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Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor (ward)

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Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor is one of the five wards used to elect members of the East Renfrewshire Council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

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Election Councillors
2017 Angela Convery
(SNP)
Betty Wood Cunningham
(Labour)
Danny Devlin
(Ind.)
Paul Aitken
(Conservative
/Ind.)
2018
2022 Chris Lunday
(SNP)

Election results

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2022 election

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2022 East Renfrewshire Council election:[2] Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent Paul Aitken (incumbent) 5.1% 345 462 470 472 491 536    
Alba Neil Anderson 1.1% 74 91 96 96        
SNP Angela Convery (incumbent) 24.3% 1,639              
Labour Betty Wood Cunningham (incumbent) 20.1% 1,355              
Independent Danny Devlin (incumbent) 26% 1,753              
SNP Chris Lunday 9.1% 616 691 935 936 968 1,105 1,198 1,282
Conservative Greg Turner† 10.7% 722 760 761 762 767 780 898  
Scottish Green Frank Wilson 3.4% 229 258 272 273 285      
Electorate: 14,485   Valid: 6,733   Spoilt: 133[3] (1.93%)   Quota: 1,347   Turnout: 47.2%  

† Greg Turner was suspended from the Conservatives on 21 April 2022, prior to the election, after being linked to derogatory online remarks against Catholics.[4] His name remained on the ballot paper, as the deadline for nominations had passed.

2017 election

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2017 East Renfrewshire Council election: Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor – 4 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent Danny Devlin (incumbent)[a] 26.02% 1,840              
Conservative Paul Aitken 18.34% 1,297 1,356 1,372 1,390 1,412 1,427    
SNP Angela Convery 16.95% 1,199 1,242 1,242 1,330 1,347 1,357 1,358 2,371
SNP Tommy Reilly (incumbent)[a] 14.97% 1,059 1,125 1,126 1,167 1,205 1,218 1,219  
Labour Betty Wood Cunningham (incumbent)[a] 14.42% 1,020 1,111 1,113 1,160 1,506      
Labour Kenny Hay (incumbent)[a] 5.71% 404 463 465 481        
Scottish Green David Allison 3.11% 220 244 249          
UKIP John Ferguson 0.48% 34 43            
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 7,073   Spoilt: 116   Quota: 1,415   Turnout: 52.5%  

Notes

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  1. ^ a b c d Sitting Councillor for the Barrhead ward which had been redrawn.

References

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  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. ^ "Notice of poll and situation of polling stations" (PDF). East Renfrewshire Council. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Declaration of Results - Ward 1 - Barrhead Liboside and Uplawmoor" (PDF). East Renfrewshire Council.
  4. ^ McCall, Chris (21 April 2022). "Scots Tory candidate dropped after branding Catholic school a 'bigot factory'". Daily Record.
  5. ^ "Local Government Election results 2017". East Renfrewshire Council. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2020.