Coatbridge South is one of the twenty-one
wards
Ward may refer to:
Division or unit
* Hospital ward, a hospital division, floor, or room set aside for a particular class or group of patients, for example the psychiatric ward
* Prison ward, a division of a penal institution such as a priso ...
used to elect members of the
North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire ( sco, North Lanrikshire; gd, Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the northeast of the City of Glasgow and contains many of Glasgow's suburbs and commuter towns and villages. It also ...
Council. Covering neighbourhoods in the south-east of
Coatbridge
Coatbridge ( sco, Cotbrig or Coatbrig, gd, Drochaid a' Chòta) is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, about east of Glasgow city centre, set in the central Lowlands. Along with neighbouring town Airdrie, Coatbridge forms the area known as ...
(Calderwood,
Carnbroe, Greenend, Kirkshaws, Rosehall, Shawhead, Sikeside, Victoria Park and
Whifflet
Whifflet ( sco, The Whufflit, gd, Magh na Cruithneachd) is now a suburb of Coatbridge, Scotland, which once formed its own distinctive village. It is referred to locally as 'The Whifflet' (and pronounced ''whiff-lit''). Presently located in the N ...
), it currently elects four councillors. A boundary review in 2017 caused the addition of an area between Langloan Street, the
A725 and the
A89, with a small increase in the electorate and an additional seat from the original three. The ward had a population of 16,889 in 2019.
Councillors
Election Results
2022 Election
2017 Election
2018 By-election
*On 13 August 2018, Labour councillor Gordon Encinias died, having been unwell for some time.
A by-election was held on 25 October and the seat was held by Geraldine Woods of Scottish Labour.
2012 Election
2007 Election
References
{{Wards of North Lanarkshire
Wards of North Lanarkshire
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