 | ' Her Royal Highness, the Princess Royal, visited Whitehill in Hamilton today..' South Lanarkshire Council, 25 th January 2006. |  |
| ' Her Royal Highness, the Princess Royal, visited Whitehill in Hamilton today..' South Lanarkshire Council, 25 th January 2006. | |
There was a by-election for the Whitehill ward of South Lanarkshire Council on the 7 th of March 2002.
Whitehill is in the new Lanark & Hamilton East Westminster parliamentary seat (held Labour's James Hood MP) and in the Hamilton North & Bellshill Scottish parliamentary seat (held by Labour's Michael McMahon MSP).
| 14 th March 2002 By-election Turnout 17.4 % (- 28.4 %) | |||||
| Candidate | Logo | Party | Votes | % | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maureen Devlin |  |
Labour | 273 | 46.1 % | - 11.1 % |
| James Henderson |  |
Scottish National Party | 110 | 18.6 % | - 14.2 % |
| Samuel Gribben |  |
Scottish Socialist Party | 94 | 15.9 % | (+ 15.9 %) |
| George Fulston |  |
Independent | 41 | 6.9 % | (+ 6.9 %) |
| John Oswald |  |
Liberal Democrat | 41 | 6.9 % | (+ 6.9 %) |
| Charles Ferguson |  |
Conservative | 33 | 5.6 % | (+ 5.6 %) |
| Labour hold | |
Labour majority | 163 | 27.5 % | + 3.1 % |
| 6 th May 1999 Turnout 45.8 % (+ 6.9 %) | |||||
| Candidate | Logo | Party | Votes | % | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Joseph Walls | |
Labour | 947 | 57.2 % | 20.2 % |
| John Kaprot | |
Scottish National Party | 543 | 32.8 % | + 15.5 % |
| Christopher Herriot |  |
Socialist Labour Party | 166 | 10.0 % | (+ 10.0 %) |
| Labour hold | |
Labour majority | 404 | 24.4 % | - 35.7 % |
| 6 th April 1995 Turnout 38.9 % | |||||
| Candidate | Logo | Party | Votes | % | % change |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| James Ward | |
Labour | 959 | 77.4 % | |
| William Neary | |
Scottish National Party | 214 | 17.3 % | |
| Anne Blair | |
Conservative | 66 | 5.3 % | |
| Labour win | |
Labour majority | 745 | 60.1 % | |
Results
The candidate elected to serve in South Lanarkshire Council for Electoral Ward Nž 38 - Whitehill is MAUREEN DEVLIN Scottish Labour Party.
Total Electorate 3412
Total votes cast were 593
Total votes rejected 1
Percentage Poll was 17.4%
Votes per candidate are given below:
Maureen DEVLIN 273
(Scottish Labour Party Candidate)
Charles FERGUSON 33
(Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party Candidate)
George FULSTON 41
(Independent)
Samuel GRIBBEN 94
(Scottish Socialist Party)
James HENDERSON 110
(Scottish National Party) (SNP)
John OSWALD 41
(Scottish Liberal Democrats)
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