Mossend and Holytown (ward)

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Mossend and Holytown.svg
Location of the ward [1]

Mossend and Holytown is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. [2] Created in 2007, it elects three councillors.

Contents

As its name suggests, its territory comprises the localities of Mossend (as well as parts of Bellshill including the town centre east of Motherwell Road, and the Thorndean and Milnwood neighbourhoods) and neighbouring Holytown (plus part of New Stevenston – streets north of the Shotts Line railway tracks). A 2017 boundary review reduced the territory in central Bellshill slightly, and caused a small decrease in the electorate. The ward had a population of 13,480 in 2019. [3]

Councillors

ElectionCouncillors
2007 Paul Delaney
(SNP)		James Coyle
(Labour)		Kevin McKeown
(Labour)
2012 David Baird
(SNP/
Alba)		Frank McNally
(Labour)
2017 Jim Reddin
(Labour)
2021
2022 Beth Baudo
(SNP/
Progressive Change NL/
Labour)
2023
2024Helena Gray
(Labour)

Beth Baudo defected from the SNP to Progressive Change North Lanarkshire in 2023. In January 2024, she again defected, this time to Scottish Labour.

Election results

2024 by-election

Mossend and Holytown (10 October 2024) – 1 seat
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
Labour Helena Gray36.5616616 640 668 722 926
SNP Shahnawaz Khan34.8586586 593 600 633  
Reform UK Duncan McMillan15.5263268 276 321   
Conservative Aimee Alexander7.5127127 141    
Liberal Democrats John Cole5.08384     
UKIP Neil Wilson0.611     
Electorate: 10,813  Valid: 1,686  Spoilt: 27  Quota: 844  Turnout: 15.8%  

    Source: [4] [5]

    2022 election

    Mossend and Holytown – 3 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123456
    Labour Frank McNally (incumbent)29.81,132     
    SNP Beth Baudo25.7974     
    SNP Michael Clarkson16.9642650 672 763 782  
    Conservative Sheila Cameron12.8486496 497 512   
    Labour Jim Reddin (incumbent)9.6364512 512 544 818 1,095
    Alba John Marshall5.2198199 200    
    Electorate: 10,343  Valid: 3,796  Spoilt: 152  Quota: 950  Turnout: 38.2%  

      Source: [6] [7]

      2017 election

      Mossend and Holytown - 3 seats [8]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      Labour Frank McNally (incumbent)30.411,131    
      SNP David Baird (incumbent)28.561,062    
      Conservative Carol Cunningham17.19641649 651 701  
      SNP Michael Clarkson12.26456465 586   
      Labour Jim Reddin11.54429597 599 810 1,179
      Electorate: 9,665  Valid: 3,719  Spoilt: 147  Quota: 930  Turnout: 3,866 (40.0%)  

        2012 election

        Mossend and Holytown - 3 seats [10]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12345
        Labour James Coyle (incumbent)37.9%1,281    
        Labour Frank McNally22.0%7451,061.5   
        SNP David Baird17.1%578602.4 621.8 642.4 944.3
        SNP Paul Delaney (incumbent)10.2%346362.3 380.2 389.8  
        Independent Kevin McKeown (incumbent)8.6%291310.4 358.7 417.1 449.9
        Conservative Rosemary Pawson4.2%141147.5    
        Electorate: 10,020  Valid: 3,382  Spoilt: 77  Quota: 846  Turnout: 3,459 (34.52%)  

          2007 election

          North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Mossend & Holytown
          PartyCandidateFPv% %SeatCount
          Labour James Coyle1,68037.311
          SNP Paul Delaney1,36530.311
          Labour Kevin McKeown88619.712
          Conservative Elizabeth McLeod3868.6
          Independent Jim Reddin1914.2

          References

          1. ↑ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
          2. ↑ "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
          3. ↑ Electoral Ward: Mossend and Holytown Archived 16 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine , Scottish Government Statistics
          4. ↑ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 16 Mossend and Holytown" (PDF). North Lanarkshire Council. 11 October 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
          5. ↑ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 16 Mossend and Holytown" (PDF). North Lanarkshire Council. 11 October 2024. Retrieved 11 October 2024.
          6. ↑ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 16 Mossend and Holytown" (PDF). North Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
          7. ↑ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 16 Mossend and Holytown" (PDF). North Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
          8. ↑ "North Lanarkshire Council - Scottish council elections". Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
          9. ↑ "Councillor suspended by SNP Group at NLC". www.motherwelltimes.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
          10. ↑ "North Lanarkshire Council - 3 May 2012 - North Lanarkshire Council - results". Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
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