# Hamilton North and East (ward)

Hamilton North and 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 15,004 people.
The ward was previously a Labour stronghold with the party holding two of the three seats between 2007 and 2017. However, it has since become split between Labour, the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Conservatives with each party holding one seat since 2017.

## 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 Hamilton North and East was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained all of the former Whitehill ward, the majority of the former Hamilton Centre/Ferniegair ward and part of the former Burnbank/Blantyre and Hamilton Centre North wards as well as a small part of the former Udston and Wellhall/Earnock ward. Hamilton North and East covers the northern and eastern parts of Hamilton including the town centre, Barncluith, Burnbank, Chantinghall, Hamilton West and Whitehill, plus the separate village of Ferniegair/Allanton. The River Clyde forms the ward's eastern boundary, coinciding with the council's border with North Lanarkshire Council, and the Avon Water forms the ward's southwestern boundary. Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, streets south of the town centre between Portland Place, Burnblea Street and Kemp Street were transferred to Hamilton South while streets around Ballantrae Road were transferred into the ward from Blantyre.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | David McLachlan (Labour) | | Mary Smith (Labour) | Barry Douglas (SNP) |
| 2012 | Monica Lennon (Labour) | David McLachlan (Labour) | Lynn Adams (SNP) |
| 2016 by-election | Monica Lennon (Labour) | David McLachlan (Labour) | Stephanie Callaghan (SNP) |
| 2017 | | David McLachlan (Labour) | Stephanie Callaghan (SNP) | Martin Hose (Conservative) |
| 2022 | Colin Dewar (SNP) | David McLachlan (Labour) | | Martin Hose (Conservative) |

## Election results
### 2022 election

Hamilton North and East - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | Davie McLachlan (incumbent) | 32.4 | 1,539 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Colin Dewar | 30.3 | 1,442 | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Martin Hose (incumbent) | 19.0 | 902 | 965 | 968 | 989 | 1,109 | 1,304 |
| | SNP | Phil Sykes | 10.5 | 501 | 552 | 772 | 805 | 876 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Andrew Reynolds | 5.2 | 249 | 348 | 355 | 396 | | |
| | Independent | Balarabe Baba | 2.6 | 124 | 150 | 154 | | | |
| Electorate: 12,036 Valid: 4,757 Spoilt: 109 Quota: 1,190 Turnout: 40.4% ||||||||||
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### 2017 election

Hamilton North and East - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Conservative | Martin Hose | 26.5 | 1,268 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Stephanie Callaghan (incumbent) | 25.1 | 1,201 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Davie McLachlan (incumbent) | 23.6 | 1,128 | 1,144 | 1,144 | 1,158 | 1,180 | 1,239 |
| | SNP | Jason Douglas | 10.9 | 521 | 522 | 525 | 541 | 603 | 633 |
| | Labour | Nina Reeves | 6.2 | 296 | 301 | 301 | 305 | 320 | 343 |
| | Liberal Democrats | David Bennie | 2.9 | 137 | 152 | 152 | 177 | 207 | |
| | Scottish Green | Steven Hannigan | 3.2 | 152 | 154 | 154 | 165 | | |
| | Independent | Balarabe Baba | 1.8 | 87 | 94 | 94 | | | |
| Electorate: 11,600 Valid: 4,790 Spoilt: 94 Quota: 1,198 Turnout: 42.1% ||||||||||
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### 2016 by-election

Hamilton North and East by-election (21 January 2016) - 1 seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SNP | Stephanie Callaghan | 42.9 | 1,089 | 1,096 | 1,138 | 1,206 | 1,569 |
| | Labour | Lyndsay Clelland | 33.6 | 855 | 861 | 878 | 1,052 | |
| | Conservative | James MacKay | 18.5 | 469 | 480 | 485 | | |
| | Scottish Green | Steven Hannigan | 3.3 | 83 | 90 | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Norman Rae | 1.8 | 45 | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,423 Valid: 2,541 Spoilt: 31 Quota: 1,271 Turnout: 20.2% |||||||||
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### 2012 election

Hamilton North and East - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | Davie McLachlan (incumbent) | 24.4 | 1,037 | 1,045 | 1,073 | | | |
| | SNP | Lynn Adams | 22.2 | 945 | 964 | 994 | 994 | 1,044 | 1,726 |
| | Labour | Monica Lennon | 18.7 | 794 | 808 | 827 | 834 | 893 | 945 |
| | SNP | Barry Douglas (incumbent) | 18.2 | 776 | 792 | 803 | 803 | 862 | |
| | Conservative | Margaret Murray | 10.1 | 430 | 448 | 471 | 471 | | |
| | Independent | Balarabe Baba | 3.3 | 141 | 170 | | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Alasdair Duke | 3.1 | 133 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,361 Valid: 4,256 Spoilt: 112 Quota: 1,065 Turnout: 34.4% ||||||||||
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### 2007 election

Hamilton North and East - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SNP | Barry Douglas | 31.3 | 1,769 | | | | | |
| | Labour | David McLachlan | 23.6 | 1,335 | 1,382 | 1,401 | 1,456 | | |
| | Labour | Mary Smith | 21.6 | 1,221 | 1,255 | 1,273 | 1,305 | ??? | ??? |
| | Conservative | Andrew Leitch | 16.2 | 917 | 974 | 990 | 1,112 | ??? | |
| | Independent | James Ward | 3.8 | 214 | 246 | | | | |
| | Independent | Hugh Clements | 3.4 | 190 | 251 | 394 | | | |
| Electorate: 12,084 Valid: 5,646 Quota: 1,412 Turnout: 48.0% ||||||||||
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