Bearsden North (ward)
Location of the ward in East Dunbartonshire[1]
Bearsden North is one of the seven wards used to elect members of the East Dunbartonshire Council. It elects three Councillors. As its name suggests, its territory (which has not altered since its creation in 2007) consists of the northern part of the burgh of Bearsden, with part of the boundary to the south following the path of the Antonine Wall;[2][3] it also borders the Drumchapel housing estate in Glasgow – the marked differences in average life expectancy and other factors between residents living in close proximity in the two areas has been remarked upon in various studies.[4][5] In 2020, the ward had a population of 14,943.[6]
Councillors[edit]
| Election | Councillors | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Ian McKay (SNP) |
Amanda Stewart (Conservative) |
Duncan Cumming (Liberal Democrats / Ind.) | |||
| 2011 | ||||||
| 2012[7][8] | Ashay Ghai (Liberal Democrats) | |||||
| 2017 | Sheila Mechan (Conservative / Ind.) |
Rosie O'Neil (Liberal Democrats) | ||||
| 2022 | ||||||
| 2022[9] | Calum Smith (SNP) |
Alan Reid (Liberal Democrats) | ||||
Election results[edit]
2022 election[edit]
2022 East Dunbartonshire Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Independent | Duncan Cumming (incumbent) | 38.30% | 2,645 | ||||||
| SNP | Calum Smith | 19.05% | 1,316 | 1,404.15 | 1,659.04 | 1,821.97 | |||
| Conservative | Duncan Evans | 14.98% | 1,035 | 1,263.02 | 1,269.45 | 1,370.05 | 1,373.07 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Reid | 12.42% | 858 | 1,119.34 | 1,199.81 | 1,569.10 | 1,605.73 | 2,378.56 | |
| Labour | Craig Muncie | 9.48% | 655 | 795.21 | 873.67 | ||||
| Scottish Green | Neill Simpson | 5.75% | 397 | 478.56 | |||||
| Electorate: 11,936 Valid: 6,909 Spoilt: 59 Quota: 1,727 Turnout: 58.4% | |||||||||
2017 election[edit]
2017 East Dunbartonshire Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Independent | Duncan Cumming (incumbent) | 33.23% | 2,338 | |||||
| Conservative | Sheila Mechan | 20.78% | 1,462 | 1,635 | 1,650 | 1,693 | 1,780 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Rosie O'Neil | 17.97% | 1,264 | 1,449 | 1,538 | 1,716 | 2,415 | |
| SNP | Ian Mackay (incumbent) | 18.15% | 1,277 | 1,343 | 1,496 | 1,588 | ||
| Labour | Eunis Jassemi-Zargani | 5.39% | 379 | 411 | 469 | |||
| Scottish Green | Erin Crawley | 4.48% | 315 | 355 | ||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 7,035 Spoilt: 69 Quota: 1,759 Turnout: 62.1% | ||||||||
2012 election[edit]
2012 East Dunbartonshire Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Independent | Duncan Cumming (incumbent) | 33.2 | 1,837 | |||||||
| Liberal Democrats | Ashay Ghai * | 17.1 | 944 | 1,082 | 1,087 | 1,093 | 1,100 | 1,337 | 1,801 | |
| SNP | Ian Mackay (incumbent) | 17.4 | 962 | 1,030 | 1,041 | 1,050 | 1,063 | 1,205 | 1,335 | |
| Conservative | Amanda Stewart (incumbent) | 16.7 | 921 | 1,017 | 1,019 | 1,039 | 1,066 | 1,141 | ||
| Labour | Stewart Moohan | 12.7 | 700 | 758 | 770 | 774 | 785 | |||
| Scottish Christian | Bob Handyside | 1.1 | 59 | 70 | 71 | 79 | ||||
| UKIP | Mitch Sorbie | 0.8 | 42 | 59 | 61 | |||||
| Scottish Socialist | Neil Scott | 0.6 | 34 | 40 | ||||||
| Electorate: 10,801 Valid: 5,499 Spoilt: 28 Quota: 1,375 Turnout: 50.91% | ||||||||||
2007 election[edit]
2007 East Dunbartonshire Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Conservative | Amanda Stewart | 33.3 | 2,383 | |||||||
| SNP | Ian MacKay | 18.9 | 1,354 | 1,428 | 1,444 | 1,472 | 1,546 | 1,637 | 1,868 | |
| Labour | Ali Syed | 15.1 | 1,082 | 1,138 | 1,147 | 1,163 | 1,221 | 1,340 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Duncan Cumming† | 13.7 | 981 | 1,074 | 1,078 | 1,114 | 1,233 | 1,788 | 2,218 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ashay Ghai | 11.4 | 818 | 875 | 881 | 894 | 963 | |||
| Scottish Green | Stuart Callison | 4.8 | 344 | 393 | 411 | 459 | ||||
| Independent | Dennis Brogan | 1.8 | 132 | 199 | 203 | |||||
| Scottish Socialist | Neil Scott | 1.0 | 70 | 73 | ||||||
| Electorate: Valid: 7,164 Spoilt: 56 Quota: 1,792 Turnout: 67.49% | ||||||||||
References[edit]
- ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
- ^ 5th Reviews - ward maps | East Dunbartonshire | Ward 2 Bearsden North, Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 17 April 2022
- ^ Councillors 2017, East Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 17 April 2022
- ^ Side by side: a focus on Bearsden and Drumchapel, William Peakin, Holyrood magazine, 28 December 2014
- ^ The Glasgow Effect: examining the city's life expectancy gap – a photo essay, Kirsty Mackay, The Guardian, 26 February 2021
- ^ Electoral Ward | Bearsden North, Scottish Government Statistics. Retrieved 17 April 2022
- ^ a b "East Dunbartonshire Election Results". East Dunbartonshire Council. Archived from the original on 10 May 2012. Retrieved 5 May 2012.
- ^ a b "Local elections latest - massive win for Independent Cumming, joy for Labour and misery for Tories". milngavieherald.co.uk. Archived from the original on 7 June 2012.
- ^ "East Dunbartonshire Election Results". East Dunbartonshire Council. Retrieved 6 May 2022.
- ^ "Local Government election results 2022". East Dunbartonshire Council. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 10 May 2022.