# Clydesdale South (ward)

Clydesdale 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 14,621 people.
The ward was previously a Labour stronghold with the party holding all three seats between 2014 and 2017. However, it has since become split between Labour, the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Conservatives.

## 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 Clydesdale South was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained the majority of the former Lesmahagow ward and part of the former Clyde Valley ward as well as all of the former Blackwood and Douglas wards. Unlike the name suggests, Clydesdale South covers a primarily rural area in western Clydesdale in the southwest of South Lanarkshire next to its boundary with East Ayrshire. The largest settlements in the ward are Blackwood/Kirkmuirhill and Lesmahagow and it includes the villages of Coalburn, Douglas and Rigside. Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's boundaries were not changed.

## Councillors

| Year | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Archie Manson (SNP) | | Danny Meikle (Labour) | | Alex McInnes (Labour) |
| 2012 | George Greenshields (Labour/Independent) | Archie Manson (SNP) | | | | Alex McInnes (Labour) |
| 2014 by-election | George Greenshields (Labour/Independent) | | Gordon Muir (Labour) | | | Alex McInnes (Labour) |
| 2017 | George Greenshields (Labour/Independent) | | Mark Horsham (SNP/Independent) | | Colin McGavigan (Conservative/Independent) |
| 2018 | George Greenshields (Labour/Independent) | | Mark Horsham (SNP/Independent) | | Colin McGavigan (Conservative/Independent) |
| 2020 | George Greenshields (Labour/Independent) | | Mark Horsham (SNP/Independent) | | Colin McGavigan (Conservative/Independent) |
| 2022 | | Ross Gowland (Labour) | Mark Horsham (SNP/Independent) | | Ross Lambie (Conservative) |
| 2023 | | Ross Gowland (Labour) | Mark Horsham (SNP/Independent) | | Ross Lambie (Conservative) |

## Election results
### 2022 election

Clydesdale 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 | Mark Horsham (incumbent) | 33.5 | 1,762 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Ross Gowland | 21.7 | 1,144 | 1,199 | 1,204 | 1,390 | | | | |
| | Conservative | Ross Lambie | 18.7 | 986 | 993 | 1,006 | 1,019 | 1,031 | 1,094 | 1,119 | 1,447 |
| | Independent | George Greenshields (incumbent) | 12.1 | 635 | 682 | 688 | 701 | 719 | 867 | 987 | |
| | Independent | Colin McGavigan (incumbent) | 5.7 | 298 | 329 | 341 | 345 | 352 | | | |
| | Labour | Imogen Walker | 4.2 | 219 | 248 | 251 | | | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Ann McGuinness | 3.1 | 164 | 324 | 330 | 344 | 352 | 392 | | |
| | UKIP | Janice MacKay | 1.0 | 52 | 57 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,706 Valid: 5,260 Spoilt: 68 Quota: 1,316 Turnout: 45.5% ||||||||||||
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### 2017 election

Clydesdale 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 |
| | Conservative | Colin McGavigan | 22.0 | 1,198 | 1,221 | 1,243 | 1,260 | 1,314 | 1,324 | 1,333 | 1,411 |
| | Labour | George Greenshields (incumbent) | 18.9 | 1,031 | 1,038 | 1,050 | 1,076 | 1,206 | 1,229 | 1,280 | 1,992 |
| | SNP | Mark Horsham | 16.0 | 874 | 875 | 884 | 915 | 948 | 1,652 | | |
| | Labour | Gordon Muir (incumbent) | 15.9 | 866 | 868 | 880 | 898 | 983 | 1,022 | 1,053 | |
| | SNP | Sandra Mills | 13.9 | 757 | 759 | 761 | 801 | 835 | | | |
| | Independent | Danny Meikle | 7.8 | 425 | 428 | 434 | 443 | | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Craig Dalzell | 2.6 | 139 | 148 | 174 | | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Kaitey Blair | 1.8 | 97 | 101 | | | | | | |
| | UKIP | Janice MacKay | 1.2 | 65 | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,568 Valid: 5,452 Spoilt: 89 Quota: 1,364 Turnout: 47.9% ||||||||||||
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### 2014 by-election

Clydesdale South by-election (5 June 2014) - 1 seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Labour | Gordon Muir | 40.8 | 1,492 | 1,512 | 1,559 | 1,819 | 2,366 |
| | SNP | George Sneddon | 32.0 | 1,170 | 1,203 | 1,260 | 1,356 | |
| | Conservative | Donna Hood | 18.0 | 659 | 674 | 744 | | |
| | UKIP | Donald MacKay | 6.4 | 233 | 247 | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Ruth Thomas | 2.8 | 104 | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,979 Valid: 3,658 Spoilt: 52 Quota: 1,830 Turnout: 31.0% |||||||||
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### 2012 election

Clydesdale South - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SNP | Archie Manson (incumbent) | 35.0 | 1,625 | | | | | |
| | Labour | George Greenshields | 24.7 | 1,149 | 1,170 | | | | |
| | Labour | Alex McInnes (incumbent) | 18.8 | 875 | 889 | 894 | 921 | 1,044 | 1,251 |
| | Conservative | Colin McGavigan | 10.5 | 487 | 494 | 494 | 562 | | |
| | SNP | Tom McDonald | 6.7 | 313 | 704 | 704 | 736 | 852 | |
| | UKIP | Chris McEwan | 4.3 | 199 | 207 | 207 | | | |
| Electorate: 11,620 Valid: 4,648 Spoilt: 113 Quota: 1,163 Turnout: 40.0% ||||||||||
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### 2007 election

Clydesdale South - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Labour | Danny Meikle | 27.7 | 1,709 | | | | |
| | Labour | Alex McInnes | 20.2 | 1,245 | 1,351 | ??? | 1,514 | ??? |
| | SNP | Archie Manson | 18.7 | 1,156 | 1,164 | ??? | 1,341 | ??? |
| | SNP | David Smart | 18.6 | 1,148 | 1,159 | ??? | 1,334 | |
| | Conservative | John Baillie | 11.9 | 734 | 740 | ??? | | |
| | Scottish Green | Billy McLean | 3.0 | 183 | 185 | | | |
| Electorate: 11,359 Valid: 6,175 Quota: 1,544 Turnout: 55.6% |||||||||
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