North Lanarkshire Council election, 2007
Elections to North Lanarkshire Council were held on 3 May 2007, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election. The election was the first one using 20 new wards created as a results of the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004,[1] each ward will elect three or four councillors using the single transferable vote system a form of proportional representation. The new wards replace 70 single-member wards which used the plurality (first past the post) system of election.
Labour managed to retain control of the council, something which the party failed to do in many other parts of Scotland. Overall they lost 14 seats, most of which went to the Scottish National Party, although the individual seats won by the Conservative Party and the Scottish Liberal Democrats are noteworthy in that these parties have never been represented on North Lanarkshire Council before.
Election results
Ward results
North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Kilsyth |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Labour |
Francis Griffin |
2,037 |
38.3 |
1 |
1 |
|
SNP |
David Key |
1,480 |
27.8 |
1 |
1 |
|
Labour |
Jean Jones |
1,386 |
26.0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Conservative |
Archie Giggie |
260 |
4.9 |
|
|
|
Scottish Socialist |
Willie O'Neill |
162 |
3.0 |
|
|
North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Strathkelvin |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
SNP |
Frances McGlinchey |
2,055 |
26.4 |
1 |
1 |
|
Labour |
William Hogg |
1,795 |
23.5 |
1 |
1 |
|
Labour |
Brian Wallace |
1,309 |
16.9 |
1 |
6 |
|
Labour |
Joe Shaw |
1,208 |
15.6 |
1 |
4 |
|
Conservative |
Jonathan Oak |
872 |
11.2 |
|
|
|
Solidarity |
Jack Doyle |
409 |
5.4 |
|
|
North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Airdrie Central |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
SNP |
David Stocks |
1,924 |
35.6 |
1 |
1 |
|
Labour |
Jim Logue |
1,256 |
23.4 |
1 |
4 |
|
Labour |
Peter Sullivan |
829 |
15.3 |
|
|
|
Independent |
George Devine |
630 |
11.7 |
1 |
7 |
|
Independent |
Ian McNeil |
351 |
6.5 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Cynthia MacKenzie |
318 |
5.9 |
|
|
|
Scottish Socialist |
Audrey McMath |
95 |
1.8 |
|
|
North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Coatbridge West |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Labour |
Tom Magginis |
1,872 |
37.4 |
1 |
1 |
|
Labour |
Jim Smith |
1,476 |
29.5 |
1 |
1 |
|
SNP |
Paul Welsh |
1,218 |
24.3 |
1 |
2 |
|
Conservative |
Mark Oak |
251 |
5.0 |
|
|
|
Scottish Socialist |
Charlie McCarthy |
192 |
3.8 |
|
|
North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Coatbridge South |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Labour |
James Brooks |
1,682 |
35.0 |
1 |
1 |
|
SNP |
Ian Ferrie |
1,503 |
31.3 |
1 |
1 |
|
Labour |
John Higgins |
1,057 |
22.0 |
1 |
2 |
|
Conservative |
Robert Hargrave |
392 |
8.2 |
|
|
|
Scottish Socialist |
Craig Coats |
172 |
3.6 |
|
|
North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Fortissat |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Labour |
Jim Robertson |
1,596 |
28.3 |
1 |
1 |
|
Independent |
Charles Cefferty |
1,529 |
27.1 |
1 |
1 |
|
SNP |
Malcolm McMillan |
1,396 |
24.7 |
1 |
2 |
|
Labour |
Clare Margaret Quigley |
1,125 |
19.9 |
|
|
North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Thorniewood |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Labour |
Jim McCabe |
1,714 |
29.7 |
1 |
1 |
|
SNP |
Duncan McShannon |
1,369 |
23.8 |
1 |
4 |
|
Labour |
Bob Burrows |
1,342 |
23.3 |
1 |
2 |
|
Labour |
Dave Saunders |
878 |
15.2 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
David Imrie Paterson |
455 |
7.9 |
|
|
North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Bellshill |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
SNP |
Richard Lyle |
1,523 |
30.2 |
1 |
1 |
|
Labour |
Harry Curran |
1,297 |
25.7 |
1 |
1 |
|
Labour |
Harry McGuigan |
1,128 |
22.4 |
1 |
6 |
|
SNP |
Helen Gallett |
447 |
8.9 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
George Clark |
366 |
7.3 |
|
|
|
Independent |
William Devlin |
147 |
2.9 |
|
|
|
Solidarity |
Ray Gunnion |
138 |
2.7 |
|
|
North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Mossend & Holytown |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Labour |
James Coyle |
1,680 |
37.3 |
1 |
1 |
|
SNP |
Paul Delaney |
1,365 |
30.3 |
1 |
1 |
|
Labour |
Kevin McKeown |
886 |
19.7 |
1 |
2 |
|
Conservative |
Elizabeth McLeod |
386 |
8.6 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Jim Reddin |
191 |
4.2 |
|
|
North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Motherwell West |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
SNP |
Annette Valentine |
1,573 |
30.9 |
1 |
3 |
|
Labour |
Michael Ross |
1,270 |
24.9 |
1 |
2 |
|
Labour |
Paul Kelly |
1,237 |
24.3 |
1 |
3 |
|
Conservative |
Robert Burgess |
812 |
15.9 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Gordon Weir |
205 |
4.0 |
|
|
North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Motherwell North |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
Labour |
Peter Nolan |
1,532 |
23.4 |
1 |
1 |
|
SNP |
Gordon Stewart |
1,480 |
22.6 |
1 |
1 |
|
Labour |
Helen McKenna |
1,234 |
18.9 |
1 |
2 |
|
Labour |
Annita McAuley |
1,067 |
16.3 |
1 |
7 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Stuart Douglas |
465 |
7.1 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Neil Richardson |
383 |
5.9 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Tom Kennedy |
379 |
5.8 |
|
|
North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Motherwell South East & Ravenscraig |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
SNP |
Alan Valentine |
2,048 |
34.5 |
1 |
1 |
|
Labour |
Tommy Luny |
1,153 |
19.4 |
1 |
2 |
|
Labour |
Kaye Harmon |
1,014 |
17.1 |
1 |
5 |
|
Labour |
Gary O'Rorke |
782 |
13.2 |
|
|
|
Conservative |
Linsey McKay |
699 |
11.8 |
1 |
5 |
|
Scottish Socialist |
Joyce Carmichael |
240 |
4.0 |
|
|
North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Wishaw |
Party |
Candidate |
1st Pref |
% |
Seat |
Count |
|
SNP |
Clare Adamson |
2,232 |
30.6 |
1 |
1 |
|
Labour |
John Pentland |
1,605 |
22.0 |
1 |
1 |
|
Labour |
Sam Love |
1,594 |
21.9 |
1 |
1 |
|
Labour |
Frank McKay |
1,099 |
15.1 |
1 |
5 |
|
Conservative |
Marjory Borthwick |
761 |
10.4 |
|
|
By-Elections since 3 May 2007
- Labour's Francis Griffin died on 10 November 2007. Mark Griffin held the seat for the party in the resulting by-election on 31 January 2008
- The SNP's John Wilson resigned following his election as an MSP. Peter Sullivan gained the seat for Labour in the resulting by-election.
Coatbridge North & Glenboig By-Election (4 June 2009)- 1 seat[3] |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 | Count 2 | Count 3 | Count 4 | Count 5 | Count 6 |
|
Labour |
Peter Sullivan |
37.2 |
1,529 |
1,542 |
1,558 |
1,577 |
1,615 |
1,759 |
|
SNP |
Allan Stubbs |
30.5 |
1,254 |
1,276 |
1,307 |
1,357 |
1,446 |
1,696 |
|
Independent |
Julie McAnulty |
13.5 |
557 |
565 |
604 |
635 |
730 |
|
|
Conservative |
Bob Burgess |
8.8 |
361 |
365 |
372 |
387 |
|
|
|
Independent |
Hugh Banford |
5.3 |
217 |
218 |
218 |
|
|
|
|
Scottish Green |
Kristofer Keane |
2.8 |
115 |
126 |
|
|
|
|
|
Scottish Socialist |
Fraser Coats |
2.0 |
81 |
|
|
|
|
|
|
Labour gain from SNP |
Swing |
|
|
Electorate: 14,270 Valid: 4,114 Spoilt: 67 Quota: 2058 Turnout: 4,181 (29.3%) |
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- Labour Party's Tony Clarke died on 24 August 2011. Michael McPake held the seat in the resulting by-election.
Coatbridge North & Glenboig By-Election (27 October 2011)- 1 seat[4] |
Party | Candidate | % 1st Pref | Count 1 |
|
Labour |
Michael McPake |
52.3 |
1,527 |
|
SNP |
Julie McAnulty |
39.0 |
1,139 |
|
Conservative |
Bob Burgess |
6.0 |
174 |
|
Liberal Democrats |
Graham Dale |
2.7 |
78 |
|
Labour hold |
Swing |
|
|
Electorate: 14,590 Valid: 2,919 Spoilt: 15 Quota: 1,460 Turnout: 2,934 (20.11%) |
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