Hamilton West and Earnock
South Lanarkshire
Outline map
Boundary of Hamilton West and Earnock in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017.
Population18,503 (2020)[1]
Electorate15,083 (2022)
Major settlementsHamilton (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituencyHamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse
Scottish Parliament regionCentral Scotland
UK Parliament constituencyLanark and Hamilton East
Rutherglen and Hamilton West
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors4
CouncillorMary Donnelly (SNP)
CouncillorAlan Falconer (Labour)
CouncillorGraeme Horne (SNP)
CouncillorMark McGeever (Liberal Democrats)
Created fromCadzow
Earnock
Hamilton Centre North
High Blantyre
Hillhouse
Udston
Wellhall/Earnock
Woodhead/Meikle Earnock

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.

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

Year Councillors
2007 Allan Falconer
(Labour)		 Jean McKeown
(Labour)		 Graeme Horne
(SNP)		 Tommy Gilligan
(Ind.)
2011
by-election		 Jon Menzies
(SNP)
2012
2017 Mark McGeever
(Conservative/
Liberal Democrats)		 Mary Donnelly
(SNP)
2019
2022

Election results

2022 election

Hamilton West and Earnock - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567
SNP Mary Donnelly (incumbent) 29.7 1,731            
Labour Allan Falconer (incumbent) 24.1 1,404            
Conservative Graham William Fisher 12.9 753 761 779 783 785 862  
Liberal Democrats Mark McGeever (incumbent) 11.9 691 706 715 759 778 989 1,440
SNP Graeme Horne (incumbent) 11.7 680 1,140 1,150 1,263      
Labour Jim Lee 6.6 385 391 561 583 606    
Scottish Green Leonard Gingell 3.1 179 221 227        
Electorate: 15,083   Valid: 5,823   Spoilt: 135   Quota: 1,165   Turnout: 39.5%  

    Source:[4][5]

    2017 election

    Hamilton West and Earnock - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    SNP Mary Donnelly 25.7 1,377          
    Conservative Mark McGeever[note 1] 22.7 1,215          
    Labour Allan Falconer (incumbent) 20.4 1,092          
    SNP Graeme Horne (incumbent) 14.1 752 1,019 1,025 1,026 1,069 1,111
    Labour Jean McKeown (incumbent) 12.5 671 681 720 737 757 830
    Liberal Democrats Mark Ruston 2.5 134 138 176 176 208  
    Scottish Green Christine Wright 2.1 111 119 126 127    
    Electorate: 14,110   Valid: 5,352   Spoilt: 151   Quota: 1,071   Turnout: 39.0%  

      Source:[7][8]

      2012 election

      Hamilton West and Earnock - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123
      Labour Allan Falconer (incumbent) 27.3 1,170    
      SNP Graeme Horne (incumbent) 26.9 1,153    
      Labour Jean McKeown (incumbent) 20.1 861    
      SNP John Menzies (incumbent) 13.8 592 640 888
      Conservative Connar McBain 8.6 369 387 396
      Liberal Democrats McKenzie Gibson 1.7 74 102 108
      UKIP Rob Sale 1.6 70 95 99
      Electorate: 13,853   Valid: 4,289   Spoilt: 77   Quota: 858   Turnout: 31.0%  

        Source:[9]

        2011 by-election

        East Kilbride West by-election (22 October 2011) - 1 seat
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1
        SNP John Menzies 50.0 822
        Labour Stuart Gallacher 36.9 607
        Conservative Connar McBain 13.0 214
        Electorate: 14,068   Valid: 1,643   Spoilt: 16   Quota: 822   Turnout: 11.8%  

          Source:[10]

          2007 election

          Hamilton West and Earnock - 4 seats
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234567
          Labour Allan Falconer[note 2] 26.4 1,670            
          SNP Graeme Horne[note 3] 25.1 1,591            
          Independent Tommy Gilligan[note 4][note 5] 22.6 1,433            
          Labour Jean McKeown 11.7 743 1,006 1,064 1,088 1,127 ??? ???
          Conservative John Anderson 9.6 606 622 671 713 732 ???  
          Scottish Green Scot Graham 2.6 167 180 232 261 320    
          Scottish Socialist Gordon McGovern 2.0 124 138 182 192      
          Electorate: 13,749   Valid: 6,334   Quota: 1,267   Turnout: 46.9%  

            Source:[11][12]

            Notes

            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. ↑ Returning councillor for Wellhall/Earnock single-member ward.
            3. ↑ Returning councillor for Hillhouse single-member ward.
            4. ↑ Returning councillor for Earnock single-member ward.
            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. ↑ "Hamilton West and Earnock". Scottish Government. Retrieved 17 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 18 Hamilton West and Earnock Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
            5. ↑ "Ward 18 Hamilton West and Earnock Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2022.
            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. ↑ "Ward 18 Hamilton West and Earnock Declaration of Results Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
            8. ↑ "Ward 18 Hamilton West and Earnock Candidate Votes Per Stage Elections". South Lanarkshire Council. 5 May 2017. Retrieved 28 January 2023.
            9. ↑ "Local Government election results 2012". South Lanarkshire Council. 4 May 2012. Retrieved 11 February 2023.
            10. ↑ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - Hamilton West and Earnock Ward". Retrieved 19 February 2023.
            11. ↑ Teale, Andrew. "Local Elections Archive Project - 2007 - South Lanarkshire". Retrieved 19 February 2023.
            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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