Upper Ward

The Upper Ward of Lanarkshire

The Upper Ward is one of the wards of Lanarkshire, forming the southern part of the county. It is bounded to north-west by the Middle Ward; to the north-east by Midlothian; to the east by Peeblesshire; to the south by Dumfriesshire; and to the west by Ayrshire. It is the most rural and least populous of the wards, with a population of 61,599 in 2011.

The ward comprises the ancient parishes of:

• Biggar
• Carluke
• Carmichael
• Carnwath
• Carstairs
• Covington
• Crawford
• Crawfordjohn
• Culter
• Dolphinton
• Douglas
• Dunsyre
• Kirkpatrick Juxta (part)^*
• Lamington and Wandel
• Lanark
• Lesmahagow
• Libberton
• Moffat (part)^*
• Pettinain
• Symington
• Walston
• Wiston and Roberton

^*: Mostly in Dumfriesshire.