Motherwell North (ward)

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Motherwell North.svg
Location of the ward [1]

Motherwell North is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. [2] It elects four councillors and covers part of Motherwell (the Cleekhimin, Coursington and Globe neighbourhoods) plus the nearby, adjoining villages of Carfin, Newarthill and most of New Stevenston (other than streets north of the Shotts Line railway tracks), with a combined population of 18,191 in 2019; [3] created in 2007, its boundaries remained unchanged in a 2017 national review.

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Councillors

ElectionCouncillors
2007 Gordon Stewart
(SNP)
Peter Nolan
(Labour)
Annita McAuley
(Labour)
Helen McKenna
(Labour)
2012 Shahid Farooq
(SNP/
Alba)
2014 by-Pat O'Rourke
(Labour)
2017 Ann Weir
(SNP)
Olivia Carson
(Labour)
2021
2022Gerry Brennan
(SNP)
Anne Thomas
(SNP)
Andrew Duffy-Lawson
(Labour)
Ayeshah Khan
(Labour)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 North Lanarkshire Council election [4]

Motherwell North - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
SNP Shahid Farooq (incumbent)19.831,1231,173    
SNP Ann Weir19.371,0971,164     
Labour Pat O'Rourke (incumbent)18.381,0411,182     
Labour Olivia Carson16.469321,018 1,057 1,072 1,084 1,582
Conservative Ashley Baird16.03908988 989 992 994  
Independent Alliance North LanarkshireHelen McKenna (incumbent)9.92562     
Electorate: 13,646  Valid: 5,663  Spoilt: 164  Quota: 1,133  Turnout: 5,827 (42.7%)  

    2012 Election

    2012 North Lanarkshire Council election [5]

    Motherwell North - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    Labour Peter Nolan (incumbent)31.1%1,548      
    Labour Helen McKenna (incumbent)18.9%9411,329.3     
    Labour Annita McAuley (incumbent)18.0%897965.6 1,244.8    
    SNP Shahid Farooq13.9%689709.4 721.9 736.1 757.9 782.6 1,304.8
    SNP Gordon Stewart (incumbent)11.5%572588.1 596.9 612.1 631.9 691.5  
    Conservative Neil Richardson4.4%217224.1 228.1 235.8 278   
    Liberal Democrats Fraser MacGregor2.2%109115.1 118.3 130.2    
    Electorate: 13,573  Valid: 4,973  Spoilt: 87  Quota: 995  Turnout: 5,060 (37.28%)  

      2014 by-election

      Labour councillor Annita McAuley died on 23 October 2013. A by-election was held on 23 January 2014 and the seat was retained by Labour's Pat O'Rourke. [7]

      Motherwell North By-election (23 January 2014) - 1 Seat [8]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1
      Labour Pat O'Rourke68.21,719
      SNP Jordan Linden20.6520
      Conservative Bob Burgess6.9173
      UKIP Neil Wilson4.2107
      Electorate:  Valid: 2,519  Spoilt: 38  Quota: 1,260  Turnout: 2,557 (18.4%)  

        2007 Election

        2007 North Lanarkshire Council election

        North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Motherwell North
        PartyCandidateFPv% %SeatCount
        Labour Peter Nolan1,53223.411
        SNP Gordon Stewart1,48022.611
        Labour Helen McKenna1,23418.912
        Labour Annita McAuley1,06716.317
        Liberal Democrats Stuart Douglas4657.1
        Conservative Neil Richardson3835.9
        Independent Tom Kennedy3795.8

        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: Motherwell North, Scottish Government Statistics
        4. "North Lanarkshire Council - Scottish council elections". Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
        5. "North Lanarkshire Council - 3 May 2012 - North Lanarkshire Council - results". Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
        6. "North Lanarkshire councillors resign from Labour group". BBC News. 8 March 2016. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
        7. "Tributes are paid to Annita McAuley - Motherwell Times". Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
        8. "Scottish Elections :: Motherwell North By-Election 2014 - election result". Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2021.