# Bearsden North (ward)

Bearsden North is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the East Dunbartonshire Council. It elects three Councillors. As its name suggests, its territory (which has not altered since its creation in 2007) consists of the northern part of the burgh of Bearsden, with part of the boundary to the south following the path of the Antonine Wall; it also borders the Drumchapel housing estate in Glasgow – the marked differences in average life expectancy and other factors between residents living in close proximity in the two areas has been remarked upon in various studies. In 2020, the ward had a population of 14,943.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | Ian McKay (SNP) | | Amanda Stewart (Conservative) | Duncan Cumming (Liberal Democrats / Ind.) |
| 2011 | Ian McKay (SNP) | | Amanda Stewart (Conservative) | Duncan Cumming (Liberal Democrats / Ind.) |
| 2012 | Ian McKay (SNP) | Ashay Ghai (Liberal Democrats) | | Duncan Cumming (Liberal Democrats / Ind.) |
| 2017 | Sheila Mechan (Conservative / Ind.) | Rosie O'Neil (Liberal Democrats) | | Duncan Cumming (Liberal Democrats / Ind.) |
| 2022 | Sheila Mechan (Conservative / Ind.) | Rosie O'Neil (Liberal Democrats) | | Duncan Cumming (Liberal Democrats / Ind.) |
| 2022 | Calum Smith (SNP) | Alan Reid (Liberal Democrats) | | Duncan Cumming (Liberal Democrats / Ind.) |

## Election results
### 2022 election

2022 East Dunbartonshire Council election
Bearsden North – 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Independent | Duncan Cumming (incumbent) | 38.30% | 2,645 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Calum Smith | 19.05% | 1,316 | 1,404.15 | 1,659.04 | 1,821.97 | | |
| | Conservative | Duncan Evans | 14.98% | 1,035 | 1,263.02 | 1,269.45 | 1,370.05 | 1,373.07 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Alan Reid | 12.42% | 858 | 1,119.34 | 1,199.81 | 1,569.10 | 1,605.73 | 2,378.56 |
| | Labour | Craig Muncie | 9.48% | 655 | 795.21 | 873.67 | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Neill Simpson | 5.75% | 397 | 478.56 | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,936 Valid: 6,909 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 1,727 Turnout: 58.4% ||||||||||

### 2017 election

2017 East Dunbartonshire Council election
Bearsden North – 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Independent | Duncan Cumming (incumbent) | 33.23% | 2,338 | | | | |
| | Conservative | Sheila Mechan | 20.78% | 1,462 | 1,635 | 1,650 | 1,693 | 1,780 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rosie O'Neil | 17.97% | 1,264 | 1,449 | 1,538 | 1,716 | 2,415 |
| | SNP | Ian Mackay (incumbent) | 18.15% | 1,277 | 1,343 | 1,496 | 1,588 | |
| | Labour | Eunis Jassemi-Zargani | 5.39% | 379 | 411 | 469 | | |
| | Scottish Green | Erin Crawley | 4.48% | 315 | 355 | | | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 7,035 Spoilt: 69 Quota: 1,759 Turnout: 62.1% |||||||||

### 2012 election

2012 East Dunbartonshire Council election
Bearsden North – 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Independent | Duncan Cumming (incumbent) | 33.2 | 1,837 | | | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ashay Ghai * | 17.1 | 944 | 1,082 | 1,087 | 1,093 | 1,100 | 1,337 | 1,801 |
| | SNP | Ian Mackay (incumbent) | 17.4 | 962 | 1,030 | 1,041 | 1,050 | 1,063 | 1,205 | 1,335 |
| | Conservative | Amanda Stewart (incumbent) | 16.7 | 921 | 1,017 | 1,019 | 1,039 | 1,066 | 1,141 | |
| | Labour | Stewart Moohan | 12.7 | 700 | 758 | 770 | 774 | 785 | | |
| | Scottish Christian | Bob Handyside | 1.1 | 59 | 70 | 71 | 79 | | | |
| | UKIP | Mitch Sorbie | 0.8 | 42 | 59 | 61 | | | | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Neil Scott | 0.6 | 34 | 40 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,801 Valid: 5,499 Spoilt: 28 Quota: 1,375 Turnout: 50.91% |||||||||||

### 2007 election

2007 East Dunbartonshire Council election
Bearsden North :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Conservative | Amanda Stewart | 33.3 | 2,383 | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Ian MacKay | 18.9 | 1,354 | 1,428 | 1,444 | 1,472 | 1,546 | 1,637 | 1,868 |
| | Labour | Ali Syed | 15.1 | 1,082 | 1,138 | 1,147 | 1,163 | 1,221 | 1,340 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Duncan Cumming† | 13.7 | 981 | 1,074 | 1,078 | 1,114 | 1,233 | 1,788 | 2,218 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Ashay Ghai | 11.4 | 818 | 875 | 881 | 894 | 963 | | |
| | Scottish Green | Stuart Callison | 4.8 | 344 | 393 | 411 | 459 | | | |
| | Independent | Dennis Brogan | 1.8 | 132 | 199 | 203 | | | | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Neil Scott | 1.0 | 70 | 73 | | | | | |
| Electorate:  Valid: 7,164 Spoilt: 56 Quota: 1,792 Turnout: 67.49% |||||||||||