Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor (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
/Ind.)
2018
2022 Chris Lunday
(SNP)
2025 by- Julie Costello McHale
(Labour)

Election results

2025 by-election

Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor by-election (21 August 2025) - 1 seat[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour Julie Costello McHale 41.9% 1,901 1,906 1,970 2,029 2,217 2,866
SNP David McDonald 25.1% 1,142 1,142 1,151 1,292 1,431  
Reform Andy MacGibbon 22.4% 1,018 1,022 1,076 1,089    
Green Karen Sharkey 5.4% 247 252 266      
Conservative Farooq Choudury 4.6% 207 211        
Abolish the Scottish Parliament Gus Ferguson 0.6% 27          
Valid: 4,542   Spoilt: 43   Quota: 2,272   Turnout: 4,585  

2022 election

2022 East Renfrewshire Council election:[3] Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent Danny Devlin (incumbent) 26% 1,753              
SNP Angela Convery (incumbent) 24.3% 1,639              
Labour Betty Wood Cunningham (incumbent) 20.1% 1,355              
Conservative Greg Turner† 10.7% 722 760 761 762 767 780 898  
SNP Chris Lunday 9.1% 616 691 935 936 968 1,105 1,198 1,282
Independent Paul Aitken (incumbent) 5.1% 345 462 470 472 491 536    
Green Frank Wilson 3.4% 229 258 272 273 285      
Alba Neil Anderson 1.1% 74 91 96 96        
Electorate: 14,485   Valid: 6,733   Spoilt: 133[4] (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.[5] 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[6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Independent Danny Devlin (incumbent)[a] 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)[a] 14.97% 1,059 1,125 1,126 1,167 1,205 1,218 1,219  
Labour Betty Wood Cunningham (incumbent)[a] 14.42% 1,020 1,111 1,113 1,160 1,506      
Labour Kenny Hay (incumbent)[a] 5.71% 404 463 465 481        
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. ^ a b c d Sitting Councillor for the Barrhead ward which had been redrawn.

References

  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 15 March 2020.
  2. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report" (PDF). East Renfrewshire Council. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  3. ^ "Notice of poll and situation of polling stations" (PDF). East Renfrewshire Council. Retrieved 3 May 2022.
  4. ^ "Declaration of Results - Ward 1 - Barrhead Liboside and Uplawmoor" (PDF). East Renfrewshire Council.
  5. ^ McCall, Chris (21 April 2022). "Scots Tory candidate dropped after branding Catholic school a 'bigot factory'". Daily Record.
  6. ^ "Local Government Election results 2017". East Renfrewshire Council. Archived from the original on 30 May 2019. Retrieved 20 March 2020.
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