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Giffnock and Thornliebank (ward)

Giffnock and Thornliebank is one of the five wards used to elect members of the East Renfrewshire Council. It elects three Councillors.

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

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Election Councillors
2007 Jim Fletcher
(Labour) 		Alex Mackie
(Liberal Democrats) 		Gordon Wallace
(Conservative)
2012 Vincent Waters
(SNP)
2017 Colm Merrick
(SNP)
2022 Mary Montague
(Labour)

Election results

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2022 election

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2022 East Renfrewshire Council election:[2] Giffnock and Thornliebank – 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Colm Merrick (incumbent) 26.1% 1,888        
Conservative Gordon Wallace (incumbent) 25.1% 1,816        
Labour Mary Montague 22.2% 1,608 1,629 1,630 1,662 1,863
Independent Allan Steele 13.5% 978 983 986 998 1,033
Independent Alice Roy 6.4% 464 469 470 488 576
Scottish Green Karen Sharkey 5.4% 387 418 418 439  
Alba George Gebbie 1.3% 92 97 97    
Electorate: 12,996   Valid: 7,233   Spoilt: 80[3] (1.1%)   Quota: 1,809   Turnout: 56.2%  

2017 election

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2017 East Renfrewshire Council election: Giffnock and Thornliebank – 3 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
SNP Colm Merrick 24.40% 1,853 1,855 1,860 1,898 1,990        
Conservative Gordon Wallace (incumbent) 23.06% 1,751 1,753 1,758 1,784 1,825 1,826 2,621    
Labour Jim Fletcher (incumbent) 18.84% 1,431 1,435 1,438 1,506 1,615 1,650 1,715 1,838 2,224
Conservative Paul Smith 11.84% 899 904 905 943 976 979      
Independent Paul Drury 11.31% 859 862 876 913 1,085 1,108 1,149 1,309  
Independent Savio D'Souza 6.00% 456 460 470 507          
Liberal Democrats Christopher Park 3.50% 266 274 278            
Independent Gordon McCaskill * 0.63% 48 50              
Scottish Libertarian Alan Findlay 0.42% 32                
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 7,595   Spoilt: 92   Quota: 1,899   Turnout: 60.2%  

2012 election

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2012 East Renfrewshire Council election: Giffnock and Thornliebank – 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
Labour Jim Fletcher (incumbent) 35.53 1,935    
Conservative Gordon Wallace (incumbent) 21.36 1,163 1,207 1,398
SNP Vincent Waters 19.89 1,083 1,209 1,375
Independent Hugh Moore 11.84 645 751 994
Liberal Democrats Alex Mackie (incumbent) 11.38 620 747  

2007 election

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2007 East Renfrewshire Council election: Giffnock and Thornliebank – 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour Jim Fletcher 29.8 2,075          
Conservative Gordon Wallace 27.2 1,899          
SNP Joyce Lythgoe 18.2 1,266 1,330.16 1,336.00 1,390.31 1,473.32  
Liberal Democrats Alex Mackie 17.9 1,244 1,357.28 1.365.41 1,401.65 1,585.21 2,472.07
Conservative Gordon Wilson 5.4 373 394.92 524.70 528.50    
Scottish Socialist Stuart Miller 1.6 112 132.16 132.32      
Electorate: –   Valid: 6,969   Spoilt: 98   Quota: 1,743  

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. ^ https://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/media/7645/Declaration-of-results-report/pdf/Declaration_of_results_report.pdf? [bare URL PDF]
  4. ^ "Local Government Election results 2017". East Renfrewshire Council. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 4 February 2022.
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