Rutherglen South (ward)

Rutherglen South
South Lanarkshire
Outline map
Boundary of Rutherglen South in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017.
Population15,322 (2021)[1]
Electorate11,697 (2022)
Major settlementsRutherglen (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituencyRutherglen
Scottish Parliament regionGlasgow
UK Parliament constituencyRutherglen
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors3
CouncillorCarol Nugent (SNP)
CouncillorRobert Brown (Liberal Democrats)
CouncillorMargaret Cowie (Labour)
Created fromBankhead
Cathkin/Springhall
Fernhill
Spittal/Blairbeth
Stonelaw

Rutherglen South is one of the 20 electoral wards of South Lanarkshire Council. Created in 2007, the ward elects three councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 15,322 people.

The ward has politically been split between Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Scottish National Party (SNP) with each party returning one councillor at each full election. Labour briefly held two of the three seats following a by-election in 2013.

  1. ^ "Rutherglen South". Scottish Government. Retrieved 11 March 2023.