Cambuslang West is one of the 20
electoral wards
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of
South Lanarkshire Council
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. Created in 2007, the ward elects three councillors using the
single transferable vote
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electoral system and covers an area with a population of 14,096 people.
The ward has politically been split between
Labour
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* Childbirth, the delivery of a baby
* Labour (human activity), or work
** Manual labour, physical work
** Wage labour, a socioeconomic relationship between a worker and an employer
** Organized labour and the labour ...
, the
Liberal Democrats and the
Scottish National Party
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(SNP) with each party returning one councillor at half of the elections.
Boundaries
The ward was created following the Fourth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the
2007 Scottish local elections
The 2007 Scottish local elections were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as Scottish Parliament elections and local elections in parts of England. All 32 Scottish councils had all their seats up for election – all Scottish councils are unitary ...
. As a result of the
Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004
The Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 (asp 9) is an Act of the Scottish Parliament which provided, amongst other things, for the election of councillors to the local authorities in Scotland by the single transferable vote system.
The Commissi ...
, local elections in Scotland would use the
single transferable vote
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electoral system from 2007 onwards so Cambuslang West was formed from an amalgamation of several previous
first-past-the-post
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wards. It contained part of the former
Cairns
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ward, roughly half of the former
Cathkin/Springhall and
Cambuslang Central wards as well as all of the former
Eastfield and
Kirkhill/Whitlawburn wards. As a result of amendments to the boundaries of the South Lanarkshire Council's management areas, the boundaries between Rutherglen and Cambuslang, East Kilbride and Hamilton were tweaked so Cambuslang West also contained part of the former
Long Calderwood ward. Cambuslang West covers a suburban area in the west of
Cambuslang
Cambuslang ( sco, Cammuslang, from gd, Camas Lang) is a town on the south-eastern outskirts of Greater Glasgow, Scotland. With approximately 30,000 residents, it is the 27th largest town in Scotland by population, although, never having had a ...
including the town centre and the neighbourhoods of
Eastfield, Greenlees,
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* Kirkhill, Nova Scotia
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In Northern Ireland:
* Kirkhills, a townland in County Antrim
In Scotland:
*Kirkhill industrial estate, near ...
, Silverbank and
Whitlawburn
Whitlawburn is a residential area in the town of Cambuslang in South Lanarkshire, Scotland. It is located south of the town centre on high ground overlooking the Greater Glasgow urban area.
Location and housing
The majority of the housing is a ...
. The ward's northern boundary is the division with
Glasgow City Council
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which runs along the
River Clyde
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.
Prior to the
local government reforms in the 1990s, Cambuslang was within the
Glasgow District under
Strathclyde Regional Council
Strathclyde ( in Gaelic, meaning "strath (valley) of the River Clyde") was one of nine former local government regions of Scotland created in 1975 by the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973 and abolished in 1996 by the Local Government etc. ...
. One of its single-member wards was
Cambuslang
Cambuslang ( sco, Cammuslang, from gd, Camas Lang) is a town on the south-eastern outskirts of Greater Glasgow, Scotland. With approximately 30,000 residents, it is the 27th largest town in Scotland by population, although, never having had a ...
which included much of the same area as the current Cambuslang West.
Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the
2017 Scottish local elections
The 2017 Scottish local elections were held on Thursday 4 May, in all 32 local authorities. The SNP retained its position as the largest party in terms of votes and councillors, despite suffering minor losses. The Conservatives made gains and di ...
, streets around East Kilbride Road, Brownside Road and Dukes Road were transferred from the ward into
Rutherglen South while streets between Greenlees Road and the
Cathcart Circle Line
The Cathcart Circle Lines form a mostly suburban railway route linking Glasgow (Central) to Cathcart via a circular line, with branches to Newton and Neilston, on the south bank of the River Clyde. They are part of the Strathclyde Partnership ...
railway tracks over Hamilton Road were transferred into Cambuslang West from
Cambuslang East.
Councillors
Election results
2022 election
2017 election
2012 election
2007 election
Notes
References
{{Wards of South Lanarkshire
Wards of South Lanarkshire
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