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Overall 2022 Result

Council-Wide Results

A much poorer result for the Conservatives than expected here, losing enough votes that they weren’t even 1% ahead of the SNP. That caused them to lose two councillors, leaving them with 5. Gains for the SNP in votes then helped them pick one of those up, emerging as the largest party for the first time with 6 seats.

The other lost Conservative seat went to Labour, who improved their vote share a bit too, equalising the two parties on 5 apiece. The same two Independents were elected as in the previous term, and standing a full slate for the first time, the Greens achieved a very creditable result but no councillors.

Administration

After the election, Labour formed a minority administration, joined by the two Independent councillors.

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Overview

Whereas most of historic Renfrewshire is made up of well-established, urbanised and formerly industrial areas, East Renfrewshire mostly grew as a Glasgow suburb. Areas such as Giffnock, Netherlee and Clarkston are obvious urban extensions of the city, whilst Newton Mearns owes most of its population to post-war growth. Alongside the more distant Eaglesham, these areas made up the Eastwood district under the previous local government structures. East Renfrewshire was created by adding the Barrhead and Neilston section of the old Renfrew district – a particularly egregious example of administrative gerrymandering, given these areas are barely connected.

In any case, the suburban nature of the Eastwood core here historically gave East Renfrewshire a very different flavour to the rest of the county. The Westminster seat was firmly Conservative right up until their 1997 wipeout, when it went Labour, with whom it’d remain in both parliaments for nearly two decades. In 2015 the SNP won the Westminster seat, followed by the Conservatives winning the Holyrood seat in 2016. They also gained the Westminster seat in 2017, but it was one of those they lost again in 2019.

The Conservatives were so dominant here that until 1988 the only opposition on the district council was a pair of “Ratepayers”. The addition of those heavily Labour-favourable areas in 1995 reduced the Conservatives to a slim minority, before Labour took similarly narrow leads in 1999 and 2003.

Previous STV Elections

2007
2012
2017

Individual Ward Results

Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor (Ward 1)

Councillors and Key Stats

4 Councillors, in order elected:
Independent: Danny Devlin
🟡SNP: Angela Convery
🔴Labour: Betty Cunningham
🟡SNP: Chris Lunday
Change vs 2017: +1 SNP, -1 Conservative
Electorate: 14548
Turnout: 47.2%
Valid: 6733 (98.1%)
Spoiled: 133 (1.9%)
Quota: 1347

Candidates

Independent: Paul Aitken
Alba: Neil Anderson
🟡SNP: Angela Convery
🔴Labour: Betty Cunningham
Independent: Danny Devlin
🟡SNP: Chris Lunday
🔵Conservative: Greg Turner
🟢Green: Frank Wilson

Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor: First Preferences
Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor: Transfers
Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor: Results by Polling District
Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor: Second Preferences
Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor: Two-Candidate Preferred
Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor: Two-Party Preferred

Newton Mearns North and Neilston (Ward 2)

Councillors and Key Stats

3 Councillors, in order elected:
🟡SNP: Tony Buchanan
🔵Conservative: Andrew Morrison
🔴Labour: Owen O’Donnell
Change vs 2017: No change
Turnout: 43.4%
Electorate: 6421
Valid: 6421 (97.9%)
Spoiled: 136 (2.1%)
Quota: 1285

Candidates

🟡SNP: Tony Buchanan
🔵Conservative: Farooq Choudhry
🟢Green: Adrian Egglestone
Alba: Carol McKenzie
🟤Freedom Alliance: Derek McMillan
🔵Conservative: Andrew Morrison
🔴Labour: Owen O’Donnell
🟣Family: Maria Reid

Newton Mearns North and Neilston: First Preferences
Newton Mearns North and Neilston: Transfers

All councillors in this ward were elected on first preferences alone, and thus no transfer rounds were required.

Newton Mearns North and Neilston: Results by Polling District
Newton Mearns North and Neilston: Second Preferences
Newton Mearns North and Neilston: Two-Candidate Preferred

Giffnock and Thornliebank (Ward 3)

Councillors and Key Stats

3 Councillors, in order elected:
🟡SNP: Colm Merrick
🔵Conservative: Gordon Wallace
🔴Labour: Mary Montague
Change vs 2017: No change
Turnout: 56.2%
Electorate: 13011
Valid: 7233 (98.9%)
Spoiled: 80 (1.1%)
Quota: 1809

Candidates

Alba: George Gebbie
🟡SNP: Colm Merrick
🔴Labour: Mary Montague
Independent: Alice Roy
🟢Green: Karen Sharkey
Independent: Allan Steele
🔵Conservative: Gordon Wallace

Giffnock and Thornliebank: First Preferences
Giffnock and Thornliebank: Transfers
Giffnock and Thornliebank: Results by Polling District
Giffnock and Thornliebank: Second Preferences
Giffnock and Thornliebank: Two-Candidate Preferred

Clarkston, Netherlee and Williamwood (Ward 4)

Councillors and Key Stats

4 Councillors, in order elected:
🟡SNP: Annette Ireland
🔵Conservative: Kate Campbell
🔴Labour: Katie Pragnell
Independent: David Macdonald
Change vs 2017: No change
Electorate: 16586
Turnout: 60.2%
Valid: 9812 (98.3%)
Spoiled: 165 (1.7%)
Quota: 1963

Candidates

🔵Conservative: Kate Campbell
🔵Conservative: Gerald Edwards
🟡SNP: Annette Ireland
🟢Green: Gordon Keenan
Independent: David Macdonald
🟡SNP: David McDonald
Independent: Stewart Miller
🔴Labour: Katie Pragnell
🟠Lib Dem: Daphne Vlastari
🟤Independence for Scotland: Colette Walker

Clarkston, Netherlee and Williamwood: First Preferences
Clarkston, Netherlee and Williamwood: Transfers
Clarkston, Netherlee and Williamwood: Results by Polling District
Clarkston, Netherlee and Williamwood: Second Preferences
Clarkston, Netherlee and Williamwood: Two-Candidate Preferred

Newton Mearns South and Eaglesham (Ward 5)

Councillors and Key Stats

4 Councillors, in order elected:
🟡SNP: Caroline Bamforth
🔵Conservative: Paul Edlin
🔴Labour: Andrew Anderson
🔵Conservative: Jim McLean
Change vs 2017: +1 Labour, -1 Conservative
Turnout: 53.1%
Electorate: 18286
Valid: 9562 (98.6%)
Spoiled: 139 (1.4%)
Quota: 1913

Candidates

🔴Labour: Andrew Anderson
🟡SNP: Caroline Bamforth
🔵Conservative: Paul Edlin
🔵Conservative: Jim McLean
🟢Green: Victoria Palmer-Dyer
🟣Family: Luke Reid
Alba: Amer Siddiqui
🔵Conservative: Paul Smith
🟤Freedom Alliance: Mark Turnbull

Newton Mearns South and Eaglesham: First Preferences
Newton Mearns South and Eaglesham: Transfers
Newton Mearns South and Eaglesham: Results by Polling District
Newton Mearns South and Eaglesham: Second Preferences
Newton Mearns South and Eaglesham: Two-Candidate Preferred

Data Notes