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2022 North Lanarkshire Council election

Summary

Elections to North Lanarkshire Council took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. As with other Scottish council elections, it was held using single transferable vote (STV) – a form of proportional representation – in which multiple candidates are elected in each ward and voters rank candidates in order of preference.

2022 North Lanarkshire Council election
← 2017 5 May 2022 (2022-05-05) 2027 →
All 77 seats to North Lanarkshire Council
39 seats needed for a majority
Registered264,519
Turnout41.3%
  First party Second party Third party
 
SNP
Lab
Con
Leader Jordan Linden Jim Logue Sandy Watson
Party SNP Labour Conservative
Leader's seat Bellshill Airdrie Central Airdrie South
Last election 33 seats, 38.4% 32 seats, 32.9% 10 seats, 15.8%
Seats before 26 31 8
Seats won 36 32 5
Seat change Increase 3 Steady Decrease 5
Popular vote 46,255 37,336 12,571
Percentage 43.6% 35.2% 11.8%
Swing Increase 5.2% Increase 2.3% Decrease 4.0%
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Ind
Grn
BUP
Leader Claire Louise Williams John Jo Leckie
Party Independent Scottish Green British Unionist Party
Leader's seat Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead Fortissat
Last election 2 seats, 7.4% 0 seats, 1.3% 0 seats, 0.5%
Seats before 9 0 0
Seats won 2 1 1
Seat change Steady Increase 1 Increase 1
Popular vote 4,282 2,304 859
Percentage 4.0% 2.2% 0.5%
Swing Decrease 3.4% Increase 0.9% Increase 0.3%
Leader before election

Jim Logue
(Labour)
No overall control

Leader after election

Jordan Linden
(SNP)
No overall control

For the second consecutive election, the Scottish National Party (SNP) were returned as the largest party with 36 seats – three shy of an overall majority. Despite a slight increase in vote share, Labour made a net gain of zero seats to remain as the second-largest party on 32 seats. The Conservatives lost half of their seats while both the Greens and the British Unionist Party (BUP) won their first seats in a North Lanarkshire election. The remaining two seats were won by independents.

For the first time in the council's history, Labour lost control as their ruling minority administration supported by the Conservatives was replaced by an SNP minority administration. However, following allegations of sexual harassment against council leader Jordan Linden, Labour regained control of the council three months later.

Background edit

Previous election edit

At the previous election in 2017, the Scottish National Party (SNP) were returned as the largest party in an election in North Lanarkshire for the first time after winning 33 seats – an increase of three but still six shy of an overall majority. Labour, who had been in power in North Lanarkshire since the council's creation in 1995, failed to win a majority of seats for the first time as their vote share fell by more than one-third and they lost 12 seats to return 32 councillors. The Conservatives won their first seats in North Lanarkshire for a decade after returning 10 councillors and the remaining two seats were won by independent candidates.[1]

2017 North Lanarkshire Council election result
Party Seats Vote share
SNP 33 38.4%
Labour 32 33.0%
Conservatives 10 15.9%
Independent 2 7.5%

Source: [1]

Electoral system edit

The election used the 21 wards created following the fifth statutory review of electoral arrangements conducted by Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland in 2016, with 77 councillors elected. Each ward elected either three or four councillors, using the single transferable vote (STV) electoral system – a form of proportional representation – where candidates are ranked in order of preference.[2]

Composition edit

Since the previous election, several changes in the composition of the council occurred. Most were changes to the political affiliation of councillors including SNP councillor Paddy Hogg and Labour councillors Angela Feeney, Gillian Fannan, Willie Doolan and Tommy Morgan who resigned from their respective parties to become independents.[3][4][5] SNP councillors Lynne Anderson, David Baird and Shahid Farooq defected to the Alba Party.[6][7][8]

Conservative councillor Stephen Goldsack was expelled from the party for his previous connections to the British National Party[9] and SNP councillor Mark Kerr stood down from the party after being charged with sexual abuse in July 2020.[10] Six by-elections were held and resulted in a Labour gain from the Conservatives,[11] two Labour holds,[12][13] two Labour gains from the SNP[14] and an independent hold.[15]

Composition of North Lanarkshire Council
Party 2017 result Dissolution
SNP 33 26
Labour 32 31
Conservative 10 8
Independents 2 9
Alba N/A 3

Retiring councillors edit

Retiring councillors
Ward Party Retiring councillor
Kilsyth Independent Mark Kerr
Cumbernauld North Conservative Calum Currie
Cumbernauld South SNP Junaid Ashraf
Labour Allan Graham
Cumbernauld East Labour Gillian Fannan
Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead Alba Lynne Anderson
Conservative Steven Goldsack
Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn Labour Willie Doolan
Airdrie North Conservative David Cullen
Labour Tommy Morgan
Airdrie Central SNP Nancy Pettigrew
David Stocks
Coatbridge West SNP Caroline Stephen
Coatbridge South Labour Tom Castles
Thorniewood Labour Bob Burrows
Bellshill Labour Harry Curran
Motherwell West Conservative Meghan Gallacher
SNP Annette Valentine
Motherwell North Labour Olivia Carson
Pat O'Rourke
SNP Ann Weir
Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig SNP Alan Valentine
Wishaw Labour Angela Feeney

Source: [1][16]

Candidates edit

The total number of candidates fell from 157 in 2017 to 142 despite an increase in the number of parties contesting the election. The SNP again fielded the largest number of candidates at 43 – one less than in 2017 – while Labour again fielded 42 candidates. The Conservatives were the only other party to contest every ward, naming 21 candidates as they had done in 2017. The Greens named the same number of candidates as they at the previous election, contesting seven of the 21 wards.[1][16]

The number of independent candidates standing fell from 20 in 2017 to seven. The UK Independence Party (UKIP) (two) and the Scottish Socialist Party (one) again contested the election in North Lanarkshire but stood four and one fewer candidates respectively. The British Unionist Party (BUP) stood one candidate as they had in 2017. For the first time, the Alba Party (six), the Scottish Family Party (five), the Independence for Scotland Party (ISP) (one), the Social Democratic Party (SDP) (one) and the Freedom Alliance (one) fielded candidates in a North Lanarkshire election while the Liberal Democrats (three) contested an election in North Lanarkshire for the first time since 2012. Independent Alliance North Lanarkshire, RISE and Solidarity did not contest the election as they had in 2017.[1][16]

Controversies edit

Scottish Family Party candidates in Lanarkshire were accused of "extremist right wing views" by advocacy group Hope not Hate for their policies on transgender rights and hate speech legislation. The party is considered anti-LGBT but claims to be pro-free speech.[17]

Results edit

2022 North Lanarkshire Council election result
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SNP 36 4 1   3 46.8 43.6 46,255   5.1
  Labour 32 2 2   41.6 35.2 37,336   2.2
  Conservative 5 0 5   5 6.5 11.8 12,571   4.1
  Independent 2 0 0   2.6 4.0 4,282   3.5
  Scottish Green 1 1 0   1 1.3 2.2 2,304   0.9
  British Unionist Party 1 1 0   1 1.3 0.8 859   0.3
  Alba 0 0 0   0.0 1.0 1,058 New
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0   0.0 0.5 478 New
  Scottish Family 0 0 0   0.0 0.4 381 New
  SDP 0 0 0   0.0 0.2 172 New
  Scottish Socialist 0 0 0   0.0 0.1 154  
  ISP 0 0 0   0.0 0.1 129 New
  UKIP 0 0 0   0.0 0.1 65   0.3
  Freedom Alliance 0 0 0   0.0 0.0 41 New
Total 77 106,085

Source: [18]

Note: Votes are the sum of first preference votes across all council wards. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 4 May 2017. This is because STV has an element of proportionality which is not present unless multiple seats are being elected. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at the dissolution of Scotland's councils.[19][20]

Ward summary edit

2022 Results of the North Lanarkshire Council election by ward
Ward % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats % Seats Total
SNP Labour Conservatives Green Others
Kilsyth 37.4 1 52.4 2 6.4 0 3.7 0 3
Cumbernauld North 50.3 2 27.7 1 14.2 1 4.1 0 3.7 0 4
Cumbernauld South 51.8 2 35.5 2 7.9 0 9.1 0 4
Cumbernauld East 58.5 3 23.2 1 8.8 0 4.2 0 5.3 0 4
Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead 36.4 1 34.7 1 15.0 0 10.8 1 3.2 0 3
Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn 46.8 2 39.2 1 9.4 0 4.5 0 3
Coatbridge North 46.3 2 33.9 2 9.7 0 10.1 0 4
Airdrie North 36.1 2 29.3 1 10.8 0 23.7 1 4
Airdrie Central 41.6 2 42.2 2 13.7 0 2.5 0 4
Coatbridge West 47.9 2 39.4 1 6.16 0 6.5 0 3
Coatbridge South 53.2 2 34.9 2 6.7 0 2.1 0 3.1 0 4
Airdrie South 47.6 2 35.3 1 17.1 1 4
Fortissat 30.8 1 36.5 2 11.2 0 2.6 0 18.8 1 4
Thorniewood 36.8 1 43.4 2 7.1 0 12.7 0 3
Bellshill 40.8 2 38.8 2 13.6 0 2.2 0 4
Mossend and Holytown 42.6 2 39.4 2 12.8 0 5.2 0 3
Motherwell West 41.1 2 31.9 1 18.9 1 8.1 0 3
Motherwell North 46.6 2 37.3 2 11.0 0 5.0 0 4
Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig 42.8 2 31.2 1 16.7 1 7.8 0 4
Murdostoun 29.7 1 28.7 2 9.1 0 32.5 1 4
Wishaw 45.4 2 36.1 1 18.5 1 4
Total 43.6 36 35.2 32 11.8 5 2.2 1 7.1 3 77

Source: [18]

Seats changing hands edit

Below is a list of seats which elected a different party or parties from 2017 in order to highlight the change in political composition of the council from the previous election. The list does not include defeated incumbents who resigned or defected from their party and subsequently failed re-election while the party held the seat.

Seats changing hands
Seat 2017 2022
Party Member Party Member
Cumbernauld South SNP Junaid Ashraf Labour Peter McDade
Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead Conservative Steven Goldsack Green Claire Louise Williams
Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn Labour Willie Doolan SNP Joanne Katy Keltie
Airdrie North Conservative David Cullen SNP Richard Alan Sullivan
Airdrie Central Conservative Trevor Douglas Labour Chris Costello
Coatbridge West Labour Mary Gourlay SNP Gary Robinson
Fortissat Conservative Sandy Thornton[Note 1] BUP John Jo Leckie
Bellshill Conservative Colin Cameron SNP Lisa Stubbs
Notes
  1. ^
    Note 1: Although elected in 2017, Sandy Thornton never took office after refusing to sign the necessary paperwork.[21]

Ward results edit

Kilsyth edit

Labour (2) and the SNP (1) held the seats they won at the last election.

Kilsyth - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
SNP Denis Johnston 27.2 1,187
Labour Heather Brannan-McVey (incumbent) 26.9 1,176
Labour Jean Jones (incumbent) 25.5 1,113
SNP Lindsay Sievewright 10.2 447
Conservative James King 6.5 282
Scottish Family John Hendry 2.0 87
Liberal Democrats Melissa Laima Juliet Kane 1.7 73
Electorate: 9,937   Valid: 4,365   Spoilt: 142   Quota: 1,092   Turnout: 45.4%  

Source:[22][23]

Cumbernauld North edit

The SNP (2), Labour (1) and the Conservatives (1) held the seats they won at the last election.

Cumbernauld North - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP Alan Masterton (incumbent) 30.5 2,157              
Labour Tom Fisher (incumbent) 20.2 1,428              
SNP Danish Ashraf (incumbent) 19.7 1,399 1,996            
Conservative Gordon Currie 14.2 1,003 1,011 1,020 1,021 1,035 1,084 1,117 1,425
Labour Donna Kiddie 7.5 534 556 635 646 664 719 936  
Scottish Green Anne McCrossan 4.1 290 349 586 586 604 659    
Liberal Democrats John Cole 2.5 180 189 218 219 225      
Scottish Family John Patrick McGrory 1.2 84 90 101 101        
Electorate: 15,417   Valid: 7,075   Spoilt: 164   Quota: 1,416   Turnout: 47.0%  

Source:[24][25]

Cumbernauld South edit

The SNP retained two of the three seats they had won at the previous election while Labour retained their only seat and gained one from the SNP.

Cumbernauld South - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Labour James McPhilemy 24.1 1,374              
SNP Ann Ballinger 19.1 1,089 1,092 1,092 1,096 1,123 1,127 1,128 1,683
SNP William Goldie (incumbent) 16.8 959 963 964 966 995 1,005 1,006 1,361
SNP Catherine Johnston (incumbent) 15.9 910 914 916 921 944 956 957  
Labour Peter McDade 11.5 656 857 862 882 923 1,154    
Conservative Rebecca MacPhee 7.9 453 457 460 481 497      
Scottish Socialist Willie Homer 2.7 154 156 165 177        
Scottish Family Norma McLachlan Diffin 1.3 77 78 92          
Freedom Alliance (UK) Simona Panaitescu 0.7 41 42            
Electorate: 12,788   Valid: 5,713   Spoilt: 163   Quota: 1,143   Turnout: 45.9%  

Source:[26][27]

Cumbernauld East edit

The SNP (3) and Labour (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Cumbernauld East - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Claire Barclay (incumbent) 31.8 1,704            
Labour Barry McCulloch 19.1 1,022 1,036 1,045 1,217      
SNP Tom Johnston (incumbent) 18.1 970 1,388          
Conservative David MacPhee 8.8 469 471 473 479 503 522 592
SNP Adam Smith 8.6 460 572 839 846 860 1,000 1,090
Independent Paddy Hogg (incumbent) 5.3 283 300 304 313 340 384  
Scottish Green Kyle Davidson 4.2 225 266 278 290 307    
Labour Susan Taylor 4.1 222 228 232        
Electorate: 13,027   Valid: 5,355   Spoilt: 209   Quota: 1,072   Turnout: 42.7%  

Source:[28][29]

Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead edit

The SNP and Labour retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the Conservatives lost their seat to the Greens.

Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
SNP Josh Cairns 26.8 1,299            
Labour John McLaren (incumbent) 23.9 1,159 1,162 1,204 1,272      
Conservative Crissy Sandhu 15.0 725 725 757 766 772 870  
Scottish Green Claire Louise Williams 10.8 523 529 557 856 859 1,044 1,218
Labour Margaret-Anne Shaw 10.7 521 523 549 603 646    
SNP Ian MacQuarrie 9.6 467 539 548        
Liberal Democrats Neil K. Casey 3.2 154 155          
Electorate: 10,567   Valid: 4,848   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 1,213   Turnout: 46.9%  

Source:[30][31]

Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn edit

Labour retained one of their two seats while the SNP hed their seat and gained one seat from Labour.

Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Greg Lennon (incumbent) 30.5 1,365        
Labour Michael McPake (incumbent) 20.8 929 940 973 1,111 1,881
Labour Joseph Beekman 18.4 826 832 860 967  
SNP Joanne Katy Keltie 16.3 728 925 1,038 1,059 1,134
Conservative Norma Raeside 9.4 421 424 437    
Scottish Green Patrick Pearse McAleer 4.5 203 219      
Electorate: 10,698   Valid: 4,472   Spoilt: 80   Quota: 1,119   Turnout: 42.6%  

Source:[32][33]

Coatbridge North edit

The SNP (2) and Labour (2) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Coatbridge North - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
SNP Kirsten Larson (incumbent) 31.2 1,545                
Labour Alexander McVey (incumbent) 20.5 1,017                
SNP Allan Stubbs (incumbent) 15.1 749 1,197              
Labour Bill Shields (incumbent) 13.4 663 691 726 747 762 785 832 992 1,188
Conservative Craig Whiteside 9.7 479 482 484 484 490 497 546 562  
SDP Jeff McDonald 3.5 172 179 183 183 192 202      
ISP Julie Patricia McNulty 2.6 129 147 180 181 208 271 286    
Alba Mark Shields 2.5 123 136 163 163 169        
Scottish Family Leo Francis Lanahan 1.6 79 85 90 91          
Electorate: 12,021   Valid: 4,956   Spoilt: 148   Quota: 992   Turnout: 42.5%  

Source:[34][35]

Airdrie North edit

The SNP, Labour and independent candidate Alan Beveridge retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP gained one seat from the Conservatives.

Airdrie North - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP Sophia Coyle (incumbent) 31.3 1,741              
Independent Alan Beveridge (incumbent) 22.0 1,223              
Labour Henry Emerson Dunbar 21.0 1,170              
Conservative Graeme McGinnigle 10.8 603 605 622 628 638 658 756  
Labour Peter Gerard Kelly[note 1] 8.3 463 491 517 557 561 586    
SNP Richard Alan Sullivan 4.8 269 802 826 827 827 838 942 1,025
Liberal Democrats Robert Stewart McGeorge 1.3 71 77 85 86 94      
UKIP Daryl Gardner 0.4 25 28 31 32        
Electorate: 15,029   Valid: 5,565   Spoilt: 122   Quota: 1,114   Turnout: 37.8%  

Source:[36][37]

Airdrie Central edit

The SNP (2) and Labour (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election while Labour gained one seat from the Conservatives.

Airdrie Central - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
SNP Lesley Jarvie 31.4 1,468  
Labour Chris Costello 21.1 988  
Labour Jim Logue (incumbent) 21.1 986  
Conservative Trevor Douglas (incumbent) 13.7 642 646
SNP Janice Catherine Toner 10.2 478 951
Alba Julie Marshall 2.5 117 133
Electorate: 12,690   Valid: 4,679   Spoilt: 129   Quota: 936   Turnout: 37.9%  

Source:[38][39]

Coatbridge West edit

Labour retained one of the two seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP retained their seat and gained one seat from Labour.

Coatbridge West - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Lesley Mitchell 32.2 1,254        
Labour Kevin Docherty (incumbent) 29.8 1,159        
SNP Gary Robinson 15.7 613 869 876 885 1,038
Labour Mary Gourlay (incumbent) 9.6 374 380 530 649 709
Alba Robert Slavin 6.5 254 262 268 289  
Conservative Laraine Shields 6.2 240 240 244    
Electorate: 10,411   Valid: 3,894   Spoilt: 159   Quota: 974   Turnout: 38.9%  

Source:[40][41]

Coatbridge South edit

The SNP (2) and Labour (2) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Coatbridge South - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Tracy Carragher (incumbent) 28.5 1,384          
SNP Fergus MacGregor (incumbent) 24.6 1,195          
Labour Andrew Bustard 22.7 1,100          
Labour Geraldine Woods (incumbent) 12.2 593 676 719 814 866 981
Conservative Peter Murray 6.7 327 333 335 344 374 398
Independent Tony Grimason 3.1 149 180 203 207    
Scottish Green Graham James Kerr 2.1 101 228 292 297 351  
Electorate: 13,164   Valid: 4,849   Spoilt: 209   Quota: 970   Turnout: 38.4%  

Source:[42][43]

Airdrie South edit

The SNP (2), Labour (1) and the Conservatives (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Airdrie South - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Michael Joseph Coyle (incumbent) 30.7 1,847        
Labour Michael McBride 23.0 1,386        
Conservative Sandy Watson (incumbent) 17.1 1,028 1,038 1,055 1,061 1,592
SNP Paul Di Mascio (incumbent) 16.9 1,015 1,581      
Labour Ian McNeil (incumbent) 12.3 739 756 891 1,054  
Electorate: 15,018   Valid: 6,015   Spoilt: 193   Quota: 1,204   Turnout: 41.3%  

Source:[44][45]

Fortissat edit

Labour (2) and the SNP (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the BUP gained a seat from the Conservatives.

Fortissat - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour Martin McCulloch (incumbent) 22.5 1,028          
SNP Margaret Hughes 20.8 949          
British Unionist Party John Jo Leckie 18.8 859 864 864 870 1,136  
Labour Kenneth Stevenson (incumbent) 14.0 636 729 730 753 867 957
Conservative Ben Callaghan 11.2 512 514 515 523    
SNP Sarah Quinn 10.0 457 463 494 547 561 571
Scottish Green Emma Rachel Cuthbertson 2.6 118 119 121      
Electorate: 12,104   Valid: 4,559   Spoilt: 123   Quota: 912   Turnout: 38.7%  

Source:[46][47]

Thorniewood edit

Labour (2) and the SNP (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Thorniewood - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Barry McCluskey 36.8 1,642        
Labour Helen Loughran (incumbent) 26.4 1,180        
Labour Margaret Boyd 17.0 760 903 950 1,083 1,458
Independent Joseph Budd 12.7 568 768 773 854  
Conservative Jeanie Burgess 7.1 318 327 330    
Electorate: 10,896   Valid: 4,468   Spoilt: 81   Quota: 1,118   Turnout: 41.7%  

Source:[48][49]

Bellshill edit

Labour (2) and the SNP (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP also gained one seat from the Conservatives.

Bellshill - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Jordan Linden (incumbent) 28.1 1,300        
Labour Angela Campbell (incumbent) 25.1 1,162        
Labour Pat Patton 13.7 635 657 829 845 935
Conservative Colin Cameron (incumbent) 13.6 632 635 653 663 689
SNP Lisa Stubbs 12.7 589 888 893 919 978
Independent John Devlin 4.5 209 220 232 264  
Alba David Baird[note 2] 2.2 104 109 110    
Electorate: 12,279   Valid: 4,631   Spoilt: 153   Quota: 927   Turnout: 39.0%  

Source:[50][51]

Mossend and Holytown edit

Labour (2) and the SNP (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Mossend and Holytown - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
Labour Frank McNally (incumbent) 29.8 1,132          
SNP Beth Baudo 25.7 974          
SNP Michael Clarkson 16.9 642 650 672 763 782  
Conservative Sheila Cameron 12.8 486 496 497 512    
Labour Jim Reddin (incumbent) 9.6 364 512 512 544 818 1,095
Alba John Marshall 5.2 198 199 200      
Electorate: 10,343   Valid: 3,796   Spoilt: 152   Quota: 950   Turnout: 38.2%  

Source:[52][53]

Motherwell West edit

The SNP, Labour and the Conservatives retained the seats thy had won at the previous election.

Motherwell West - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP David Crichton 27.4 1,261          
Labour Paul Kelly (incumbent) 24.0 1,105 1,109 1,364      
Conservative Lorraine Nolan 18.9 869 869 896 943 1,003 1,271
SNP Lindsay Evans 13.6 626 722 737 767 1,001  
Scottish Green Gordon Thomas Miller 8.1 372 378 401 445    
Labour Megan McCann 7.9 363 364        
Electorate: 11,093   Valid: 4,596   Spoilt: 168   Quota: 1,150   Turnout: 42.9%  

Source:[54][55]

Motherwell North edit

The SNP (2) and Labour (2) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Motherwell North - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Gerry Brennan 31.6 1,646        
Labour Andrew Duffy-Lawson 27.4 1,427        
SNP Anne Thomas 15.0 780 1,282      
Conservative Oyebola Ajala 11.0 574 576 600 606  
Labour Ayeshah Khan 9.9 513 541 840 913 1,048
Alba Shahid Farooq (incumbent) 5.0 262 288 294    
Electorate: 13,654   Valid: 5,202   Spoilt: 179   Quota: 1,041   Turnout: 39.4%  

Source:[56][57]

Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig edit

The SNP (2), Labour (1) and the Conservatives (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP Agnes Magowan (incumbent) 32.0 1,941              
Labour Kenneth Duffy (incumbent) 22.6 1,368              
Conservative Nathan Wilson (incumbent) 16.7 1,010 1,025 1,032 1,033 1,039 1,048 1,090 1,316
SNP David Robb 10.8 653 1,263            
Labour Michael Ross 8.7 525 543 657 665 672 688 874  
Scottish Green Derek Watson 7.8 472 514 522 542 551 563    
Scottish Family James Joseph Mitchell 0.9 54 62 66 67 70      
UKIP Neil Wilson 0.7 40 40 40 40        
Electorate: 15,549   Valid: 6,063   Spoilt: 190   Quota: 1,213   Turnout: 40.2%  

Source:[58][59]

Murdostoun edit

Labour (2), the SNP (1) and independent candidate Robert John McKendrick retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Murdostoun - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Independent Robert John McKendrick (incumbent) 27.2 1,545            
SNP Cameron McManus (incumbent) 19.4 1,106 1,167          
Labour Louise Roarty (incumbent) 15.0 853 914 916 986 1,191    
Labour Nicky Shevlin (incumbent) 13.7 778 834 836 892 1,007 1,049 1,317
SNP Julia Stachurska 10.3 584 606 629 691 705 708  
Conservative Linsey McKay 9.1 518 545 545 624      
Independent Robert Livingston Arthur 5.4 305 394 394        
Electorate: 14,403   Valid: 5,689   Spoilt: 136   Quota: 1,138   Turnout: 40.4%  

Source:[60][61]

Wishaw edit

The SNP (2), Labour (1) and the Conservatives (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Wishaw - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Fiona Fotheringham (incumbent) 31.9 1,687        
Labour Frank McKay 21.5 1,138        
Conservative Bob Burgess (incumbent) 18.5 980 988 1,000 1,004 1,383
Labour Martine Nolan 14.6 771 794 881 946  
SNP Jim Hume (incumbent) 13.6 719 1,286      
Electorate: 13,431   Valid: 5,295   Spoilt: 186   Quota: 1,060   Turnout: 40.8%  

Source:[62][63]

Aftermath edit

Despite falling three seats shy of a majority, the SNP took control of North Lanarkshire for the first time from Labour who had been in power since the council's creation. The minority administration was headed by Bellshill councillor Jordan Linden who was elected as council leader at a "historic" meeting on 19 May 2022. Cllr Tracy Carragher was selected as depute leader while Cllr Agnes Magowan and Cllr Anne Thomas became Provost and depute Provost respectively.[64]

The election saw the Greens pick up their first ever seat in North Lanarkshire after Claire Williams was elected in Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead.[65] It also resulted in the BUP picking up their first ever elected representative as they gained a seat from the Conservatives in Fortissat – a result which was described as a "devastating upset" for the Conservatives.[66]

Two months after the election, council leader Jordan Linden faced allegations of sexual misconduct stemming from a party in Dundee in 2019.[67] Following pressure from opposition groups, he apologised for the incident and resigned as council leader on 27 July 2022.[68] He later resigned as a councillor in March 2023 following further allegations of sexual harassment which he denied.[69]

On 1 August 2022, Cllr Tracy Carragher was voted to replace Cllr Linden as the leader of the SNP group with Cllr Alan Masterton as her depute.[70] However, the SNP subsequently lost control of the council on 11 August when Cllr Carragher failed to be voted in as the new council leader.[71] Instead, a Labour motion to restore former council leader Jim Logue and depute leader Paul Kelly to their former posts was passed by 38 votes to 37.[72] The decisive vote came from long-time SNP councillor Michael Coyle, who left the party shortly before the meeting.[73] Cllr Coyle's daughter Sophia, councillor for Airdrie North, also resigned from the SNP group citing "infighting and bullying" to sit as an independent.[74] The new Labour administration also nominated a new Provost, Cllr Kenny Duffy, and depute Provost – Conservative councillor Bob Burgess. Both were narrowly elected to the posts resulting in the first time a Conservative had held the role.[75]

Following accusations of a "beyond toxic" environment within the SNP group, Cllr Paul Di Mascio and Cllr David Crichton were expelled from the group on 2 May 2023 for "bringing the group and party into disrepute". The following day, five further SNP councillors – Beth Baudo, Gerry Brennan, Greg Lennon, Barry McCluskey and Cameron McManus – resigned from the SNP group in solidarity with their expelled colleagues.[76] Later in the month, Cllr Jim Hume also resigned from the SNP group and the eight councillors formed a new party called Progressive Change North Lanarkshire.[77] In January 2024, Cllr Baudo defected to Labour.[78]

Bellshill by-election edit

On 14 March 2023, former council leader Jordan Linden resigned following allegations of sexual harassment.[69] A by-election held on 15 June was won by Labour's Anne McCrory.[79]

Bellshill (15 June 2023) – 1 seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Labour Anne McCrory 51.8 1,440
SNP Joseph Budd 27.1 753
Conservative Colin Cameron 8.5 236
British Unionist Party Billy Ross 4.3 120
Alba John Marshall 3.9 107
Scottish Green Rosemary McGowan 1.6 44
Liberal Democrats John Arthur Henry Cole 1.2 34
Scottish Family Leo Francis Lanahan 1.1 30
Freedom Alliance (UK) Simona Panaitescu 0.3 7
UKIP Neil Wilson 0.3 7
Electorate: 12,410   Valid: 2,778   Spoilt: 41   Quota: 1,390   Turnout: 22.7%  

Source:[80]

Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig by-election edit

In August 2023, SNP councillor Agnes MacGowan resigned for personal reasons.[81] A by-election, held on 16 November 2023, was won by Labour's Kaye Harmon.[82]

Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig (16 November 2023) – 1 seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Kaye Harmon 43.3 1,368 1,369 1,379 1,398 1,427 1,479 1,642
SNP Rosa Zambonini 29.6 934 936 964 974 976 1,087 1,103
Conservative Oyebola Ajala 9.4 296 299 300 305 345 357  
Scottish Green Derek Watson 8.1 255 257 258 266 269    
British Unionist Party Billy Acheson 3.0 96 101 102 107      
Liberal Democrats Robert Stewart McGeorge 2.2 68 68 73        
Alba Mark Shields 2.1 66 66          
UKIP Neil Wilson 0.8 24            
Electorate: 15,794   Valid: 3,107   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 1,554   Turnout: 20.0%  

Source:[83][84]

Notes edit

  1. ^ Sitting councillor for Fortissat.
  2. ^ Sitting councillor for Mossend and Holytown.

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