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Cast your vote for new Strathaven councillors

1 May, 2012
  • Four councillors will be elected to represent Strathaven

Strathaven will go to the polls on Thursday 3rd May, where you can vote in the local authority elections and have your say on who represents Strathaven on South Lanarkshire Council for the next five years.

The candidates standing to represent Strathaven on the council for the Avondale and Stonehouse Ward are as follows – with the four councillors with the highest number of votes to be elected to the council.

Graeme Campbell – Independent

Margaret Cooper – Labour

Isobel Dorman – SNP

Lynn Filshie – Independent

Allan Finnie – Conservative

John Hamilton – Labour

William Holman – SNP

Jim Malloy – Independent

Melvyn Randall – UK Independence Party

Kenny Weir – Independent

Erica Young – Scottish Green Party

Polling stations will be open from 7am until 10pm on the day of the election.

The council elections are decided on a ‘first preference’ system meaning that, unlike at General elections, you will be putting numbers against your chosen candidates on the ballot paper in order of preference, rather than the more traditional ‘x’.

You can find full details of how the voting system works, and how to cast your vote here on the South Lanarkshire Council website.

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