2017 South Lanarkshire Council election

2017 South Lanarkshire Council election

4 May 2017
All 64 seats to South Lanarkshire Council 33 seats needed for a majority
SNP Lab Leader John Ross Gerry Convery Party SNP Labour Leader's seat Hamilton South East Kilbride Central South Last election 28 seats, 36.3% 33 seats, 43.1% Seats before 26 (notional) 32 (notional) Seats after 27 22 Seat change 1 11   Con Leader Alex Allison Robert Brown Party Conservative Liberal Democrats Leader's seat Clydesdale East Rutherglen South Last election 3 seats, 4.5% 1 seat, 1.5% Seats before 4 (notional) 1 (notional) Seats after 14 1 Seat change 11
Council Leader before election Edward McAvoy Labour Council Leader after election John Ross SNP

Election result

South Lanarkshire Local Election Result 2017

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	27	-	-1	-1	42.19	35.67	40,786	-0.70
	Labour	22	-	-11	-11	34.37	28.99	33,154	-14.19
	Conservative	14	+11	-	+11	21.88	23.94	27,377	+13.10
	Liberal Democrats	1	-	-	0	1.56	5.14	5,873	+2.39
	Independent	0	-	-2	-2	0.0	2.49	2,844	-0.47
	Scottish Green	0	-	-	-	-	2.95	3,372	+1.51
	UKIP	0	-	-	-	-	0.40	457	-0.16
	Solidarity	0	-	-	-	-	0.27	308	+0.09
	Scottish Unionist	0	-	-	-	-	0.11	129	-0.19
	Scottish Socialist	0	-	-	-	-	0.04	48	N/A

The overall turnout was 46.9% and there were 2,308 rejected ballots.

Note: "Votes" are the sum of first preference votes across all council wards. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2007. This is because STV has an element of proportionality which is not present unless multiple seats are being elected. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

Elections to South Lanarkshire Council were held on 4 May 2017 on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election used the twenty wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 64 Councillors being elected, a reduction of 3 members from 2012. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.

Following the 2017 election, the Scottish National Party attempted to form a coalition with Labour and the Liberal Democrats which was unsuccessful. The SNP then formed a minority administration.[1]

Ward results

Clydesdale West

• 2012: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
• 2017: 2 x Labour, 1 x SNP, 1 x Conservative
• 2012-2017: 1 x Conservative gain from SNP

Clydesdale West - 4 seats[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Conservative	Poppy Corbett	31.24	2,264
	SNP	David Shearer (incumbent)	22.23	1,611
	Labour	Eileen Logan (incumbent)	21.61	1,566
	Labour	Lynsey Hamilton (incumbent)	11.58	839	1,049	1,055	1,133	1,160	1,192	1,322	1,616
	SNP	Chris Travis	8.42	610	627	763	770	784	831	867
	Liberal Democrats	Peter Charles Meehan	2.04	148	314	316	323	335	372
	Scottish Green	Mandy Meikle	1.63	118	147	152	154	172
	Solidarity	Pat Lee (incumbent)	1.24	90	107	110	112
Electorate: 15,183   Valid: 7,246   Spoilt: 133   Quota: 1,450   Turnout: 48.6

Clydesdale North

• 2012: 1 x Labour, 1 x SNP, 1 x Independent
• 2017: 1 x Labour, 1 x SNP, 1 x Conservative
• 2012-2017 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from Independent

Clydesdale North - 3 seats[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Conservative	Richard Eliott-Lockhart	28.21	1,725
	SNP	Julia Marrs	26.87	1,643
	Labour	Catherine McClymont (incumbent)	26.79	1,638
	Independent	Ed Archer (incumbent)	11.09	678
	Independent	Ronald Logan	3.61	221
	Scottish Green	Ryan Doherty	1.95	119
	Liberal Democrats	Richard Mills	1.49	91
Electorate: 12,002   Valid: 6,115   Spoilt: 54   Quota: 1,529   Turnout: 51.4%

Clydesdale East

• 2012: 1 x SNP, 1 x Conservative, 1 x Labour
• 2017: 2 x Conservative, 1 x SNP
• 2007-2012 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from Labour

Clydesdale East - 3 seats[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Conservative	Alex Allison	35.48	1,927
	SNP	Ian Donald McAllan	25.65	1,393
	Labour	George Hannah	10.9	592	609	613	634	678	802	984
	Conservative	Eric Holford	9.68	526	959	960	967	992	1,021	1,136	1,386
	Independent	Rev. Bev Gauld (incumbent)	8.64	469	508	511	539	560	617
	Scottish Green	Janet Moxley	4.93	268	277	293	324	376
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Gordon	2.65	144	160	162	170
	Independent	Andrew McCallum	2.06	112	121	123
Electorate: 10,165   Valid: 5,431   Spoilt: 109   Quota: 1,358   Turnout: 54.5%

Clydesdale South

• 2012: 2 x Labour, 1 x SNP
• 2017: 1 x Labour, 1 x SNP, 1 x Conservative
• 2012-2017 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from Labour

Clydesdale South - 3 seats[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Conservative	Colin McGavigan	21.97	1,198	1,221	1,243	1,260	1,314	1,324	1,333	1,411
	Labour	George Greenshields (incumbent)^[F]	18.91	1,031	1,038	1,050	1,076	1,206	1,229	1,280	1,992
	SNP	Mark Horsham	16.03	874	875	884	915	948	1,652
	Labour	Gordon Muir (incumbent)	15.88	866	868	880	898	983	1,022	1,053
	SNP	Sandra Mills	13.88	757	759	761	801	835
	Independent	Danny Meikle	7.8	425	428	434	443
	Scottish Green	Craig Dalzell	2.55	139	148	174
	Liberal Democrats	Kaitey Blair	1.78	97	101
	UKIP	Janice MacKay	1.19	65
Electorate: 11,568   Valid: 5,452   Spoilt: 89   Quota: 1,364   Turnout: 47.9%

Avondale and Stonehouse

• 2012: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Independent
• 2017: 1 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative
• 2007-2012 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from Independent and 1 x SNP loss due to there being 1 less seat compared to 2012

Avondale and Stonehouse - 3 seats[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Conservative	Graeme Campbell (incumbent)	31.5	2,062
	Labour	Margaret Cooper (incumbent)^[B]	23.53	1,540	1,656
	SNP	Isobel Dorman (incumbent)	17.12	1,121	1,131	1,134	1,137	1,147	1,187	1,309	2,279
	SNP	Mairi Tulbure	13.4	877	882	883	884	893	967	1,111
	Independent	Alister Hendry	8.86	580	665	669	695	739	801
	Scottish Green	Erica Young	2.95	193	203	204	211	273
	Liberal Democrats	Daniel O'Malley	1.86	122	170	173	181
	UKIP	Laura Murray	0.78	51	82	83
Electorate: 13,114   Valid: 6,546   Spoilt: 90   Quota: 1,637   Turnout: 50.6%

East Kilbride South

• 2012: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour
• 2017: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour
• 2012-2017 Change:No change

East Kilbride South - 3 seats[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Archie Buchanan (incumbent)	40.54	2,119
	Labour	Fiona Dryburgh^[H]	19.71	1,030	1,104	1,109	1,122	1,145	1,303	1,327
	Conservative	Alexandra Herdman	14.79	773	779	801	806	812	949	952
	SNP	Geri Gray	10.94	572	1,196	1,205	1,233	1,293	1,380
	Liberal Democrats	Paul McGarry	9.68	506	526	531	540	552
	Scottish Green	Ruth Thomas	1.99	104	127	129	145
	Solidarity	John Park	1.4	73	82	86
	UKIP	Conner Campbell	0.96	50	59
Electorate: 12,335   Valid: 5,227   Spoilt: 114   Quota: 1,307   Turnout: 5,341 (43.3%)

East Kilbride Central South

• 2012: 2 x Labour, 1 x SNP
• 2017: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour
• 2012-2017 Change: 1 x SNP gain from Labour

East Kilbride Central South - 3 seats[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	John Anderson (incumbent)	31.35	1,705
	Labour	Gerry Convery (incumbent)	26.2	1,425
	Conservative	Willie Chalmers	15.17	825	832	835	863	888	988
	SNP	Collette Stevenson	14.52	790	1,067	1,070	1,074	1,180	1,254	1,394
	Labour	Susan Kerr (incumbent)	6.91	376	392	441	468	514
	Scottish Green	Iain Hughes	4.04	220	241	243	264
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Watson	1.8	98	101	102
Electorate: 12,273   Valid: 5,439   Spoilt: 145   Quota: 1360   Turnout: 5,584 (45.5%)

East Kilbride Central North

• 2012: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
• 2017: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour
• 2012-2017 Change: 1 x Labour loss due to there being one less seat compared to 2012

East Kilbride Central North - 3 seats[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Hugh MacDonald	22.16%	1,374	1,389	1,398	1,452	1,488	1,519	1,618
	SNP	Sheena Wardhaugh (incumbent)^[A]	20.05%	1,243	1,249	1,261	1,351	1,390	1,420	1,482
	Labour	Joe Fagan	18.76%	1,163	1,173	1,198	1,229	1,873
	Conservative	Darren Clyde	18.76%	1,163	1,165	1,188	1,209	1,258	1,319
	Labour	Alice Marie Mitchell (incumbent)	12.83%	795	799	827	854
	Scottish Green	James Thornbury	3.86%	239	254	294
	Liberal Democrats	John Rintoul	2.47%	153	157
	Solidarity	Stuart McLean	1.11%	69
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 6,199   Spoilt: 174   Quota: 1,550   Turnout: 48.6%

East Kilbride West

• 2012: 1 x Conservative, 1 x SNP, 1 x Labour
• 2017: 1 x Conservative, 1 x SNP, 1 x Labour
• 2012-2017 Change: No Change

East Kilbride West - 3 seats[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Conservative	Ian Harrow	37.26%	2,363
	Labour	Monique McAdams	20.73%	1,315	1,529	1,571	1,612
	SNP	David Watson (incumbent)^[E]	20.47%	1,298	1,319	1,322	1,370	1,373	1,427	2,389
	SNP	Ali Salamati	14.19%	900	914	917	986	988	1,065
	Liberal Democrats	Ewan McRobert	3.52%	223	374	397	447	458
	Scottish Green	Billy McLean	3.06%	194	216	229
	UKIP	David Mackay	0.77%	49	140
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 6,342   Spoilt: 74   Quota: 1,586   Turnout: 52.8%

East Kilbride East

• 2012: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour
• 2017: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour
• 2012-2017 Change: No Change

East Kilbride East - 3 seats[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Gladys Miller (incumbent)	27.11%	1,374
	Labour	Graham Scott	25.93%	1,314
	Conservative	Isabel Perratt	17.97%	911	912	920	939	981	1,030	1,078
	SNP	Jim Wardhaugh (incumbent)^[A]	15.25%	773	857	862	867	873	902	1,101	1,306
	Scottish Green	Kirsten Robb	7.22%	366	378	384	392	418	464
	Independent	John Cairney (incumbent)	3.28%	166	167	172	179	193
	Liberal Democrats	Lorna Gall	2.15%	109	111	117	122
	UKIP	Brian Doolan	1.09%	55	55	56
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,068   Spoilt: 81   Quota: 1,268   Turnout: 46.7%

Rutherglen South

• 2012: 1 x Labour, 1 x Liberal Democrat, 1 x SNP
• 2017: 1 x Labour, 1 x Liberal Democrat, 1 x SNP
• 2012-2017 Change: No Change

Rutherglen South - 3 seats[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Carol Nugent	31.05%	1,803
	Liberal Democrats	Robert Brown (incumbent)	30.97%	1,798
	Labour	Margaret Cowie	19.67%	1,142	1,220	1,333	1,343	1,522
	Conservative	Taylor Muir	14.71%	854	861	950	976	1,009
	Scottish Green	Brian Finlay	2.62%	152	324	364	383
	UKIP	Jack Sinclair	0.98%	57	65	71
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,806   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 1,452   Turnout: 50.8%

Rutherglen Central and North

• 2012: 2 x Labour, 1 x SNP
• 2017: 1 x Labour, 1 x SNP, 1 x Conservative
• 2012-2017 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from Labour

Rutherglen Central and North - 3 seats[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Janine Calikes	29.02%	1,492
	Labour	Gerard Killen (incumbent)^[C]	25.54%	1,313
	Conservative	Jared Wark	16.24%	835	836	836	847	876	1,083	1,338
	SNP	Gordon Clark (incumbent)	10.46%	538	719	720	828	881	968
	Liberal Democrats	Liz Keenan	9.30%	478	482	483	524	603
	Labour	Martin Lennon	5.43%	279	282	304	330
	Scottish Green	Raymond Burke	4.01%	206	217	217
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,141   Spoilt: 144   Quota: 1,286   Turnout: 44.6%

Cambuslang West

• 2012: 2 x Labour, 1 x SNP
• 2017: 1 x Labour, 1 x SNP, 1 x Conservative
• 2012-2017 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from Labour

Cambuslang West - 3 seats[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Margaret Walker	24.16%	1,336	1,346	1,369	1,397
	Conservative	Ann Le Blond	21.11%	1,167	1,178	1,201	1,210	1,212	1,499
	SNP	John Bradley	19.88%	1,099	1,104	1,110	1,149	1,150	1,214	1,220	2,170
	SNP	Clare McColl (incumbent)	17.40%	962	965	976	1,033	1,035	1,120	1,128
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Rae	11.72%	648	651	672	696	700
	Scottish Green	David McClemont	2.91%	161	165	176
	Independent	Don Ferguson	1.92%	106	112
	UKIP	Kieran Kiely	0.90%	50
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,529   Spoilt: 106   Quota: 1,383   Turnout: 46.5%

Cambuslang East

• 2012: 2 x Labour, 1 x SNP
• 2017: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour
• 2012-2017 Change: 1 x SNP gain from Labour

Cambuslang East - 3 seats[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	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%

• = Sitting Councillor for Hamilton South.

Blantyre

• 2012: 3 x Labour, 1 x SNP
• 2017: 2 x Labour, 1 x SNP
• 2012-2017 Change: 1 x Labour loss due to there being one less seat compared to 2012

Blantyre - 3 seats[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Mo Razzaq (incumbent)	31.00%	1,663
	SNP	Maureen Chalmers	25.30%	1,354
	SNP	Michael McGlynn	14.80%	797	815	827	838	860	879	902
	Labour	Bert Thomson (incumbent)	13.60%	731	980	980	988	1,013	1,051	1,278	1,533
	Conservative	Alan Fraser	11.10%	593	601	601	603	607	635
	Liberal Democrats	Stephen Reid	1.90%	100	109	109	112	125
	Solidarity	Ashley Hubbard	1.40%	76	80	81	101
	Scottish Socialist	Gerry McMahon	0.90%	48	51	52
Electorate: 12,711   Valid: 5,362   Spoilt: 180   Quota: 1,341   Turnout: 5,542 (43.6%)

Bothwell and Uddingston

• 2012: 1 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative
• 2017: 1 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative
• 2012-2017 Change: No Change

Bothwell and Uddingston - 3 seats[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Kenny McCreary	35.27%	1,851
	Labour	Maureen Devlin (incumbent)	25.95%	1,362
	SNP	Jim McGuigan (incumbent)	21.57%	1,132	1,150	1,158	1,219	1,550
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Robb	8.58%	450	701	718	757	774
	SNP	Phil Sykes	6.61%	347	353	355	369
	Scottish Green	James Ferguson	2.02%	106	134	140
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,248   Spoilt: 52   Quota: 1,313   Turnout: 51.2%

Hamilton North and East

• 2012: 2 x Labour, 1 x SNP
• 2017: 1 x Labour, 1 x SNP, 1 x Conservative
• 2007-2012 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from Labour

Hamilton North and East - 3 seats[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Conservative	Martin Hose	26.47%	1,268
	SNP	Stephanie Callaghan (incumbent)	25.07	1,201
	Labour	Davie McLachlan (incumbent)^[D]	23.55%	1,128	1,144	1,144	1,158	1,180	1,239
	SNP	Jason Douglas	10.88%	521	522	525	541	603	633
	Labour	Nina Reeves	6.18%	296	301	301	305	320	343
	Liberal Democrats	David Bennie	2.86%	137	152	152	177	207
	Scottish Green	Steven Hannigan	3.17%	152	154	154	165
	Independent	Balarabe Baba	1.82%	87	94	94
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 4,790   Spoilt: 94   Quota: 1,198   Turnout: 42.1%

Hamilton West and Earnock

• 2012: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
• 2017: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative
• 2012-2017 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from Labour

Hamilton West and Earnock - 4 seats[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Mary Donnelly	25.73%	1,377
	Conservative	Mark McGeever^[G]	22.70%	1,215
	Labour	Allan Falconer (incumbent)	20.40%	1,092
	SNP	Graeme Horne (incumbent)	14.05%	752	1,019	1,025	1,026	1,069	1,111
	Labour	Jean McKeown (incumbent)	12.54%	671	681	720	737	757	830
	Liberal Democrats	Mark Ruston	2.50%	134	138	176	176	208
	Scottish Green	Christine Wright	2.08%	111	119	126	127
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 5,352   Spoilt: 151   Quota: 1,071   Turnout: 39.0%

Hamilton South

• 2012: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
• 2017: 2 x SNP, 1 x Labour, 1 x Conservative
• 2012-2017 Change: 1 x Conservative gain from Labour

Hamilton South - 4 seats[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	John Ross (incumbent)	30.64%	2,167
	Labour	Joe Lowe (incumbent)^[B]	25.70%	1,818
	Conservative	Lynne Nailon	21.83%	1,544
	Labour	Brian McCaig (incumbent)	9.09%	643	669	991	1,020	1,055	1,177
	SNP	Josh Wilson	6.72%	475	1,105	1,112	1,115	1,209	1,245	1,485
	Scottish Green	John Kane	3.05%	216	249	257	265
	Liberal Democrats	Joanne Ferguson	2.97%	210	228	244	282	345
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 7,073   Spoilt: 177   Quota: 1,415   Turnout: 44.4%

Larkhall

• 2012: 2 x Labour, 2 x SNP
• 2017: 2 x Labour, 1 x SNP, 1 x Conservative
• 2012-2017: 1 x Conservative gain from SNP

Larkhall - 4 seats[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9
	Conservative	Richard Nelson	26.34	1,645
	Labour	Andy Carmichael (incumbent)	17.71	1,106	1,150	1,161	1,179	1,202	1,483
	SNP	Peter Craig (incumbent)	16.83	1,051	1,056	1,060	1,067	1,120	1,153	1,175	1,176	1,880
	Labour	Jackie Burns (incumbent)^[B]	15.8	987	1,027	1,040	1,054	1,083	1,175	1,255
	SNP	Donald MacLeod	11.27	704	709	714	720	761	790	801	802
	Labour	Lesley McDonald (incumbent)	6.56	410	447	457	488	512
	Scottish Green	Bobby Bulloch	2.58	161	177	192	232
	Liberal Democrats	Lindsay Watt	1.63	102	160	180
	UKIP	Donald Murdo MacKay	1.28	80	143
Electorate: 14,478   Valid: 6,246   Spoilt: 168   Quota: 1,250   Turnout: 44.3%

Changes since 2017

1. ^
   A-East Kilbride Central North and East Kilbride East SNP councillors Sheena and Jim Wardhaugh resigned from the party and became Independents on 25 May 2017.[3] Sheena Wardhaugh died on 2 June 2019 triggering a by-election.[4]
2. ^
   B-Avondale and Stonehouse and Hamilton South Labour Party councillors Margaret Cooper and Joe Lowe resigned from the party and became Independents in May 2017. Larkhall Labour councillor Jackie Burns was expelled from the party and is now an Independent following a conviction for breach of the peace.[3]
3. ^
   C-On 23 June 2017 Rutherglen Central and North Labour councillor Gerard Killen resigned his seat having been elected as MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West. A by-election was held on 23 November 2017, won by Martin Lennon of the Scottish Labour Party.
4. ^
   D-In January 2018 Hamilton North and East Labour councillor Davie McLachlan was suspended from the party pending an investigation after allegedly making a racist remark about Anas Sarwar.[5] Following an investigation, he was cleared of any wrongdoing and the suspension was lifted.[6]
5. ^
   E-On 1 November 2018 East Kilbride West SNP councillor David Watson resigned from the party and became an Independent after a legal dispute over an employee grievance.[7]
6. ^
   F-In 2018 Clydesdale South Labour councillor George Greenshields resigned from the party and became an Independent.
7. ^
   G-On 26 July 2019 Hamilton West and Earnock Conservative councillor Mark McGeever resigned from the party and joined the Scottish Liberal Democrats following the election of Boris Johnson as Conservative Party Leader and Prime Minister.[8]
8. ^
   H-On 12 August 2019 East Kilbride South Labour councillor Fiona Dryburgh resigned from the party and joined the Liberal Democrats in opposition to Labour voicing support for a second Scottish Independence Referendum.[9]

By-elections

On 23 June 2017 Rutherglen Central and North Labour councillor Gerard Killen resigned his seat having been elected as an MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West.[10] A by-election was held on 23 November 2017, won by Martin Lennon of the Scottish Labour Party.[11]

Rutherglen Central and North By-election (23 November 2017) - 1 Seat[12]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Martin Lennon	38.5	1,173	1,176	1,203	1,270	1,541
	SNP	David Innes	27.4	836	838	870	884	989
	Liberal Democrats	Ellen Bryson	18.2	554	558	574	711
	Conservative	Taylor Muir	12.1	368	377	379
	Scottish Green	Brian Finlay	2.9	88	93
	UKIP	Janice MacKay	0.9	28
Electorate: 12,110   Valid: 3,047   Spoilt: 47   Quota: 1,524   Turnout: 25.5%

On 2 June 2019 East Kilbride Central North Independent and former SNP councillor Sheena Wardhaugh died. A by-election was held on 29 August 2019, won by the SNP's Grant Ferguson.

East Kilbride Central North By-election (29 August 2019) - 1 Seat[13][14]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Grant Ferguson	46.5	1,582	1,582	1,588	1,650	1,743
	Labour	Kirsty Williams	20.3	690	692	695	715	837
	Conservative	Graham Fisher	14.6	498	499	513	519	606
	Liberal Democrats	Paul McGarry	12.4	422	424	428	456
	Scottish Green	Antony Lee	4.5	153	154	159
	UKIP	David MacKay	1.4	48	50
	Scottish Libertarian	Stephen McNamara	0.4	12
Electorate: 12,960   Valid: 3,405   Spoilt: 51   Quota: 1,703   Turnout: 3,456 (26.7%)

References

1. Dickie, Douglas (May 10, 2017). "SNP set to run minority administration at South Lanarkshire Council". dailyrecord.
2. "Local Government Election results 2017". South Lanarkshire Council.
3. Findlay, Nicola (May 25, 2017). "Long-standing councillors quit SNP ahead of first meeting of new council". dailyrecord.
4. "Obituary: Sheena Wardhaugh, teacher and prominent figure in the SNP". HeraldScotland.
5. "Labour councillor suspended amid investigation into Islamophobic slur". Heart Scotland.
6. "Hamilton councillor Davie McLachlan cleared of making racist slur". Daily Record.
7. Findlay, Nicola (November 1, 2018). "East Kilbride councillor quits SNP Group of South Lanarkshire Council". dailyrecord.
8. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/scottish-news/scots-tory-politician-joins-lib-18781243
9. https://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/leonard-halts-rebellion-over-second-vote-702zg2pkc
10. Kerr, Aiden (9 June 2017). "Labour gain first Scottish seat from SNP in election". STV Group. Retrieved 9 June 2017.
11. "Labour hold Rutherglen Central and North". Daily Record / Rutherglen Reformer. 24 November 2017. Retrieved 18 March 2018.
12. http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/11870/candidate_votes_per_stage.pdf
13. http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/download/downloads/id/11870/candidate_votes_per_stage.pdf
14. https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/info/200237/elections/1815/east_kilbride_central_north_by-election_thursday_29_august_2019

External links

• candidates standing in local elections 2017