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2022 South Lanarkshire Council election
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All 64 seats to South Lanarkshire Council
33 seats needed for a majority
Registered258,158
Turnout44.3%
  First party Second party Third party
 
SNP
Lab
Con
Leader John Ross Joe Fagan Alex Allison
Party SNP Labour Conservative
Leader's seat Hamilton South East Kilbride Central North Clydesdale East
Last election 27 seats, 35.7% 22 seats, 29.0% 14 seats, 23.9%
Seats before 25 17 11
Seats won 27 24 7
Seat change Steady Increase 2 Decrease 7
Popular vote 42,295 36,305 19,803
Percentage 36.9% 31.7% 17.3%
Swing Increase 1.2% Increase 2.7% Decrease 6.6%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Ind
Grn
Leader Robert Brown Margaret Cooper Kirsten Robb
Party Liberal Democrats Independent Scottish Green
Leader's seat Rutherglen South Avondale and Stonehouse East Kilbride East
Last election 1 seat, 5.1% 0 seats, 2.5% 0 seats, 2.9%
Seats before 3 8 0
Seats won 3 2 1
Seat change Increase 2 Increase 2 Increase 1
Popular vote 6,221 5,503 3,711
Percentage 5.4% 4.8% 3.2%
Swing Increase 0.3% Increase 2.3% Increase 0.3%
Leader before election

John Ross
(SNP)
No overall control

Leader after election

Joe Fagan
(Labour)
No overall control

Elections to South Lanarkshire Council took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. As with other Scottish council elections, it was held using single transferable vote (STV) – a form of proportional representation – in which multiple candidates are elected in each ward and voters rank candidates in order of preference.

For the second consecutive election, the Scottish National Party were returned with the most seats at 27 but remained shy of an overall majority. Labour made small gains to again finish second with an increased number of members with 24 – up two from 2017 – while the Conservatives lost half their number to return seven members. The Liberal Democrats and independents both made two gains to return three and two members respectively while the Greens won their first ever seat in South Lanarkshire.

On 18 May, Labour and the Lib Dems announced that they would run the council as a coalition, alongside one independent councillor, with support from the Conservatives.

Background

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Previous election

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Main article: 2017 South Lanarkshire Council election

At the previous election in 2017, the Scottish National Party (SNP) won the most seats for the first time. Labour had won every previous election in South Lanarkshire following the local government reforms in the 1990s. The SNP gained one seat to hold 27, six shy of an overall majority, and they formed a minority administration. Labour lost 10 seats which left them with 22 while the Conservatives gained 10 seats to record their best result in a South Lanarkshire election with 14 and the Liberal Democrats held their only seat.[1][2]

2017 South Lanarkshire Council election result
Party Seats Vote share
SNP 27 35.7%
Labour 22 29.0%
Conservative 14 23.9%
Liberal Democrats 1 5.1%

Source:[1][2]

Electoral system

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The election used the 20 wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 64 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the single transferable vote (STV) electoral system – a form of proportional representation – where candidates are ranked in order of preference.[3]

Composition

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Several changes in the composition of the council occurred between the 2017 and 2022 elections. Most were changes to the political affiliation of councillors including SNP councillors Sheena Wardhaugh, Jim Wardhaugh and David Watson and Labour councillors Margaret Cooper, Joe Lowe and George Greenshields who resigned from their respective parties to become independents.[4][5] Conservative councillor Mark McGeever and Labour councillor Fiona Dryburgh switched allegiances to the Liberal Democrats.[6][7] Conservative councillor Colin McGavigan was initially suspended before resigning from the party and Labour councillor Jackie Burns was expelled from the party.[4][8] Two by-elections resulted in a Labour hold and an SNP hold.[9][10]

Composition of South Lanarkshire Council
Party 2017 result Dissolution
SNP 27 25
Labour 22 17
Conservative 14 11
Liberal Democrats 1 3
Independents 0 8

Retiring councillors

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Retiring councillors
Ward Party Retiring councillor
Avondale and Stonehouse Conservative Graeme Campbell
SNP Isobel Dorman
East Kilbride South Liberal Democrats Fiona Dryburgh
East Kilbride Central South SNP Collette Stevenson
Rutherglen Central and North Conservative Jared Wark
Hamilton North and East SNP Stephanie Callaghan
Hamilton South Independent Joe Lowe
SNP Josh Wilson
Larkhall SNP Peter Craig

Source: [2][11]

Candidates

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The total number of candidates fell from 152 in 2017 to 143. As was the case five years previous, the SNP fielded the highest number of candidates at 37 across the 20 wards. Both Labour and the Conservatives also fielded at least one candidate in every ward but the 30 candidates fielded by Labour was two less than in 2017 whereas the Conservatives maintained a total of 21 candidates. Unlike the previous election, the Liberal Democrats did not contest every ward after only 16 candidates were selected. The Greens had contested 19 of the 20 wards in 2017 but only contested 14 this time.[11][12]

The number of independent candidates increased from nine in 2017 to 11. The UK Independence Party (UKIP) (four) only fielded half as many candidates. For the first time, the Scottish Family Party, the Scottish Libertarian Party and the Alba Party fielded candidates in a South Lanarkshire election. For only the second time since 1999, the Scottish Socialist Party did not field any candidates and for the first time since 2003 neither Solidarity nor the Scottish Unionist Party fielded any candidates either.[11][12]

Controversies

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Larkhall councillor Jackie Burns was criticised after announcing he would be standing for re-election. In June 2021, Cllr Burns was cleared of sexual assault but was called a "nuisance drunk" by a Sheriff before being banned from public transport for pestering a woman on a bus. In 2016, Cllr Burns was convicted of a similar offence involving a 17-year-old girl and was previously fined for public urination.[13][14][15] Prior to the 2017 election, Cllr Burns was expelled from the Labour party after he had been nominated as a candidate by the party following a conviction for breach of the peace.[4]

Scottish Family Party candidates in Lanarkshire were accused of "extremist right wing views" by advocacy group Hope not Hate for their policies on transgender rights and hate speech legislation. The party is considered anti-LGBT but claims to be pro-free speech.[16]

Results

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2022 South Lanarkshire Council election result
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SNP 27 1 1 Steady 42.1 36.9 42,295 Increase 1.2
  Labour 24 2 0 Increase 2 37.5 31.7 36,305 Increase 2.7
  Conservative 7 0 7 Decrease 7 10.9 17.3 19,803 Decrease 6.6
  Liberal Democrats 3 2 0 Increase 2 4.6 5.4 6,221 Increase 0.3
  Independent 2 2 0 Increase 2 3.1 4.8 5,503 Increase 2.3
  Scottish Green 1 1 0 Increase 1 1.5 3.2 3,711 Increase 0.3
  Scottish Family 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.3 300 New
  Alba 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.2 292 New
  UKIP 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.0 121 Decrease 0.4
  Scottish Libertarian 0 0 0 Steady 0.0 0.0 67 New
Total 64 114,524

Source: [17]

Note: Votes are the sum of first preference votes across all council wards. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 4 May 2017. This is because STV has an element of proportionality which is not present unless multiple seats are being elected. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at the dissolution of Scotland's councils.[18][19]

Ward summary

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Results of the 2022 South Lanarkshire Council election by ward
Ward % Cllrs % Cllrs % Cllrs % Cllrs % Cllrs % Cllrs Total
Cllrs
SNP Lab Con Lib Dem Green Others
Clydesdale West 32.7 1 38.2 2 23.6 1 2.4 0 3.1 0 4
Clydesdale North 33.4 1 33.8 1 26.9 1 6.0 0 3
Clydesdale East 33.5 1 16.4 1 40.8 1 3.1 0 5.3 0 0.9 0 3
Clydesdale South 33.5 1 25.9 1 18.7 1 3.1 0 18.8 0 3
Avondale and Stonehouse 28.4 1 19.8 1 20.6 0 6.4 0 24.8 1 3
East Kilbride South 48.7 2 23.0 1 8.7 0 13.7 0 2.9 0 3.0 0 3
East Kilbride Central South 43.9 2 38.6 1 9.1 0 2.7 0 3.9 0 1.9 0 3
East Kilbride Central North 43.8 2 37.3 1 12.2 0 3.3 0 3.4 0 3
East Kilbride West 30.9 1 26.5 1 20.0 0 2.1 0 20.5 1 3
East Kilbride East 37.4 1 27.0 1 13.5 0 2.6 0 12.7 1 6.8 0 3
Rutherglen South 31.9 1 23.2 1 8.5 0 29.4 1 4.6 0 2.4 0 3
Rutherglen Central and North 37.7 2 35.0 1 12.0 0 10.2 0 5.1 0 3
Cambuslang West 39.0 1 30.1 1 12.9 0 12.7 1 5.2 0 3
Cambuslang East 42.3 2 39.4 1 9.6 0 2.9 0 4.0 0 1.8 0 3
Blantyre 42.1 1 44.8 2 7.7 0 2.1 0 3.2 0 3
Bothwell and Uddingston 32.2 1 30.3 1 27.6 1 5.3 0 4.5 0 3
Hamilton North and East 40.8 1 32.4 1 19.0 1 5.2 0 2.6 0 3
Hamilton West and Earnock 41.4 2 30.7 1 12.9 0 11.9 1 3.1 0 4
Hamilton South 41.4 2 45.4 2 13.1 0 4
Larkhall 28.9 1 33.0 2 24.5 1 2.4 0 11.2 0 4
Total 36.9 27 31.7 24 17.3 7 5.4 3 3.2 1 5.6 2 64

Source: [17]

Seats changing hands

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Below is a list of seats which elected a different party or parties from 2017 in order to highlight the change in political composition of the council from the previous election. The list does not include defeated incumbents who resigned or defected from their party and subsequently failed re-election while the party held the seat.

Seats changing hands
Seat 2017 2022
Party Member Party Member
Clydesdale East Conservative Eric Holford Labour Ralph Barker
Avondale and Stonehouse Conservative Graeme Campbell Independent Margaret Cooper[Note 1]
East Kilbride West Conservative Ian Harrow Independent David Watson[Note 2]
East Kilbride East SNP Jim Wardhaugh[Note 3] Green Kirsten Robb
Rutherglen Central and North Conservative Jared Wark SNP Andrea Cowan
Cambuslang West Conservative Ann Le Blond Liberal Democrats Norman Rae
Hamilton West and Earnock Conservative Mark McGeever Liberal Democrats Mark McGeever[Note 4]
Hamilton South Conservative Lynne Nailon Labour Celine Handibode
Notes
  1. ^
    Note 1: In 2017, Cllr Cooper was elected as a Labour candidate but later resigned from the party.[4] Labour held their seat in Avondale and Stonehouse at the 2022 election.
  2. ^
    Note 2: In 2017, Cllr Watson was elected as an SNP candidate but later resigned from the party.[5] The SNP held their seat in East Kilbride West at the 2022 election.
  3. ^
    Note 3: In 2017, Jim Wardhaugh was elected as an SNP candidate but later resigned from the party.[4]
  4. ^
    Note 4: In 2017, Cllr McGeever was elected as a Conservative candidate but later defected to the Liberal Democrats.[6]

Ward results

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Clydesdale West

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Labour (2), the SNP (1) and the Conservatives (1) held the seats they won at the last election.

Clydesdale West - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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%  

Source:[20][21]

Clydesdale North

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Labour, the SNP and the Conservatives held the seats they won at the previous election.

Clydesdale North - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Labour Catherine McClymont (incumbent) 33.8 1,920
SNP Julia Marrs (incumbent) 33.4 1,898
Conservative Richard Eliott-Lockhart (incumbent) 26.9 1,530
Independent Ronald Logan 4.9 277
Independent John Scott 1.1 61
Electorate: 11,889   Valid: 5,686   Spoilt: 68   Quota: 1,422   Turnout: 48.4%  

Source:[22][23]

Clydesdale East

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The Conservatives held one of their two seats while the SNP held their only seat and Labour gained one seat from the Conservatives.

Clydesdale East - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP Ian McAllan (incumbent) 28.6 1,513              
Conservative Alex Allison (incumbent) 25.8 1,364              
Labour Ralph Barker 16.4 869 876 879 882 952 1,034 1,218 1,517
Conservative Eric Holford (incumbent) 15.0 794 797 832 850 881 903 929  
Scottish Green Claire Watson 5.3 278 288 288 293 325      
SNP John McLatchie 4.9 260 419 420 422 431 571    
Liberal Democrats Nicholas Mark Tucker 3.1 162 165 165 171        
Scottish Family Gareth Kirk 0.9 49 49 49          
Electorate: 10,578   Valid: 5,395   Spoilt: 106   Quota: 1,323   Turnout: 51.0%  

Source:[24][25]

Clydesdale South

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The SNP, Labour and the Conservatives held the seats they won at the previous election. Independent candidates George Greenshields and Colin McGavigan were elected as Labour and Conservative candidates respectively in 2017 but later resigned from their respective parties.

Clydesdale South - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP Mark Horsham (incumbent) 33.5 1,762              
Labour Ross Gowland 21.7 1,144 1,199 1,204 1,390        
Conservative Ross Lambie 18.7 986 993 1,006 1,019 1,031 1,094 1,119 1,447
Independent George Greenshields (incumbent) 12.1 635 682 688 701 719 867 987  
Independent Colin McGavigan (incumbent) 5.7 298 329 341 345 352      
Labour Imogen Walker 4.2 219 248 251          
Scottish Green Ann McGuinness 3.1 164 324 330 344 352 392    
UKIP Janice MacKay 1.0 52 57            
Electorate: 11,706   Valid: 5,260   Spoilt: 68   Quota: 1,316   Turnout: 45.5%  

Source:[26][27]

Avondale and Stonehouse

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The SNP and Labour held the seats they won at the previous election while the Conservatives lost their only seat to an independent candidate. In 2017, Cllr Margaret Cooper was elected as a Labour candidate but later resigned from the party.[4] She was re-elected as an independent candidate.

Avondale and Stonehouse - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent Margaret Cooper (incumbent) 23.7 1,629 1,639 1,740        
SNP Elise Frame 21.2 1,454 1,471 1,632 1,635 2,122    
Conservative Gary Burns 20.6 1,416 1,420 1,440 1,445 1,452 1,462  
Labour Susan Kerr 19.8 1,363 1,367 1,439 1,444 1,480 1,619 2,290
SNP Leigh Payne 7.2 495 515 566 567      
Scottish Green Erica Bradley-Young 6.4 437 444          
Alba Colin MacLaren 1.1 75            
Electorate: 14,882   Valid: 6,869   Spoilt: 93   Quota: 1,718   Turnout: 46.8%  

Source:[28][29]

East Kilbride South

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The SNP (2) and Labour (1) held the seats they won in the previous election.

East Kilbride South - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
SNP Archie Buchanan (incumbent) 36.9 1,948                
Labour Mathew Buchanan 23.0 1,215 1,272 1,282 1,286 1,300 1,335      
Liberal Democrats Paul McGarry 13.7 722 738 748 750 757 782 787 1,042  
SNP Geri Gray (incumbent) 11.8 621 1,103 1,106 1,130 1,136 1,220 1,222 1,235 1,453
Conservative Patrick Nailon 8.7 458 461 463 467 486 490 492    
Scottish Green John McKechnie 2.9 154 180 182 192 198        
Scottish Family Jonathan Richardson 1.3 68 70 72 79          
Alba Iain Leckenby 1.1 57 63 63            
Scottish Libertarian Ross Gibson 0.6 31 34              
Electorate: 12,589   Valid: 5,274   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 1,319   Turnout: 42.8%  

Source:[30][31]

East Kilbride Central South

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The SNP (2) and Labour (1) held the seats they won at the previous election.

East Kilbride Central South - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
SNP John Anderson (incumbent) 30.2 1,570                
Labour Gerry Convery (incumbent) 26.7 1,387                
SNP Elaine McDougall 13.7 713 911 915 918 950 955 1,091 1,101 1,284
Labour Lisa Quarrell 12.0 623 632 686 693 700 744 783 977  
Conservative Alan Fraser 9.1 473 474 480 486 488 516 526    
Scottish Green Alan Cresswell 3.9 202 228 231 234 246 280      
Liberal Democrats Lorna Cammock 2.7 138 143 147 151 157        
Alba Rita Baillie 1.3 66 74 75 76          
UKIP David Mackay 0.6 30 30 31            
Electorate: 12,012   Valid: 5,202   Spoilt: 132   Quota: 1,301   Turnout: 44.4%  

Source:[32][33]

East Kilbride Central North

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The SNP (2) and Labour (1) held the seats they won at the previous election.

East Kilbride Central North - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Grant Ferguson (incumbent) 33.1 1,889            
Labour Joe Fagan (incumbent) 30.0 1,709            
Conservative Alex Brown 12.2 694 695 711 746 769 914  
SNP Hugh MacDonald (incumbent) 10.7 612 1,027 1,044 1,068 1,140 1,254 1,386
Labour Tam Mitchell 7.4 420 427 632 692 749    
Independent Kristofer Keane 3.4 194 202 210 249      
Liberal Democrats Tom Bryson 3.3 187 196 209        
Electorate: 12,861   Valid: 5,705   Spoilt: 154   Quota: 1,427   Turnout: 45.6%  

Source:[34][35]

East Kilbride West

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The SNP and Labour held the seats they won at the previous election while the Conservatives lost their only seat to an independent candidate. In 2017, Cllr David Watson was elected as an SNP candidate but later resigned from the party.[5] He was re-elected as an independent candidate.

East Kilbride West - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Labour Monique McAdams (incumbent) 26.5 1,780              
Conservative Ian Harrow (incumbent) 20.0 1,339 1,358 1,360 1,395 1,426 1,441 1,448  
Independent David Watson (incumbent) 18.6 1,248 1,269 1,270 1,309 1,365 1,458 1,555 2,220
SNP Craig Sloan 15.5 1,041 1,048 1,049 1,053 1,068      
SNP Ali Salamati 15.4 1,031 1,039 1,040 1,051 1,072 1,962    
Liberal Democrats Huaiquan Zhang 2.1 142 158 158 166        
Scottish Family Denise Hay 1.6 110 112 121          
UKIP Yvonne MacKay 0.3 18 18            
Electorate: 13,319   Valid: 6,709   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 1,678   Turnout: 50.9%  

Source:[36][37]

East Kilbride East

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The SNP held one of the two seats they won at the previous election while Labour held their only seat and the Greens gained one. Independent candidate Jim Wardhaugh was elected as an SNP candidate in 2017 but later resigned from the party.[4]

East Kilbride East - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Gladys Ferguson-Miller (incumbent) 28.9 1,420            
Labour Graham Scott (incumbent) 27.0 1,329            
Conservative Graeme Mullin 13.5 664 665 680 720 803 825  
Scottish Green Kirsten Robb 12.7 626 647 661 694 790 1,149 1,291
SNP Robert Gillies 8.5 420 570 580 590 661    
Independent Jim Wardhaugh (incumbent) 6.8 336 339 356 382      
Liberal Democrats Lorna Gall 2.6 126 129 145        
Electorate: 10,887   Valid: 4,921   Spoilt: 86   Quota: 1,231   Turnout: 46.0%  

Source:[38][39]

Rutherglen South

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The SNP, the Liberal Democrats and Labour held the seats they won at the previous election.

Rutherglen South - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
SNP Carol Nugent (incumbent) 31.9 1,825  
Liberal Democrats Robert Brown (incumbent) 29.4 1,686  
Labour Margaret Cowie (incumbent) 23.2 1,331 1,436
Conservative Alexandra Herdman 8.5 489 495
Scottish Green Emma Smith 4.6 263 436
Scottish Family Michael O'Hara 1.3 73 85
Independent Spencer Hugh Pryor 1.1 62 73
Electorate: 11,697   Valid: 5,729   Spoilt: 73   Quota: 1,433   Turnout: 49.6%  

Source:[40][41]

Rutherglen Central and North

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The SNP and Labour held the seats they won at the previous election and the SNP gained one seat from the Conservatives.

Rutherglen Central and North - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour Martin Lennon (incumbent) 24.5 1,245 1,270        
SNP Janine Calikes (incumbent) 23.4 1,188 1,265 1,338      
SNP Andrea Cowan 14.3 725 796 840 899 1,029 1,163
Conservative Libby Fox 12.0 609 612 730 730 881  
Labour Jack McGinty 10.5 531 567 716 717    
Liberal Democrats Gloria Adebo 10.2 517 544        
Scottish Green Alex McRae 5.1 261          
Electorate: 11,692   Valid: 5,076   Spoilt: 151   Quota: 1,270   Turnout: 44.7%  

Source:[42][43]

Cambuslang West

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The SNP and Labour held the seats they won at the previous election and the Liberal Democrats gained one seat from the Conservatives.

Cambuslang West - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour Margaret Walker (incumbent) 30.1 1,727          
SNP John Bradley (incumbent) 24.1 1,382 1,404 1,491      
SNP Gillian Sutherland 14.9 856 882 1,000 1,049 1,066  
Conservative Ann Le Blond (incumbent) 12.9 739 786 798 798    
Liberal Democrats Norman Rae 12.7 730 826 890 893 1,416 1,802
Scottish Green Tom Lauckner 5.2 301 327        
Electorate: 12,800   Valid: 5,735   Spoilt: 102   Quota: 1,434   Turnout: 45.6%  

Source:[44][45]

Cambuslang East

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The SNP (2) and Labour (1) held the seats they won at the previous election.

Cambuslang East - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Walter Brogan (incumbent) 29.1 1,486            
SNP Alistair Fulton (incumbent) 22.0 1,123 1,129 1,147 1,162 1,219 1,230 1,381
SNP Katy Loudon (incumbent) 20.3 1,037 1,041 1,065 1,072 1,157 1,172 1,290
Labour Amy Lee Fraioli 10.3 524 688 697 760 808 1,046  
Conservative Jamie Logan 9.6 489 497 499 522 539    
Scottish Green Marie Gallagher 4.0 204 207 226 249      
Liberal Democrats Robert Bell 2.9 147 153 162        
Alba Muhammad Khuzaima 1.8 94 94          
Electorate: 13,227   Valid: 5,104   Spoilt: 83   Quota: 1,277   Turnout: 39.2%  

Source:[46][47]

Blantyre

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Labour (2) and the SNP (1) held the seats they won at the previous election.

Blantyre - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Maureen Chalmers (incumbent) 31.7 1,652          
Labour Mo Razzaq (incumbent) 29.2 1,519          
Labour Bert Thomson (incumbent) 15.7 815 826 997 1,031 1,066 1,307
SNP Gerry Chambers 10.4 542 855 864 872 972 982
Conservative Calum Nimmo 7.7 399 399 408 427 439  
Scottish Green David McClemont 3.2 169 179 183 205    
Liberal Democrats Stephen Reid 2.1 110 111 117      
Electorate: 12,850   Valid: 5,206   Spoilt: 165   Quota: 1,302   Turnout: 41.8%  

Source:[48][49]

Bothwell and Uddingston

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The SNP, Labour and the Conservatives held the seats they won at the previous election.

Bothwell and Uddingston - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour Maureen Devlin (incumbent) 30.3 1,633          
Conservative Kenny McCreary (incumbent) 27.6 1,485          
SNP Cal Dempsey 17.2 924 947 949 1,008 1,099 1,913
SNP Jim McGuigan (incumbent) 15.1 811 844 848 941 994  
Liberal Democrats Troy Davidson 5.3 285 397 469 539    
Scottish Green John Stubbs 4.5 243 275 280      
Electorate: 10,818   Valid: 5,381   Spoilt: 74   Quota: 1,346   Turnout: 50.4%  

Source:[50][51]

Hamilton North and East

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The SNP, Labour and the Conservatives held the seats they won at the previous election.

Hamilton North and East - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour Davie McLachlan (incumbent) 32.4 1,539          
SNP Colin Dewar 30.3 1,442          
Conservative Martin Hose (incumbent) 19.0 902 965 968 989 1,109 1,304
SNP Phil Sykes 10.5 501 552 772 805 876  
Liberal Democrats Andrew Reynolds 5.2 249 348 355 396    
Independent Balarabe Baba 2.6 124 150 154      
Electorate: 12,036   Valid: 4,757   Spoilt: 109   Quota: 1,190   Turnout: 40.4%  

Source:[52][53]

Hamilton West and Earnock

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The SNP (2) and Labour (1) held the seats they had won at the previous election while the Liberal Democrats gained one seat from the Conservatives. In 2017, Cllr Mark McGeever was elected as a Conservative candidate but he subsequently defected to the Liberal Democrats.[6] He was re-elected as a Liberal Democrat candidate.

Hamilton West and Earnock - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Mary Donnelly (incumbent) 29.7 1,731            
Labour Allan Falconer (incumbent) 24.1 1,404            
Conservative Graham William Fisher 12.9 753 761 779 783 785 862  
Liberal Democrats Mark McGeever (incumbent) 11.9 691 706 715 759 778 989 1,440
SNP Graeme Horne (incumbent) 11.7 680 1,140 1,150 1,263      
Labour Jim Lee 6.6 385 391 561 583 606    
Scottish Green Leonard Gingell 3.1 179 221 227        
Electorate: 15,083   Valid: 5,823   Spoilt: 135   Quota: 1,165   Turnout: 39.5%  

Source:[54][55]

Hamilton South

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The SNP held both their seats while Labour held one and gained one from the Conservatives.

Hamilton South - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
SNP John Ross (incumbent) 26.3 1,921  
Labour Gavin Wylie Keatt 23.1 1,688  
Labour Celine Handibode 22.3 1,632  
SNP Helen Toner 15.1 1,105 1,525
Conservative Lynne Nailon (incumbent) 13.1 960 967
Electorate: 16,516   Valid: 7,306   Spoilt: 193   Quota: 1,462   Turnout: 45.4%  

Source:[56][57]

Larkhall

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Labour (2), the SNP (1) and the Conservatives (1) held the seats they won at the previous election. Independent candidate Jackie Burns was elected as a Labour candidate in 2017 but was later expelled from the party.

Larkhall - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Labour Andy Carmichael (incumbent) 25.5 1,580                
Conservative Richard Nelson (incumbent) 24.5 1,518                
SNP Ross Clark 22.4 1,389                
Independent Jackie Burns (incumbent) 10.3 639 679 725 732 742 753 796 886  
Labour Lesley McDonald 7.5 463 678 745 752 759 769 831 975 1,379
SNP George Sutherland 6.4 399 408 410 532 532 533 549    
Liberal Democrats Jake Stevenson 2.4 148 157 199 202 211 223      
Scottish Libertarian David Laird 0.6 36 41 44 45          
UKIP Donald Murdo Mackay 0.3 21 25 56 56 63        
Electorate: 15,010   Valid: 6,193   Spoilt: 140   Quota: 1,239   Turnout: 42.2%  

Source:[58][59]

Aftermath

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Despite having again been returned as the largest party, the outgoing SNP administration was replaced by a coalition of Labour, Liberal Democrat and independent councillors, with Conservative support. Labour group leader Joe Fagan and depute group leader Gerry Convery were elected as leader of the council and depute leader of the council respectively. SNP group leader John Ross, who was leader of the council from 2017 until the 2022 election, said the council had been "hijacked by a unionist pact". Outgoing Provost Ian McAllan was replaced by independent councillor Margaret Cooper and Cllr Bert Thomson was elected Depute Provost to fill the vacancy created when former Depute Provost Collette Stevenson stood down following her election as MSP for East Kilbride.[60][61][62]

The Labour group were accused of "teaming up with the Tories" by Rutherglen MSP Clare Haughey, whilst Clydesdale MSP Màiri McAllan said the coalition was a "sad day for democracy".[63] The Conservative group admitted they had voted in a unionist manner but denied there was any formal agreement between them and the other unionist parties.[64]

In June 2023, council leader Joe Fagan was suspended for two months for a breach of the councillors' code of conduct after he disclosed confidential information about the potential closure of leisure facilities in 2021 to the local press. He was replaced as council leader on an interim basis by Cllr Convery.[65]

Following the defection of East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow MP Lisa Cameron from the SNP to the Conservatives in October 2023, her husband – Cllr Mark Horsham – stood back from his role as business manager within the SNP group[66] before resigning from the party to sit as an independent 10 days later. He did not join the council's independent group with the other independent councillors.[67]

East Kilbride West by-election

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In May 2023, East Kilbride West councillor Ali Salamati resigned his seat for work reasons triggering a by-election.[68] The result saw the SNP slip to third place behind the Conservatives as the Labour-led administration gained the seat.[69]

East Kilbride West by-election (6 July 2023) - 1 seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour Kirsty Williams 40.5 1,386 1,392 1,434 1,469 1,500 1,845
Conservative Bill Dorrian 26.4 904 914 919 933 937 965
SNP Robert Gillies 22.7 778 778 785 806 899  
Scottish Green Cameron Eadie 3.8 131 131 139 155    
Independent Kristofer Keane 2.9 99 112 123      
Liberal Democrats Jake Stevenson 2.4 83 85        
Scottish Family Jonathan Jack Richardson 1.2 42          
Electorate: 13,412   Valid: 3,450   Spoilt: 27   Quota: 1,712   Turnout: 25.7%  

Source:[70][71]

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