Coatbridge North is one of the twenty-one
wards
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used to elect members of the
North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire (; ) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the north-east of the Glasgow City council area and contains many of Glasgow's suburbs, commuter towns, and villages. It also borders East Dunbartonshire, Falkirk (co ...
Council. It elects four councillors. Covering neighbourhoods in the north of
Coatbridge
Coatbridge (, ) is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, about east of Glasgow city centre, set in the central Lowlands. Along with neighbouring town Airdrie, North Lanarkshire, Airdrie, Coatbridge forms the area known as the Monklands (popula ...
(Blairhill, Cliftonville, Drumpellier, Dunbeth, Gartsherrie, Greenhill, Parklands, Summerlee, Sunnyside, Townhead and the town centre), the ward had a population of 15,146 in 2019.
It was created in 2007 as Coatbridge North and Glenboig, originally covering around twice as much territory between Coatbridge and
Condorrat
Condorrat is a former village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Like Luggiebank, Castlecary and Dullatur, it predates the Planned community, new town of Cumbernauld, but unlike those Condorrat was officially included in the designated new town area. ...
about further north, largely rural and sparsely populated but including the expanding commuter village of
Glenboig
Glenboig (Scottish Gaelic: An Gleann Bhog) is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland lying north of Coatbridge and to the south east of Kirkintilloch and is approximately from Glasgow, Glasgow City Centre. According to a estimate, the popula ...
. A nationwide boundary review in 2017 that recommended more representation for the area overall led to this rural half being placed in a
separate new ward (along with
Gartcosh
Gartcosh () is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. The village lies about east of Glasgow, and about northwest of the town of Coatbridge.
According to a 2012 estimate, the population of Gartcosh was 2,130 people. Expansion of the village ...
and
Moodiesburn
Moodiesburn is a village in Scotland, located northeast of Glasgow, in the North Lanarkshire council area. It is situated on the north side of the A80 road and between the M73 and M80 motorways which converge nearby. Moodiesburn does not dire ...
from the
Strathkelvin ward), but the electorate in the existing ward reduced only a slightly as a result and the number of seats was unaffected.
Councillors
Election Results
2022 Election
The SNP (2) and Labour (2) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.
2017 Election
2012 Election
2016 By-election
*Councillor Fulton James McGregor was elected as a MSP for
Coatbridge and Chryston in the
2016 Scottish Parliament election
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. On 29 June 2016 he resigned his council seat.
A by-election was held on 22 September 2016 which was won by Labour's Alex McVey.
2007 Election
2009 By-election
*The SNP's John Wilson resigned following his election as an MSP. Peter Sullivan gained the seat for Labour in the resulting by-election.
2011 By-election
*Labour Party's Tony Clarke died on 24 August 2011. Michael McPake held the seat in the resulting by-election.
References
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Wards of North Lanarkshire
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