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Hamilton West and Earnock (ward)

Hamilton West and Earnock (ward)

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Hamilton West and Earnock is one of the 20 electoral wards of South Lanarkshire Council. Created in 2007, the ward elects four councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 18,503 people.

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The ward was previously a Labour stronghold with the party holding half of the seats between 2007 and 2017. However, it has since become a Scottish National Party (SNP) stronghold with the party holding half of the seats since a by-election win in 2011.

Boundaries

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 Hamilton West and Earnock was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained the majority of the former High Blantyre, Udston and Wellhall/Earnock wards, a small part of the former Hamilton Centre North ward and part of the former Cadzow and Woodhead/Meikle Earnock wards as well as all of the former Earnock and Hillhouse wards. Hamilton West and Earnock covers the western part of Hamilton including the Brackenhill, Earnock, High Earnock, Highstonehall, Hillhouse, Little Earnock and Udston neighbourhoods, as well as the adjoining West Craigs development.[2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's boundaries were unchanged.[3]

Councillors

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Election results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 South Lanarkshire Council election
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    2017 election

    Main article: 2017 South Lanarkshire Council election
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      2012 election

      Main article: 2012 South Lanarkshire Council election
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        2011 by-election

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          2007 election

          Main article: 2007 South Lanarkshire Council election
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            Notes

            1. [N 1]
              On 26 July 2019, Hamilton West and Earnock Conservative councillor Mark McGeever resigned from the party and joined the Liberal Democrats following the election of Boris Johnson as Conservative Party Leader and Prime Minister.[6]
            2. [N 2]
              Returning councillor for Wellhall/Earnock single-member ward.
            3. [N 3]
              Returning councillor for Hillhouse single-member ward.
            4. [N 4]
              Returning councillor for Earnock single-member ward.
            5. [N 5]
              Hamilton West and Earnock councillor Tommy Gilligan dies on 22 October 2011. A by-election, held on 8 December 2011, was won by the SNP's John Menzies.

            References

            1. [1]
              "Hamilton West and Earnock". Scottish Government. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
            2. [2]
              "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
            3. [3]
              "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
            4. [4]
              "Ward 18 Hamilton West and Earnock Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
            5. [5]
              "Ward 18 Hamilton West and Earnock Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
            6. [6]
              Bark, Stephen (26 July 2019). "Scots Tory politician joins Lib Dems over Boris Johnson's 'racist and misogynistic language'". Daily Record (Scotland). Archived from the original on 13 October 2021.
            7. [7]
              "Ward 18 Hamilton West and Earnock Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
            8. [8]
              "Ward 18 Hamilton West and Earnock Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
            9. [9]
              "Local Government election results 2012". South Lanarkshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
            10. [10]
              Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - Hamilton West and Earnock Ward". Retrieved 19 February 2023.
            11. [11]
              Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - South Lanarkshire". Retrieved 19 February 2023.
            12. [12]
              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.
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