Coatbridge West 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-west 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 ...
(Barrowfield, Dundyvan, Kirkwood, Langloan, Old Monkland) and the separate village of
Bargeddie
Bargeddie (; ) is a village in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, just inside the suburban fringe of Glasgow, east of the city centre, and close to the junction of the M73 and M8 motorways. The nearest major town is Coatbridge, to the east.
Histo ...
, it elects three councillors. A boundary review in 2017 caused the loss 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 decrease in the electorate but no change in the number of seats. The ward had a population of 14,910 in 2019.
Councillors
Election Results
2022 Election
2017 Election
2012 Election
*Labour Party councillor Tom Maginnis died on 29 November 2012. A by-election was held on 28 February 2013 and the seat was retained by Labour's Kevin Docherty.
*On 8 March 2016, Labour councillor Jim Smith resigned from the party and became Independents.
2013 by-election
2007 Election
References
{{Wards of North Lanarkshire
Wards of North Lanarkshire
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