Hamilton North and East
South Lanarkshire
Outline map
Boundary of Hamilton North and East in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017.
Population15,004 (2021)[1]
Electorate12,036 (2022)
Major settlementsHamilton (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituencyHamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse
Uddingston and Bellshill
Scottish Parliament regionCentral Scotland
UK Parliament constituencyLanark and Hamilton East
Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors3
CouncillorDavie McLachlan (Labour)
CouncillorColin Dewar (SNP)
CouncillorMartin Hose (Conservative)
Created fromBurnbank/Blantyre
Hamilton Centre/Ferniegair
Hamilton Centre North
Udston
Wellhall/Earnock
Whitehill

Hamilton North and East 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 15,004 people.

The ward was previously a Labour stronghold with the party holding two of the three seats between 2007 and 2017. However, it has since become split between Labour, the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Conservatives with each party holding one seat since 2017.

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 North and East was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained all of the former Whitehill ward, the majority of the former Hamilton Centre/Ferniegair ward and part of the former Burnbank/Blantyre and Hamilton Centre North wards as well as a small part of the former Udston and Wellhall/Earnock ward. Hamilton North and East covers the northern and eastern parts of Hamilton including the town centre, Barncluith, Burnbank, Chantinghall, Hamilton West and Whitehill, plus the separate village of Ferniegair/Allanton. The River Clyde forms the ward's eastern boundary, coinciding with the council's border with North Lanarkshire Council, and the Avon Water forms the ward's southwestern boundary.[2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, streets south of the town centre between Portland Place, Burnblea Street and Kemp Street were transferred to Hamilton South while streets around Ballantrae Road were transferred into the ward from Blantyre.[3]

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 David McLachlan
(Labour)		 Mary Smith
(Labour)		 Barry Douglas
(SNP)
2012 Monica Lennon
(Labour)		 Lynn Adams
(SNP)
2016 by-election Stephanie Callaghan
(SNP)
2017 Martin Hose
(Conservative)
2022 Colin Dewar
(SNP)

Election results

2022 election

Hamilton North and East - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Labour Davie McLachlan (incumbent) 32.4 1,539          
SNP Colin Dewar 30.3 1,442          
Conservative Martin Hose (incumbent) 19.0 902 965 968 989 1,109 1,304
SNP Phil Sykes 10.5 501 552 772 805 876  
Liberal Democrats Andrew Reynolds 5.2 249 348 355 396    
Independent Balarabe Baba 2.6 124 150 154      
Electorate: 12,036   Valid: 4,757   Spoilt: 109   Quota: 1,190   Turnout: 40.4%  

    Source:[4][5]

    2017 election

    Hamilton North and East - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    Conservative Martin Hose 26.5 1,268          
    SNP Stephanie Callaghan (incumbent) 25.1 1,201          
    Labour Davie McLachlan (incumbent)[note 1] 23.6 1,128 1,144 1,144 1,158 1,180 1,239
    SNP Jason Douglas 10.9 521 522 525 541 603 633
    Labour Nina Reeves 6.2 296 301 301 305 320 343
    Liberal Democrats David Bennie 2.9 137 152 152 177 207  
    Scottish Green Steven Hannigan 3.2 152 154 154 165    
    Independent Balarabe Baba 1.8 87 94 94      
    Electorate: 11,600   Valid: 4,790   Spoilt: 94   Quota: 1,198   Turnout: 42.1%  

      Source:[8][9]

      2016 by-election

      Hamilton North and East by-election (21 January 2016) - 1 seat
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      SNP Stephanie Callaghan 42.9 1,089 1,096 1,138 1,206 1,569
      Labour Lyndsay Clelland 33.6 855 861 878 1,052  
      Conservative James MacKay 18.5 469 480 485    
      Scottish Green Steven Hannigan 3.3 83 90      
      Liberal Democrats Norman Rae 1.8 45        
      Electorate: 12,423   Valid: 2,541   Spoilt: 31   Quota: 1,271   Turnout: 20.2%  

        Source:[10]

        2012 election

        Hamilton North and East - 3 seats
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        123456
        Labour Davie McLachlan (incumbent) 24.4 1,037 1,045 1,073      
        SNP Lynn Adams[note 2] 22.2 945 964 994 994 1,044 1,726
        Labour Monica Lennon 18.7 794 808 827 834 893 945
        SNP Barry Douglas (incumbent) 18.2 776 792 803 803 862  
        Conservative Margaret Murray 10.1 430 448 471 471    
        Independent Balarabe Baba 3.3 141 170        
        Scottish Green Alasdair Duke 3.1 133          
        Electorate: 12,361   Valid: 4,256   Spoilt: 112   Quota: 1,065   Turnout: 34.4%  

          Source:[12]

          2007 election

          Hamilton North and East - 3 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          123456
          SNP Barry Douglas 31.3 1,769          
          Labour David McLachlan 23.6 1,335 1,382 1,401 1,456    
          Labour Mary Smith[note 3] 21.6 1,221 1,255 1,273 1,305 ??? ???
          Conservative Andrew Leitch 16.2 917 974 990 1,112 ???  
          Independent James Ward 3.8 214 246        
          Independent Hugh Clements 3.4 190 251 394      
          Electorate: 12,084   Valid: 5,646   Quota: 1,412   Turnout: 48.0%  

            Source:[13][14]

            Notes

            1. ↑ In January 2018, Hamilton North and East Labour councillor Davie McLachlan was suspended from the party after allegedly making a racist remark about Anas Sarwar.[6] Following an investigation, he was cleared of any wrongdoing and the suspension was lifted.[7]
            2. ↑ Hamilton North and East SNP councillor Lynn Adams died on 21 September 2015.[11] A by-election was held on 21 January 2016 and it was won by the SNP's Stephanie Callaghan.
            3. ↑ Returning councillor for Hamilton Centre/Ferniegair single-member ward.

            References

            1. ↑ "Hamilton North and East". Scottish Government. Retrieved 11 March 2023.
            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. ↑ "Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area" (PDF). Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland. May 2016. Retrieved 17 March 2023.
            4. ↑ "Ward 17 Hamilton North and East Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
            5. ↑ "Ward 17 Hamilton North and East Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
            6. ↑ "Labour councillor suspended amid investigation into Islamophobic slur". Heart Scotland.
            7. ↑ "Hamilton councillor Davie McLachlan cleared of making racist slur". Daily Record.
            8. ↑ "Ward 17 Hamilton North and East Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
            9. ↑ "Ward 17 Hamilton North and East Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
            10. ↑ "Hamilton North and East by-election - 21 January 2016". South Lanarkshire Council. 22 January 2016. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
            11. ↑ "Hamilton councillor and publican Lynn Adams passes away". Daily Record. 23 October 2015.
            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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