Rutherglen South (ward)

Rutherglen South is one of the twenty wards used to elect members of the South Lanarkshire Council. Established in 2007, it elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward[1]

The largest neighbourhood within the suburban ward is Burnside, also including the Blairbeth, Cathkin, Fernhill, Springhall and Spittal residential areas in the southern part of Rutherglen.[2] The population in 2018 was 15,340.[3]

The ward was formed from roughly the boundaries of four wards under the previous single-member system used by the local authority from the creation of South Lanarkshire in 1995 until 2007: Cathkin/Springhall, Fernhill, Spittal/Blairbeth and Stonelaw.[4] Prior to this, Rutherglen was within the Glasgow District under Strathclyde Regional Council - one of its wards from 1984 was Fernhill, which included much of the same area as the current Rutherglen South, with the exception of the parts of Burnside north of the Cathcart Circle Line railway tracks (i.e the 1995-2007 Stonelaw ward) which was in the Glasgow Rutherglen ward.

Councillors
Aerial view of the ward from the west
Election Councillors
2007 Brian McKenna
(Labour)		 Eileen Baxendale
(Liberal Democrats)		 Anne Higgins
(SNP)
2012 Robert Brown
(Liberal Democrats)
2013 by- Gerard Killen
(Labour)
2017 Margaret Cowie
(Labour)		 Carol Nugent
(SNP)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 South Lanarkshire Council election[5]

Rutherglen South - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5
SNP Carol Nugent 31.05% 1,803        
Liberal Democrats Robert Brown (incumbent) 30.97% 1,798        
Labour Margaret Cowie 19.67% 1,142 1,220 1,333 1,343 1,522
Conservative Taylor Muir 14.71% 854 861 950 976 1,009
Scottish Green Brian Finlay 2.62% 152 324 364 383  
UKIP Jack Sinclair 0.98% 57 65 71    
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,806   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 1,452   Turnout: 50.8%

    2013 By-election
    Rutherglen South By-election (14 February 2013) [6]- 1 Seat
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7
    Labour Gerard Killen 39.86% 1,352 1,358 1,370 1,376 1,396 1,616 2,090
    Liberal Democrats David Baillie 29.45% 999 1,004 1,016 1,035 1,104 1,278  
    SNP Margaret Ferrier 20.99% 712 714 730 741 755    
    Conservative Aric Gilinisky 3.77% 128 133 134 170      
    UKIP Donald Murdo MacKay 3.27% 111 115 120        
    Scottish Green Susan Martin 1.74% 59 60          
    Independent Craig Smith 0.91% 31            
    Electorate:     Valid: 3,392   Spoilt: 46 (1.34%)   Quota: 1,697   Turnout: 3,438 (26.61%)

      2012 Election

      2012 South Lanarkshire Council election

      Rutherglen South - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5
      Labour Brian McKenna (incumbent) 26.03 1,244        
      Liberal Democrats Robert Brown 24.71 1,181 1,185.3 1,213.4    
      SNP Anne Higgins (incumbent)† 23.88 1,141 1,143.4 1,151.4 1,156.2 1,198.7
      Labour Gerard Killen 17.81 851 887.7 914.2 918.1 971.5
      Conservative Richard Tawse 4.85 232 232.5 268.6 272.1  
      Scottish Unionist Michael Haigh 2.72 130 130.7      
      Electorate: 11,153   Valid: 4,779   Spoilt: 72   Quota: 1,195   Turnout: 4,851 (42.85%)

        2007 Election

        2007 South Lanarkshire Council election

        South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Rutherglen South
        Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
        Labour Brian McKenna[lower-alpha 1] 1,534 24.7 1 3
        Liberal Democrats Eileen Baxendale 1,077 17.3 2 7
        SNP Anne Higgins 1,045 16.8 3 10
        Labour Patricia Osborne[lower-alpha 2] 846 13.6
        Conservative Jean Miller 529 8.5
        Liberal Democrats Danny Campbell 506 8.1
        Independent Brian McCutcheon 285 4.6
        Scottish Green Michael Tobin 150 2.4
        Scottish Unionist Michael A Haigh 135 2.2
        Scottish Socialist John Patrick 106 1.7
        1. Serving councillor for the Burgh single-member ward (see 2003 South Lanarkshire Council election).
        2. Serving councillor for the Fernhill single-member ward (see 2003 South Lanarkshire Council election).

        References
        1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
        2. Election special: Rutherglen South demands continued regeneration, Daily Record, 12 April 2017
        3. Electoral Ward: South, Scottish Government Statistics
        4. South Lanarkshire Council Area, 3rd Reviews of Electoral Arrangements Maps : Wards 1999 - 2007, Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
        5. Local Government Election results 2017, South Lanarkshire Council
        6. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-10-29. Retrieved 2013-10-25.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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