Bothwell and Uddingston (ward) explained

Bothwell and Uddingston
Year:2007
Council:South Lanarkshire
Region:Scotland
Map1:Bothwell and Uddingston.svg
Map Entity:South Lanarkshire
Map Year:2007–2017
Previous:Bothwell South
Uddingston
Uddingston South/Bothwell
Electorate:10,818 (2022)
Population:13,261 (2021)[1]
Elects Howmany:3
Councillor1:Maureen Devlin
Party1:Scottish Labour Party
Councillor2:Kenny McCreary
Party2:Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
Councillor3:Cal Johnston-Dempsey
Party3:Scottish National Party
Towns:Bothwell
Uddingston
Scot Parl:Uddingston and Bellshill
Scot Region:Central Scotland
Westminster:Rutherglen

Bothwell and Uddingston 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 13,261 people.

The ward has politically been split between Labour, the Scottish National Party (SNP) and the Conservatives with each party holding one seat at every election since the ward's creation.

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 Bothwell and Uddingston was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained all of the former Bothwell South, Uddingston and Uddingston South/Bothwell wards. As its name suggests, Bothwell and Uddingston centres on the towns of Bothwell and Uddingston bounded by the River Clyde to the west and south, and the M74 motorway to the north and east. Bothwell and Uddingston is located in the north of South Lanarkshire with its northwestern boundary coinciding with the council's border with Glasgow City Council and its eastern boundary coinciding with the council's border with North Lanarkshire Council.[2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, the ward's boundaries were unchanged.[3]

Councillors

ElectionCouncillors
2007Maureen Devlin
(Labour)
Henry Mitchell
(Conservative)
James McGuigan
(SNP)
2012Anne Kegg
(Conservative)
2017Kenny McCreary
(Conservative)
2022Cal Johnston-Dempsey
(SNP)

Election Results

2022 election

See main article: 2022 South Lanarkshire Council election.

2017 election

See main article: 2017 South Lanarkshire Council election.

2012 election

See main article: 2012 South Lanarkshire Council election.

2007 election

See main article: 2007 South Lanarkshire Council election.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bothwell and Uddingston . Scottish Government . 12 March 2023.
  2. Web site: Fourth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area . Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland . May 2006 . 12 March 2023.
  3. Web site: Fifth Statutory Review of Electoral Arrangements; South Lanarkshire Council Area . Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland . May 2016 . 12 March 2023.