Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor (ward)

Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor is one of the five wards used to elect members of the East Renfrewshire Council. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward ^[1]

Councillors

Election
2017	Angela Convery (SNP)		Betty Wood Cunningham (Labour)	Danny Devlin (Ind.)	Paul Aitken (Conservative /Ind.)
2018					Paul Aitken (Conservative /Ind.)
2022		Chris Lunday (SNP)

Election results

2022 election

2022 East Renfrewshire Council election:^[2] Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Paul Aitken (incumbent)	5.1%	345	462	470	472	491	536
	Alba	Neil Anderson	1.1%	74	91	96	96
	SNP	Angela Convery (incumbent)	24.3%	1,639
	Labour	Betty Wood Cunningham (incumbent)	20.1%	1,355
	Independent	Danny Devlin (incumbent)	26%	1,753
	SNP	Chris Lunday	9.1%	616	691	935	936	968	1,105	1,198	1,282
	Conservative	Greg Turner†	10.7%	722	760	761	762	767	780	898
	Scottish Green	Frank Wilson	3.4%	229	258	272	273	285
Electorate: 14,485 Valid: 6,733 Spoilt: 133^[3] (1.93%) Quota: 1,347 Turnout: 47.2%

† Greg Turner was suspended from the Conservatives on 21 April 2022, prior to the election, after being linked to derogatory online remarks against Catholics.^[4] His name remained on the ballot paper, as the deadline for nominations had passed.

2017 election

2017 East Renfrewshire Council election: Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor – 4 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Danny Devlin (incumbent)^[a]	26.02%	1,840
	Conservative	Paul Aitken†	18.34%	1,297	1,356	1,372	1,390	1,412	1,427
	SNP	Angela Convery	16.95%	1,199	1,242	1,242	1,330	1,347	1,357	1,358	2,371
	SNP	Tommy Reilly (incumbent)^[a]	14.97%	1,059	1,125	1,126	1,167	1,205	1,218	1,219
	Labour	Betty Wood Cunningham (incumbent)^[a]	14.42%	1,020	1,111	1,113	1,160	1,506
	Labour	Kenny Hay (incumbent)^[a]	5.71%	404	463	465	481
	Scottish Green	David Allison	3.11%	220	244	249
	UKIP	John Ferguson	0.48%	34	43
Electorate: TBC Valid: 7,073 Spoilt: 116 Quota: 1,415 Turnout: 52.5%

Notes

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d Sitting Councillor for the Barrhead ward which had been redrawn.

References

^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
^ "Notice of poll and situation of polling stations" (PDF). East Renfrewshire Council. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
^ "Declaration of Results - Ward 1 - Barrhead Liboside and Uplawmoor" (PDF). East Renfrewshire Council.
^ McCall, Chris (21 April 2022). "Scots Tory candidate dropped after branding Catholic school a 'bigot factory'". Daily Record.
^ "Local Government Election results 2017". East Renfrewshire Council. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2020.

[bhead-6] Sitting Councillor for the Barrhead ward which had been redrawn.

[lgbc-scotland-1] "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.

[candidates-2] "Notice of poll and situation of polling stations" (PDF). East Renfrewshire Council. Retrieved 3 May 2022.

[3] "Declaration of Results - Ward 1 - Barrhead Liboside and Uplawmoor" (PDF). East Renfrewshire Council.

[4] McCall, Chris (21 April 2022). "Scots Tory candidate dropped after branding Catholic school a 'bigot factory'". Daily Record.

[results-5] "Local Government Election results 2017". East Renfrewshire Council. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2020.

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