Hamilton South (ward)

Hamilton South is one of the twenty wards used to elect members of the South Lanarkshire Council. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward [1]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Joe Lowe
(Labour)		 Brian McCaig
(Labour)		 Bobby Lawson
(SNP)		 John Murray
(Conservative)
2012 Angela Crawley
(SNP)
2013 by- John Ross
(SNP)
2017 Lynne Mailon
(Conservative)		 Josh Wilson
(SNP)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 South Lanarkshire Council election [2]

Hamilton South - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
SNP John Ross (incumbent) 30.64% 2,167            
Labour Joe Lowe (incumbent)[B] 25.70% 1,818            
Conservative Lynne Nailon 21.83% 1,544            
Labour Brian McCaig (incumbent) 9.09% 643 669 991 1,020 1,055 1,177  
SNP Josh Wilson 6.72% 475 1,105 1,112 1,115 1,209 1,245 1,485
Scottish Green John Kane 3.05% 216 249 257 265      
Liberal Democrats Joanne Ferguson 2.97% 210 228 244 282 345    
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 7,073   Spoilt: 177   Quota: 1,415   Turnout: 44.4%

    2013 By-election
    Hamilton South By-election (24 October 2013) [3]- 1 Seat
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1
    Labour Stuart Gallacher 51.7% 1,781
    SNP Josh Wilson 32.5% 1,120
    Conservative Lynne Nailon 9.4% 322
    Scottish Christian Craig Martin 3.9% 133
    UKIP Josh Richardson 2.5% 86
    Electorate:     Valid: 3,442   Spoilt: 43   Quota: 1,722   Turnout: 3,485

      2012 Election

      2012 South Lanarkshire Council election

      Hamilton South - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
      Labour Joe Lowe (incumbent) 36.6 1,975            
      SNP Angela Crawley††††††† 23.2 1,255            
      Labour Brian McCaig (incumbent) 14.8 800 1,512.3          
      SNP Bobby Lawson (incumbent)†† 9.3 502 537.4 598.9 746.5 773.4 861.1 988.3
      Conservative John Murray (incumbent) 9.2 496 515.9 542.3 544.5 583.9 653.6  
      Scottish Senior Citizens David Holland 3.7 199 233.9 313.7 323.5 379.8    
      Scottish Christian Craig Smith 3.1 165 175.9 197.5 200.3      
      Electorate: 14,383   Valid: 5,392   Spoilt: 134   Quota: 1,079   Turnout: 5,526 (37.49%)

        2007 Election

        2007 South Lanarkshire Council election

        South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Hamilton South
        Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
        Labour Joe Lowe 2,626 34.9 1 1
        SNP Bobby Lawson 1,791 23.8 2 1
        Labour Brian McCaig 1,005 13.4 3 2
        Conservative John Murray 808 10.7 4 8
        Independent John Carracher 464 6.2
        Liberal Democrats John Oswald 427 5.7
        Independent David Holland 215 2.9
        Scottish Green Denize McBride 188 2.5
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        References
        1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
        2. "South Lanarkshire Council online information | Council and government | Elections".
        3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-11-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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