# Giffnock and Thornliebank (ward)

Giffnock and Thornliebank is one of the five wards used to elect members of the East Renfrewshire Council. It elects three Councillors.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Jim Fletcher (Labour) | | Alex Mackie (Liberal Democrats) | Gordon Wallace (Conservative) |
| 2012 | | Jim Fletcher (Labour) | Vincent Waters (SNP) | | Gordon Wallace (Conservative) |
| 2017 | Colm Merrick (SNP) | Jim Fletcher (Labour) | | | Gordon Wallace (Conservative) |
| 2022 | Colm Merrick (SNP) | Mary Montague (Labour) | | | Gordon Wallace (Conservative) |

## Election results
### 2022 election

2022 East Renfrewshire Council election: Giffnock and Thornliebank – 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SNP | Colm Merrick (incumbent) | 26.1% | 1,888 | | | | |
| | Conservative | Gordon Wallace (incumbent) | 25.1% | 1,816 | | | | |
| | Labour | Mary Montague | 22.2% | 1,608 | 1,629 | 1,630 | 1,662 | 1,863 |
| | Independent | Allan Steele | 13.5% | 978 | 983 | 986 | 998 | 1,033 |
| | Independent | Alice Roy | 6.4% | 464 | 469 | 470 | 488 | 576 |
| | Scottish Green | Karen Sharkey | 5.4% | 387 | 418 | 418 | 439 | |
| | Alba | George Gebbie | 1.3% | 92 | 97 | 97 | | |
| Electorate: 12,996 Valid: 7,233 Spoilt: 80 (1.1%) Quota: 1,809 Turnout: 56.2% ||||

### 2017 election

2017 East Renfrewshire Council election: Giffnock and Thornliebank – 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | SNP | Colm Merrick | 24.40% | 1,853 | 1,855 | 1,860 | 1,898 | 1,990 | | | | |
| | Conservative | Gordon Wallace (incumbent) | 23.06% | 1,751 | 1,753 | 1,758 | 1,784 | 1,825 | 1,826 | 2,621 | | |
| | Labour | Jim Fletcher (incumbent) | 18.84% | 1,431 | 1,435 | 1,438 | 1,506 | 1,615 | 1,650 | 1,715 | 1,838 | 2,224 |
| | Conservative | Paul Smith | 11.84% | 899 | 904 | 905 | 943 | 976 | 979 | | | |
| | Independent | Paul Drury | 11.31% | 859 | 862 | 876 | 913 | 1,085 | 1,108 | 1,149 | 1,309 | |
| | Independent | Savio D'Souza | 6.00% | 456 | 460 | 470 | 507 | | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Christopher Park | 3.50% | 266 | 274 | 278 | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Gordon McCaskill * | 0.63% | 48 | 50 | | | | | | | |
| | Scottish Libertarian | Alan Findlay | 0.42% | 32 | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 7,595 Spoilt: 92 Quota: 1,899 Turnout: 60.2% |||||||||||||

### 2012 election

2012 East Renfrewshire Council election: Giffnock and Thornliebank – 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Labour | Jim Fletcher (incumbent) | 35.53 | 1,935 | | |
| | Conservative | Gordon Wallace (incumbent) | 21.36 | 1,163 | 1,207 | 1,398 |
| | SNP | Vincent Waters | 19.89 | 1,083 | 1,209 | 1,375 |
| | Independent | Hugh Moore | 11.84 | 645 | 751 | 994 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alex Mackie (incumbent) | 11.38 | 620 | 747 | |

### 2007 election

2007 East Renfrewshire Council election: Giffnock and Thornliebank – 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | Jim Fletcher | 29.8 | 2,075 | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Gordon Wallace | 27.2 | 1,899 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Joyce Lythgoe | 18.2 | 1,266 | 1,330.16 | 1,336.00 | 1,390.31 | 1,473.32 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alex Mackie | 17.9 | 1,244 | 1,357.28 | 1.365.41 | 1,401.65 | 1,585.21 | 2,472.07 |
| | Conservative | Gordon Wilson | 5.4 | 373 | 394.92 | 524.70 | 528.50 | | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Stuart Miller | 1.6 | 112 | 132.16 | 132.32 | | | |
| Electorate: – Valid: 6,969 Spoilt: 98 Quota: 1,743 ||||||||||