# East Kilbride East (ward)

East Kilbride East 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 15,275 people.
The ward has produced strong results for both Labour and the Scottish National Party (SNP) with the former holding two of the three seats from 2007 to 2012 and the latter holding two between 2012 and 2017. It is the only ward in South Lanarkshire to have returned a Green councillor.

## 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 East was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained the vast majority of the former Calderglen and Long Calderwood wards as well as all of the former Morrishall ward. As a result of amendments to the boundaries of the South Lanarkshire Council's management areas, the boundaries between Rutherglen and Cambuslang, East Kilbride and Hamilton were tweaked so East Kilbride East also contained part of the former Cairns ward. East Kilbride East covers the parts of East Kilbride on the north-east and eastern peripheries of the town, primarily Calderwood (excepting the Maxwellton/west of Calderwood Road area), as well as Brancumhall, part of St Leonards (east of High Common Road), Nerston (the separate hamlet, but not the brownfield residential developments south of Kingsgate) and the Crutherland development fringing Calderglen Country Park. Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, streets between Calderwood Road, Morrishall Road and Hunter Primary School were transferred into the ward from East Kilbride Central North.

## Councillors

| Year | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | John Cairney (Labour) | | Graham Scott (Labour) | Jim Wardhaugh (SNP/Independent) |
| 2012 | | John Cairney (Labour) | Gladys Miller (SNP) | | Jim Wardhaugh (SNP/Independent) |
| 2017 | Graham Scott (Labour) | | Gladys Miller (SNP) | | Jim Wardhaugh (SNP/Independent) |
| 2017 | Graham Scott (Labour) | | Gladys Miller (SNP) | | Jim Wardhaugh (SNP/Independent) |
| 2022 | Graham Scott (Labour) | | Gladys Miller (SNP) | Kirsten Robb (Green) |

## Election Results
### 2022 election

East Kilbride East - 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 | Gladys Ferguson-Miller (incumbent) | 28.9 | 1,420 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Graham Scott (incumbent) | 27.0 | 1,329 | | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Graeme Mullin | 13.5 | 664 | 665 | 680 | 720 | 803 | 825 | |
| | Scottish Green | Kirsten Robb | 12.7 | 626 | 647 | 661 | 694 | 790 | 1,149 | 1,291 |
| | SNP | Robert Gillies | 8.5 | 420 | 570 | 580 | 590 | 661 | | |
| | Independent | Jim Wardhaugh (incumbent) | 6.8 | 336 | 339 | 356 | 382 | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lorna Gall | 2.6 | 126 | 129 | 145 | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,887 Valid: 4,921 Spoilt: 86 Quota: 1,231 Turnout: 46.0% |||||||||||
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### 2017 Election

East Kilbride East - 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 | Gladys Miller (incumbent) | 27.1 | 1,374 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Graham Scott | 25.9 | 1,314 | | | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Isabel Perratt | 18.0 | 911 | 912 | 920 | 939 | 981 | 1,030 | 1,078 | |
| | SNP | Jim Wardhaugh (incumbent) | 15.3 | 773 | 857 | 862 | 867 | 873 | 902 | 1,101 | 1,306 |
| | Scottish Green | Kirsten Robb | 7.2 | 366 | 378 | 384 | 392 | 418 | 464 | | |
| | Independent | John Cairney (incumbent) | 3.3 | 166 | 167 | 172 | 179 | 193 | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Lorna Gall | 2.2 | 109 | 111 | 117 | 122 | | | | |
| | UKIP | Brian Doolan | 1.1 | 55 | 55 | 56 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,025 Valid: 5,068 Spoilt: 81 Quota: 1,268 Turnout: 46.7% ||||||||||||
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### 2012 Election

East Kilbride East - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Labour | John Cairney (incumbent) | 27.4 | 1,037 | | | | |
| | SNP | Jim Wardhaugh (incumbent) | 22.5 | 853 | 855 | 867 | 913 | 1,031 |
| | SNP | Gladys Miller | 21.0 | 795 | 798 | 819 | 863 | 977 |
| | Labour | Graham Scott (incumbent) | 17.7 | 671 | 746 | 766 | 837 | |
| | Conservative | Ian Harrow | 8.5 | 321 | 323 | 357 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Nigel Benzies | 3.0 | 112 | 113 | | | |
| Electorate: 9,622 Valid: 3,789 Spoilt: 72 Quota: 948 Turnout: 39.4% |||||||||
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### 2007 Election

East Kilbride East - 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 | Jim Wardhaugh | 36.2 | 1,896 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | John Cairney | 27.0 | 1,414 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Graham Scott | 12.2 | 639 | 708 | 779 | 802 | 833 | 883 | 1,033 | ??? |
| | Conservative | Ian Harrow | 9.4 | 493 | 551 | 554 | 570 | 596 | 625 | 747 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Mark Watson | 5.2 | 271 | 376 | 381 | 397 | 436 | 565 | | |
| | Scottish Green | Andrew Williamson | 4.0 | 210 | 325 | 329 | 359 | 426 | | | |
| | East Kilbride Alliance | Richard Naismith | 3.6 | 189 | 236 | 238 | 264 | | | | |
| | Independent | John Doyle | 2.3 | 122 | 160 | 163 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,765 Valid: 5,234 Quota: 1,309 Turnout: 54.6% |||||||||||
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