East Kilbride South is one of the 20

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. Created in 2007, the ward elects three councillors using the

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electoral system and covers an area with a population of 16,985 people. The ward is a

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(SNP) stronghold with the party holding two of the three seats at every election since the ward was created.

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The ward was created following the Fourth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the

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. As a result of the

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, local elections in Scotland would use the

electoral system from 2007 onwards so East Kilbride South was formed from an amalgamation of several previous

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wards. It contained part of the former Hairmyres/Crosshouse, Heatheryknowe, Lindsay and Westwoodhill wards as well as all of the former Greenhills and

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wards. East Kilbride South covers a primarily urban area in southern

East Kilbride East Kilbride (; gd, Cille Bhrìghde an Ear ) is the largest town in South Lanarkshire in Scotland and the country's sixth-largest locality by population. It was also designated Scotland's first new town on 6 May 1947. The area lies on a rais ...

including the Greenhills,

Lindsayfield Lindsayfield is a residential area in the new town of East Kilbride, Scotland. The modern estate was constructed from the 1990s onwards. Overview Lindsayfield is situated next to the districts of Greenhills and Whitehills. The main road aroun ...

and

neighbourhoods. Following the Fifth Statutory Reviews of Electoral Arrangements ahead of the

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, a few streets around Owen Avenue/Dale Avenue (generally considered to belong to The Murray neighbourhood) were transferred to the East Kilbride Central South ward and a corridor of farmland north of the

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Election results

2022 election

2017 election

2012 election

2007 election

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