Clydesdale East (ward)
{{Short description|Electoral ward in South Lanarkshire, Scotland}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=April 2022}}
{{Use British English|date=February 2023}}
{{Infobox Scotland ward
|name =Clydesdale East
|year =2007
|council =South Lanarkshire
|region =Scotland
|map1 =Clydesdale East.svg
|map2 =
|map_entity =South Lanarkshire
|map_year =2007–2017
|abolished =
|previous =Biggar/Symington and Black Mount
Carstairs/Carnwath
Duneaton/Carmicheal
|electorate =10,578 (2022)
|population =13,165 (2021){{Cite web|url=https://statistics.gov.scot/atlas/resource?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.gov.scot%2Fid%2Fstatistical-geography%2FS13003097 |title=Clydesdale East |publisher=Scottish Government |access-date=5 March 2023}}
|elects_howmany=3
|councillor1=Ian McAllan
|party1 =Scottish National Party
|councillor2=Alex Allison
|party2 =Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
|councillor3=Ralph Baker
|party3 =Scottish Labour Party
|towns =Biggar
|scot_parl =Clydesdale
|scot_region =South Scotland
|westminster =Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
}}
Clydesdale 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 13,165 people
The ward has been a Conservative stronghold with the party winning two of the three seats in 2007 and 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 Clydesdale East was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained the majority of the former Carstairs/Carnwath ward as well as all of the former Biggar/Symington and Black Mount and Duneaton/Carmicheal wards. Clydesdale East covers a large, rural and sparsely populated area in the southern- and eastern-most parts of South Lanarkshire next to its boundaries with Dumfries and Galloway, the Scottish Borders, West Lothian and East Ayrshire. The largest settlement in the ward is Biggar and it includes the villages of Abington, Carnwath, Carstairs, Carstairs Junction, Cleghorn, Crawford, Leadhills, Symington and Thankerton.{{Cite web|url=https://boundaries.scot/sites/default/files/SOUTH_LANARKSHIRE.pdf |title=Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area |publisher=Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland |date=May 2006 |access-date=25 February 2023}} Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's boundaries were not changed.{{Cite web|url=https://boundaries.scot/electoral/5th_reviews/southlanarkshire_report.pdf |title=Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area |publisher=Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland |date=May 2016 |access-date=25 February 2023}}
Councillors
| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"
!Election !colspan=8|Councillors |
| 2007
|rowspan=2; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}" | |rowspan=3|Bev Gauld |rowspan=1; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party}}" | |rowspan=1|Beith Forrest |rowspan=5; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party}}" | |rowspan=3|Hamish Stewart |
|---|
| 2012
|rowspan=2; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}" | |rowspan=2|Ralph Barker |
| 2014
|rowspan=1; style="background-color: {{party color|Independent (politician)}}" | |
| 2017
|rowspan=2; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish National Party}}" | |rowspan=2|Ian Donald McAllan |rowspan=1; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party}}" | |rowspan=1|Eric Holford |rowspan=2|Alex Allison |
| 2022
|rowspan=1; style="background-color: {{party color|Scottish Labour Party}}" | |rowspan=1|Ralph Barker |
Election results
=2022 election=
{{main|2022 South Lanarkshire Council election}}
{{:2022 South Lanarkshire Council election|transcludesection=Clydesdale East}}
=2017 election=
{{main|2017 South Lanarkshire Council election}}
{{:2017 South Lanarkshire Council election|transcludesection=Clydesdale East}}
=2012 election=
{{main|2012 South Lanarkshire Council election}}
{{:2012 South Lanarkshire Council election|transcludesection=Clydesdale East}}
=2007 election=
{{main|2007 South Lanarkshire Council election}}
{{:2007 South Lanarkshire Council election|transcludesection=Clydesdale East}}
Notes
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