Airdrie Central (ward)

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Location of the ward [1]

Airdrie Central is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. [2] It currently elects four councillors and, as its name suggests, covers central and western parts of Airdrie (including Cairnhill, Coatdyke, Gartlea, Rawyards and Whinhall neighbourhoods). Established in 2007 returning three councillors, a boundary review in 2017 resulted in a very minor change (the addition of a few streets in Burnfoot) and slight population increase, but this was assessed to be sufficient for a fourth seat. The ward had a population of 16,354 in 2019. [3]

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Councillors

ElectionCouncillors
2007 David Stocks
(SNP)
Jim Logue
(Labour)
George Devine
(Ind.)
3 seats
2012 Peter Sullivan
(Labour)
2017 Nancy Pettigrew
(SNP)
Trevor Douglas
(Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

Airdrie Central - 4 seats [4]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678
Labour Jim Logue (incumbent)27.341,336       
SNP Nancy Pettigrew17.88874890 924 958 1,000    
SNP David Stocks (incumbent)17.27844861 873 895 974 992   
Conservative Trevor Douglas15.61763781 787 819 878 878 879 1,042
Independent Alliance North LanarkshirePeter Sullivan (incumbent)7.88385398 423 489     
Labour Michael McBride6.98341570 585 612 740 740 744  
Independent George Devine4.56223233 244      
Green Claire Williams2.48121124       
Electorate: 12,756  Valid: 4,887  Spoilt: 126  Quota: 978  Turnout: 5,013 (39.3%)

    2012 Election

    Airdrie Central - 3 seats [5]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Labour Jim Logue (incumbent)31.7%1,351    
    SNP David Stocks (incumbent)22.2%945959.7 983.9 1,058.3 1,759.9
    SNP Graham Russell16.9%721737.6 754.8 832.5  
    Labour Peter Sullivan14.8%630825.9 857.9 995.3 1,042.9
    Independent George Devine (incumbent)9.8%419436 497.4   
    Conservative Christine Young4.6%198201.8    
    Electorate: 11,965  Valid: 4,264  Spoilt: 96  Quota: 1,067  Turnout: 4,360 (36.44%)

      2007 Election

      North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Airdrie Central
      PartyCandidate1st Pref %SeatCount
      SNP David Stocks1,92435.611
      Labour Jim Logue1,25623.414
      Labour Peter Sullivan82915.3
      Independent George Devine63011.717
      Independent Ian McNeil3516.5
      Conservative Cynthia MacKenzie3185.9
      Scottish Socialist Audrey McMath951.8

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