Bellshill (ward)

Bellshill is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council.[2] Created in 2007, it originally returned three councillors, covering part of Bellshill (including the Orbiston, Hattonrigg, Shirrell and West End neighbourhoods but not Milnwood, Thorndean, the town centre east of Hamilton Road / North Road, nor Mossend), with the northern boundary at the A8 and the western boundary at the A725 bypass; much of Strathclyde Country Park (nominally in Motherwell) was also assigned to this ward.

Location of the ward [1]

A 2017 national review caused the territory to be altered, with a minor change within central Bellshill moving the eastern boundary to Motherwell Road, and a shift of the western boundary further towards Viewpark to encompass the Fallside neighbourhood (although the majority of built-upon land in this area is the unpopulated Righead Industrial Estate). These changes caused an increase in population, with one additional seat allocated. In 2019, the ward had a population of 14,969.[3]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Richard Lyle (SNP)		Harry Curran (Labour)		Harry McGuigan (Labour)	3 seats
2012	Marina Lyle (SNP)					Harry McGuigan (Labour)	3 seats
2017	Jordan Linden (SNP)	Angela Campbell (Labour)			Colin Cameron (Conservative)
2022	Jordan Linden (SNP)		Pat Patton (Labour)		Lisa Stubbs (SNP)
2023 (by-election)			Pat Patton (Labour)	Anne McCorry (Labour)	Lisa Stubbs (SNP)

Election results

2023 by-election

Bellshill, 15 June 2023[4]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	Labour	Anne McCrory	51.8	1,440
	SNP	Joseph Budd	27.1	753
	Conservative	Colin Cameron	8.5	236
	British Unionist Party	Billy Ross	4.3	120
	Alba	John Marshall	3.9	107
	Scottish Green	Rosemary McGowan	1.6	44
	Liberal Democrats	John Arthur Henry Cole	1.2	34
	Scottish Family	Leo Francis Lanahan	1.1	30
	Freedom Alliance (UK)	Simona Panaitescu	0.3	7
	UKIP	Neil Wilson	0.3	7
Electorate: 12,410 Valid: 2,778 Spoilt: 41 Quota: 1,390 Turnout: 2,819 (22.7%)

2022 election

Bellshill - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	SNP	Jordan James Linden (incumbent)	28.1	1,300
	Labour	Angela Campbell (incumbent)	25.1	1,162
	Labour	Pat Patton	13.7	635	657	829	845	935
	SNP	Lisa Stubbs	12.7	589	888	893	919	978
	Conservative	Colin Cameron (incumbent)	13.6	632	635	653	663	689
	Independent	John Devlin	4.5	209	220	232	264
	Alba	David Baird (incumbent in Mossend and Holytown)	2.2	104	109	110
Electorate: 12,279 Valid: 4,631 Spoilt: 153 Quota: 927 Turnout: 4,784 (39.0%)

2017 election

Bellshill - 4 seats[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Harry Curran (incumbent)	25.15	1,237
	SNP	Jordan Linden	21.53	1,059
	Conservative	Colin Cameron	17.69	870	877	877	915	971	1,016
	SNP	Marina Lyle (incumbent)	15.09	742	756	823	826	881
	Labour	Angela Campbell	12.36	608	798	800	821	927	1,172
	Independent	John Devlin	6.36	313	327	329	343
	UKIP	William Brown	1.81	89	91	92
Electorate: 12,229 Valid: 4,918 Spoilt: 145 Quota: 984 Turnout: 5,063 (41.4%)

2012 election

Bellshill - 3 seats[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Harry Curran (incumbent)	31.3%	1,208
	Labour	Harry McGuigan (incumbent)	23.8%	919	1,110.5
	SNP	Marina Lyle	17.2%	666	673.6	690.3	708.8	1,106.1
	Independent	John Devlin	12.2%	471	483.4	508.2	567.6	588.9
	SNP	Owen Gallagher	11.3%	437	444.6	453.6	473.5
	Conservative	Robert Hargrave	4.2%	164	166.6	174.5
Electorate: 10,888 Valid: 3,865 Spoilt: 94 Quota: 967 Turnout: 3,959 (36.36%)

2007 election

2007 North Lanarkshire council election: Bellshill
	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

References

"5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
"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.
Electoral Ward: Bellshill Archived 3 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Scottish Government Statistics
"Bellshill, Ward 15 by-election". North Lanarkshire Council. North Lanarkshire Council. Retrieved 16 June 2023.
"North Lanarkshire Council - Scottish council elections". Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
"North Lanarkshire Council - 3 May 2012 - North Lanarkshire Council - results". Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2020.

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[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: Bellshill Archived 3 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Scottish Government Statistics

[4] "Bellshill, Ward 15 by-election". North Lanarkshire Council. North Lanarkshire Council. Retrieved 16 June 2023.

[5] "North Lanarkshire Council - Scottish council elections". Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.

[6] "North Lanarkshire Council - 3 May 2012 - North Lanarkshire Council - results". Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2020.