Coatbridge South is one of the twenty-one
wards 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. Covering neighbourhoods in the south-east 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 ...
(Calderwood,
Carnbroe, Greenend, Kirkshaws, Rosehall, Shawhead, Sikeside, Victoria Park and
Whifflet), it currently elects four councillors. A boundary review in 2017 caused the addition of an area between Langloan Street, the
A725
The A725 road in Scotland is a major route which is a trunk road dual carriageway for almost its whole length, connecting several of the large towns of North Lanarkshire and South Lanarkshire, linking the M8 and M74 motorways; it has been upg ...
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
Coatbridge