| East Kilbride Central South | |
| Year: | 2007 |
| Council: | South Lanarkshire |
| Region: | Scotland |
| Map1: | East Kilbride Central South.svg |
| Map Entity: | South Lanarkshire |
| Map Year: | 2007–2017 |
| Previous: | Duncanrig Hairmyres/Crosshouse Headhouse Heatheryknowe Westwoodhill |
| Electorate: | 12,012 (2022) |
| Population: | 16,985 (2021)[1] |
| Elects Howmany: | 3 |
| Councillor1: | John Anderson |
| Party1: | Scottish National Party |
| Councillor2: | Gerry Convery |
| Party2: | Scottish Labour Party |
| Councillor3: | Elaine McDougall |
| Party3: | Scottish National Party |
| Towns: | East Kilbride (part of) |
| Scot Parl: | East Kilbride |
| Scot Region: | Central Scotland |
| Westminster: | East Kilbride and Strathaven |
East Kilbride Central South 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 16,985 people.
The ward was a Labour stronghold from its creation until 2017 with the party holding two of the three seats. However, it has since become a Scottish National Party (SNP) stronghold with the party holding two of the three seats from 2017 to present.
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 East Kilbride Central South was formed from an amalgamation of several previous first-past-the-post wards. It contained the majority of the former Headhouse, part of the former Hairmyres/Crosshouse, Heatheryknowe and Westwoodhill wards as well as all of the former Duncanrig ward. As the name suggests, its territory covers the parts of East Kilbride just south of the town centre which includes Birniehill, Murrayhill, The Murray, Westwood and Westwoodhill with the northern boundary being the Queensway (A726) dual carriageway.[2] Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the 2017 Scottish local elections, a few streets around Owen Avenue and Dale Avenue which had always generally been considered to belong to The Murray neighbourhood were moved from East Kilbride South to East Kilbride Central South.[3]
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | John Anderson (SNP) | Gerry Convery (Labour) | Pat Watters (Labour) | |||||
| 2012 | Susan Kerr (Labour) | |||||||
| 2017 | Collette Stevenson (SNP) | |||||||
| 2022 | Elaine McDougall (SNP) | |||||||
See main article: 2022 South Lanarkshire Council election.
See main article: 2017 South Lanarkshire Council election.
See main article: 2012 South Lanarkshire Council election.
See main article: 2007 South Lanarkshire Council election.