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Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar (ward)

Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the East Dunbartonshire Council. It elects three Councillors.[2] The current entity was technically created in 2017 following a boundary review, but has largely the same boundaries as the 2007 Kirkintilloch East and Twechar ward, which as its name suggests encompassed the eastern parts of Kirkintilloch (neighbourhoods between the Forth and Clyde Canal and the Luggie Water, including Harestanes, Hillhead, Merkland and Waterside) and the separate village of Twechar further east, up to the boundary with Kilsyth and Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire.[3]

Location of the Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar ward
Location of the ward in East Dunbartonshire[1]

The 2017 amendments involved the addition of the Kirkintilloch neighbourhoods north of the canal / along the A803 road from the defunct Campsie & Kirkintilloch North ward with the name also altered to reflect this, although the number of representatives did not change.[4] In 2020, the ward population was 18,251.[5]

Councillors

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Election Councillors
2007 John Jamieson
(SNP) 		Stewart MacDonald
(Labour) 		Jack Young
(EDIA / Ind.)
2012[6]
2012
2017 Susan Murray
(Liberal Democrats)
2022[7] Pamela Marshall
(SNP)

Election results

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2022 election

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2022 East Dunbartonshire Council election

Kirkintilloch East & North & Twechar – 3 seats[8]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
SNP Pamela Marshall 38.88% 2,095      
Labour Stewart MacDonald (incumbent) 29.17% 1,572      
Liberal Democrats Susan Murray (incumbent) 18.67% 1,006 1,307.65 1,404.40  
Conservative Josephine MacLeod 11.95% 644 663.61 692.82  
Freedom Alliance (United Kingdom) Alan McManus 1.34% 72 180.75 199.13  
Electorate: 12,318   Valid: 5,389   Spoilt: 87   Quota: 1,348   Turnout: 44.5%  

2017 election

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2017 East Dunbartonshire Council election

Kirkintilloch East & North & Twechar – 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP John Jamieson (incumbent) 19.80% 1,115 1,132 1,144 1,872    
Labour Stewart MacDonald (incumbent) 19.33% 1,089 1,101 1,241 1,269 1,366 1,645
Liberal Democrats Susan Murray 16.25% 915 931 1,183 1,215 1,281 1,678
Independent Willie Paterson 15.11% 851 871 1,028 1,053 1,185  
SNP Pamela Marshall 14.29% 805 849 858      
Conservative Alison Lothian 13.16% 741 741        
Scottish Green Emma Sheppard 2.06% 116          
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,632   Spoilt: 119   Quota: 1,409   Turnout: 47.9%  

2012 election

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2012 East Dunbartonshire Council election

Kirkintilloch East & Twechar – 3 seats[6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Labour Stewart MacDonald (incumbent) 36.2 1,293    
EDIA Jack Young (incumbent) 26.4 941    
SNP John Jamieson (incumbent) 24.3 868 892 904
Labour Jim Neill 6.8 241 571 583
Conservative Alison Lothian 3.3 118 121 124
Liberal Democrats Samantha Johnstone 1.8 66 70 72
Scottish Socialist Willie Telfer 1.1 41 47 51
Electorate: 8,918   Valid: 3,568   Spoilt: 72   Quota: 893   Turnout: 40.01%  

2007 election

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2007 East Dunbartonshire Council election

Kirkintilloch East and Twechar
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Stewart MacDonald 28.7 1,487            
EDIA Jack Young 25.4 1,316            
SNP John Jamieson 19.7 1,019 1,029 1,033 1,064 1,114 1,241 1,464
Labour Alan Moir 13.4 693 828 832 859 886 953  
Liberal Democrats Rod Ackland 5.4 282 288 289 298 373    
Conservative Alison Lothian 5.4 279 281 283 285      
Scottish Socialist Willie Telfer 1.9 100 103 104        
Electorate:     Valid: 5,176   Spoilt: 85   Quota: 1,295   Turnout: 55.18%  

References

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  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. ^ Councillors 2017, East Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 17 April 2022
  3. ^ 4th Reviews - ward maps | East Dunbartonshire Overview, Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 17 April 2022
  4. ^ 5th Reviews - ward maps | East Dunbartonshire | Ward 6 Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar, Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 17 April 2022
  5. ^ Electoral Ward | Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar, Scottish Government Statistics. Retrieved 17 April 2022
  6. ^ a b "East Dunbartonshire Election Results". East Dunbartonshire Council. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  7. ^ "East Dunbartonshire Election Results". East Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  8. ^ "Local Government election results 2022". East Dunbartonshire Council. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.
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