Rutherglen South (ward)


Rutherglen South is one of the twenty wards used to elect members of the South Lanarkshire Council. Established in 2007, it elects three Councillors.
The largest neighbourhood within the suburban ward is Burnside, also including the Blairbeth, Cathkin, Fernhill, Springhall and Spittal residential areas in the southern part of Rutherglen. The population in 2018 was 15,340.
The ward was formed from roughly the boundaries of four wards under the previous single-member system used by the local authority from the creation of South Lanarkshire in 1995 until 2007: Cathkin/Springhall, Fernhill, Spittal/Blairbeth and Stonelaw. Prior to this, Rutherglen was within the Glasgow District under Strathclyde Regional Council - one of its wards from 1984 was Fernhill, which included much of the same area as the current Rutherglen South, with the exception of the parts of Burnside north of the Cathcart Circle Line railway tracks which was in the Glasgow Rutherglen ward.

Councillors

Election Results

2017 Election

2013 By-election

2012 Election

2007 Election