North Lanarkshire Council

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North Lanarkshire Council
Coat of arms of North Lanarkshire Council.svg
Coat of arms
North Lanarkshire Council.svg
Council logo
Leadership
Kenneth Duffy,
Labour
since 25 August 2022 [1]
Jim Logue,
Labour
since 11 August 2022 [2]
Des Murray
since 2018 [3]
Structure
Seats77
Results of the 2022 election:
Scotland North Lanarkshire Council 2022.svg
SNP
36 / 77
32 / 77
5 / 77
2 / 77
BUP
1 / 77
1 / 77
Elections
Single transferable vote
Last election
5 May 2022
Next election
2027
Meeting place
Motherwell Civic Centre - geograph.org.uk - 3045184.jpg
Civic Centre, Windmillhill Street, Motherwell, ML1 1AB
Website
www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk

North Lanarkshire Council is one of the 32 local authorities of Scotland, covering the North Lanarkshire council area. The council is the second largest Scottish council by number of councillors, having 77 members.

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Political control

The council has been under no overall control since 2017. Since August 2022 the council has been led by a Labour minority administration. [4]

The first election to North Lanarkshire Council was held in 1995, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new system came into force on 1 April 1996. Political control of the council since 1996 has been as follows: [5]

Party in controlYears
Labour 1996–2017
No overall control 2017–present

Leadership

The leaders of the council since 1996 have been: [6]

CouncillorPartyFromTo
Harry McGuigan Labour 1 Apr 199617 Sep 1998
Jim McCabe [7] Labour 17 Sep 199829 Feb 2016
Jim Logue Labour 8 Mar 2016May 2022
Jordan Linden [8] SNP 19 May 202227 Jul 2022
Jim Logue Labour 11 Aug 2022

Composition

Following the 2022 election and subsequent changes of allegiance and by-elections up to July 2023, the composition of the council was:

PartyCouncillors
Labour 33
SNP 25
Independent 12
Conservative 5
Scottish Green 1
British Unionist 1
Total77

Of the independent councillors, eight sit together as the "Progressive Change North Lanarkshire" group, all of whom had been elected as SNP councillors. [9] The other four independent councillors do not belong to any group. [10] The next election is due in 2027.

Premises

The council is based at Motherwell Civic Centre on Windmillhill Street in Motherwell. The building was built between 1965 and 1970 for the former Motherwell and Wishaw Town Council, and was subsequently used as the headquarters of Motherwell District Council between 1975 and 1996. [11]

Elections

Since 2007 elections have been held every five years under the single transferable vote system, introduced by the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004. Election results since 1995 have been as follows: [5]

YearSeats SNP Labour Conservative BUP Green Liberal Democrats Independent / Other Notes
1995 6975900003Labour majority
1999 70125600002New ward boundaries. [12] Labour majority
2003 70135400003Labour majority
2007 70234010015New ward boundaries. [13]
2012 70264100003Labour majority
2017 773332100002New ward boundaries. [14] Labour minority
2022 77363251102SNP minority until August 2022, then Labour minority.

Wards

Map of North Lanarkshire's 21 wards, using 2017 boundaries North Lanarkshire UK ward map 2017 (blank).svg
Map of North Lanarkshire's 21 wards, using 2017 boundaries

The council is made up of 21 wards, [15] [16] as follows:

Ward
Number
Ward NameLocationPopulation
(2017)
1 Kilsyth Kilsyth.svg 11,832
2 Cumbernauld North Cumbernauld North.svg 19,670
3 Cumbernauld South Cumbernauld South.svg 16,206
4 Cumbernauld East Cumbernauld East.svg 16,608
5 Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead Stepps Chryston and Muirhead.svg 11,623
6 Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn Gartcosh Glenboig and Moodiesburn.svg 13,438
7 Coatbridge North Coatbridge North.svg 15,320
8 Airdrie North Airdrie North.svg 20,062
9 Airdrie Central Airdrie Central.svg 16,570
10 Coatbridge West Coatbridge West.svg 14,213
11 Coatbridge South Coatbridge South.svg 17,286
12 Airdrie South Airdrie South.svg 19,803
13 Fortissat Fortissat.svg 15,706
14 Thorniewood Thorniewood.svg 13,916
15 Bellshill Bellshill.svg 15,252
16 Mossend and Holytown Mossend and Holytown.svg 12,799
17 Motherwell West Motherwell West.svg 14,129
18 Motherwell North Motherwell North.svg 18,667
19 Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig.svg 20,146
20 Murdostoun Murdostoun.svg 18,489
21 Wishaw Wishaw.svg 18,225
Total339,960

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