Bothwell and Uddingston (ward)

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.

Bothwell and Uddingston
South Lanarkshire
Boundary of Bothwell and Uddingston in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017.
Population	13,261 (2021)[1]
Electorate	10,818 (2022)
Major settlements	Bothwell Uddingston
Scottish Parliament constituency	Uddingston and Bellshill
Scottish Parliament region	Central Scotland
UK Parliament constituency	Rutherglen
Current ward
Created	2007 (2007)
Number of councillors	3
Councillor	Maureen Devlin (Labour)
Councillor	Kenny McCreary (Conservative)
Councillor	Cal Johnston-Dempsey (SNP)
Created from	Bothwell South Uddingston Uddingston South/Bothwell

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

Aerial view of the ward from the south-west

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

Election Results

2022 election

Main article: 2022 South Lanarkshire Council 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:^[4][5]

2017 election

Main article: 2017 South Lanarkshire Council election

Bothwell and Uddingston - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Conservative	Kenny McCreary	35.3	1,851
	Labour	Maureen Devlin (incumbent)	26.0	1,362
	SNP	Jim McGuigan (incumbent)	21.6	1,132	1,150	1,158	1,219	1,550
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Robb	8.6	450	701	718	757	774
	SNP	Phil Sykes	6.6	347	353	355	369
	Scottish Green	James Ferguson	2.0	106	134	140
Electorate: 10,351   Valid: 5,248   Spoilt: 52   Quota: 1,313   Turnout: 51.2%

Source:^[6][7]

2012 election

Main article: 2012 South Lanarkshire Council election

Bothwell and Uddingston - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	SNP	Jim McGuigan (incumbent)	35.2	1,342
	Labour	Maureen Devlin (incumbent)	29.5	1,124
	Conservative	Anne Kegg	23.8	906	1,001
	Labour	Patrick Morgan	11.5	438	551
Electorate: 9,525   Valid: 3,810   Spoilt: 59   Quota: 953   Turnout: 40.0%

Source:^[8]

2007 election

Main article: 2007 South Lanarkshire Council election

Bothwell and Uddingston - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Conservative	Henry Mitchell[note 1]	30.0	1,615
	Labour	Maureen Devlin[note 2]	24.0	1,292	1,315	1,329	1,347
	SNP	Jim McGuigan	18.6	998	1,032	1,089	1,120	1,120	1,324	???
	Labour	Pat Morgan[note 3]	12.9	696	709	721	739	741	861
	Liberal Democrats	Douglas Herbison	8.9	477	553	562	633	634
	Scottish Green	Kenneth Robb	3.1	168	187	214
	Solidarity	Denis Reilly	2.5	132	135
Electorate: 9,788   Valid: 5,378   Quota: 1,345   Turnout: 55.8%

Source:^[9][10]

Notes

1. Returning councillor for Bothwell South single-member ward.
2. Returning councillor for Whitehill single-member ward.
3. Returning councillor for Uddingston single-member ward.