Giffnock and Thornliebank (ward)

Giffnock and Thornliebank is one of the five wards used to elect members of the East Renfrewshire Council. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Jim Fletcher (Labour)		Alex Mackie (Liberal Democrats)		Gordon Wallace (Conservative)
2012			Vincent Waters (SNP)
2017	Colm Merrick (SNP)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 East Renfrewshire Council election [2]

Giffnock and Thornliebank - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9
	SNP	Colm Merrick	24.40%	1,853	1,855	1,860	1,898	1,990
	Conservative	Gordon Wallace (incumbent)	23.06%	1,751	1,753	1,758	1,784	1,825	1,826	2,621
	Labour	Jim Fletcher (incumbent)	18.84%	1,431	1,435	1,438	1,506	1,615	1,650	1,715	1,838	2,224
	Conservative	Paul Smith	11.84%	899	904	905	943	976	979
	Independent	Paul Drury	11.31%	859	862	876	913	1,085	1,108	1,149	1,309
	Independent	Savio D'Souza	6.00%	456	460	470	507
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Park	3.50%	266	274	278
	Independent	Gordon McCaskill *	0.63%	48	50
	Libertarian	Alan Findlay	0.42%	32
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 7,595   Spoilt: 92   Quota: 1,899   Turnout: 60.2%

2012 Election

2012 East Renfrewshire Council election

Giffnock and Thornliebank - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3
	Labour	Jim Fletcher (incumbent)	35.53	1,935
	Conservative	Gordon Wallace (incumbent)	21.36	1,163	1,207	1,398
	SNP	Vincent Waters	19.89	1,083	1,209	1,375
	Independent	Hugh Moore	11.84	645	751	994
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Mackie (incumbent)	11.38	620	747

2007 Election

2007 East Renfrewshire Council election

Giffnock and Thornliebank
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Labour	Jim Fletcher	29.8	2,075
	Conservative	Gordon Wallace	27.2	1,899
	SNP	Joyce Lythgoe	18.2	1,266	1,330.16	1,336.00	1,390.31	1,473.32
	Liberal Democrats	Alex Mackie	17.9	1,244	1,357.28	1.365.41	1,401.65	1,585.21	2,472.07
	Conservative	Gordon Wilson	5.4	373	394.92	524.70	528.50
	Scottish Socialist	Stuart Miller	1.6	112	132.16	132.32
Electorate: -   Valid: 6,969   Spoilt: 98   Quota: 1,743   Turnout:

References

1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
2. https://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/article/2994/Error