# Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar (ward)

Kirkintilloch East and North and Twechar is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the East Dunbartonshire Council. It elects three Councillors. The current entity was technically created in 2017 following a boundary review, but has largely the same boundaries as the 2007 Kirkintilloch East and Twechar ward, which as its name suggests encompassed the eastern parts of Kirkintilloch (neighbourhoods between the Forth and Clyde Canal and the Luggie Water, including Harestanes, Hillhead, Merkland and Waterside) and the separate village of Twechar further east, up to the boundary with Kilsyth and Cumbernauld in North Lanarkshire.
The 2017 amendments involved the addition of the Kirkintilloch neighbourhoods north of the canal / along the A803 road from the defunct Campsie & Kirkintilloch North ward with the name also altered to reflect this, although the number of representatives did not change. In 2020, the ward population was 18,251.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | John Jamieson (SNP) | | Stewart MacDonald (Labour) | Jack Young (EDIA / Ind.) |
| 2012 | | John Jamieson (SNP) | | Stewart MacDonald (Labour) | Jack Young (EDIA / Ind.) |
| 2012 | | John Jamieson (SNP) | | Stewart MacDonald (Labour) | Jack Young (EDIA / Ind.) |
| 2017 | | John Jamieson (SNP) | Susan Murray (Liberal Democrats) | Stewart MacDonald (Labour) |
| 2022 | Pamela Marshall (SNP) | | Susan Murray (Liberal Democrats) | Stewart MacDonald (Labour) |
| 2025 | Pamela Marshall (SNP) | | Aidan Marshall (Labour) | Stewart MacDonald (Labour) |

## Election results
### 2022 election

2022 East Dunbartonshire Council election
Kirkintilloch East & North & Twechar – 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | SNP | Pamela Marshall | 38.88 | 2,095 | | |
| | Labour | Stewart MacDonald (incumbent) | 29.17 | 1,572 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Murray (incumbent) | 18.67 | 1,006 | 1,307.65 | 1,404.40 |
| | Conservative | Josephine MacLeod | 11.95 | 644 | 663.61 | 692.82 |
| | Freedom Alliance (United Kingdom) | Alan McManus | 1.34 | 72 | 180.75 | 199.13 |
| Electorate: 12,318 Valid: 5,389 Spoilt: 87 Quota: 1,348 Turnout: 44.5% |||||||

### 2017 election

2017 East Dunbartonshire Council election
Kirkintilloch East & North & Twechar – 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SNP | John Jamieson (incumbent) | 19.80% | 1,115 | 1,132 | 1,144 | 1,872 | | |
| | Labour | Stewart MacDonald (incumbent) | 19.33% | 1,089 | 1,101 | 1,241 | 1,269 | 1,366 | 1,645 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Susan Murray | 16.25% | 915 | 931 | 1,183 | 1,215 | 1,281 | 1,678 |
| | Independent | Willie Paterson | 15.11% | 851 | 871 | 1,028 | 1,053 | 1,185 | |
| | SNP | Pamela Marshall | 14.29% | 805 | 849 | 858 | | | |
| | Conservative | Alison Lothian | 13.16% | 741 | 741 | | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Emma Sheppard | 2.06% | 116 | | | | | |
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 5,632 Spoilt: 119 Quota: 1,409 Turnout: 47.9% ||||||||||

### 2012 election

2012 East Dunbartonshire Council election
Kirkintilloch East & Twechar – 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| | Labour | Stewart MacDonald (incumbent) | 36.2 | 1,293 | | |
| | EDIA | Jack Young (incumbent) | 26.4 | 941 | | |
| | SNP | John Jamieson (incumbent) | 24.3 | 868 | 892 | 904 |
| | Labour | Jim Neill | 6.8 | 241 | 571 | 583 |
| | Conservative | Alison Lothian | 3.3 | 118 | 121 | 124 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Samantha Johnstone | 1.8 | 66 | 70 | 72 |
| | Scottish Socialist | Willie Telfer | 1.1 | 41 | 47 | 51 |
| Electorate: 8,918 Valid: 3,568 Spoilt: 72 Quota: 893 Turnout: 40.01% |||||||

### 2007 election

2007 East Dunbartonshire Council election
Kirkintilloch East and Twechar :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Labour | Stewart MacDonald | 28.7 | 1,487 | | | | | | |
| | EDIA | Jack Young | 25.4 | 1,316 | | | | | | |
| | SNP | John Jamieson | 19.7 | 1,019 | 1,029 | 1,033 | 1,064 | 1,114 | 1,241 | 1,464 |
| | Labour | Alan Moir | 13.4 | 693 | 828 | 832 | 859 | 886 | 953 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Rod Ackland | 5.4 | 282 | 288 | 289 | 298 | 373 | | |
| | Conservative | Alison Lothian | 5.4 | 279 | 281 | 283 | 285 | | | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Willie Telfer | 1.9 | 100 | 103 | 104 | | | | |
| Electorate:  Valid: 5,176 Spoilt: 85 Quota: 1,295 Turnout: 55.18% |||||||||||