Bishopbriggs South is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the East Dunbartonshire Council. Created in 2007, it elects three Councillors. As its name suggests, its territory consists of the southern part of the burgh of Bishopbriggs (including Auchinairn), bordering the city of Glasgow further south;[2][3] following a 2017 boundary review, some streets in the west of the town (between the Croy Line railway tracks and the Bishopbriggs Burn) were added from the Bishopbriggs North and Torrance ward, but the number of representatives did not change. In 2020, the ward had a population of 15,868.[4]

Location of the Bishopbriggs South ward
Location of the ward in East Dunbartonshire[1]

Councillors edit

Election Councillors
2007 Gordon Low
(SNP)
Michael O'Donnell
(Labour)
Alex Hannah
(Labour)
2009 Alan Moir
(Labour)
2012[5]
2017 Alan Brown
(Conservative)
2022[6] Ben Rose
(Liberal Democrats)

Election results edit

2022 election edit

2022 East Dunbartonshire Council election

Bishopbriggs South – 3 seats[7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Gordan Low (incumbent) 36.92% 2,241          
Labour Alan Moir (incumbent) 27.25% 1,654          
Conservative Catherine Brown 17.27% 1,048 1,061.87 1,076.92 1,091.22 1,119.07  
Liberal Democrats Ben Rose 12.45% 756 865.69 918.89 938.25 1,235.73 1,962.71
Scottish Green Jesper Bach 4.68% 284 662.76 682.89 751.42    
Alba Eamonn Gallagher 1.08% 87 150.56 154.59      
Electorate: 12,340   Valid: 6,070   Spoilt: 70   Quota: 1,518   Turnout: 49.8%  

2017 election edit

2017 East Dunbartonshire Council election

Bishopbriggs South – 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Conservative Alan Brown 26.74% 1,631          
SNP Gordan Low (incumbent) 24.05% 1,467 1,470 1,536      
Labour Alan Moir (incumbent) 16.27% 992 1,011 1,062 1,062 1,303 2,280
Labour Ian Elrick 14.72% 898 926 996 996 1,194  
SNP Irene Mackay 13.76 839 840 883 892    
Scottish Green Connor Boyd 4.46% 272 281        
Electorate: TBS   Valid: 6,099   Spoilt: 166   Quota: 1,525   Turnout: 50.3%  

2012 election edit

2012 East Dunbartonshire Council election

Bishopbriggs South – 3 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Labour Alan Moir (incumbent) 32.8 1,267  
SNP Gordan Low (incumbent) 29.9 1,158  
Labour Michael O'Donnell (incumbent) 18.7 724 985
Conservative Alisdair Sinclair 9.4 362 373
Liberal Democrats Gary Pews 7.7 297 307
Scottish Socialist Mark Callaghan 1.5 59 62
Electorate: 9,406   Valid: 3,930   Spoilt: 63   Quota: 967   Turnout: 41.78%  

2009 by-election edit

Bishopbriggs South By-election (4 June 2009)- 1 Seat[8]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Labour Alan Moir 39.2 1,401 1,479 1,784 1,787
SNP Denis Johnston 23.4 837 949 1,223
Liberal Democrats Alastair McPhee 20.6 736 928
Conservative Matt Ford 14.0 500
Scottish Socialist Mark Callaghan 2.7 96
Labour hold Swing
Electorate: 23,202   Valid: 5,196   Spoilt: 65   Quota: 2,599   Turnout: 5,261 (22.7%)  

2007 election edit

2007 East Dunbartonshire Council election

Bishopbriggs South
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Alex Hannah 27.7 1,505            
SNP Gordon Low 20.1 1,095 1,105 1,114 1,264 1,430    
Conservative Alan Brown 14.1 767 774 805 897 1,060 1,073  
Labour Michael O'Donnell 14.0 761 845 848 942 1,117 1,135 1,399
EDIA Donald MacDonald 12.1 656 666 673 771      
Liberal Democrats Tom Dibble 10.8 586 595 600        
Scottish Unionist Derek Doughty 1.3 70 71          
Electorate:     Valid: 5,440   Spoilt: 99   Quota: 1,361   Turnout: 58.50%  

References edit

  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. ^ 5th Reviews - ward maps | East Dunbartonshire | Ward 5 Bishopbriggs South, Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 17 April 2022
  3. ^ Councillors 2017, East Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 17 April 2022
  4. ^ Electoral Ward | Bishopbriggs 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.
  8. ^ "scottishelections.org.uk". scottishelections.org.uk. Retrieved 9 June 2021.