National | John Allan | 537 | 29.1 | 12.1 | |
Conservative | Henry Ross-Taylor | 192 | 10.4 | 3.1 | |
Majority | 577 | 31.3 | 21.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,843 | 49.6 | 15.4 | ||
Registered electors | 3,714 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 10.5 |
Forth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scottish National | Ian Gray | 920 | 46.6 | 5.2 | |
Labour | John Roberts | 745 | 37.7 | 20.9 | |
Conservative | David Taylor | 310 | 15.7 | New | |
Majority | 175 | 8.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,975 | 51.9 | 9.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,804 | ||||
Scottish National gain from Labour | Swing | 13.0 |
Law/Carluke
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Scottish National | David Shearer | 979 | 49.2 | 7.5 | |
Labour | Edward Wright | 793 | 39.9 | 8.7 | |
Conservative | James Young | 216 | 10.9 | 1.2 | |
Majority | 186 | 9.4 | 16.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,988 | 50.7 | 13.3 | ||
Registered electors | 3,918 | ||||
Scottish National hold | Swing | 8.1 |
Long Calderwood
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Anthony Carlin | 892 | 54.7 | 0.8 | |
Scottish National | John Lowe | 631 | 38.7 | 5.8 | |
Conservative | Malcolm Gauld | 108 | 6.6 | New | |
Majority | 261 | 16.0 | 5.0 | ||
Turnout | 1,631 | 48.7 | 10.3 | ||
Registered electors | 3,346 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.5 |
Calderglen
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scottish National | James Wardhaugh | 959 | 51.2 | 11.1 | |
Labour | John Cairney | 732 | 39.1 | 0.3 | |
Conservative | Robert Young | 181 | 9.7 | 0.1 | |
Majority | 227 | 12.1 | 11.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,872 | 55.3 | 9.7 | ||
Registered electors | 3,387 | ||||
Scottish National hold | Swing | 5.7 |
Blacklaw
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scottish National | Anne Maggs | 1,082 | 56.5 | 6.7 | |
Labour | John Quinn | 559 | 29.2 | 8.1 | |
Conservative | Ian Harrow | 273 | 14.3 | 1.4 | |
Majority | 523 | 27.3 | 13.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,914 | 57.0 | 12.0 | ||
Registered electors | 3,360 | ||||
Scottish National hold | Swing | 7.4 |
Morrishall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alan Dick | 949 | 54.4 | 4.7 | |
Scottish National | Stephen McKellar | 623 | 35.7 | 4.4 | |
Conservative | Agnes Cameron | 171 | 9.8 | 0.1 | |
Majority | 326 | 18.7 | 9.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,743 | 53.3 | 9.7 | ||
Registered electors | 3,271 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.5 |
Maxwellton
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Christopher Thomson | 929 | 52.0 | 1.7 | |
Scottish National | John McKenna | 649 | 36.3 | 0.7 | |
Conservative | Ian McCulloch | 208 | 11.6 | 0.8 | |
Majority | 280 | 15.7 | 2.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,786 | 54.2 | 11.8 | ||
Registered electors | 3,295 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.2 |
East Mains
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alice Mitchell | 898 | 47.2 | 14.8 | |
Scottish National | Clare Keane | 831 | 43.6 | 5.6 | |
Conservative | Helen McCallum | 175 | 9.2 | New | |
Majority | 67 | 3.6 | 20.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,904 | 56.1 | 8.9 | ||
Registered electors | 3,392 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 10.2 |
West Mains
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William McNab | 994 | 52.7 | 10.7 | |
Scottish National | Scot MacQueen | 533 | 28.2 | 8.4 | |
Scottish Socialist | W. Kane | 203 | 10.8 | New | |
Conservative | Isabella Perratt | 157 | 8.3 | New | |
Majority | 461 | 24.4 | 2.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,887 | 54.7 | 10.3 | ||
Registered electors | 3,448 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.1 |
Duncanrig
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Stewart Crawford | 946 | 54.8 | 5.2 | |
Scottish National | John MacQueen | 449 | 26.0 | 14.0 | |
Scottish Socialist | Mark Sands | 205 | 11.9 | New | |
Conservative | Jean Davidson | 125 | 7.2 | New | |
Majority | 497 | 28.8 | 8.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,725 | 52.8 | 10.2 | ||
Registered electors | 3,264 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.4 |
Westwoodhill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Graham Scott | 914 | 57.4 | 10.6 | |
Scottish National | Hugh Gavin | 567 | 35.6 | 1.2 | |
Conservative | Anne Stewart | 112 | 7.0 | New | |
Majority | 347 | 21.8 | 9.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,593 | 50.1 | 12.9 | ||
Registered electors | 3,178 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.7 |
Headhouse
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Pat Watters | 849 | 50.7 | 4.9 | |
Scottish National | Diane McAnsh | 492 | 29.4 | 1.9 | |
Scottish Socialist | John Shaw | 201 | 12.0 | New | |
Conservative | Patricia Harrow | 131 | 7.8 | New | |
Majority | 357 | 21.3 | 6.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,673 | 53.2 | 9.8 | ||
Registered electors | 3,143 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.2 |
Heatheryknowe
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gerry Convery | 876 | 55.4 | 3.3 | |
Scottish National | Graeme Macklin | 464 | 29.3 | 12.0 | |
Scottish Socialist | Theresa Barr | 150 | 9.5 | New | |
Conservative | Gavin Douglas | 91 | 5.8 | New | |
Majority | 412 | 26.1 | 8.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,581 | 50.0 | 10.0 | ||
Registered electors | 3,164 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.3 |
Greenhills
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scottish National | Archie Buchanan | 1,003 | 66.4 | 1.0 | |
Labour | Marcel Legowski | 358 | 23.7 | 7.7 | |
Scottish Socialist | Catherine Pedersen | 107 | 7.1 | New | |
Conservative | Moira Brown | 42 | 2.8 | New | |
Majority | 645 | 42.7 | 8.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,510 | 47.3 | 11.7 | ||
Registered electors | 3,194 | ||||
Scottish National hold | Swing | 4.3 |
Whitehills
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Docherty | 905 | 56.5 | 6.8 | |
Scottish National | Douglas Edwards | 627 | 39.1 | 8.9 | |
Conservative | Kenneth Lawton | 71 | 4.4 | New | |
Majority | 278 | 17.3 | 15.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,603 | 46.8 | 12.2 | ||
Registered electors | 3,426 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 7.8 |
Hairmyres/Crosshouse
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Scottish National | David Watson | 883 | 52.3 | 5.8 | |
Labour | John Timoney | 563 | 33.3 | 3.9 | |
Conservative | Jane Steel | 133 | 7.9 | 0.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Colin Linskey | 110 | 6.5 | 0.9 | |
Majority | 320 | 18.9 | 9.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,689 | 50.5 | 11.5 | ||
Registered electors | 3,342 | ||||
Scottish National hold | Swing | 4.8 |
Mossneuk/Kittoch
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Michael McCann | 1,017 | 54.6 | 14.0 | |
Scottish National | John Anderson | 558 | 29.9 | 4.6 | |
Conservative | Margaret McCulloch | 289 | 15.5 | 9.4 | |
Majority | 459 | 24.6 | 18.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,864 | 51.2 | 10.8 | ||
Registered electors | 3,641 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 9.3 |
Stewartfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Carol Hughes | 989 | 51.7 | 3.8 | |
Scottish National | Elaine McDougall | 548 | 28.6 | 2.5 | |
Conservative | Margaret Lang | 377 | 19.7 | 1.4 | |
Majority | 441 | 23.0 | 6.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,914 | 51.5 | 8.5 | ||
Registered electors | 3,716 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.1 |
Lindsay
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gerald Docherty | 836 | 41.6 | 0.5 | |
Scottish National | John Anderson | 800 | 39.8 | 0.4 | |
Conservative | Matthew Ferguson | 374 | 18.6 | 0.1 | |
Majority | 36 | 1.8 | 0.9 | ||
Turnout | 2,010 | 49.1 | 14.9 | ||
Registered electors | 4,092 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.4 |
Avondale North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | James Malloy | 767 | 37.4 | 1.0 | |
Conservative | Carol Ballard | 531 | 25.9 | 1.3 | |
Scottish National | William Holman | 501 | 24.4 | 13.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | George Stewart | 251 | 12.2 | 11.2 | |
Majority | 236 | 11.5 | 0.3 | ||
Turnout | 2,050 | 51.4 | 10.6 | ||
Registered electors | 3,986 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 7.2 |
Avondale South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hector MacDonald | 843 | 41.7 | 3.2 | |
Labour | Peter Duff | 557 | 27.5 | 1.6 | |
Scottish National | Alan Stevenson | 441 | 21.8 | 4.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Nigel Benzies | 182 | 9.0 | New | |
Majority | 286 | 14.1 | 1.7 | ||
Turnout | 2,023 | 52.9 | 13.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,827 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 2.4 |
Blantyre West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Michael McGlynn | 847 | 52.0 | 7.7 | |
Independent | Russell Craig | 357 | 21.9 | New | |
Scottish National | Alan Fergusson | 290 | 17.8 | 12.4 | |
Conservative | James Stewart | 134 | 8.2 | 1.9 | |
Majority | 490 | 30.1 | 0.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,628 | 42.2 | 17.3 | ||
Registered electors | 3,856 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 14.8 |
Coatshill/Low Blantyre
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jim Handibode | 949 | 60.2 | 8.1 | |
Scottish National | Catherine Sutherland | 249 | 15.8 | 9.3 | |
Scottish Socialist | Georgina Mitchell | 202 | 12.8 | New | |
Independent | Thomas Conway | 108 | 6.9 | New | |
Conservative | Gladys Murray | 68 | 4.3 | 2.3 | |
Majority | 700 | 44.4 | 1.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,576 | 44.9 | 10.8 | ||
Registered electors | 3,513 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.3 |
Burnbank/Blantyre
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Davie McLachlan | 1,085 | 66.4 | 2.6 | |
Scottish National | Iain Sutherland | 428 | 26.2 | 3.7 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Gardiner | 120 | 7.3 | 1.0 | |
Majority | 657 | 40.2 | 6.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,633 | 41.5 | 6.7 | ||
Registered electors | 3,937 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.1 |
High Blantyre
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Bert Thomson | 873 | 50.0 | 50.0 | |
Labour | Hugh Dunsmuir | 590 | 33.8 | 27.1 | |
Scottish National | James Henderson | 211 | 12.1 | 19.8 | |
Conservative | Ann Blair | 72 | 4.1 | 3.1 | |
Majority | 283 | 16.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,746 | 49.2 | 7.2 | ||
Registered electors | 3,549 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | 38.5 |
Hamilton Centre North
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Smith | 881 | 53.1 | 4.3 | |
Scottish National | Barbara Samson | 486 | 29.3 | 2.4 | |
Conservative | Charles Ferguson | 292 | 17.6 | 0.9 | |
Majority | 395 | 23.8 | 6.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,659 | 47.7 | 8.6 | ||
Registered electors | 3,479 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.3 |
Whitehill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Maureen Devlin | 622 | 50.3 | 6.9 | |
Scottish National | Pamela Smith | 288 | 23.3 | 9.5 | |
Conservative | Jean McAlpine | 116 | 9.4 | New | |
Scottish Socialist | Micheal Martin | 112 | 9.1 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | John Oswald | 98 | 7.9 | New | |
Majority | 334 | 27.0 | 2.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,236 | 37.9 | 10.0 | ||
Registered electors | 3,259 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.3 |
Bothwell South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Alexander McGuire | 707 | 48.6 | 7.3 | |
Conservative | Henry Mitchell | 512 | 35.2 | 11.4 | |
Scottish National | Nicholas Gauld | 237 | 16.3 | 7.8 | |
Majority | 195 | 13.4 | 3.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,456 | 47.4 | 15.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,071 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.0 |
Uddingston South/Bothwell
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Ormiston | 796 | 54.9 | 3.5 | |
Conservative | Raymond Ferguson | 332 | 22.9 | 2.3 | |
Scottish National | Margaret Fergusson | 323 | 22.3 | 1.1 | |
Majority | 464 | 32.0 | 5.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,451 | 46.3 | 16.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,137 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.9 |
Uddingston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patrick Morgan | 849 | 56.3 | 5.4 | |
Scottish National | James Wright | 344 | 22.8 | 3.1 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Montgomery | 315 | 20.9 | 2.3 | |
Majority | 505 | 33.5 | 8.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,508 | 48.4 | 10.9 | ||
Registered electors | 3,117 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.2 |
Hillhouse
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Graeme Horne | 620 | 48.3 | New | |
Labour | Jean McKeown | 610 | 47.5 | 17.7 | |
Conservative | Janet Brown | 54 | 4.2 | 3.8 | |
Majority | 10 | 0.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,284 | 45.8 | 3.8 | ||
Registered electors | 2,802 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | 33.0 |
Udston
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James Daisley | 546 | 54.4 | 11.8 | |
Independent | William Wishart | 415 | 41.3 | New | |
Conservative | Janette McAlpine | 43 | 4.3 | 3.8 | |
Majority | 131 | 13.0 | 27.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,004 | 41.0 | 8.8 | ||
Registered electors | 2,449 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 26.5 |
Wellhall/Earnock
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Allan Falconer | 1,018 | 64.3 | 16.4 | |
Scottish National | Patrick Lee | 349 | 22.1 | 8.5 | |
Conservative | Douglas Walker | 215 | 13.6 | 8.0 | |
Majority | 669 | 42.3 | 24.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,582 | 42.9 | 7.3 | ||
Registered electors | 3,687 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 12.4 |
Earnock
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Independent | Thomas Gilligan | 1,231 | 65.3 | New | |
Labour | Margaret Duffy | 518 | 27.5 | 25.8 | |
Conservative | Morag Redpath | 135 | 7.2 | New | |
Majority | 713 | 37.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,884 | 52.4 | 7.3 | ||
Registered electors | 3,597 | ||||
Independent gain from Labour | Swing | 46.4 |
Woodhead/Meikle Earnock
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Catherine Condie | 827 | 64.2 | 0.3 | |
Scottish National | Sean Tait | 347 | 26.9 | 1.6 | |
Conservative | Anne Kegg | 114 | 8.9 | 1.9 | |
Majority | 480 | 37.3 | 1.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,288 | 39.3 | 14.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,274 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.6 |
Hamilton Centre/Ferniegair
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mary Smith | 931 | 54.3 | 8.0 | |
Scottish National | James McGuigan | 511 | 29.8 | 4.6 | |
Conservative | Gary Scullion | 273 | 15.9 | 12.6 | |
Majority | 420 | 24.5 | 6.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,715 | 50.8 | 8.7 | ||
Registered electors | 3,378 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.7 |
Low Waters
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Joe Lowe | 1,012 | 69.1 | 0.3 | |
Scottish National | Margaret McKenzie | 337 | 23.0 | 0.6 | |
Conservative | David Thomas | 116 | 7.9 | 0.3 | |
Majority | 685 | 46.1 | 0.8 | ||
Turnout | 1,465 | 42.6 | 12.0 | ||
Registered electors | 3,443 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.4 |
Silvertonhill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian McCaig | 705 | 37.2 | 2.6 | |
Scottish National | Robert Lawson | 683 | 36.1 | 2.4 | |
Conservative | John Murray | 506 | 26.7 | 6.9 | |
Majority | 22 | 1.2 | 0.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,894 | 56.0 | 12.8 | ||
Registered electors | 3,385 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.1 |
Cadzow
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Elizabeth Handibode | 1,015 | 55.1 | 2.0 | |
Scottish National | Boyd Park | 595 | 32.3 | 1.5 | |
Conservative | Neil Cameron | 232 | 12.6 | 0.5 | |
Majority | 420 | 22.8 | 3.5 | ||
Turnout | 1,842 | 45.5 | 12.5 | ||
Registered electors | 4,050 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.7 |
Dalserf
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Mushtaq Ahmad | 903 | 47.0 | 8.7 | |
Scottish National | Lesley McDonald | 757 | 39.4 | 4.9 | |
Conservative | John Lyon | 260 | 13.5 | New | |
Majority | 146 | 7.6 | 3.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,920 | 47.7 | 8.6 | ||
Registered electors | 4,029 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.9 |
Larkhall East
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | David Tremble | 843 | 51.6 | 10.1 | |
Scottish National | Iain McGowan | 510 | 31.2 | 7.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Callan Dick | 150 | 9.2 | New | |
Conservative | William Rennie | 131 | 8.0 | New | |
Majority | 333 | 20.4 | 2.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,634 | 44.8 | 10.8 | ||
Registered electors | 3,649 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.5 |
Larkhall West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Samuel Casserly | 839 | 45.7 | 12.4 | |
Scottish National | Barry Douglas | 829 | 45.2 | 3.3 | |
Conservative | Jean Pretswell | 166 | 9.1 | New | |
Majority | 10 | 0.5 | 15.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,834 | 48.0 | 5.6 | ||
Registered electors | 3,819 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 7.8 |
Larkhall South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jackie Burns | 1,004 | 70.7 | 3.8 | |
Scottish National | Robert Murray | 302 | 21.3 | 11.8 | |
Conservative | David Murray | 114 | 8.0 | New | |
Majority | 702 | 49.4 | 15.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,420 | 45.0 | 9.3 | ||
Registered electors | 3,155 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 7.8 |
Stonehouse
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John McInnes | 893 | 50.9 | 2.1 | |
Scottish National | Peter Craig | 691 | 39.4 | 1.3 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth Colley | 169 | 9.6 | 0.9 | |
Majority | 202 | 11.5 | 3.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,753 | 53.2 | 10.4 | ||
Registered electors | 3,298 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 1.7 |
Rutherglen West
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Denis McKenna | 835 | 60.7 | 4.8 | |
Scottish National | Anne Higgins | 233 | 16.9 | 13.5 | |
Scottish Socialist | Alistair Fulton | 166 | 12.1 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | John McLellan | 141 | 10.3 | 3.4 | |
Majority | 602 | 43.8 | 18.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,375 | 40.8 | 9.5 | ||
Registered electors | 3,372 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 9.1 |
Stonelaw
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | Gretel Ross | 1,012 | 54.6 | 3.9 | |
Labour | Andrew Moffat | 357 | 19.3 | 1.1 | |
Conservative | Malcolm MacAskill | 214 | 11.5 | 2.8 | |
Scottish National | Sherwood Shea | 175 | 9.4 | 5.2 | |
Scottish Socialist | David Sharp | 95 | 5.1 | New | |
Majority | 655 | 35.3 | 4.9 | ||
Turnout | 1,853 | 51.1 | 12.0 | ||
Registered electors | 3,628 | ||||
Liberal Democrats hold | Swing | 2.5 |
Bankhead
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Eddie McAvoy | 1,022 | 56.8 | 2.3 | |
Scottish National | Mary Donnelly | 269 | 15.0 | 6.9 | |
Liberal Democrats | Charles Clark | 203 | 11.3 | 1.5 | |
Conservative | Graeme Livingstone | 158 | 8.8 | 4.0 | |
Scottish Socialist | David Stevenson | 147 | 8.2 | New | |
Majority | 753 | 41.9 | 4.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,799 | 51.5 | 9.5 | ||
Registered electors | 3,490 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.3 |
Spittal/Blairbeth
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | William McCaig | 971 | 57.1 | 6.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | David Crowe | 336 | 19.8 | 8.9 | |
Scottish National | D. Bryson | 198 | 11.6 | 1.8 | |
Conservative | Robina Muir | 148 | 8.7 | 1.1 | |
Scottish Unionist | Gordon Jamieson | 47 | 3.1 | New | |
Majority | 635 | 37.4 | 15.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,700 | 51.9 | 13.0 | ||
Registered electors | 3,273 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 7.8 |
Burgh
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Brian McKenna | 875 | 52.7 | 3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Elizabeth Jackson | 243 | 14.6 | 8.6 | |
Scottish National | Linda Douglas | 240 | 14.5 | 7.3 | |
Scottish Socialist | Gerard McMahon | 176 | 10.6 | New | |
Scottish Unionist | Thomas Rooney | 125 | 7.5 | New | |
Majority | 632 | 38.1 | 12.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,659 | 44.3 | 11.7 | ||
Registered electors | 3,745 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 6.2 |
Cairns
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Pam Clearie | 908 | 60.0 | 4.4 | |
Scottish National | John Higgins | 335 | 22.1 | 2.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alexander Young | 271 | 17.9 | 8.4 | |
Majority | 573 | 37.8 | 7.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,514 | 45.1 | 10.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,359 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 3.6 |
Hallside
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Davy Keirs | 1,332 | 59.7 | 5.6 | |
Scottish National | Margaret Fox | 489 | 21.9 | 1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | John Rodgers | 221 | 9.9 | 3.2 | |
Scottish Socialist | Lorraine Sharp | 189 | 8.5 | New | |
Majority | 843 | 37.8 | 4.4 | ||
Turnout | 2,231 | 43.0 | 12.5 | ||
Registered electors | 5,187 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.2 |
Cambuslang Central
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Bob Rooney | 959 | 58.9 | 1.4 | |
Scottish National | Clare McColl | 240 | 14.7 | 6.8 | |
Conservative | Ronald Muir | 156 | 9.6 | 0.6 | |
Liberal Democrats | Karen McCallum | 147 | 9.0 | 0.2 | |
Scottish Socialist | Paul Drown | 127 | 7.8 | New | |
Majority | 719 | 44.1 | 5.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,629 | 49.1 | 8.5 | ||
Registered electors | 3,317 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.7 |
Cathkin/Springhall
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Russell Clearie | 965 | 54.3 | 3.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gordon Bryce | 310 | 17.4 | 15.0 | |
Conservative | Allan Kenneth | 184 | 10.4 | New | |
Scottish National | Marion Lennox | 170 | 9.6 | 7.5 | |
Scottish Socialist | David McClemont | 148 | 8.3 | New | |
Majority | 655 | 36.9 | 18.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,777 | 52.9 | 6.5 | ||
Registered electors | 3,360 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 9.4 |
Fernhill
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Patricia Osborne | 644 | 43.6 | 0.8 | |
Liberal Democrats | Margaret McLellan | 500 | 33.8 | 2.5 | |
Scottish National | Euan Fergusson | 136 | 9.2 | 10.2 | |
Scottish Socialist | John Starrs | 115 | 7.8 | New | |
Scottish Unionist | James Nixon | 83 | 5.6 | New | |
Majority | 144 | 9.7 | 1.6 | ||
Turnout | 1,478 | 52.5 | 4.3 | ||
Registered electors | 2,815 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 0.8 |
Kirkhill/Whitlawburn
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal Democrats | David Baillie | 609 | 36.1 | 3.8 | |
Labour | Patrick McKenna | 574 | 34.0 | 5.9 | |
Conservative | Moya MacAskill | 201 | 11.9 | 1.1 | |
Scottish National | William McIntyre | 189 | 11.2 | 5.7 | |
Scottish Socialist | Stephanie Sharp | 116 | 6.9 | New | |
Majority | 35 | 2.1 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,689 | 50.3 | 5.5 | ||
Registered electors | 3,361 | ||||
Liberal Democrats gain from Labour | Swing | 4.8 |
Eastfield
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John McGuinness | 1,020 | 53.8 | 0.9 | |
Scottish National | Gordon Clark | 278 | 14.7 | 6.6 | |
Conservative | Jean Miller | 235 | 12.4 | 2.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Robert Bell | 233 | 12.3 | 1.2 | |
Scottish Socialist | Alan Buchanan | 130 | 6.9 | New | |
Majority | 742 | 39.1 | 5.7 | ||
Turnout | 1,896 | 55.3 | 10.9 | ||
Registered electors | 3,429 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | 2.8 |
Aftermath
Labour retained control of the council with a reduced majority.
By-elections
Bothwell South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | 594 | 48.4 | 13.2 | ||
Labour | 377 | 30.7 | 18.1 | ||
Liberal Democrats | 143 | 11.7 | New | ||
Scottish National | 67 | 5.5 | 10.8 | ||
Scottish Senior Citizens | 26 | 2.1 | New | ||
Scottish Socialist | 20 | 1.6 | New | ||
Majority | 217 | 17.7 | N/A | ||
Conservative gain from Labour | Swing | 15.6 |
Source:[3]
Avondale South
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Stanley Hogarth | 775 | 50.9 | 9.2 | |
Labour | Peter Duff | 315 | 20.6 | 6.9 | |
Scottish National | William Holman | 221 | 14.5 | 7.3 | |
Independent | Stuart Brown | 79 | 5.1 | New | |
Scottish Green | Kirsten Robb | 71 | 4.6 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Bernard Hughes | 59 | 3.8 | 5.2 | |
Majority | 460 | 30.2 | 16.1 | ||
Turnout | 1,522 | 39.8 | 13.1 | ||
Registered electors | 3,822 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | 8.0 |
Source:[4]
Biggar/Symington and Black Mount
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hamish Stewart | 816 | 47.2 | 20.3 | |
Scottish National | Tom Mitchell | 523 | 30.3 | 34.3 | |
Independent | Peter Rae | 295 | 17.0 | New | |
Labour | Ralph Barker | 87 | 5.0 | 3.6 | |
Majority | 293 | 16.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,726 | 49.3 | 4.2 | ||
Registered electors | 3,499 | ||||
Conservative gain from Scottish National | Swing | 27.3 |
Source:[5]
References
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