Clydesdale West (ward) facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Clydesdale West |
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Boundary of Clydesdale West in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017.
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| Population | 19,350 (2021) |
| Electorate | 15,706 (2022) |
| Major settlements | Carluke |
| Scottish Parliament constituency | Clydesdale |
| Scottish Parliament region | South Scotland |
| UK Parliament constituency | Lanark and Hamilton East |
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| Created | 2007 |
| Number of councillors | 4 |
| Councillor | Eileen Logan (Labour) |
| Councillor | Poppy Corbett (Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party) |
| Councillor | David Shearer (SNP) |
| Councillor | Lynsey Hamilton (Labour) |
| Created from | Clyde Valley Carluke/Crawforddyke Carluke/Whitehill Forth Law/Carluke |
Clydesdale West is one of the 20 electoral wards of South Lanarkshire Council. Created in 2007, the ward elects four councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 19,350 people.
The ward has produced strong results for both the Scottish National Party (SNP) and Labour. Initially, the SNP held half the seats in the ward before swinging towards Labour which has held half the seats since 2012.
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Boundaries
The ward was created following the Fourth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2007 Scottish local elections. As a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, local elections in Scotland would use the single transferable vote electoral system from 2007 onwards so Clydesdale West was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained part of the former Clyde Valley and Forth wards as well as all of the former Carluke/Crawforddyke, Carluke/Whitehill and Law/Carluke wards. Clydesdale West covers an area in the north of South Lanarkshire next to its boundary with North Lanarkshire Council and takes in a rural area surrounding the town of Carluke including the villages of Braidwood, Crossford and Law. Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's boundaries were not changed.
Councillors
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| 2007 | Ian Gray (SNP) |
David Shearer (SNP) |
Eileen Logan (Labour) |
Alex Allison (Conservative) |
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| 2012 | Pat Lee (SNP/Solidarity) |
Lynsey Hamilton (Labour) |
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| 2017 | Poppy Corbett (Conservative) |
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Election results
2022 election
2022 South Lanarkshire Council election
2017 election
2017 South Lanarkshire Council election
2012 election
2012 South Lanarkshire Council election
2007 election
2007 South Lanarkshire Council election
