Clydesdale South
South Lanarkshire
Outline map
Boundary of Clydesdale South in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017.
Population14,621 (2021)[1]
Electorate11,706 (2022)
Major settlementsLesmahagow
Scottish Parliament constituencyClydesdale
Scottish Parliament regionSouth Scotland
UK Parliament constituencyEast Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors3
CouncillorMark Horsham (SNP)
CouncillorRoss Gowland (Labour)
CouncillorRoss Lambie (Conservative)
Created fromBlackwood
Clyde Valley
Douglas
Lesmahagow

Clydesdale South 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 14,621 people.

The ward was previously a Labour stronghold with the party holding all three seats between 2014 and 2017. However, it has since become split between Labour, the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Conservatives.

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 Clydesdale South was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained the majority of the former Lesmahagow ward and part of the former Clyde Valley ward as well as all of the former Blackwood and Douglas wards. Unlike the name suggests, Clydesdale South covers a primarily rural area in western Clydesdale in the southwest of South Lanarkshire next to its boundary with East Ayrshire. The largest settlements in the ward are Blackwood/Kirkmuirhill and Lesmahagow and it includes the villages of Coalburn, Douglas and Rigside.[2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's boundaries were not changed.[3]

Councillors

Year Councillors
2007 Archie Manson
(SNP)		 Danny Meikle
(Labour)		 Alex McInnes
(Labour)
2012 George Greenshields
(Labour/Independent)
2014 by-election Gordon Muir
(Labour)
2017 Mark Horsham
(SNP)		 Colin McGavigan
(Conservative/Independent)
2018
2020
2022 Ross Gowland
(Labour)		 Ross Lambie
(Conservative)

Election results

2022 election

Clydesdale South - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
SNP Mark Horsham (incumbent) 33.5 1,762              
Labour Ross Gowland 21.7 1,144 1,199 1,204 1,390        
Conservative Ross Lambie 18.7 986 993 1,006 1,019 1,031 1,094 1,119 1,447
Independent George Greenshields (incumbent) 12.1 635 682 688 701 719 867 987  
Independent Colin McGavigan (incumbent) 5.7 298 329 341 345 352      
Labour Imogen Walker 4.2 219 248 251          
Scottish Green Ann McGuinness 3.1 164 324 330 344 352 392    
UKIP Janice MacKay 1.0 52 57            
Electorate: 11,706   Valid: 5,260   Spoilt: 68   Quota: 1,316   Turnout: 45.5%  

    Source:[4][5]

    2017 election

    Clydesdale South - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    Conservative Colin McGavigan[note 1] 22.0 1,198 1,221 1,243 1,260 1,314 1,324 1,333 1,411
    Labour George Greenshields (incumbent)[note 2] 18.9 1,031 1,038 1,050 1,076 1,206 1,229 1,280 1,992
    SNP Mark Horsham 16.0 874 875 884 915 948 1,652    
    Labour Gordon Muir (incumbent) 15.9 866 868 880 898 983 1,022 1,053  
    SNP Sandra Mills 13.9 757 759 761 801 835      
    Independent Danny Meikle 7.8 425 428 434 443        
    Scottish Green Craig Dalzell 2.6 139 148 174          
    Liberal Democrats Kaitey Blair 1.8 97 101            
    UKIP Janice MacKay 1.2 65              
    Electorate: 11,568   Valid: 5,452   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 1,364   Turnout: 47.9%  

      Source:[8][9]

      2014 by-election

      Clydesdale South by-election (5 June 2014) - 1 seat
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      Labour Gordon Muir 40.8 1,492 1,512 1,559 1,819 2,366
      SNP George Sneddon 32.0 1,170 1,203 1,260 1,356  
      Conservative Donna Hood 18.0 659 674 744    
      UKIP Donald MacKay 6.4 233 247      
      Scottish Green Ruth Thomas 2.8 104        
      Electorate: 11,979   Valid: 3,658   Spoilt: 52   Quota: 1,830   Turnout: 31.0%  

        Source:[10]

        2012 election

        Clydesdale South - 3 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        SNP Archie Manson (incumbent)[note 3] 35.0 1,625          
        Labour George Greenshields 24.7 1,149 1,170        
        Labour Alex McInnes (incumbent) 18.8 875 889 894 921 1,044 1,251
        Conservative Colin McGavigan 10.5 487 494 494 562    
        SNP Tom McDonald 6.7 313 704 704 736 852  
        UKIP Chris McEwan 4.3 199 207 207      
        Electorate: 11,620   Valid: 4,648   Spoilt: 113   Quota: 1,163   Turnout: 40.0%  

          Source:[12]

          2007 election

          Clydesdale South - 3 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          12345
          Labour Danny Meikle[note 4] 27.7 1,709        
          Labour Alex McInnes[note 5] 20.2 1,245 1,351 ??? 1,514 ???
          SNP Archie Manson[note 6] 18.7 1,156 1,164 ??? 1,341 ???
          SNP David Smart 18.6 1,148 1,159 ??? 1,334  
          Conservative John Baillie 11.9 734 740 ???    
          Scottish Green Billy McLean 3.0 183 185      
          Electorate: 11,359   Valid: 6,175   Quota: 1,544   Turnout: 55.6%  

            Source:[13][14]

            Notes

            1. ↑ On 29 June 2020, Clydesdale South Conservative councillor Colin McGavigan was suspended from the party over "totally unacceptable and offensive" Facebook posts in relation to the Black Lives Matter protests.[6] On 16 February 2021, Cllr McGavigan resigned from the party and became an independent.[7]
            2. ↑ In 2018, Clydesdale South Labour councillor George Greenshields resigned from the party and became an independent.
            3. ↑ Clydesdale South SNP councillor Archie Manson resigned on 14 March 2014 on health grounds. A by-election was held on 5 June 2014 and won by Labour's Gordon Muir.[11]
            4. ↑ Returning councillor for Douglas single-member ward.
            5. ↑ Returning councillor for Lesmahagow single-member ward.
            6. ↑ Returning councillor for Blackwood single-member ward.

            References

            1. ↑ "Clydesdale South". Scottish Government. Retrieved 9 March 2023.
            2. ↑ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
            3. ↑ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 25 February 2023.
            4. ↑ "Ward 4 Clydesdale South Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
            5. ↑ "Ward 4 Clydesdale South Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
            6. ↑ Hutcheon, Paul (29 June 2020). "Scottish Tory councillor suspended over 'totally unacceptable and offensive' Facebook posts". Daily Record. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
            7. ↑ Hutcheon, Paul (16 February 2021). "Councillor quits Scottish Conservatives after Black Lives Matter Facebook row". Daily Record. Retrieved 7 July 2021.
            8. ↑ "Ward 4 Clydesdale South Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
            9. ↑ "Ward 4 Clydesdale South Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 20 January 2023.
            10. ↑ "Clydesdale South by-election - 5 June 2014". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 June 2014. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
            11. ↑ Beamish, Claudia (13 June 2014). "Congratulations to Cllr Gordon Muir". claudiabeamish.com. Archived from the original on 17 April 2021.
            12. ↑ "Local Government election results 2012". South Lanarkshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
            13. ↑ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - South Lanarkshire". Retrieved 19 February 2023.
            14. ↑ 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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