South Lanarkshire Council elections

South Lanarkshire Council in Scotland holds elections every five years, previously holding them every four years from its creation as a single-tier authority in 1995 to 2007.

Year
Year	SNP	Labour	Conservative	Liberal Democrats	Green	Independent
1995	8	61^[a]	2	2	0	0
1999^[b]	10	54	2	1	0	0
2003	9	51	2	2	0	3
2007^[c]	24	30	8	2	0	3
2012	28	33	3	1	0	2
2017^[d]	27	22	14	1	0	0
2022	27	24	7	3	1	2

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Henry Mitchell^[5]	594	48.4	+13.2
	Labour		377	30.7	−18.1
	Liberal Democrats		143	11.7	+11.7
	SNP		67	5.5	−10.8
	Scottish Senior Citizens		26	2.1	+2.1
	Scottish Socialist		20	1.6	+1.6
Majority			217	17.7
Turnout			1,227
	Conservative gain from Labour		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Stanley Hogarth	775	50.9	+9.2
	Labour	Peter Duff	315	20.6	−6.9
	SNP	William Holman	221	14.5	−7.3
	Independent	Stuart Brown	79	5.1	+5.1
	Green	Kirsten Robb	71	4.6	+4.6
	Liberal Democrats	Bernard Hughes	59	3.8	−5.2
Majority			460	30.3
Turnout			1,520
	Conservative hold		Swing

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Hamish Stewart	816	47.2	+20.3
	SNP	Tom Mitchell	523	30.3	−34.3
	Independent	Peter Rae	295	17.0	+17.0
	Labour	Ralph Barker	87	5.0	3.6
Majority			293	17.0
Turnout			1,721
	Conservative gain from SNP		Swing

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Labour	Richard Tullett	28.0	725	729	739	742	747	922	1,094	1,475
	SNP	Christine Deanie	23.5	609	614	621	625	638	728	962
	Liberal Democrats	Tunweer Malik	22.4	580	584	589	593	616	669
	Independent	John McGuinness	19.6	509	510	517	521	538
	Conservative	Malcolm Macaskill	3.1	80	82	82	94
	Scottish Unionist	Jimi Moore	1.5	38	39	40
	Scottish Socialist	David McClemont	1.2	32	35
	Green	Susan Martin	0.8	21
	Labour gain from SNP
Valid: 2,044 Spoilt: 38 Quota: 1,298 Turnout: 2,082

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v t e Council elections in South Lanarkshire
South Lanarkshire Council	1995 1999 2003 2007 2012 2017 2022
Strathclyde Regional Council	1974 1978 1982 1986 1990 1994 Abolished
Clydesdale District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished
East Kilbride District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished
Hamilton District Council	1974 1977 1980 1984 1988 1992 Abolished

East Kilbride West By-Election 28 October 2010^[11]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Alan Scott	41.4	847	863	873	892	973	1,297
	SNP	Pat McGuire	27.9	571	587	606	641	761
	Conservative	Ian Harrow	19.7	403	427	442	455
	Green	Raymond Burke	4.0	82	85	100
	East Kilbride Alliance	Brian Jones	3.5	71	76
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Smith	3.4	70
	Labour hold
Valid: 2,044 Quota: 1,023

Rutherglen South By-Election 14 February 2013^[13]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Gerard Killen	39.9	1,352	1,358	1,370	1,376	1,396	1,616	2,090
	Liberal Democrats	David Baillie	29.5	999	1,004	1,016	1,035	1,104	1,278
	SNP	Margaret Ferrier	21.0	712	714	730	741	755
	Conservative	Aric Gilinisky	3.8	128	133	134	170
	UKIP	Donald Murdo MacKay	3.3	111	115	120
	Green	Susan Martin	1.7	59	60
	Independent	Craig Smith	0.9	31
	Labour gain from SNP
Valid: 3,392 Spoilt: 46 Quota: 1,697 Turnout: 3,438

Hamilton South By-Election 24 October 2013^[14]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	Labour	Stuart Gallacher	51.7	1,781
	SNP	Josh Wilson	32.5	1,120
	Conservative	Lynne Nailon	9.4	322
	Scottish Christian	Craig Martin	3.9	133
	UKIP	Josh Richardson	2.5	86
	Labour gain from SNP
Valid: 3,442 Spoilt: 43 Quota: 1,722 Turnout: 3,485

Clydesdale South By-Election 5 June 2014^[15]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Gordon Muir	40.8	1,492	1,512	1,559	1,819	2,366
	SNP	George Sneddon	32.0	1,170	1,203	1,260	1,356
	Conservative	Donna Hood	18.0	659	674	744
	UKIP	Donald MacKay	6.4	233	247
	Green	Ruth Thomas	2.8	104
	Labour gain from SNP
Valid: 3,658 Spoilt: 52 Quota: 1,830 Turnout: 3,710