Murdostoun (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Murdostoun is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. ^[2] It elects four councillors and covers the settlements of Cleland, Dalziel Park and Newmains plus the Coltness and Cambusnethan areas of Wishaw, with a combined population of 20,485 in 2019; ^[3] created in 2007, its territory remained almost unchanged in a 2017 national review, other than the addition of a few streets by moving a section of the boundary south from the Temple Gill burn to the edge of Belhaven Park.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		John Taggart (SNP)		Jimmy Martin (Labour)		Nicky Shevlin (Labour)		Robert McKendrick (Ind.)
2012	Alan Clinch (Labour)
2017	Cameron McManus (SNP)	Louise Roarty (Labour)
2022

Election Results

2022 Election

• 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xInd
• 2022: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xInd
• 2017-2022: No change

Murdostoun - 4 seats ^{[4] [5]}

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: 5,825 (40.4%)

2017 Election

2017 North Lanarkshire Council election ^[6]

Murdostoun - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	Independent	Robert McKendrick (incumbent)	27.55	1,765
	SNP	Cameron McManus	18.89	1,210	1,267	1,270	1,295
	Conservative	Cindy MacKenzie	12.88	825	851	880	914	915	983	1,006
	Labour	Nicky Shevlin (incumbent)	12.21	782	825	829	841	841	931	1,008	1,145
	Labour	Louise Roarty	11.52	738	804	810	827	828	859	1,014	1,235
	SNP	Anum Qaisar	8.76	561	602	604	614	624	684
	Independent	John Taggart (incumbent)	4.43	284	366	370	452	452
	Independent	Robert Arthur	2.4	154	231	241
	UKIP	Yvonne Millar	1.04	67	77
Electorate: 13,928  Valid: 6,406  Spoilt: 162  Quota: 1,282  Turnout: 6,568 (46%)

2012 Election

2012 North Lanarkshire Council election ^[7]

Murdostoun - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Independent	Robert McKendrick (incumbent)	32.1%	1,751
	Labour	Nicky Shevlin (incumbent)	21.6%	1,178
	Labour	Alan Clinch	14.5%	789	982.1	1,045.4	1,111.3
	SNP	John Taggart (incumbent)	13.4%	729	860.7	867.5	925.7	927.8	1,566.7
	SNP	Lyall Duff	12.7%	691	739.9	743.1	779.7	782.9
	Conservative	Cindy MacKenzie	5.9%	321	369.5	371.4
Electorate: 14,401  Valid: 5,459  Spoilt: 110  Quota: 1,092  Turnout: 5,569 (38.67%)

• SNP councillor John Taggart resigned from the party and became Independent on 10 February 2015 in opposition to the party's 2015 Westminster Election selection procedures. ^[8]

2007 Election

2007 North Lanarkshire Council election

North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Murdostoun

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Jimmy Martin	1,449	20.0	1	1
	SNP	John Taggart	1,322	18.2	1	4
	Independent	Robert McKendrick	1,085	15.0	1	7
	Labour	Nicky Shelvin	804	11.1	1	7
	Independent	John Lawrie	756	10.4
	Labour	David Moon	654	9.0
	Conservative	Mark Nolan	614	8.5
	Scottish Christian	Tom Selfridge	348	4.8
	Solidarity	William Kelly	212	2.9

References

1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk.
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: Murdostoun Archived 2022-02-20 at the Wayback Machine , Scottish Government Statistics
4. "Notice of Poll". North Lanarkshire Council. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
5. "Election Results". North Lanarkshire Council. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
6. "North Lanarkshire Council - Scottish council elections". Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
7. "North Lanarkshire Council - 3 May 2012 - North Lanarkshire Council - results". Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
8. "Lanarkshire councillors quit in SNP target area". BBC News. 10 February 2015. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.