Thorniewood

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Location of the ward [1]

Thorniewood is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. [2] It elects three councillors and covers the Viewpark, Tannochside and Birkenshaw areas. Its south-west boundary is the M74 motorway bordering the Bothwell and Uddingston ward of South Lanarkshire (the localities of Thorniewood were often historically considered parts of Uddingston, particularly before the two parts were divided between the districts of Hamilton and Motherwell in 1975).

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A 2017 national review caused the territory to be reduced, the east boundary moving westwards from the A725 bypass resulting in the loss of the Fallside neighbourhood and the unpopulated Righead Industrial Estate; however, housebuilding elsewhere meant the decrease in the electorate was minimal. The ward had a population of 13,950 in 2019. [3]

Councillors

ElectionCouncillors
2007 Duncan McShannon
(SNP)		Jim McCabe
(Labour)		Bob Burrows
(Labour)
2012
2015 by- Steven Bonnar
(SNP)
2017 Hugh Gaffney
(Labour)
2019 by-Norah Mooney
(Labour)
2021 by-Helen Loughran
(Labour)
2022 Margaret Boyd

(Labour)

Barry McCluskey

(SNP)

Election Results

2017 Election

Thorniewood - 3 seats [4]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234
Labour Bob Burrows (incumbent)33.481,568   
SNP Steven Bonnar (incumbent)31.171,460   
Labour Hugh Gaffney 16.787861,119 1,156 1,419
Conservative Christine McConnell11.08519536 540  
SNP Josh Robertson7.49351362 584 609
Electorate: 10,688  Valid: 4,684  Spoilt: 104  Quota: 1172  Turnout: 4,788 (44.8%)  

    2019 By-election

    Thorniewood By-election (19 September 2019) - 1 Seat [6]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1
    Labour Norah Moody44.3%1,362
    SNP Eve Cunnington39.1%1,202
    Conservative Lorraine Nolan9.6%296
    Liberal Democrats Colin Robb5.5%168
    Scottish Green Rosemary McGowan1.5%46
    Valid: Quota: 

      2021 By-election

      Thorniewood By-election (4 March 2021) - 1 Seat [8]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345
      Labour Helen Loughran36.4%998999 1,018 1,112 1,263
      SNP Eve Cunnington34.5%944944 960 971 1,160
      Independent Joseph Budd18.9%518
      Conservative Oyebola Ajala7.7%212215 220   
      Scottish Green Rosemary McGowan1.9%5357    
      UKIP Daryl Gardner0.5%15    
      Electorate: TBC  Valid: 2,740  Spoilt: 29  Quota: 1,371  Turnout: 25.4%  

        2012 Election

        Thorniewood - 3 seats [9]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        12
        Labour Bob Burrows (incumbent)37.3%1,623 
        Labour Jim McCabe (incumbent)33.2%1,443 
        SNP Duncan McShannon (incumbent)24.3%1,0571,220.5
        Conservative Alan Henderson5.2%225304.8
        Electorate: 11,668  Valid: 4,348  Spoilt: 80  Quota: 1,088  Turnout: 4,428 (37.95%)  

          2015 By-election

          Thorniewood By-election (9 July 2015) - 1 Seat [10]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          123456
          SNP Steven Bonnar 47.01%1,5551,556 1,565 1,586 1,622 1,647
          Labour Hugh Gaffney 42.62%1,4101,417 1,422 1,433 1,456 1,517
          Conservative Meghan Gallacher 4.5%149158 167 172 175  
          Scottish Socialist Liam McCabe2.45%8181 82 89   
          Scottish Green Patrick McAleer1.54%5155 61    
          Scottish Christian Craig Smith1%3337     
          UKIP Matt Williams0.88%29     
          Electorate: 11,730  Valid: 3,308 (28.2%)  Spoilt: 38  Quota: 1,655  Turnout: 3,346 (28.5%)  
            • SNP Cllr Duncan McShannon resigned his seat in May 2015. A by-election was held on 9 July 2015 and the seat was held by the party's Stephen Bonnar. [11]

            2007 Election

            North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Thorniewood
            PartyCandidate1st Pref %SeatCount
            Labour Jim McCabe1,71429.711
            SNP Duncan McShannon1,36923.814
            Labour Bob Burrows1,34223.312
            Labour Dave Saunders87815.2
            Conservative David Imrie Paterson4557.9

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