Location of the ward
Location of the ward[1]

Newton Mearns North and Neilston is one of the five wards used to elect members of the East Renfrewshire Council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election Councillors
2017 Tony Buchanan
(SNP) 		Paul O'Kane
(Labour) 		Charlie Gilbert
(Conservative)
2022 Owen O'Donnell
(Labour) 		Andrew Morrison
(Conservative)

Election results

2022 election

2022 East Renfrewshire Council election[2]

Newton Mearns North & Neilston - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
SNP Tony Buchanan (incumbent) 32.1% 1,938
Conservative Farooq Choudhry 8.3% 501
Scottish Green Adrian Egglestone 5.3% 322
Alba Carol McKenzie 0.9% 55
Freedom Alliance (UK) Derek McMillan 0.4% 23
Conservative Andrew Morrison 26.2% 1,579
Labour Owen O'Donnell 25.4% 1,532
Scottish Family Maria Reid 1.4% 84
Electorate: 12,397   Valid: 6,034   Quota:   Turnout: 49%  

2017 election

2017 East Renfrewshire Council election:
Newton Mearns North and Neilston – 4 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Conservative Charlie Gilbert (incumbent)[a] 28.55% 1,729
SNP Tony Buchanan (incumbent)[a] 25.62% 1,551
Labour Paul O'Kane (incumbent)[a] 25.29% 1,531
Conservative Andrew Morrison 10.17% 616
Independent Kirsteen Allan 4.44% 269
Independent David Jesner 2.94% 178
Liberal Democrats Roy Provan 2.28% 138
UKIP Stuart Sutherland 0.50% 30
SDP Robert Malyn 0.21% 13
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 6,055   Spoilt: 79   Quota: 1,514   Turnout: 52.8%  

Notes

  1. ^ a b c Sitting councillor for the Neilston, Uplawmoor and Newton Mearns North ward which had been redrawn.

References

  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Notice of poll and situation of polling stations" (PDF). East Renfrewshire Council. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  3. ^ "Local Government Election results 2017". East Renfrewshire Council.
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