Hamilton West and Earnock (ward)

Hamilton West and Earnock 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 Allan Falconer
(Labour)		 Jean McKeown
(Labour)		 Graeme Horne
(SNP)		 Tommy Gilligan
(Ind.)
2011 by- Jon Menzies
(SNP)
2012
2017 Mark McGeever
(Conservative)		 Mary Donnelly
(SNP)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 South Lanarkshire Council election [2]

Hamilton West and Earnock - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
SNP Mary Donnelly 25.73% 1,377          
Conservative Mark McGeever[G] 22.70% 1,215          
Labour Allan Falconer (incumbent) 20.40% 1,092          
SNP Graeme Horne (incumbent) 14.05% 752 1,019 1,025 1,026 1,069 1,111
Labour Jean McKeown (incumbent) 12.54% 671 681 720 737 757 830
Liberal Democrats Mark Ruston 2.50% 134 138 176 176 208  
Scottish Green Christine Wright 2.08% 111 119 126 127    
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,352   Spoilt: 151   Quota: 1,071   Turnout: 39.0%

    2012 Election

    2012 South Lanarkshire Council election

    Hamilton West and Earnock - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3
    Labour Allan Falconer (incumbent) 27.28 1,170    
    SNP Graeme Horne (incumbent) 26.88 1,153    
    Labour Jean McKeown (incumbent) 20.07 861    
    SNP John Menzies (incumbent) 13.80 592 639.9 887.7
    Conservative Connar McBain 8.60 369 387.1 395.6
    Liberal Democrats McKenzie Gibson 1.73 74 101.9 107.9
    UKIP Rob Sale 1.63 70 94.8 98.6
    Electorate: 13,853   Valid: 4,289   Spoilt: 77   Quota: 858   Turnout: 4,366 (30.96%)

      2011 By-election
      Hamilton West and Earnock, by-election 8th December 2011- 1 seat[3]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1
      SNP John Menzies 50.03 822
      Labour Stuart Gallacher 36.94 607
      Conservative Connar McBain 13.02 214
      SNP gain from Independent Swing
      Electorate: 14,068   Valid: 1,643   Spoilt: 16   Quota: 822   Turnout: 1,659 (11.79%)

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        2007 Election

        2007 South Lanarkshire Council election

        South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Hamilton West and Earnock
        Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
        Labour Allan Falconer 1,670 26.4 1 1
        SNP Graeme Horne 1,591 25.1 2 1
        Independent Tommy Gilligan 1,433 22.6 3 1
        Labour Jean McKeown 743 11.7 4 7
        Conservative John Anderson 606 9.6
        Scottish Green Scot Graham 167 2.6
        Scottish Socialist Gordon McGovern 124 2.0
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        References
        1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
        2. "Local Government Election results 2017". South Lanarkshire Council. Retrieved 22 July 2020.
        3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 1 February 2012. Retrieved 29 January 2012.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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