Cumbernauld North (ward)

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Location of the ward [1]

Cumbernauld North is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. [2] It elects four Councillors and covers the northern parts of Cumbernauld lying north-west of the M80 motorway (Balloch/Eastfield, Blackwood, Carrickstone, Craigmarloch, Smithstone, Westerwood and Westfield) plus the separate older villages of Castlecary and Dullatur. Created in 2007, its boundaries remained unchanged in a 2017 review. In 2019, the population was 17,927. [3]

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Councillors

ElectionCouncillors
2007 Alan O'Brien
(SNP/
Ind.)
Bob Chadha
(Labour)
Barry McCulloch
(Labour)
Gordon Murray
(Ind.)
2012 Alan Masterson
(SNP)
2017 Danish Ashraf
(SNP)
Tom Fisher
(Labour)
Calum Currie
(Conservative)
2022

Election Results

2017 Election

Cumbernauld North - 4 seats [4]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345678910
SNP Alan Masterton (incumbent)25.541,833         
Conservative Calum Currie16.531,1861,189 1,192 1,205 1,216 1,217 1,300 1,334 1,362 1,716
SNP Danish Ashraf14.031,0071,331 1,336 1,338 1,444     
Labour Tom Fisher11.93856864 865 870 899 900 968 1,585  
Labour Barry McCulloch (incumbent)10.05721730 735 740 759 759 808    
Independent Alan O'Brien (incumbent)9.91711722 723 733 769 770 1,009 1,051 1,075  
Independent Fraser Morrison7.09509517 518 521 573 574     
Green Kevin Hamilton3.91281297 303 305       
UKIP Carl Pearson0.634545 45        
Scottish Socialist John Miller0.372728         
Electorate: 14,497  Valid: 7,176  Spoilt: 145  Quota: 1,436  Turnout: 7,321 (50.5%)  

    2012 Election

    Cumbernauld North - 4 seats [5]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    Cumbernauld Independent Councillors AllianceAlan O'Brien (incumbent)24.3%1,309      
    Labour Barry McCulloch (incumbent)18%971995.9 1,005.9 1,039.5 1,054.1 1,060.9 1,154.6
    Labour Bob Chadha (incumbent)17.9%962985.4 996.2 1,028.4 1,036.5 1,045.7 1,143.2
    SNP Alan Masterton17.5%943969.2 979.9 999 1,250.7  
    SNP Andrew Roberts10.9%588616.4 620.4 634.4 708.1 853.9  
    SNP Kevin McMail6.4%344356.4 362.3 365.8    
    Conservative Arthur Pawson4%216240.1 244.2     
    Scottish Socialist John Miller1%5063.6      
    Electorate: 13,446  Valid: 5,383  Spoilt: 87  Quota: 1,077  Turnout: 5,470 (40.68%)  

      2007 Election

      North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Cumbernauld North
      PartyCandidate1st Pref %SeatCount
      SNP Alan O'Brien1,64523.111
      Labour Bob Chadha 1,57622.511
      Labour Barry McCulloch1,36219.513
      Independent Gordon Murray 72710.419
      SNP Norman R Robinson6419.2
      Conservative Christina Giggie3755.4
      Liberal Democrats Pamela Wilson3214.6
      Independent Donald Masterton2473.5
      Scottish Socialist Davina McNeill1011.4

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