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Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South (ward)

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Location of the Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South ward
Location of the ward in East Dunbartonshire[1]

Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the East Dunbartonshire Council. It elects three Councillors. Its territory (which has not altered since its creation in 2007) consists of the village of Lenzie including the modern development at Woodilee, plus the contiguous southern parts of Kirkintilloch (neighbourhoods south of the Forth and Clyde Canal and the Luggie Water including Gallowhill, Oxgang and Townhead).[2][3] In 2020, the ward had a population of 13,475.[4]

Councillors

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Election Councillors
2007 Gillian Renwick
(SNP)
Rhondda Geekie
(Labour)
Anne Jarvis
(Conservative)
2012[5]
2017 Rod Ackland
(Liberal Democrats)
Sandra Thornton
(Conservative)
2022[6] Willie Paterson
(Liberal Democrats)
Callum McNally
(Labour Co-op)

Election results

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2022 election

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2022 East Dunbartonshire Council election

Lenzie & Kirkintilloch South – 3 seats[7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Gillian Renwick (incumbent) 33.23% 2,165          
Labour Callum McNally 20.98% 1,367 1,474.19 1,484.45 1,809.77    
Conservative Sandra Thornton

(incumbent)

20.34% 1,325 1,331.44 1,344.44 1,360.89 1,377.44  
Liberal Democrats Willie Paterson 17.36% 1,131 1,188.68 1,196.18 1,394.78 1,495.48 2,356.67
Scottish Green Carolyn Scrimgeour 7.18% 468 744.04 752.02      
Freedom Alliance (United Kingdom) James Watson 0.91% 59 62.71        
Electorate: 12,524   Valid: 6,515   Spoilt: 72   Quota: 1,629   Turnout: 52.6%  

2017 election

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2017 East Dunbartonshire Council election

Lenzie & Kirkintilloch South – 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Conservative Sandra Thornton 24.55% 1,634 1,641 1,716          
SNP Gillian Renwick (incumbent) 22.52% 1,499 1,576 1,611 1,612 2,093      
Liberal Democrats Rod Ackland 12.09% 805 847 896 914 928 989 1,342 1,825
Independent Sandy Taylor 12.19% 811 841 1,037 1,049 1,070 1,180 1,298  
Labour Rhondda Geekie (incumbent) 10.94% 728 758 777 783 797 859    
SNP Martin Robertson 7.59% 505 543 552 552        
Independent Alisdair Sinclair 6.23% 415 431            
Scottish Green Carolynn Scrimgeour 3.89% 259              
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 6,656   Spoilt: 103   Quota: 1,665   Turnout: 56.1%  

2012 election

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2012 East Dunbartonshire Council election

Lenzie & Kirkintilloch South – 3 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Labour Rhondda Geekie (incumbent) 36.6 1,729  
SNP Gillian Renwick (incumbent) 32.0 1,511  
Conservative Anne Jarvis (incumbent) 24.0 1,133 1,240
Liberal Democrats John Duncan 7.5 353 533
Electorate: 10,412   Valid: 4,726   Spoilt: 38   Quota: 1182   Turnout: 45.39%  

2007 election

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2007 East Dunbartonshire Council election

Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Labour Rhondda Geekie 28.8 1,937                
Conservative Anne Jarvis 26.3 1,772                
SNP Gillian Renwick 16.8 1,128 1,163 1,174 1,201 1,233 1,282 1,325 1,477 1,838
Liberal Democrats Gordon MacDonald 10.1 681 717 731 741 764 800 1,032 1,139  
EDIA Ken Selbie 6.5 435 454 464 473 538 575 592    
Liberal Democrats Margaret Morris 4.1 277 290 299 305 318 359      
Independent James Barker 3.0 201 221 229 239          
Scottish Green Isabel Park 2.8 191 210 216 241 261        
Scottish Socialist Moira Brown 1.5 103 118 120            
Electorate:     Valid: 6,725   Spoilt: 87   Quota: 1,682   Turnout: 64.08%  

References

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  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. ^ 5th Reviews - ward maps | East Dunbartonshire | Ward 6 Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South, Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 17 April 2022
  3. ^ Councillors 2017, East Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 17 April 2022
  4. ^ Electoral Ward | Lenzie and Kirkintilloch South, Scottish Government Statistics. Retrieved 17 April 2022
  5. ^ a b "East Dunbartonshire Election Results". East Dunbartonshire Council. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
  6. ^ "East Dunbartonshire Election Results". East Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
  7. ^ "Local Government election results 2022". East Dunbartonshire Council. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.