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[edit]
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[edit]
Lanark North[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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[edit]
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[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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[edit]
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[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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[edit]
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[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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[edit]
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[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
Labour retained control of the council with a reduced majority.
By-elections[edit]
Bothwell South[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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[edit]
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