Hamilton North and East (ward)

Hamilton North and East is one of the twenty wards used to elect members of the South Lanarkshire Council. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		David McLachlan (Labour)		Mary Smith (Labour)		Barry Douglas (SNP)
2012	Monica Lennon (Labour)		Lynn Adams (SNP)
2016 by-			Stephanie Callaghan (SNP)
2017				Martin Hose (Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 South Lanarkshire Council election [2]

Hamilton North and East - 3 seats

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%

2016 by-election

Hamilton North and East By-election (January 21 2016) - 1 Seat[3]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Stephanie Callaghan	42.9%	1,089	1,096	1,138	1,206	1,569
	Labour	Lyndsay Clelland	33.6%	855	861	878	1,052
	Conservative	James MacKay	18.5%	469	480	485
	Scottish Green	Steven Hannigan	3.3%	83	90
	Liberal Democrats	Norman Rae	1.8%	45
Electorate: 12,423   Valid: 2,541   Spoilt: 31   Quota: 1,271   Turnout: 2,572 (20.2%)

2012 Election

2012 South Lanarkshire Council election

Hamilton North and East - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Davie McLachlan(incumbent)	24.37	1,037	1,045	1,073
	SNP	Lynn Adams ††††††††††	22.20	945	964	994	994.3	1,044.3	1,726.4
	Labour	Monica Lennon	18.66	794	808	827	833.5	892.5	944.7
	SNP	Barry Douglas (incumbent)	18.23	776	792	803	803.4	862.4
	Conservative	Margaret Murray	10.10	430	448	471	471.2
	Independent	Balarabe Baba	3.31	141	170
	Scottish Green	Alasdair Duke	3.13	133
Electorate: 12,361   Valid: 4,256   Spoilt: 112   Quota: 1,065   Turnout: 4,368 (34.43%)

2007 Election

2007 South Lanarkshire Council election

South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Hamilton North and East

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Barry Douglas	1,769	31.3	1	1
	Labour	David McLachlan	1,335	23.6	2	4
	Labour	Mary Smith	1,221	21.6	3	6
	Conservative	Andrew Leitch	917	16.2
	Independent	James Ward	214	3.8
	Independent	Hugh Clements	190	3.4

References

1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
2. https://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/downloads/download/916/local_government_election_results_2017
3. http://www.southlanarkshire.gov.uk/press/article/1473/hamilton_north_and_east_by_election