Rutherglen Central and North (ward)
Rutherglen Central and North is one of the twenty wards used to elect members of the South Lanarkshire Council. Created in 2007, it elects three councillors. The ward's territory is centred around the densely populated Burgh of Rutherglen, also encompassing its surrounding suburban neighbourhoods such as Bankhead, Burnhill, Gallowflat and Farme Cross, and the unpopulated Shawfield industrial area. The northern border is the River Clyde, and the western border the long-established division with the City of Glasgow. A 2017 national boundary review added some streets in the south of the ward (around Overtoun  Park, Dryburgh Avenue and Limeside Avenue). The population in 2018 was 14,489. The ward was formed from roughly the boundaries of three wards under the previous single-member system used by the local authority from the creation of South Lanarkshire in 1995 until 2007: "Bankhead", "Burgh" and "Rutherglen West". Prior to this, the town was within the Glasgow District under Strathclyde Regional Council - one of its single-member wards from 1984 was "Rutherglen", which included much of the same area as the current "Rutherglen Central and North", excepting the Burnhill and Newfield neighbourhoods which were in the "Toryglen" ward, but  with the addition of parts of Burnside north of the Cathcart Circle Line railway tracks (i.e. the "Stonelaw" ward in the 1995 to 2007 system). Election Results. 2017 Election. 2017 South Lanarkshire Council election 2017 By-election. On 23 June 2017, Labour councillor Gerard Killen resigned his seat having been elected as an MP for Rutherglen and Hamilton West. A by-election was held on 23 November 2017, won by Martin Lennon, also of the Scottish Labour Party. 2012 Election. 2012 South Lanarkshire Council election 2007 Election. 2007 South Lanarkshire Council election