Local Election Results 2003
South Lanarkshire
Whole council up for election.
Updated 4 March 2010: Thanks to "cllrbd" for supplying the correct results for Calderglen and Greenhill wards.
Other results for South Lanarkshire:
2007
2012
2017
2022
By-elections for South Lanarkshire (may be incomplete): 26th August 2004 (Bothwell S.)
— 30th March 2006 (Avondale S.)
— 11th May 2006 (Biggar/Symington & Black Mount)
— 6th March 2008 (Cambuslang E.)
— 28th October 2010 (East Kilbride W.)
— 8th December 2011 (Hamilton W. & Earnock)
— 14th February 2013 (Rutherglen S.)
— 24th October 2013 (Hamilton S.)
— 5th June 2014 (Clydesdale S.)
— 5th August 2015 (Hamilton S.)
— 10th December 2015 (Blantyre)
— 21st January 2016 (Hamilton N. & E.)
— 23rd November 2017 (Rutherglen C. & N.)
— 29th August 2019 (East Kilbride C.N.)
— 6th July 2023 (East Kilbride W.)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
55173 |
48.3% |
51 |
| Scottish National Party |
32575 |
28.5% |
9 |
| Conservative |
15051 |
13.2% |
2 |
| Liberal Democrat |
5336 |
4.7% |
2 |
| Independent |
3651 |
3.2% |
3 |
| Scottish Socialist Party |
2386 |
2.1% |
0 |
| James Malloy |
Lab |
767 |
37.4% |
| Carol Ballard |
C |
531 |
25.9% |
| William Holman |
SNP |
501 |
24.4% |
| George Stewart |
LD |
251 |
12.2% |
| Hector MacDonald |
C |
843 |
41.7% |
| Peter Duff |
Lab |
557 |
27.5% |
| Alan Stevenson |
SNP |
441 |
21.8% |
| Nigel Benzies |
LD |
182 |
9.0% |
| Edward McAvoy |
Lab |
1022 |
56.8% |
| Mary Donnelly |
SNP |
269 |
15.0% |
| Charles Clark |
LD |
203 |
11.3% |
| Graeme Livingstone |
C |
158 |
8.8% |
| David Stevenson |
SSP |
147 |
8.2% |
| Thomas McAlpine |
SNP |
1166 |
64.6% |
| John Lyon |
C |
485 |
26.9% |
| Angela McGranachan |
Lab |
155 |
8.6% |
| Anne Maggs |
SNP |
1082 |
56.5% |
| John Quinn |
Lab |
559 |
29.2% |
| Ian Harrow |
C |
273 |
14.3% |
| Archibald Manson |
SNP |
910 |
53.9% |
| Esther Serrels |
Lab |
662 |
39.2% |
| Louise Hodgson |
C |
116 |
6.9% |
| Michael McGlynn |
Lab |
847 |
52.0% |
| Russell Craig |
Ind |
357 |
21.9% |
| Alan Fergusson |
SNP |
290 |
17.8% |
| James Stewart |
C |
134 |
8.2% |
| Alexander McGuire |
Lab |
707 |
48.6% |
| Henry Mitchell |
C |
512 |
35.2% |
| Nicholas Gauld |
SNP |
237 |
16.3% |
| Brian McKenna |
Lab |
875 |
52.7% |
| Elizabeth Jackson |
LD |
243 |
14.6% |
| Linda Douglas |
SNP |
240 |
14.5% |
| Gerard McMahon |
SSP |
176 |
10.6% |
| Thomas Rooney |
C |
125 |
7.5% |
| David McLachlan |
Lab |
1085 |
66.4% |
| Iain Sutherland |
SNP |
428 |
26.2% |
| Elizabeth Gardiner |
C |
120 |
7.3% |
| Elizabeth Handlebode |
Lab |
1015 |
55.1% |
| Boyd Park |
SNP |
595 |
32.3% |
| Neil Cameron |
C |
232 |
12.6% |
| Pamela Clearie |
Lab |
908 |
60.0% |
| John Higgins |
SNP |
335 |
22.1% |
| Alexander Young |
LD |
271 |
17.9% |
| James Wardhaugh |
SNP |
959 |
51.2% |
| John Cairney |
Lab |
732 |
39.1% |
| Robert Young |
C |
181 |
9.7% |
| Robert Rooney |
Lab |
959 |
58.9% |
| Clare McColl |
SNP |
240 |
14.7% |
| Ronald Muir |
C |
156 |
9.6% |
| Karen McCallum |
LD |
147 |
9.0% |
| Paul Drown |
SSP |
127 |
7.8% |
| William Ross |
Lab |
1114 |
60.4% |
| John Allan |
SNP |
537 |
29.1% |
| Henry Ross-Taylor |
C |
192 |
10.4% |
| Eileen Logan |
Lab |
1276 |
63.9% |
| Stuart Moffat |
SNP |
509 |
25.5% |
| Donald Hopkins |
C |
211 |
10.6% |
| Beverly Gauld |
SNP |
831 |
55.5% |
| Lindy Barbour |
Lab |
428 |
28.6% |
| Elizabeth Ross-Taylor |
C |
239 |
16.0% |
| Russell Clearie |
Lab |
965 |
54.3% |
| Gordon Bryce |
LD |
310 |
17.4% |
| Allan Kenneth |
C |
184 |
10.4% |
| Marion Lennox |
SNP |
170 |
9.6% |
| David McClemont |
SSP |
148 |
8.3% |
| Elizabeth Rush |
Lab |
521 |
33.4% |
| Thomas Ashburn |
SNP |
515 |
33.0% |
| Alex Allison |
C |
329 |
21.1% |
| David Hill |
LD |
195 |
12.5% |
| James Handibode |
Lab |
949 |
60.2% |
| Catherine Sutherland |
SNP |
249 |
15.8% |
| Georgina Mitchell |
SSP |
202 |
12.8% |
| Thomas Conway |
Ind |
108 |
6.9% |
| Gladys Murray |
C |
68 |
4.3% |
| Mushtaq Ahmed |
Lab |
903 |
47.0% |
| Lesley McDonald |
SNP |
757 |
39.4% |
| John Lyon |
C |
260 |
13.5% |
| Daniel Meikle |
Lab |
1661 |
65.2% |
| Lindsay Addison |
SNP |
804 |
31.6% |
| David Parton |
C |
82 |
3.2% |
| Stewart Crawford |
Lab |
946 |
54.8% |
| John MacQueen |
SNP |
449 |
26.0% |
| Mark Sands |
SSP |
205 |
11.9% |
| Jean Davidson |
C |
125 |
7.2% |
| Alexander Forrest |
C |
878 |
55.5% |
| Thomas Mitchell |
SNP |
441 |
27.9% |
| Michael Derrington |
Lab |
263 |
16.6% |
| Thomas Gilligan |
Ind |
1231 |
65.3% |
| Margaret Duffy |
Lab |
518 |
27.5% |
| Morag Redpath |
C |
135 |
7.2% |
| Alice Mitchell |
Lab |
898 |
47.2% |
| Clare Keane |
SNP |
831 |
43.6% |
| Helen McCallum |
C |
175 |
9.2% |
| John McGuinness |
Lab |
1020 |
53.8% |
| Gordon Clark |
SNP |
278 |
14.7% |
| Jean Miller |
C |
235 |
12.4% |
| Robert Bell |
LD |
233 |
12.3% |
| Alan Buchanan |
SSP |
130 |
6.9% |
| Patricia Osborne |
Lab |
644 |
43.6% |
| Margaret McLellan |
LD |
500 |
33.8% |
| Euan Fergusson |
SNP |
136 |
9.2% |
| John Starrs |
SSP |
115 |
7.8% |
| James Nixon |
C |
83 |
5.6% |
| Ian Gray |
SNP |
920 |
46.6% |
| John Roberts |
Lab |
745 |
37.7% |
| David Taylor |
C |
310 |
15.7% |
| Archie Buchanan |
SNP |
1003 |
66.4% |
| Marcel Legowski |
Lab |
358 |
23.7% |
| Catherine Pedersen |
SSP |
107 |
7.1% |
| Moira Brown |
C |
42 |
2.8% |
| David Watson |
SNP |
883 |
52.3% |
| John Timoney |
Lab |
563 |
33.3% |
| Jane Steel |
C |
133 |
7.9% |
| Colin Linskey |
LD |
110 |
6.5% |
| David Keirs |
Lab |
1332 |
59.7% |
| Margaret Fox |
SNP |
489 |
21.9% |
| John Rodgers |
LD |
221 |
9.9% |
| Lorraine Sharp |
SSP |
189 |
8.5% |
| Mary Smith |
Lab |
881 |
53.1% |
| Barbara Samson |
SNP |
486 |
29.3% |
| Charles Ferguson |
C |
292 |
17.6% |
| Mary Smith |
Lab |
931 |
54.3% |
| James McGuigan |
SNP |
511 |
29.8% |
| Gary Scullion |
C |
273 |
15.9% |
| Pat Watters |
Lab |
849 |
50.7% |
| Diane McAnsh |
SNP |
492 |
29.4% |
| John Shaw |
SSP |
201 |
12.0% |
| Patricia Harrow |
C |
131 |
7.8% |
| Gerry Convery |
Lab |
876 |
55.4% |
| Graeme Macklin |
SNP |
464 |
29.3% |
| Theresa Barr |
SSP |
150 |
9.5% |
| Gavin Douglas |
C |
91 |
5.8% |
| Gilbert Thomson |
Ind |
873 |
50.0% |
| Hugh Dunsmuir |
Lab |
590 |
33.8% |
| James Henderson |
SNP |
211 |
12.1% |
| Ann Blair |
C |
72 |
4.1% |
| Graeme Horne |
Ind |
620 |
48.3% |
| Jean McKeown |
Lab |
610 |
47.5% |
| Janet Brown |
C |
54 |
4.2% |
| David Baillie |
LD |
609 |
36.1% |
| Patrick McKenna |
Lab |
574 |
34.0% |
| Moya MacAskill |
C |
201 |
11.9% |
| William McIntyre |
SNP |
189 |
11.2% |
| Stephanie Sharp |
SSP |
116 |
6.9% |
| Mary McNeill |
Lab |
761 |
40.3% |
| Alastair Campbell |
C |
656 |
34.7% |
| Carolyn Park |
SNP |
349 |
18.5% |
| Ronald Waddell |
LD |
124 |
6.6% |
| Brian Reilly |
Lab |
802 |
46.2% |
| Frank Gunning |
SNP |
550 |
31.7% |
| Patrick Ross-Taylor |
C |
384 |
22.1% |
| David Tremble |
Lab |
843 |
51.6% |
| Iain McGowan |
SNP |
510 |
31.2% |
| Callan Dick |
LD |
150 |
9.2% |
| William Rennie |
C |
131 |
8.0% |
| Jackie Burns |
Lab |
1004 |
70.7% |
| Robert Murray |
SNP |
302 |
21.3% |
| David Murray |
C |
114 |
8.0% |
| Samuel Casserly |
Lab |
839 |
45.7% |
| Barry Douglas |
SNP |
829 |
45.2% |
| Jean Pretswell |
C |
166 |
9.1% |
| David Shearer |
SNP |
979 |
49.2% |
| Edward Wright |
Lab |
793 |
39.9% |
| James Young |
C |
216 |
10.9% |
| Alexander McInnes |
Lab |
1010 |
55.8% |
| David Smart |
SNP |
684 |
37.8% |
| Grace Parton |
C |
116 |
6.4% |
| Gerald Docherty |
Lab |
836 |
41.6% |
| John Anderson |
SNP |
800 |
39.8% |
| Matthew Ferguson |
C |
374 |
18.6% |
| Anthony Carlin |
Lab |
892 |
54.7% |
| John Lowe |
SNP |
631 |
38.7% |
| Malcolm Gauld |
C |
108 |
6.6% |
| Joseph Lowe |
Lab |
1012 |
69.1% |
| Margaret McKenzie |
SNP |
337 |
23.0% |
| David Thomas |
C |
116 |
7.9% |
| Christopher Thompson |
Lab |
929 |
52.0% |
| John McKenna |
SNP |
649 |
36.3% |
| Ian McCulloch |
C |
208 |
11.6% |
| Alan Dick |
Lab |
949 |
54.4% |
| Agnes Cameron |
C |
623 |
35.7% |
| Stephen McKellar |
SNP |
171 |
9.8% |
| Michael McCann |
Lab |
1017 |
54.6% |
| John Anderson |
SNP |
558 |
29.9% |
| Margaret McCulloch |
C |
289 |
15.5% |
| Denis McKenna |
Lab |
835 |
60.7% |
| Anne Huggins |
SNP |
233 |
16.9% |
| Alistair Fulton |
SSP |
166 |
12.1% |
| John McLellan |
LD |
141 |
10.3% |
| Brian McCaig |
Lab |
705 |
37.2% |
| Robert Lawson |
SNP |
683 |
36.1% |
| John Murray |
C |
506 |
26.7% |
| William McCaig |
Lab |
971 |
64.6% |
| David Crowe |
LD |
336 |
22.4% |
| Robina Muir |
C |
148 |
9.9% |
| Gordon Jamieson |
Ind |
47 |
3.1% |
| Carol Hughes |
Lab |
989 |
51.7% |
| Elaine McDougall |
SNP |
548 |
28.6% |
| Margaret Lang |
C |
377 |
19.7% |
| John McInnes |
Lab |
893 |
50.9% |
| Peter Craig |
SNP |
691 |
39.4% |
| Elizabeth Colley |
C |
169 |
9.6% |
| Gretel Ross |
LD |
1012 |
54.6% |
| Andrew Moffat |
Lab |
357 |
19.3% |
| Malcolm MacAskill |
C |
214 |
11.5% |
| Sherwood Shea |
SNP |
175 |
9.4% |
| David Sharp |
SSP |
95 |
5.1% |
| Patrick Morgan |
Lab |
849 |
56.3% |
| James Wright |
SNP |
344 |
22.8% |
| Elizabeth Montgomery |
C |
315 |
20.9% |
| John Ormiston |
Lab |
796 |
54.9% |
| Raymond Ferguson |
C |
332 |
22.9% |
| Margaret Fergusson |
SNP |
323 |
22.3% |
| James Daisley |
Lab |
546 |
54.4% |
| William Wishart |
Ind |
415 |
41.3% |
| Janette McAlpine |
C |
43 |
4.3% |
| Allan Falconer |
Lab |
1018 |
64.3% |
| Patrick Lee |
SNP |
349 |
22.1% |
| Douglas Walker |
C |
215 |
13.6% |
| William McNab |
Lab |
994 |
73.4% |
| Scot MacQueen |
SNP |
203 |
15.0% |
| Isabella Perratt |
C |
157 |
11.6% |
| Graham Scott |
Lab |
914 |
57.4% |
| Hugh Gavin |
SNP |
567 |
35.6% |
| Anne Stewart |
C |
112 |
7.0% |
| Maureen Devlin |
Lab |
622 |
50.3% |
| Pamela Smith |
SNP |
288 |
23.3% |
| Jean McAlpine |
C |
116 |
9.4% |
| Michael Martin |
SSP |
112 |
9.1% |
| John Oswald |
LD |
98 |
7.9% |
| James Docherty |
Lab |
905 |
56.5% |
| Douglas Edwards |
SNP |
627 |
39.1% |
| Kenneth Lawton |
C |
71 |
4.4% |
| Catherine Condie |
Lab |
827 |
64.2% |
| Sean Tait |
SNP |
347 |
26.9% |
| Anne Kegg |
C |
114 |
8.9% |
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