Rutherglen Central and North is one of the 20 electoral wards of South Lanarkshire Council. Created in 2007, the ward elects three councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 14,237 people.
| Rutherglen Central and North | |
|---|---|
| South Lanarkshire | |
 Boundary of Rutherglen Central and North in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017. | |
| Population | 14,237 (2021)[1] |
| Electorate | 11,692 (2022) |
| Major settlements | Rutherglen (part of) |
| Scottish Parliament constituency | Rutherglen |
| Scottish Parliament region | Glasgow |
| UK Parliament constituency | Rutherglen |
| Current ward | |
| Created | 2007 |
| Number of councillors | 3 |
| Councillor | Martin Lennon (Labour) |
| Councillor | Janine Calikes (SNP) |
| Councillor | Andrea Cowan (SNP) |
| Created from | Bankhead Burgh Rutherglen West Stonelaw |
The ward was previously a Labour stronghold with the party holding two of the three seats from 2007 to 2017 however, the ward has since swung to the Scottish National Party (SNP) who won two of the three seats at the 2022 election.
Boundaries
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The ward was created following the Fourth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2007 Scottish local elections. As a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, local elections in Scotland would use the single transferable vote electoral system from 2007 onwards so Rutherglen Central and North was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained the vast majority of the former Bankhead ward, all of the former Burgh and Rutherglen West wards as well as a small part of the former Stonelaw ward. Rutherglen North covers a suburban area in the north of Rutherglen – the northernmost part of South Lanarkshire – including the neighbourhoods of Burgh, Bankhead, Burnhill, Gallowflat and Farme Cross as well as the unpopulated Shawfield industrial area. The ward's northern and western boundary is the long-established division with Glasgow City Council, part of which runs along the River Clyde.[2]
Prior to the local government reforms in the 1990s, Rutherglen was within the Glasgow District under Strathclyde Regional Council. One of its single-member wards was Rutherglen, which included much of the same area as the current Rutherglen Central and North, with the exception of the Burnhill and Newfield neighbourhoods and the addition of the parts of Burnside north of the Cathcart Circle Line railway tracks.[3]
Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, streets around Overtoun Park, Dryburgh Avenue and Limeside Avenue were transferred into the ward from Rutherglen South.[4]
Councillors
edit| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Edward McAvoy (Labour) |
Denis McKenna (Labour) |
Gordon Clark (SNP) | |||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2017 | Gerard Killen (Labour) |
Jared Wark (Conservative) |
Janine Calikes (SNP) | |||||
| 2017 by-election | Martin Lennon (Labour) | |||||||
| 2022 | Andrea Cowan (SNP) | |||||||
Election results
edit2022 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Labour | Martin Lennon (incumbent) | 24.5 | 1,245 | 1,270 | |||||
| SNP | Janine Calikes (incumbent) | 23.4 | 1,188 | 1,265 | 1,338 | ||||
| SNP | Andrea Cowan | 14.3 | 725 | 796 | 840 | 899 | 1,029 | 1,163 | |
| Conservative | Libby Fox | 12.0 | 609 | 612 | 730 | 730 | 881 | ||
| Labour | Jack McGinty | 10.5 | 531 | 567 | 716 | 717 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | Gloria Adebo | 10.2 | 517 | 544 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Alex McRae | 5.1 | 261 | ||||||
| Electorate: 11,692 Valid: 5,076 Spoilt: 151 Quota: 1,270 Turnout: 44.7% | |||||||||
2017 by-election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Labour | Martin Lennon | 38.5 | 1,173 | 1,176 | 1,203 | 1,270 | 1,541 | |
| SNP | David Innes | 27.4 | 836 | 838 | 870 | 884 | 989 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ellen Bryson | 18.2 | 554 | 558 | 574 | 711 | ||
| Conservative | Taylor Muir | 12.1 | 368 | 377 | 379 | |||
| Scottish Green | Brian Finlay | 2.9 | 88 | 93 | ||||
| UKIP | Janice MacKay | 0.9 | 28 | |||||
| Electorate: 12,110 Valid: 3,047 Spoilt: 47 Quota: 1,524 Turnout: 25.5% | ||||||||
Source:[7]
2017 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| SNP | Janine Calikes | 29.0 | 1,492 | |||||||
| Labour | Gerard Killen (incumbent)[note 1] | 25.5 | 1,313 | |||||||
| Conservative | Jared Wark | 16.2 | 835 | 836 | 836 | 847 | 876 | 1,083 | 1,338 | |
| SNP | Gordon Clark (incumbent) | 10.5 | 538 | 719 | 720 | 828 | 881 | 968 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Liz Keenan | 9.3 | 478 | 482 | 483 | 524 | 603 | |||
| Labour | Martin Lennon | 5.4 | 279 | 282 | 304 | 330 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Raymond Burke | 4.0 | 206 | 217 | 217 | |||||
| Electorate: 11,849 Valid: 5,141 Spoilt: 144 Quota: 1,286 Turnout: 44.6% | ||||||||||
2012 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||
| Labour | Edward McAvoy (incumbent) | 40.8 | 1,571 | |||
| SNP | Gordon Clark (incumbent) | 23.4 | 902 | 928 | 974 | |
| Labour | Denis McKenna (incumbent) | 20.2 | 777 | 1,300 | ||
| Conservative | Jean Miller | 5.2 | 200 | 205 | 219 | |
| SNP | Michael Hanley | 4.1 | 158 | 163 | 176 | |
| Scottish Unionist | Jim Nixon | 3.8 | 148 | 152 | 166 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Tunweer Malik | 2.5 | 97 | 104 | 128 | |
| Electorate: 10,280 Valid: 3,853 Spoilt: 113 Quota: 964 Turnout: 37.5% | ||||||
Source:[10]
2007 election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| Labour | Eddie McAvoy[note 2] | 35.1 | 1,833 | ||||||||
| SNP | Gordon Clark | 22.9 | 1,198 | 1,233 | 1,273 | 1,286 | 1,355 | ||||
| Labour | Denis McKenna[note 3] | 15.0 | 786 | 1,162 | 1,180 | 1,191 | 1,221 | ??? | ??? | ??? | |
| Liberal Democrats | Janette Little | 12.7 | 666 | 692 | 702 | 721 | 781 | ??? | ??? | ||
| Conservative | Ian Raeburn | 5.4 | 283 | 288 | 291 | 371 | 376 | ??? | |||
| Scottish Green | Susan Martin | 3.4 | 176 | 182 | 210 | 216 | |||||
| Scottish Unionist | Jim Nixon | 3.0 | 157 | 159 | 162 | ||||||
| Scottish Socialist | John Starrs | 2.4 | 126 | 129 | |||||||
| Electorate: 10,867 Valid: 5,225 Quota: 1,307 Turnout: 49.1% | |||||||||||
Notes
edit- ^ On 23 June 2017, Rutherglen Central and North Labour councillor Gerard Killen resigned his seat having been elected as MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West. A by-election was held on 23 November 2017.
- ^ Returning councillor for Bankhead single-member ward.
- ^ Returning councillor for Rutherglen West single-member ward.
References
edit- ^ "Rutherglen Central and North". Scottish Government. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "Second Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements". Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
- ^ "Ward 12 Rutherglen Central and North Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Ward 12 Rutherglen Central and North Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
- ^ "Rutherglen Central and North by-election". South Lanarkshire Council. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ "Ward 12 Rutherglen Central and North Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ "Ward 12 Rutherglen Central and North Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
- ^ "Local Government election results 2012". South Lanarkshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
- ^ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - South Lanarkshire". Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- ^ Bochel, H. M.; Denver, D. T. (2007). Scottish Council Elections 2007 Results and Statistics (PDF). Lincoln: Policy Studies Research Centre, University of Lincoln. ISBN 978-1-874474-36-4. Retrieved 19 February 2023.