Cambuslang East (ward)

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

Location of the ward [1]

The largest neighbourhood within the suburban ward is Halfway,[2] also including the areas of Cairns, the Circuit, Drumsagard, Lightburn, Newton and Westburn, all situated within Cambuslang, lying east of its town centre. The population in 2018 was 16,597.[3]

The ward was formed from roughly the boundaries of two wards under the previous single-member system used from the creation of South Lanarkshire local authority in 1995 until 2007: Cairns and Hallside.[4] Most new merged wards were formed from at least three smaller predecessors, but the population of this territory had increased substantially over the dozen years since the last reorganisation due to the construction of the new Drumsagard and Gateside neighbourhoods, with further substantial developments planned for the near future at sites including Westfarm, Newton Farm, Greenlees and Gilbertfield - these projects were largely completed over the next decade, increasing the ward's population above that of its neighbours.[5][3] Prior to 1995, the town of Cambuslang was within the Glasgow District under Strathclyde Regional Council - one of its wards from 1984 was named Halfway, and this included much the same area as the current Cambuslang East.

Councillors
Aerial view of the ward from the north-east
Election Councillors
2007 Walter Brogan
(Labour)		 John Higgins
(SNP)		 Pam Clearie
(Labour )
2012 Christine Deanie
(SNP)
2017 Katy Loudon
(SNP)		 Alistair Fulton
(SNP)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 South Lanarkshire Council election[6]

Cambuslang East - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
Labour Walter Brogan (incumbent) 32.79% 1,553              
SNP Katy Loudon 23.71% 1,123 1,139 1,145 1,154 1,225      
SNP Alistair Fulton 18.10% 857 876 879 896 923 958 1,019 1,140
Conservative Gavin Douglas 14.11% 668 690 762 792 810 811 902  
Scottish Green Laura Martin 3.10% 147 155 162 199        
Labour Stuart Gallacher* 2.83% 134 378 394 427 452 453    
Scottish Unionist James Moore 2.72% 129 137            
Liberal Democrats Ellen Bryson 2.64% 125 141 150          
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 4,736   Spoilt: 108   Quota: 1,185   Turnout: 42.1%

    2012 Election

    2012 South Lanarkshire Council election

    Cambuslang East - 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3
    Labour Walter Brogan (incumbent) 43.04 1,554    
    SNP Christine Deanie 23.40 845 875.6 925.4
    Labour Pam Clearie (incumbent) 17.47 631 1,176.8  
    SNP Alistair Fulton 8.61 311 326.1 340
    Conservative Alan Fraser 5.26 190 195 210.7
    Liberal Democrats Lindsay Watt 2.22 80 91.7 118
    Electorate: 11,090   Valid: 3,611   Spoilt: 103   Quota: 903   Turnout: 3,714 (32.56%)

      2007 Election

      2007 South Lanarkshire Council election

      South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Cambuslang East
      Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
      Labour Walter Brogan 1,544 32.4 1 1
      SNP John Higgins 1,120 23.5 2 4
      Labour Pam Clearie[lower-alpha 1] 859 18.0 3 4
      Liberal Democrats Tunweer Malik 684 14.3
      Conservative Louise Ann Campbell 423 8.9
      Scottish Socialist David Stevenson 137 2.9
      1. Serving councillor for the Cairns 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: Cambuslang East residents want action from councillors, Daily Record, 20 April 2017
      3. Electoral Ward: Cambuslang East, Scottish Government Statistics
      4. South Lanarkshire Council Area, 3rd Reviews of Electoral Arrangements Maps : Wards 1999 - 2007, Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland
      5. Population in Cambuslang continues to rise - but Rutherglen is shrinking, Daily Record, 24 August 2011
      6. Local Government Election results 2017, South Lanarkshire Council
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