Hamilton South (ward)

Hamilton South 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		Joe Lowe (Labour)		Brian McCaig (Labour)		Bobby Lawson (SNP)		John Murray (Conservative)
2012			Angela Crawley (SNP)
2013 by-	John Ross (SNP)
2017				Lynne Mailon (Conservative)	Josh Wilson (SNP)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 South Lanarkshire Council election [2]

Hamilton South - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 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%

2013 By-election

Hamilton South By-election (24 October 2013) [3]- 1 Seat
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1
	Labour	Stuart Gallacher	51.7%	1,781
	SNP	Josh Wilson	32.5%	1,120
	Conservative	Lynne Nailon	9.4%	322
	Scottish Christian	Craig Martin	3.9%	133
	UKIP	Josh Richardson	2.5%	86
Electorate:     Valid: 3,442   Spoilt: 43   Quota: 1,722   Turnout: 3,485

2012 Election

2012 South Lanarkshire Council election

Hamilton South - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour	Joe Lowe (incumbent)	36.6	1,975
	SNP	Angela Crawley†††††††	23.2	1,255
	Labour	Brian McCaig (incumbent)	14.8	800	1,512.3
	SNP	Bobby Lawson (incumbent)††	9.3	502	537.4	598.9	746.5	773.4	861.1	988.3
	Conservative	John Murray (incumbent)	9.2	496	515.9	542.3	544.5	583.9	653.6
	Scottish Senior Citizens	David Holland	3.7	199	233.9	313.7	323.5	379.8
	Scottish Christian	Craig Smith	3.1	165	175.9	197.5	200.3
Electorate: 14,383   Valid: 5,392   Spoilt: 134   Quota: 1,079   Turnout: 5,526 (37.49%)

2007 Election

2007 South Lanarkshire Council election

South Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Hamilton South
Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Joe Lowe	2,626	34.9	1	1
	SNP	Bobby Lawson	1,791	23.8	2	1
	Labour	Brian McCaig	1,005	13.4	3	2
	Conservative	John Murray	808	10.7	4	8
	Independent	John Carracher	464	6.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Oswald	427	5.7
	Independent	David Holland	215	2.9
	Scottish Green	Denize McBride	188	2.5

References

1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 2020-03-15.
2. "South Lanarkshire Council online information | Council and government | Elections".
3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2015-12-08. Retrieved 2015-11-28.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)