Murdostoun (ward)

Murdostoun is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council.[2] It elects four councillors and covers the settlements of Cleland, Dalziel Park and Newmains plus the Coltness and Cambusnethan areas of Wishaw, with a combined population of 20,485 in 2019;[3] created in 2007, its territory remained almost unchanged in a 2017 national review, other than the addition of a few streets by moving a section of the boundary south from the Temple Gill burn to the edge of Belhaven Park.

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 John Taggart
(SNP)		 Jimmy Martin
(Labour)		 Nicky Shevlin
(Labour)		 Robert McKendrick
(Ind.)
2012 Alan Clinch
(Labour)
2017 Cameron McManus
(SNP)		 Louise Roarty
(Labour)
2022

Election Results

2022 Election
  • 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xInd
  • 2022: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xInd
  • 2017-2022: No change
Murdostoun - 4 seats[4][5]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Independent Robert John McKendrick (incumbent) 27.2 1,545            
SNP Cameron McManus (incumbent) 19.4 1,106 1,167          
Labour Louise Roarty (incumbent) 15.0 853 914 916 986 1,191    
Labour Nicky Shevlin (incumbent) 13.7 778 834 836 892 1,007 1,049 1,317
SNP Julia Stachurska 10.3 584 606 629 691 705 708  
Conservative Linsey McKay 9.1 518 545 545 624      
Independent Robert Livingston Arthur 5.4 305 394 394        
Electorate: 14,403   Valid: 5,689   Spoilt: 136   Quota: 1,138   Turnout: 5,825 (40.4%)  

    2017 Election

    2017 North Lanarkshire Council election[6]

    Murdostoun - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    Independent Robert McKendrick (incumbent) 27.55 1,765              
    SNP Cameron McManus 18.89 1,210 1,267 1,270 1,295      
    Conservative Cindy MacKenzie 12.88 825 851 880 914 915 983 1,006  
    Labour Nicky Shevlin (incumbent) 12.21 782 825 829 841 841 931 1,008 1,145
    Labour Louise Roarty 11.52 738 804 810 827 828 859 1,014 1,235
    SNP Anum Qaisar 8.76 561 602 604 614 624 684    
    Independent John Taggart (incumbent) 4.43 284 366 370 452 452      
    Independent Robert Arthur 2.4 154 231 241          
    UKIP Yvonne Millar 1.04 67 77            
    Electorate: 13,928   Valid: 6,406   Spoilt: 162   Quota: 1,282   Turnout: 6,568 (46%)  

      2012 Election

      2012 North Lanarkshire Council election[7]

      Murdostoun - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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      Independent Robert McKendrick (incumbent) 32.1% 1,751          
      Labour Nicky Shevlin (incumbent) 21.6% 1,178          
      Labour Alan Clinch 14.5% 789 982.1 1,045.4 1,111.3    
      SNP John Taggart (incumbent) 13.4% 729 860.7 867.5 925.7 927.8 1,566.7
      SNP Lyall Duff 12.7% 691 739.9 743.1 779.7 782.9  
      Conservative Cindy MacKenzie 5.9% 321 369.5 371.4      
      Electorate: 14,401   Valid: 5,459   Spoilt: 110   Quota: 1,092   Turnout: 5,569 (38.67%)  
        • SNP councillor John Taggart resigned from the party and became Independent on 10 February 2015 in opposition to the party's 2015 Westminster Election selection procedures.[8]

        2007 Election

        2007 North Lanarkshire Council election

        North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Murdostoun
        Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
        Labour Jimmy Martin 1,449 20.0 1 1
        SNP John Taggart 1,322 18.2 1 4
        Independent Robert McKendrick 1,085 15.0 1 7
        Labour Nicky Shelvin 804 11.1 1 7
        Independent John Lawrie 756 10.4
        Labour David Moon 654 9.0
        Conservative Mark Nolan 614 8.5
        Scottish Christian Tom Selfridge 348 4.8
        Solidarity William Kelly 212 2.9

        References
        1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk.
        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: Murdostoun Archived 2022-02-20 at the Wayback Machine, Scottish Government Statistics
        4. "Notice of Poll". North Lanarkshire Council. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
        5. "Election Results". North Lanarkshire Council. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
        6. "North Lanarkshire Council - Scottish council elections". Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
        7. "North Lanarkshire Council - 3 May 2012 - North Lanarkshire Council - results". Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
        8. "Lanarkshire councillors quit in SNP target area". BBC News. 10 February 2015. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
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