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South Lanarkshire: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

South Lanarkshire Council: Scottish unitary authority (unitary), Scotland. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code S12000029.

Council website

Do it online

The council’s own service pages as listed by GOV.UK’s Local Links Manager (Open Government Licence), refreshed weekly; the same list of everyday services, in the same order, for every council, in GOV.UK’s wording.

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D council tax set by South Lanarkshire for 2026–27: £1,468.47 a year. Excludes water and sewerage charges.

Every band
South Lanarkshire: council tax by band, 2026 to 2027
BandA year
A£978.98
B£1,142.15
C£1,305.31
D£1,468.47
E£1,929.41
F£2,386.27
G£2,875.76
H£3,597.76

Source: Scottish Government, Council Tax by band 2026-27 (Open Government Licence).

Your own bill depends on your band and any discounts or reductions.

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Environment

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Education

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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as South Lanarkshire reported it to the Scottish Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in Scotland.

South Lanarkshire: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
ServiceBudget
Education£538.6 million
Culture and related services£46.3 million
Social work£278.9 million
Roads and transport£36.2 million
Road bridgesnone budgeted
Environmental services£60.9 million
Building, planning and development£3.1 million
Central services£23.0 million
Housing (outside the housing revenue account)£16.3 million
Trading servicesnone budgeted
Total net revenue expenditure£1,003.1 million

Net revenue expenditure: spending less the service’s own income.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Scottish Government, Local Government 2025-26 Provisional Outturn and 2026-27 Budget Estimates: revenue workbook (Open Government Licence).

Life in South Lanarkshire: the official facts

Facts about the people who live here: their pay, homes, health and more, from official statistics. They describe the place, not you, and every council gets the same list. Each shows when it was measured.

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Showing: South Lanarkshire.

People living here
334,330 people 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsAn official estimate of everyone who lives in the area, in the middle of the year.
Typical age
44 years 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsHalf the people who live here are younger than this and half are older.
Money to live on, per person, per year
£23,682 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage household income per person after taxes, with benefits added: what people have to spend or save.
Typical weekly pay, before tax
£664 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsFor employees who live here: half earn more than this each week, half earn less.
Children growing up in poverty
12.8% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsThe share of children under 16 in families on low incomes once housing costs are paid.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits
2.6% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsThe share of people aged 16 to 64 claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while looking for work.
Average price of a home
£186,196 August 2026 · HM Land RegistryThe average price of a home here in the month shown.
Years in good health: women
57.8 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a girl born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Years in good health: men
58.1 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a boy born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Greenhouse gases, per person
5.1 tonnes per person 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroEmissions from the area in a year, shared out per resident, in tonnes of carbon dioxide or its equivalent.
Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
89.3% 1 January 2026 · OfcomThe share of addresses that can get gigabit broadband (1,000 Mbps).
Public chargers for electric cars
181.7 per 100,000 people 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublic charging points at all speeds, for every 100,000 people.
Businesses trading here
9,580 businesses 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with sales or staff in the year.

More figures for South Lanarkshire from the ONS

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

64 seats in 2026. Run by: a coalition or arrangement of Labour, Liberal Democrats and independents. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Scottish National Party (SNP) 25, Labour Party 24, Conservative and Unionist 5, Independent / Other 3, Liberal Democrats 3, Reform UK 2, Scottish Green Party 1, Vacant 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 64 councillors, by ward
  • Elise Frame (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Avondale and Stonehouse
  • Margaret Cooper (Independent / Other) — Avondale and Stonehouse
  • Susan Kerr (Labour Party) — Avondale and Stonehouse
  • Bert Thomson (Labour Party) — Blantyre
  • Maureen Chalmers (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Blantyre
  • Mo Razzaq (Labour Party) — Blantyre
  • Cal Johnston-Dempsey (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Bothwell and Uddingston
  • Kenny McCreary (Conservative and Unionist) — Bothwell and Uddingston
  • Maureen Devlin (Labour Party) — Bothwell and Uddingston
  • Alistair Fulton (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Cambuslang East
  • Katy Loudon (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Cambuslang East
  • Walter Brogan (Labour Party) — Cambuslang East
  • John Bradley (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Cambuslang West
  • Margaret Walker (Labour Party) — Cambuslang West
  • Norman Rae (Liberal Democrats) — Cambuslang West
  • Alex Allison (Conservative and Unionist) — Clydesdale East
  • Ian McAllan (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Clydesdale East
  • Ralph Barker (Labour Party) — Clydesdale East
  • Catherine McClymont (Labour Party) — Clydesdale North
  • Julia Marrs (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Clydesdale North
  • Richard Lockhart (Conservative and Unionist) — Clydesdale North
  • Mark Horsham (Independent / Other) — Clydesdale South
  • Ross Gowland (Labour Party) — Clydesdale South
  • Ross Lambie (Reform UK) — Clydesdale South
  • David Shearer (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Clydesdale West
  • Eileen Logan (Labour Party) — Clydesdale West
  • Lynsey Hamilton (Labour Party) — Clydesdale West
  • Poppy Corbett (Reform UK) — Clydesdale West
  • Grant Ferguson (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — East Kilbride Central North
  • Hugh Macdonald (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — East Kilbride Central North
  • Joe Fagan (Labour Party) — East Kilbride Central North
  • Elaine McDougall (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — East Kilbride Central South
  • Gerry Convery (Labour Party) — East Kilbride Central South
  • John Anderson (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — East Kilbride Central South
  • Gladys Ferguson-Miller (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — East Kilbride East
  • Graham Scott (Labour Party) — East Kilbride East
  • Kirsten Robb (Scottish Green Party) — East Kilbride East
  • Archie Buchanan (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — East Kilbride South
  • Geri Gray (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — East Kilbride South
  • Mathew Buchanan (Labour Party) — East Kilbride South
  • David Watson (Independent / Other) — East Kilbride West
  • Kirsty Williams (Labour Party) — East Kilbride West
  • Monique Equi (Labour Party) — East Kilbride West
  • Colin Dewar (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Hamilton North and East
  • Davie McLachlan (Labour Party) — Hamilton North and East
  • Martin Hose (Conservative and Unionist) — Hamilton North and East
  • Celine Handibode (Labour Party) — Hamilton South
  • Gavin Keatt (Labour Party) — Hamilton South
  • Helen Toner (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Hamilton South
  • John Ross (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Hamilton South
  • Allan Falconer (Labour Party) — Hamilton West and Earnock
  • Graeme Horne (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Hamilton West and Earnock
  • Mark McGeever (Liberal Democrats) — Hamilton West and Earnock
  • Mary Donnelly (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Hamilton West and Earnock
  • Andy Carmichael (Labour Party) — Larkhall
  • Richard Nelson (Conservative and Unionist) — Larkhall
  • Ross Clark (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Larkhall
  • Vacant (Vacant) — Larkhall
  • Andrea Cowan (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Rutherglen Central and North
  • Janine Calikes (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Rutherglen Central and North
  • Martin Lennon (Labour Party) — Rutherglen Central and North
  • Carol Nugent (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Rutherglen South
  • Margaret Cowie (Labour Party) — Rutherglen South
  • Robert Brown (Liberal Democrats) — Rutherglen South

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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