East Kilbride West (ward)

East Kilbride West
South Lanarkshire
Outline map
Boundary of East Kilbride West in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017.
Population13,737 (2021)[1]
Electorate13,412 (2023)
Major settlementsEast Kilbride (part of)
Scottish Parliament constituencyEast Kilbride
Scottish Parliament regionCentral Scotland
UK Parliament constituencyEast Kilbride and Strathaven
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors3
CouncillorMonique McAdams (Labour)
CouncillorDavid Watson (Independent)
CouncillorKirsty Williams (Labour)
Created fromEast Mains
Hairmyres/Crosshouse
Lindsay
Mossneuk/Kittoch
Stewartfield
West Mains

East Kilbride West 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 13,737 people.

The ward has politically been split between the Scottish National Party (SNP), Labour and the Conservatives. Each party had held one of the three seats from the ward's creation until Cllr David Watson resigned from the SNP to become an independent in 2018. The 2022 election saw the SNP regain their seat from the Conservatives.

  1. ^ "East Kilbride West". Scottish Government. Retrieved 12 July 2023.