Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor is one of the five wards used to elect members of the East Renfrewshire Council. It elects three Councillors.

Councillors

Election Councillors
2017 Angela Convery
(SNP)		 Betty Wood Cunningham
(Labour)		 Danny Devlin
(Ind.)		 Paul Aitken
(Conservative)
2022 Chris Lunday
(SNP)

Election results

2022 election

2022 East Renfrewshire Council election:[2] Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Independent Paul Aitken (incumbent) 5.1% 345 462 470 472 491 536    
Alba Neil Anderson 1.1% 74 91 96 96        
SNP Angela Convery (incumbent) 24.3% 1,639              
Labour Betty Wood Cunningham (incumbent) 20.1% 1,355              
Independent Danny Devlin (incumbent) 26% 1,753              
SNP Chris Lunday 9.1% 616 691 935 936 968 1,105 1,198 1,282
Conservative Greg Turner† 10.7% 722 760 761 762 767 780 898  
Scottish Green Frank Wilson 3.4% 229 258 272 273 285      
Electorate: 14,485   Valid: 6,733   Spoilt: 133[3] (1.93%)   Quota: 1,347   Turnout: 47.2%  

    † Greg Turner was suspended from the Conservatives on 21 April 2022, prior to the election, after being linked to derogatory online remarks against Catholics.[4] His name remained on the ballot paper, as the deadline for nominations had passed.

    2017 election

    2017 East Renfrewshire Council election: Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor – 4 seats[5]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    Independent Danny Devlin (incumbent)[lower-alpha 1] 26.02% 1,840              
    Conservative Paul Aitken† 18.34% 1,297 1,356 1,372 1,390 1,412 1,427    
    SNP Angela Convery 16.95% 1,199 1,242 1,242 1,330 1,347 1,357 1,358 2,371
    SNP Tommy Reilly (incumbent)[lower-alpha 1] 14.97% 1,059 1,125 1,126 1,167 1,205 1,218 1,219  
    Labour Betty Wood Cunningham (incumbent)[lower-alpha 1] 14.42% 1,020 1,111 1,113 1,160 1,506      
    Labour Kenny Hay (incumbent)[lower-alpha 1] 5.71% 404 463 465 481        
    Scottish Green David Allison 3.11% 220 244 249          
    UKIP John Ferguson 0.48% 34 43            
    Electorate: TBC   Valid: 7,073   Spoilt: 116   Quota: 1,415   Turnout: 52.5%  

      Notes

      1. 1 2 3 4 Sitting Councillor for the Barrhead ward which had been redrawn.

      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/7631/Declaration-of-results-report/pdf/Declaration_of_Results_Report.pdf?
      4. ↑ McCall, Chris (21 April 2022). "Scots Tory candidate dropped after branding Catholic school a 'bigot factory'". Daily Record.
      5. ↑ "Local Government Election results 2017". East Renfrewshire Council. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
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