# Clydesdale West (ward)

Clydesdale West is one of the 20 electoral wards of South Lanarkshire Council. Created in 2007, the ward elects four councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 19,350 people.
The ward has produced strong results for both the Scottish National Party (SNP) and Labour. Initially, the SNP held half the seats in the ward before swinging towards Labour which has held half the seats since 2012.

## 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 West was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained part of the former Clyde Valley and Forth wards as well as all of the former Carluke/Crawforddyke, Carluke/Whitehill and Law/Carluke wards. Clydesdale West covers an area in the north of South Lanarkshire next to its boundary with North Lanarkshire Council and takes in a rural area surrounding the town of Carluke including the villages of Braidwood, Crossford and Law. 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 | | Ian Gray (SNP) | | David Shearer (SNP) | Eileen Logan (Labour) | Alex Allison (Conservative) |
| 2012 | Pat Lee (SNP/Solidarity) | | Lynsey Hamilton (Labour) | David Shearer (SNP) | Eileen Logan (Labour) |
| 2015 | Pat Lee (SNP/Solidarity) | | Lynsey Hamilton (Labour) | David Shearer (SNP) | Eileen Logan (Labour) |
| 2017 | | Poppy Corbett (Conservative) | Lynsey Hamilton (Labour) | David Shearer (SNP) | Eileen Logan (Labour) |
| 2022 | | Poppy Corbett (Conservative) | Lynsey Hamilton (Labour) | David Shearer (SNP) | Eileen Logan (Labour) |

## Election results
### 2022 election

Clydesdale West - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | Eileen Logan (incumbent) | 23.6 | 1,743 | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Poppy Corbett (incumbent) | 23.6 | 1,742 | | | | | |
| | SNP | David Shearer (incumbent) | 22.7 | 1,678 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Lynsey Hamilton (incumbent) | 14.6 | 1,082 | 1,264 | 1,355 | 1,361 | 1,398 | 1,528 |
| | SNP | Andrew Wilson | 10.0 | 737 | 751 | 756 | 936 | 1,035 | 1,060 |
| | Scottish Green | Neil Barton | 3.1 | 230 | 236 | 243 | 249 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Charles Meehan | 2.4 | 181 | 200 | 258 | 260 | 310 | |
| Electorate: 15,706 Valid: 7,393 Spoilt: 122 Quota: 1,479 Turnout: 47.8% ||||||||||
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### 2017 election

Clydesdale West - 4 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 | Poppy Corbett | 31.2 | 2,264 | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | David Shearer (incumbent) | 22.2 | 1,611 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Eileen Logan (incumbent) | 21.6 | 1,566 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Lynsey Hamilton (incumbent) | 11.6 | 839 | 1,049 | 1,055 | 1,133 | 1,160 | 1,192 | 1,322 | 1,616 |
| | SNP | Chris Travis | 8.4 | 610 | 627 | 763 | 770 | 784 | 831 | 867 | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Charles Meehan | 2.0 | 148 | 314 | 316 | 323 | 335 | 372 | | |
| | Scottish Green | Mandy Meikle | 1.6 | 118 | 147 | 152 | 154 | 172 | | | |
| | Solidarity | Pat Lee (incumbent) | 1.2 | 90 | 107 | 110 | 112 | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,183 Valid: 7,246 Spoilt: 133 Quota: 1,450 Turnout: 48.6% ||||||||||||
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### 2012 election

Clydesdale West - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | Labour | Eileen Logan (incumbent) | 29.1 | 1,687 | | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | David Shearer (incumbent) | 19.8 | 1,149 | 1,180 | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Pat Lee | 15.9 | 921 | 944 | 960 | 977 | 989 | 1,000 | 1,023 | 1,094 | 1,248 |
| | Labour | Lynsey Hamilton | 15.1 | 877 | 1,280 | | | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Alex Allison (incumbent) | 11.1 | 644 | 653 | 662 | 662 | 674 | 700 | 728 | 799 | |
| | Independent | Duncan McFarlane | 4.3 | 246 | 258 | 269 | 269 | 284 | 317 | 353 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Charles Meehan | 2.2 | 126 | 136 | 143 | 144 | 149 | 150 | | | |
| | UKIP | Neil MacLeod | 1.4 | 78 | 82 | 86 | 86 | 96 | | | | |
| | Scottish Christian | Robin Mawhinney | 1.1 | 65 | 69 | 74 | 74 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,923 Valid: 5,793 Spoilt: 92 Quota: 1,159 Turnout: 38.8% |||||||||||||
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### 2007 election

Clydesdale West - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Labour | Eileen Logan | 33.5 | 2,549 | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Ian Gray | 25.6 | 1,948 | | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Alex Allison | 12.9 | 984 | 1,025 | 1,050 | ??? | 1,126 | 1,259 | ??? |
| | SNP | David Shearer | 12.2 | 925 | 1,005 | 1,279 | ??? | 1,360 | 1,504 | ??? |
| | Liberal Democrats | Peter Meehan | 6.4 | 490 | 566 | 602 | ??? | 707 | | |
| | Labour | Betty Rush | 4.7 | 359 | 933 | 949 | ??? | 989 | 1,131 | |
| | Scottish Christian | Robin Mawhinney | 2.4 | 180 | 198 | 207 | ??? | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Ruth Thomas | 2.3 | 174 | 193 | 203 | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,775 Valid: 7,645 Quota: 1,522 Turnout: 52.4% |||||||||||
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