Motherwell North (ward)

Motherwell North is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council.[2] It elects four councillors and covers part of Motherwell (the Cleekhimin, Coursington and Globe neighbourhoods) plus the nearby, adjoining villages of Carfin, Newarthill and most of New Stevenston (other than streets north of the Shotts Line railway tracks), with a combined population of 18,191 in 2019;[3] created in 2007, its boundaries remained unchanged in a 2017 national review.

Not to be confused with North Motherwell, an area in the south west of Motherwell.

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Gordon Stewart
(SNP)		 Peter Nolan
(Labour)		 Annita McAuley
(Labour)		 Helen McKenna
(Labour)
2012 Shahid Farooq
(SNP/
Alba)
2014 by- Pat O'Rourke
(Labour)
2017 Ann Weir
(SNP)		 Olivia Carson
(Labour)
2021
2022 Gerry Brennan
(SNP)		 Anne Thomas
(SNP)		 Andrew Duffy-Lawson
(Labour)		 Ayeshah Khan
(Labour)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 North Lanarkshire Council election[4]

Motherwell North - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
123456
SNP Shahid Farooq (incumbent) 19.83 1,123 1,173        
SNP Ann Weir 19.37 1,097 1,164        
Labour Pat O'Rourke (incumbent) 18.38 1,041 1,182        
Labour Olivia Carson 16.46 932 1,018 1,057 1,072 1,084 1,582
Conservative Ashley Baird 16.03 908 988 989 992 994  
Independent Alliance North Lanarkshire Helen McKenna (incumbent) 9.92 562          
Electorate: 13,646   Valid: 5,663   Spoilt: 164   Quota: 1,133   Turnout: 5,827 (42.7%)  

    2012 Election

    2012 North Lanarkshire Council election[5]

    Motherwell North - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    Labour Peter Nolan (incumbent) 31.1% 1,548            
    Labour Helen McKenna (incumbent) 18.9% 941 1,329.3          
    Labour Annita McAuley (incumbent) 18.0% 897 965.6 1,244.8        
    SNP Shahid Farooq 13.9% 689 709.4 721.9 736.1 757.9 782.6 1,304.8
    SNP Gordon Stewart (incumbent) 11.5% 572 588.1 596.9 612.1 631.9 691.5  
    Conservative Neil Richardson 4.4% 217 224.1 228.1 235.8 278    
    Liberal Democrats Fraser MacGregor 2.2% 109 115.1 118.3 130.2      
    Electorate: 13,573   Valid: 4,973   Spoilt: 87   Quota: 995   Turnout: 5,060 (37.28%)  
      • On 8 March 2016, Labour councillors Helen McKenna and Peter Nolan resigned from the party and became Independents.[6]

      2014 by-election

      Labour councillor Annita McAuley died on 23 October 2013. A by-election was held on 23 January 2014 and the seat was retained by Labour's Pat O'Rourke.[7]

      Motherwell North By-election (23 January 2014) - 1 Seat[8]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1
      Labour Pat O'Rourke 68.2 1,719
      SNP Jordan Linden 20.6 520
      Conservative Bob Burgess 6.9 173
      UKIP Neil Wilson 4.2 107
      Electorate:     Valid: 2,519   Spoilt: 38   Quota: 1,260   Turnout: 2,557 (18.4%)  

        2007 Election

        2007 North Lanarkshire Council election

        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

        References
        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: Motherwell North, Scottish Government Statistics
        4. "North Lanarkshire Council - Scottish council elections". Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
        5. "North Lanarkshire Council - 3 May 2012 - North Lanarkshire Council - results". Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
        6. "North Lanarkshire councillors resign from Labour group". BBC News. 8 March 2016. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
        7. "Tributes are paid to Annita McAuley - Motherwell Times". Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
        8. "Scottish Elections :: Motherwell North By-Election 2014 - election result". Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
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