Local Election Results 2012

South Lanarkshire

Whole council up for election.

ASPP = All Scotland Pensioners Party
EKA = East Kilbride Alliance
Sol = Solidarity
SUP = Scottish Unionist Party

Other results for South Lanarkshire: 2003 2007 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.)

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Consolidated results — South Lanarkshire 2012

Party	Votes	Percent	Seats
Labour	39892	43.2%	33
Scottish National Party	33596	36.4%	28
Conservative	10015	10.8%	3
Independent	2734	3.0%	2
Liberal Democrat	2544	2.8%	1
Green Party	1326	1.4%	0
East Kilbride Alliance	681	0.7%	0
UK Independence Party	515	0.6%	0
Scottish Unionist Party	278	0.3%	0
Christian Party	230	0.2%	0
Christian Peoples Alliance	209	0.2%	0
All Scotland Pensioners Party	199	0.2%	0
Solidarity	166	0.2%	0

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Avondale and Stonehouse (4) [1 SNP gain from C]

Isobel Dorman	SNP	1148	21.4%
William Holman	SNP	866	16.1%
Margaret Cooper	Lab	670	12.5%
Allan Finnie	C	624	11.6%
Graeme Campbell	Ind	502	9.4%
John Hamilton	Lab	494	9.2%
Lynn Filshie	Ind	409	7.6%
Jim Malloy	Ind	339	6.3%
Erica Young	Grn	181	3.4%
Kenny Weir	Ind	94	1.8%
Melvyn Randall	UKIP	37	0.7%

Consolidated results:— SNP 2014 (37.5%; 2 seats); Ind 1344 (25.1%; 1 seat); Lab 1164 (21.7%; 1 seat); C 624 (11.6%); Grn 181 (3.4%); UKIP 37 (0.7%)

Transfers (Quota = 1073)

Stage	I	II	V	VI	VII	VIII	IX
Isobel Dorman	1148	1073	1073	1073	1073	1073	1073
William Holman	866	922	992	1061	1162	1073	1073
Margaret Cooper	670	673	698	732	759	764	1158
Allan Finnie	624	625	649	666	718	724	734
Graeme Campbell	502	503	525	580	808	823	853
John Hamilton	494	494	521	564	588	596
Lynn Filshie	409	411	459	554
Jim Malloy	339	340	380
Erica Young	181	183
Kenny Weir	94	96
Melvyn Randall	37	37

Blantyre (4) [1 Lab gain from Ind]

Hugh Dunsmuir	Lab	1141	25.0%
Bert Thomson	SNP	929	20.3%
Jim Handibode	Lab	756	16.6%
John McNamee	Lab	579	12.7%
John Mullen	SNP	470	10.3%
Michael Martin	Ind	234	5.1%
Michael McGlynn	CPA	209	4.6%
Isobel Black	C	176	3.9%
Gavin Wallace	Ind	40	0.9%
Mark Watson	LD	32	0.7%

Consolidated results:— Lab 2476 (54.2%; 3 seats); SNP 1399 (30.6%; 1 seat); Ind 274 (6.0%); CPA 209 (4.6%); C 176 (3.9%); LD 32 (0.7%)

Transfers (Quota = 914)

Stage	I	II	III	IV	VI	VII	VIII	IX
Hugh Dunsmuir	1144	914	914	914	914	914	914	914
Bert Thomson	929	929	929	914	914	914	914	914
Jim Handibode	756	935	914	914	914	914	914	914
John McNamee	579	600	616	617	626	638	686	751
John Mullen	470	472	472	484	489	511	541	580
Michael Martin	234	238	238	239	259	297	348
Michael McGlynn	209	212	213	213	216	253
Isobel Black	176	179	179	179	190
Gavin Wallace	40	41	41	41
Mark Watson	32	33	33	33

Bothwell and Uddingston (3)

Jim McGuigan	SNP	1342	35.2%
Maureen Devlin	Lab	1124	29.5%
Anne Kegg	C	906	23.8%
Patrick Morgan	Lab	438	11.5%

Consolidated results:— Lab 1562 (41.0%; 1 seat); SNP 1342 (35.2%; 1 seat); C 906 (23.8%; 1 seat)

Transfers (Quota = 953)

Stage	I	II
Jim McGuigan	1342	953
Maureen Devlin	1124	1124
Anne Kegg	906	1000
Patrick Morgan	328	550

Cambuslang East (3)

Walter Brogan	Lab	1554	43.0%
Christine Deanie	SNP	845	23.4%
Pam Clearie	Lab	631	17.5%
Alistair Fulton	SNP	311	8.6%
Alan Fraser	C	190	5.3%
Lindsay Watt	LD	80	2.2%

Consolidated results:— Lab 2185 (60.5%; 2 seats); SNP 1156 (32.0%; 1 seat); C 190 (5.3%); LD 80 (2.2%)

Transfers (Quota = 903)

Stage	I	II	III
Walter Brogan	1554	903	903
Christine Deanie	845	875	925
Pam Clearie	631	1176	903
Alistair Fulton	311	326	340
Alan Fraser	190	195	210
Lindsay Watt	80	91	118

Cambuslang West (3) [1 Lab gain from LD]

Russell Clearie	Lab	1669	34.7%
Clare McColl	SNP	1260	26.2%
David Baillie	LD	707	14.7%
Richard Tullett	Lab	606	12.6%
James MacKay	C	344	7.1%
Janice Sharkey	Grn	228	4.7%

Consolidated results:— Lab 2275 (47.3%; 2 seats); SNP 1260 (26.2%; 1 seat); LD 707 (14.7%); C 344 (7.1%); Grn 228 (4.7%)

Transfers (Quota = 1204)

Stage	I	II	III	IV	V
Russell Clearie	1669	1204	1204	1204	1204
Clare McColl	1260	1260	1204	1204	1204
David Baillie	707	752	762	835	1048
Richard Tullett	606	949	960	1029	1065
James MacKay	344	355	357	387
Janice Sharkey	228	244	260

Clydesdale East (3) [1 Lab gain from C]

Bev Gauld	SNP	936	22.3%
Hamish Stewart	C	832	19.8%
Ian McAllan	SNP	745	17.7%
Ralph Barker	Lab	727	17.3%
John McLatchie	C	692	16.5%
Janet Moxley	Grn	268	6.4%

Consolidated results:— SNP 1681 (40.0%; 1 seat); C 1524 (36.3%; 1 seat); Lab 727 (17.3%; 1 seat); Grn 268 (6.4%)

Transfers (Quota = 1051)

Stage	I	II	III	IV
Bev Gauld	936	981	1013	1069
Hamish Stewart	832	882	1453	1051
Ian McAllan	745	783	810	849
Ralph Barker	727	794	824	875
John McLatchie	692	713
Janet Moxley	268

Clydesdale North (3) [1 Ind gain from C]

Catherine McClymont	Lab	1253	27.5%
Vivienne Shaw	SNP	826	18.1%
Patrick Ross-Taylor	C	813	17.8%
Ed Archer	Ind	729	16.0%
George Sutherland	SNP	520	11.4%
Gordon Muir	Lab	418	9.2%

Consolidated results:— Lab 1671 (36.7%; 1 seat); SNP 1346 (29.5%; 1 seat); C 813 (17.8%); Ind 729 (16.0%; 1 seat)

Transfers (Quota = 1140)

Stage	I	II	III	IV	V
Catherine McClymont	1253	1140	1140	1140	1140
Vivienne Shaw	826	829	886	1318	1140
Patrick Ross-Taylor	813	815	864	904	927
Ed Archer	729	734	836	873	933
George Sutherland	520	522	551
Gordon Muir	418	510

Clydesdale South (3)

Archie Manson	SNP	1625	35.0%
George Greenshields	Lab	1149	24.7%
Alex McInnes	Lab	875	18.8%
Colin McGavigan	C	487	10.5%
Tom McDonald	SNP	313	6.7%
Chris McEwan	UKIP	199	4.3%

Consolidated results:— Lab 2024 (43.5%; 2 seats); SNP 1938 (41.7%; 1 seat); C 487 (10.5%); UKIP 199 (4.3%)

Transfers (Quota = 1163)

Stage	I	II	III	V
Archie Manson	1625	1163	1163	1163
George Greenshields	1149	1170	1163	1163
Alex McInnes	875	888	893	1044
Colin McGavigan	487	494	494
Tom McDonald	313	703	704	852
Chris McEwan	199	206	206

Clydesdale West (4) [1 Lab gain from C]

Eileen Logan	Lab	1687	29.1%
David Shearer	SNP	1149	19.8%
Pat Lee	SNP	921	15.9%
Lynsey Hamilton	Lab	877	15.1%
Alex Allison	C	644	11.1%
Duncan McFarlane	Ind	246	4.2%
Peter Meehan	LD	126	2.2%
Neil MacLeod	UKIP	78	1.3%
Robin Mawhinney	Chr	65	1.1%

Consolidated results:— Lab 2564 (44.3%; 2 seats); SNP 2070 (35.7%; 2 seats); C 644 (11.1%); Ind 246 (4.2%); LD 126 (2.2%); UKIP 78 (1.3%); Chr 65 (1.1%)

Transfers (Quota = 1159)

Stage	I	II	III	IV	V	VII	VIII
Eileen Logan	1687	1159	1159	1159	1159	1159	1159
David Shearer	1149	1180	1180	1159	1159	1159	1159
Pat Lee	921	943	959	977	989	1023	1094
Lynsey Hamilton	877	1279	1159	1159	1159	1159	1159
Alex Allison	644	653	661	662	673	727	798
Duncan McFarlane	246	258	268	269	283	352
Peter Meehan	126	136	143	143	148
Neil MacLeod	78	81	85	85	95
Robin Mawhinney	65	69	73	73

East Kilbride Central North (4)

Anne Maggs	SNP	1733	29.3%
Alice Mitchell	Lab	1348	22.8%
Chris Thompson	Lab	1065	18.0%
Sheena Wardhaugh	SNP	549	9.3%
Kirsten Robb	Grn	516	8.7%
William Chalmers	C	374	6.3%
Clare Keane	EKA	277	4.7%
Richard Foster	Sol	51	0.9%

Consolidated results:— Lab 2413 (40.8%; 2 seats); SNP 2282 (38.6%; 2 seats); Grn 516 (8.7%); C 374 (6.3%); EKA 277 (4.7%); Sol 51 (0.9%)

Transfers (Quota = 1183)

Stage	I	II	III	IV	VI	VII
Anne Maggs	1733	1183	1183	1183	1183	1183
Alice Mitchell	1348	1348	1183	1183	1183	1183
Chris Thompson	1065	1100	1230	1183	1183	1183
Sheena Wardhaugh	549	972	977	983	1064	1115
Kirsten Robb	516	560	571	579	715	819
William Chalmers	374	378	380	383	412
Clare Keane	277	287	290	293
Richard Foster	51	53	53	55

East Kilbride Central South (3)

John Anderson	SNP	1721	38.0%
Gerry Convery	Lab	1598	35.3%
Susan Kerr	Lab	581	12.8%
Duncan McLean	SNP	306	6.8%
Isabel Perratt	C	223	4.9%
Alasdair Sutherland	LD	95	2.1%

Consolidated results:— Lab 2179 (48.2%; 2 seats); SNP 2027 (44.8%; 1 seat); C 223 (4.9%); LD 95 (2.1%)

Transfers (Quota = 1132)

Stage	I	II	III	IV	V
John Anderson	1721	1132	1132	1132	1132
Gerry Convery	1598	1598	1132	1132	1132
Susan Kerr	581	613	1011	1044	1107
Duncan McLean	306	795	804	826	860
Isabel Perratt	223	231	236	254
Alasdair Sutherland	95	105	114

East Kilbride East (3) [1 SNP gain from Lab]

John Cairney	Lab	1037	27.4%
Jim Wardhaugh	SNP	853	22.5%
Gladys Miller	SNP	795	21.0%
Graham Scott	Lab	671	17.7%
Ian Harrow	C	321	8.5%
Nigel Benzies	LD	112	3.0%

Consolidated results:— Lab 1708 (45.1%; 1 seat); SNP 1648 (43.5%; 2 seats); C 321 (8.5%); LD 112 (3.0%)

Transfers (Quota = 948)

Stage	I	II	III	IV
John Cairney	1037	948	948	948
Jim Wardhaugh	853	855	866	912
Gladys Miller	795	798	818	862
Graham Scott	671	746	765	837
Ian Harrow	321	322	356
Nigel Benzies	112	113

East Kilbride South (3)

Archie Buchanan	SNP	1725	40.7%
Jim Docherty	Lab	1203	28.4%
Douglas Edwards	SNP	475	11.2%
Patrick Quigg	Lab	339	8.0%
Colin McKay	EKA	193	4.6%
Patricia Harrow	C	144	3.4%
John Park	Sol	115	2.7%
Douglas Herbison	LD	40	0.9%

Consolidated results:— SNP 2200 (52.0%; 2 seats); Lab 1542 (36.4%; 1 seat); EKA 193 (4.6%); C 144 (3.4%); Sol 115 (2.7%); LD 40 (0.9%)

Transfers (Quota = 1059)

Stage	I	II	III	IV
Archie Buchanan	1725	1059	1059	1059
Jim Docherty	1203	1203	1059	1059
Douglas Edwards	475	1020	1029	1038
Patrick Quigg	339	377	489	499
Colin McKay	193	214	219	225
Patricia Harrow	144	150	153	162
John Park	115	123	126	128
Douglas Herbison	40	45	47

East Kilbride West (3)

Graham Simpson	C	1197	25.3%
David Watson	SNP	1148	24.2%
Janice McGinlay	Lab	805	17.0%
Alan Scott	Lab	800	16.9%
John Reilly	SNP	579	12.2%
Brian Jones	EKA	211	4.5%

Consolidated results:— SNP 1727 (36.4%; 1 seat); Lab 1605 (33.9%; 1 seat); C 1197 (25.3%; 1 seat); EKA 211 (4.5%)

Transfers (Quota = 1186)

Stage	I	II	III	IV	V
Graham Simpson	1197	1186	1186	1186	1186
David Watson	1148	1150	1188	1186	1186
Janice McGinlay	805	806	849	849	974
Alan Scott	800	801	822	822	916
John Reilly	579	579	604	606
Brian Jones	211	213

Hamilton North and East (3)

Davie McLachlan	Lab	1037	24.4%
Lynn Adams	SNP	945	22.2%
Monica Lennon	Lab	794	18.7%
Barry Douglas	SNP	776	18.2%
Margaret Murray	C	430	10.1%
Balarabe Baba	Ind	141	3.3%
Alasdair Duke	Grn	133	3.1%

Consolidated results:— Lab 1831 (43.0%; 2 seats); SNP 1721 (40.4%; 1 seat); C 430 (10.1%); Ind 141 (3.3%); Grn 133 (3.1%)

Transfers (Quota = 1065)

Stage	I	II	III	IV	V
Davie McLachlan	1037	1045	1073	1065	1065
Lynn Adams	945	964	994	994	1044
Monica Lennon	794	808	827	833	892
Barry Douglas	776	792	803	803	862
Margaret Murray	430	448	471	471
Balarabe Baba	141	170
Alasdair Duke	133

Hamilton South (4) [1 SNP gain from C]

Joe Lowe	Lab	1975	36.6%
Angela Crawley	SNP	1255	23.3%
Brian McCaig	Lab	800	14.8%
Bobby Lawson	SNP	502	9.3%
John Murray	C	496	9.2%
David Holland	ASPP	199	3.7%
Craig Smith	Chr	165	3.1%

Consolidated results:— Lab 2775 (51.5%; 2 seats); SNP 1757 (32.6%; 2 seats); C 496 (9.2%); ASPP 199 (3.7%); Chr 165 (3.1%)

Transfers (Quota = 1079)

Stage	I	II	III	IV	V	VI
Joe Lowe	1975	1079	1079	1079	1079	1079
Angela Crawley	1255	1255	1255	1079	1079	1079
Brian McCaig	800	1512	1079	1079	1079	1079
Bobby Lawson	502	537	598	746	773	861
John Murray	496	515	542	544	583	653
David Holland	199	233	313	323	379
Craig Smith	165	175	197	200

Hamilton West and Earnock (4) [1 SNP gain from Ind]

Allan Falconer	Lab	1170	27.3%
Graeme Horne	SNP	1153	26.9%
Jean McKeown	Lab	861	20.1%
John Menzies	SNP	592	13.8%
Connar McBain	C	369	8.6%
McKenzie Gibson	LD	74	1.7%
Rob Sale	UKIP	70	1.6%

Consolidated results:— Lab 2031 (47.4%; 2 seats); SNP 1745 (40.7%; 2 seats); C 369 (8.6%); LD 74 (1.7%); UKIP 70 (1.6%)

Transfers (Quota = 858)

Stage	I	II	III
Allan Falconer	1170	858	858
Graeme Horne	1153	1153	858
Jean McKeown	861	861	861
John Menzies	592	639	887
Connar McBain	369	387	395
McKenzie Gibson	74	101	107
Rob Sale	70	94	98

Larkhall (4)

Jackie Burns	Lab	1965	37.4%
Peter Craig	SNP	1124	21.4%
Lesley McDonald	SNP	958	18.2%
Andy Carmichael	Lab	752	14.3%
David Murray	C	321	6.1%
Donald MacKay	UKIP	131	2.5%

Consolidated results:— Lab 2717 (51.7%; 2 seats); SNP 2082 (39.6%; 2 seats); C 321 (6.1%); UKIP 131 (2.5%)

Transfers (Quota = 1051)

Stage	I	II
Jackie Burns	1965	1051
Peter Craig	1124	1124
Lesley McDonald	958	1009
Andy Carmichael	752	1506
David Murray	321	333
Donald MacKay	131	140

Rutherglen Central and North (3)

Edward McAvoy	Lab	1571	40.8%
Gordon Clark	SNP	902	23.4%
Denis McKenna	Lab	777	20.2%
Jean Miller	C	200	5.2%
Michael Hanley	SNP	158	4.1%
Jim Nixon	SUP	148	3.8%
Tunweer Malik	LD	97	2.5%

Consolidated results:— Lab 2348 (60.9%; 2 seats); SNP 1060 (27.5%; 1 seat); C 200 (5.2%); SUP 148 (3.8%); LD 97 (2.5%)

Transfers (Quota = 964)

Stage	I	II	III
Edward McAvoy	1571	964	964
Gordon Clark	902	928	973
Denis McKenna	777	1300	964
Jean Miller	200	204	218
Michael Hanley	158	163	175
Jim Nixon	148	152	165
Tunweer Malik	97	103	128

Rutherglen South (3)

Brian McKenna	Lab	1244	26.0%
Robert Brown	LD	1181	24.7%
Anne Higgins	SNP	1141	23.9%
Gerard Killen	Lab	851	17.8%
Richard Tawse	C	232	4.9%
Michael Haigh	SUP	130	2.7%

Consolidated results:— Lab 2095 (43.8%; 1 seat); LD 1181 (24.7%; 1 seat); SNP 1141 (23.9%; 1 seat); C 232 (4.9%); SUP 130 (2.7%)

Transfers (Quota = 1195)

Stage	I	II	III	IV	V
Brian McKenna	1244	1195	1195	1195	1195
Robert Brown	1181	1185	1213	1195	1195
Anne Higgins	1141	1143	1151	1156	1198
Gerard Killen	851	887	914	918	971
Richard Tawse	232	232	268	272
Michael Haigh	130	130

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