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
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

2022 election
2022 East Renfrewshire Council election:[2] Giffnock and Thornliebank – 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
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
    2017 East Renfrewshire Council election: Giffnock and Thornliebank – 3 seats[4]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456789
    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              
    Libertarian Alan Findlay 0.42% 32                
    Electorate: TBC   Valid: 7,595   Spoilt: 92   Quota: 1,899   Turnout: 60.2%  

      2012 election
      2012 East Renfrewshire Council election: Giffnock and Thornliebank – 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123
      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
      2007 East Renfrewshire Council election: Giffnock and Thornliebank – 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      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
        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. https://www.eastrenfrewshire.gov.uk/media/7645/Declaration-of-results-report/pdf/Declaration_of_results_report.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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