Bearsden South is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the East Dunbartonshire Council. It elects three Councillors. As its name suggests, its territory (which has not altered since its creation in 2007) consists of the southern part of the burgh of Bearsden, with part of the boundary to the north following the path of the Antonine Wall;[2][3] it also borders the Drumchapel housing estate in Glasgow – the marked differences in average life expectancy and other factors between residents living in close proximity in the two areas has been remarked upon in various studies.[4][5]
Location of the ward in East Dunbartonshire[1]
The southern boundary is formed largely from the Forth and Clyde Canal and the River Kelvin, with other parts of northern Glasgow on the opposite banks. In 2020, the ward had a population of 13,318.[6]
Councillors
edit| Election | Councillors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Graeme Douglas (SNP) |
Simon Huchison (Conservative) |
Vaughan Moody (Liberal Democrats) | |||
| 2009 | Ashay Ghai (Liberal Democrats) | |||||
| 2012[7][8] | Keith Small (SNP) |
Manjinder Shergill (Labour) | ||||
| 2017 | Denis Johnston (SNP) |
Andrew Polson (Conservative) | ||||
| 2022[9] | Ian Gallagher (SNP) | |||||
Election results
edit2022 election
edit2022 East Dunbartonshire Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | Ian Gallagher | 23.39% | 1,490 | 1,497.00 | 1,521.00 | 1,783.00 | |||
| Conservative | Andrew Polson (incumbent) | 23.20% | 1,478 | 1,488.00 | 1,567.00 | 1,571.00 | 1,574.94 | 1,604.40 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Vaughan Moody (incumbent) | 23.12% | 1,473 | 1,487.00 | 1,590 | 1,669.00 | |||
| Labour | Lorna Dougall | 16.06% | 1,023 | 1,035.00 | 1,103.00 | 1,197.00 | 1,286.40 | 1,312.08 | |
| Scottish Green | Scott Ferguson | 7.17% | 457 | 469.00 | 491.00 | ||||
| Independent | Sheila Mechan | 4.74% | 302 | 383.00 | |||||
| Independent | Duncan Malcolm | 2.31% | 147 | ||||||
| Electorate: 11,099 Valid: 6,370 Spoilt: 50 Quota: 1,593 Turnout: 57.8% | |||||||||
2017 election
edit2017 East Dunbartonshire Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Conservative | Andrew Polson | 27.96% | 1,859 | ||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Vaughan Moody (incumbent) | 21.62% | 1,437 | 1,519 | 1,660 | 2,019 | |||
| SNP | Denis Johnston | 18.13% | 1,205 | 1,207 | 1,420 | 1,547 | 1,597 | 1,973 | |
| Independent | Alan Oliver | 13.19% | 877 | 919 | 995 | 1,123 | 1,250 | ||
| Labour | Manjinder Shergill (incumbent) | 10.38% | 690 | 711 | 815 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Scott Ferguson | 8.72% | 580 | 585 | |||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 6,648 Spoilt: 50 Quota: 1,663 Turnout: 61.7% | |||||||||
2012 election
edit2012 East Dunbartonshire Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Liberal Democrats | Vaughan Moody (incumbent) | 26.8 | 1,309 | ||||||
| SNP | Keith Small | 25.4 | 1,243 | ||||||
| Labour | Manjinder Shergill | 20.4 | 996 | 1,022 | 1,028 | 1,046 | 1,178 | 1,408 | |
| Conservative | David Mason | 19.2 | 937 | 963 | 966 | 1,018 | 1,049 | ||
| Scottish Green | Scott Ferguson | 5.0 | 247 | 263 | 272 | 292 | |||
| Scottish Christian | Christine Cormack | 2.5 | 124 | 127 | 129 | ||||
| Electorate: 10,452 Valid: 4,856 Spoilt: 28 Quota: 1,215 Turnout: 46.46% | |||||||||
2009 by-election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Conservative | Rachel Higgins | 33.4 | 1,261 | 1,306 | 1,499 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ashay Ghai | 29.4 | 1,110 | 1,381 | 1,770 | |
| SNP | Fiona McLeod | 20.7 | 783 | 972 | ||
| Labour | Manjinder Shergill | 16.6 | 626 | |||
| Liberal Democrats gain from Conservative | Swing | |||||
| Electorate: 10,850 Valid: 3,780 Spoilt: 150 Quota: 1,891 Turnout: 3,930 (36.22%) | ||||||
2007 election
edit2007 East Dunbartonshire Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Conservative | Simon Hutchison | 24.4 | 1,654 | 1,677 | 1,794 | |||||
| Labour | Manjinder Shergill | 19.3 | 1,305 | 1,357 | 1,386 | 1,394 | 1,473 | 1,486 | ||
| SNP | Graeme Douglas | 19.1 | 1,294 | 1,352 | 1,432 | 1,446 | 1,521 | 1,531 | 1,938 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Vaughan Moody | 16.1 | 1,094 | 1,172 | 1,218 | 1,239 | 1,741 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | John Morrison | 10.3 | 695 | 733 | 786 | 795 | ||||
| Independent | Garry McKendrick | 5.7 | 387 | 421 | ||||||
| Scottish Green | Scott Ferguson | 5.1 | 349 | |||||||
| Electorate: Valid: 6,778 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 1,695 Turnout: 66.15% | ||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ 5th Reviews - ward maps | East Dunbartonshire | Ward 3 Bearsden South, Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 17 April 2022
- ^ "Councillors 2017". East Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 17 April 2022.
- ^ Side by side: a focus on Bearsden and Drumchapel, William Peakin, Holyrood magazine, 28 December 2014
- ^ Mackay, Kirsty (26 February 2021). "The Glasgow Effect: examining the city's life expectancy gap – a photo essay". The Guardian.
- ^ Electoral Ward | Bearsden South, Scottish Government Statistics. Retrieved 17 April 2022
- ^ a b "East Dunbartonshire Election Results". East Dunbartonshire Council. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- ^ a b "Local elections latest - massive win for Independent Cumming, joy for Labour and misery for Tories". milngavieherald.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 June 2012.
- ^ "East Dunbartonshire Election Results". East Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ "Local Government election results 2022". East Dunbartonshire Council. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
- ^ "scottishelections.org.uk". scottishelections.org.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2021.