Bothwell and Uddingston
South Lanarkshire
Outline map
Boundary of Bothwell and Uddingston in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017.
Population13,261 (2021)[1]
Electorate10,818 (2022)
Major settlementsBothwell
Uddingston
Scottish Parliament constituencyUddingston and Bellshill
Scottish Parliament regionCentral Scotland
UK Parliament constituencyLanark and Hamilton East
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors3
CouncillorMaureen Devlin (Labour)
CouncillorKenny McCreary (Conservative)
CouncillorCal Johnston-Dempsey (SNP)
Created fromBothwell South
Uddingston
Uddingston South/Bothwell

Bothwell and Uddingston 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 13,261 people.

The ward has politically been split between Labour, the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Conservatives with each party holding one seat at every election since the ward's creation.

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 Bothwell and Uddingston was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained all of the former Bothwell South, Uddingston and Uddingston South/Bothwell wards. As its name suggests, Bothwell and Uddingston centres on the towns of Bothwell and Uddingston bounded by the River Clyde to the west and south, and the M74 motorway to the north and east. Bothwell and Uddingston is located in the north of South Lanarkshire with its northwestern boundary coinciding with the council's border with Glasgow City Council and its eastern boundary coinciding with the council's border with North Lanarkshire Council.[2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's boundaries were unchanged.[3]

Councillors

Aerial view of the ward from the south-west
Election Councillors
2007 Maureen Devlin
(Labour)		 Henry Mitchell
(Conservative)		 James McGuigan
(SNP)
2012 Anne Kegg
(Conservative)
2017 Kenny McCreary
(Conservative)
2022 Cal Johnston-Dempsey
(SNP)

Election Results

2022 election

Bothwell and Uddingston - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Labour Maureen Devlin (incumbent) 30.3 1,633          
Conservative Kenny McCreary (incumbent) 27.6 1,485          
SNP Cal Dempsey 17.2 924 947 949 1,008 1,099 1,913
SNP Jim McGuigan (incumbent) 15.1 811 844 848 941 994  
Liberal Democrats Troy Davidson 5.3 285 397 469 539    
Scottish Green John Stubbs 4.5 243 275 280      
Electorate: 10,818   Valid: 5,381   Spoilt: 74   Quota: 1,346   Turnout: 50.4%  

    Source:[4][5]

    2017 election

    Bothwell and Uddingston - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Conservative Kenny McCreary 35.3 1,851        
    Labour Maureen Devlin (incumbent) 26.0 1,362        
    SNP Jim McGuigan (incumbent) 21.6 1,132 1,150 1,158 1,219 1,550
    Liberal Democrats Colin Robb 8.6 450 701 718 757 774
    SNP Phil Sykes 6.6 347 353 355 369  
    Scottish Green James Ferguson 2.0 106 134 140    
    Electorate: 10,351   Valid: 5,248   Spoilt: 52   Quota: 1,313   Turnout: 51.2%  

      Source:[6][7]

      2012 election

      Bothwell and Uddingston - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12
      SNP Jim McGuigan (incumbent) 35.2 1,342  
      Labour Maureen Devlin (incumbent) 29.5 1,124  
      Conservative Anne Kegg 23.8 906 1,001
      Labour Patrick Morgan 11.5 438 551
      Electorate: 9,525   Valid: 3,810   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 953   Turnout: 40.0%  

        Source:[8]

        2007 election

        Bothwell and Uddingston - 3 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        Conservative Henry Mitchell[note 1] 30.0 1,615            
        Labour Maureen Devlin[note 2] 24.0 1,292 1,315 1,329 1,347      
        SNP Jim McGuigan 18.6 998 1,032 1,089 1,120 1,120 1,324 ???
        Labour Pat Morgan[note 3] 12.9 696 709 721 739 741 861  
        Liberal Democrats Douglas Herbison 8.9 477 553 562 633 634    
        Scottish Green Kenneth Robb 3.1 168 187 214        
        Solidarity Denis Reilly 2.5 132 135          
        Electorate: 9,788   Valid: 5,378   Quota: 1,345   Turnout: 55.8%  

          Source:[9][10]

          Notes

          1. ↑ Returning councillor for Bothwell South single-member ward.
          2. ↑ Returning councillor for Whitehill single-member ward.
          3. ↑ Returning councillor for Uddingston single-member ward.

          References

          1. ↑ "Bothwell and Uddingston". Scottish Government. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
          2. ↑ "Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2006. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
          3. ↑ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 12 March 2023.
          4. ↑ "Ward 16 Bothwell and Uddingston Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
          5. ↑ "Ward 16 Bothwell and Uddingston Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
          6. ↑ "Ward 16 Bothwell and Uddingston Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
          7. ↑ "Ward 16 Bothwell and Uddingston Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
          8. ↑ "Local Government election results 2012". South Lanarkshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
          9. ↑ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - South Lanarkshire". Retrieved 19 February 2023.
          10. ↑ 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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