# Bothwell and Uddingston (ward)

Bothwell and Uddingston 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 13,261 people.
The ward has politically been split between Labour, the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Conservatives with each party holding one seat at every election since the ward's creation.

## 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 Bothwell and Uddingston was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained all of the former Bothwell South, Uddingston and Uddingston South/Bothwell wards. As its name suggests, Bothwell and Uddingston centres on the towns of Bothwell and Uddingston bounded by the River Clyde to the west and south, and the M74 motorway to the north and east. Bothwell and Uddingston is located in the north of South Lanarkshire with its northwestern boundary coinciding with the council's border with Glasgow City Council and its eastern boundary coinciding with the council's border with North Lanarkshire Council. Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's boundaries were unchanged.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Maureen Devlin (Labour) | | Henry Mitchell (Conservative) | James McGuigan (SNP) |
| 2012 | Anne Kegg (Conservative) | Maureen Devlin (Labour) | | | James McGuigan (SNP) |
| 2017 | Kenny McCreary (Conservative) | Maureen Devlin (Labour) | | | James McGuigan (SNP) |
| 2022 | Kenny McCreary (Conservative) | Maureen Devlin (Labour) | Cal Johnston-Dempsey (SNP) |

## Election Results
### 2022 election

Bothwell and Uddingston - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | Maureen Devlin (incumbent) | 30.3 | 1,633 | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Kenny McCreary (incumbent) | 27.6 | 1,485 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Cal Dempsey | 17.2 | 924 | 947 | 949 | 1,008 | 1,099 | 1,913 |
| | SNP | Jim McGuigan (incumbent) | 15.1 | 811 | 844 | 848 | 941 | 994 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Troy Davidson | 5.3 | 285 | 397 | 469 | 539 | | |
| | Scottish Green | John Stubbs | 4.5 | 243 | 275 | 280 | | | |
| Electorate: 10,818 Valid: 5,381 Spoilt: 74 Quota: 1,346 Turnout: 50.4% ||||||||||
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### 2017 election

Bothwell and Uddingston - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Conservative | Kenny McCreary | 35.3 | 1,851 | | | | |
| | Labour | Maureen Devlin (incumbent) | 26.0 | 1,362 | | | | |
| | SNP | Jim McGuigan (incumbent) | 21.6 | 1,132 | 1,150 | 1,158 | 1,219 | 1,550 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Colin Robb | 8.6 | 450 | 701 | 718 | 757 | 774 |
| | SNP | Phil Sykes | 6.6 | 347 | 353 | 355 | 369 | |
| | Scottish Green | James Ferguson | 2.0 | 106 | 134 | 140 | | |
| Electorate: 10,351 Valid: 5,248 Spoilt: 52 Quota: 1,313 Turnout: 51.2% |||||||||
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### 2012 election

Bothwell and Uddingston - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | SNP | Jim McGuigan (incumbent) | 35.2 | 1,342 | |
| | Labour | Maureen Devlin (incumbent) | 29.5 | 1,124 | |
| | Conservative | Anne Kegg | 23.8 | 906 | 1,001 |
| | Labour | Patrick Morgan | 11.5 | 438 | 551 |
| Electorate: 9,525 Valid: 3,810 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 953 Turnout: 40.0% ||||||
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### 2007 election

Bothwell and Uddingston - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Conservative | Henry Mitchell | 30.0 | 1,615 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Maureen Devlin | 24.0 | 1,292 | 1,315 | 1,329 | 1,347 | | | |
| | SNP | Jim McGuigan | 18.6 | 998 | 1,032 | 1,089 | 1,120 | 1,120 | 1,324 | ??? |
| | Labour | Pat Morgan | 12.9 | 696 | 709 | 721 | 739 | 741 | 861 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Douglas Herbison | 8.9 | 477 | 553 | 562 | 633 | 634 | | |
| | Scottish Green | Kenneth Robb | 3.1 | 168 | 187 | 214 | | | | |
| | Solidarity | Denis Reilly | 2.5 | 132 | 135 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 9,788 Valid: 5,378 Quota: 1,345 Turnout: 55.8% |||||||||||
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