# East Kilbride South (ward)

East Kilbride South is one of the 20 electoral wards of South Lanarkshire Council. Created in 2007, the ward elects three councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 16,985 people.
The ward is a Scottish National Party (SNP) stronghold with the party holding two of the three seats at every election since the ward was created.

## Boundaries

The ward was created following the Fourth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2007 Scottish local elections. As a result of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, local elections in Scotland would use the single transferable vote electoral system from 2007 onwards so East Kilbride South was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained part of the former Hairmyres/Crosshouse, Heatheryknowe, Lindsay and Westwoodhill wards as well as all of the former Greenhills and Whitehills wards. East Kilbride South covers a primarily urban area in southern East Kilbride including the Greenhills, Lindsayfield and Whitehills neighbourhoods. Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, a few streets around Owen Avenue/Dale Avenue (generally considered to belong to The Murray neighbourhood) were transferred to the East Kilbride Central South ward and a corridor of farmland north of the White Cart Water previously part of the Avondale and Stonehouse ward was added.

## Councillors

| Year | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Archie Buchanan (SNP) | | Douglas Edwards (SNP) | Jim Docherty (Labour) |
| 2012 | | Archie Buchanan (SNP) | | Douglas Edwards (SNP) | Jim Docherty (Labour) |
| 2017 | Geri Gray (SNP) | Archie Buchanan (SNP) | Fiona Dryburgh (Labour/Lib Dem) |
| 2019 | Geri Gray (SNP) | Archie Buchanan (SNP) | Fiona Dryburgh (Labour/Lib Dem) | |
| 2022 | Geri Gray (SNP) | Archie Buchanan (SNP) | | Mathew Buchanan (Labour) |

## Election results
### 2022 election

East Kilbride South - 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 | Archie Buchanan (incumbent) | 36.9 | 1,948 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Mathew Buchanan | 23.0 | 1,215 | 1,272 | 1,282 | 1,286 | 1,300 | 1,335 | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul McGarry | 13.7 | 722 | 738 | 748 | 750 | 757 | 782 | 787 | 1,042 | |
| | SNP | Geri Gray (incumbent) | 11.8 | 621 | 1,103 | 1,106 | 1,130 | 1,136 | 1,220 | 1,222 | 1,235 | 1,453 |
| | Conservative | Patrick Nailon | 8.7 | 458 | 461 | 463 | 467 | 486 | 490 | 492 | | |
| | Scottish Green | John McKechnie | 2.9 | 154 | 180 | 182 | 192 | 198 | | | | |
| | Scottish Family | Jonathan Richardson | 1.3 | 68 | 70 | 72 | 79 | | | | | |
| | Alba | Iain Leckenby | 1.1 | 57 | 63 | 63 | | | | | | |
| | Scottish Libertarian | Ross Gibson | 0.6 | 31 | 34 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,589 Valid: 5,274 Spoilt: 111 Quota: 1,319 Turnout: 42.8% |||||||||||||
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### 2017 election

East Kilbride South - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | SNP | Archie Buchanan (incumbent) | 40.5 | 2,119 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Fiona Dryburgh | 19.7 | 1,030 | 1,104 | 1,109 | 1,122 | 1,145 | 1,303 | 1,327 |
| | Conservative | Alexandra Herdman | 14.8 | 773 | 779 | 801 | 806 | 812 | 949 | 952 |
| | SNP | Geri Gray | 10.9 | 572 | 1,196 | 1,205 | 1,233 | 1,293 | 1,380 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Paul McGarry | 9.7 | 506 | 526 | 531 | 540 | 552 | | |
| | Scottish Green | Ruth Thomas | 2.0 | 104 | 127 | 129 | 145 | | | |
| | Solidarity | John Park | 1.4 | 73 | 82 | 86 | | | | |
| | UKIP | Conner Campbell | 1.0 | 50 | 59 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,335 Valid: 5,227 Spoilt: 114 Quota: 1,307 Turnout: 43.3% |||||||||||
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### 2012 election

East Kilbride South - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SNP | Archie Buchanan (incumbent) | 40.7 | 1,725 | | | | |
| | Labour | Jim Docherty (incumbent) | 28.4 | 1,203 | | | | |
| | SNP | Douglas Edwards (incumbent) | 11.2 | 475 | 1,021 | 1,029 | 1,039 | 1,061 |
| | Labour | Patrick Quigg | 8.0 | 339 | 378 | 489 | 500 | 514 |
| | East Kilbride Alliance | Colin McKay | 4.6 | 193 | 215 | 219 | 226 | 242 |
| | Conservative | Patricia Harrow | 3.4 | 144 | 151 | 154 | 163 | 168 |
| | Solidarity | John Park | 2.7 | 115 | 124 | 126 | 128 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Douglas Herbison | 0.9 | 40 | 46 | 48 | | |
| Electorate: 11,537 Valid: 4,234 Spoilt: 91 Quota: 1,059 Turnout: 36.7% |||||||||
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### 2007 election

East Kilbride South - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | SNP | Archie Buchanan | 42.7 | 2,431 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Jim Docherty | 33.3 | 1,900 | | | | | | | |
| | East Kilbride Alliance | Colin McKay | 6.3 | 358 | 413 | 466 | 478 | 506 | 585 | ??? | |
| | Conservative | Gillian Alexander | 6.2 | 356 | 394 | 429 | 454 | 441 | 460 | | |
| | SNP | Douglas Edwards | 5.2 | 294 | 878 | 941 | 956 | 1,014 | 1,101 | ??? | ??? |
| | Scottish Green | Drew Campbell | 2.9 | 167 | 222 | 272 | 291 | 323 | | | |
| | Solidarity | John Park | 2.3 | 129 | 167 | 194 | 224 | | | | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Lynsey MacGregor | 1.1 | 63 | 85 | 107 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,701 Valid: 5,698 Quota: 1,425 Turnout: 49.5% |||||||||||
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