Coatbridge West (ward)
Location of the ward [1]
Coatbridge West is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council.[2] Covering neighbourhoods in the south-west of Coatbridge (Barrowfield, Dundyvan, Kirkwood, Langloan, Old Monkland) and the separate village of Bargeddie, it elects three councillors. A boundary review in 2017 caused the loss of an area between Langloan Street, the A725 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.[3]
Councillors[edit]
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Tom Magginis (Labour) |
Jim Smith (Labour) |
Paul Welsh (SNP) | |||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2013 by- | Kevin Docherty (Labour) | |||||||
| 2017 | Mary Gourlay (Labour) |
Caroline Stephen (SNP) | ||||||
| 2022 | Lesley Mitchell (SNP) |
Gary Robinson (SNP) | ||||||
Election Results[edit]
2022 Election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Lesley Mitchell [GOB] | 32.2 | 1,254 | |||||
| Labour | Kevin Docherty (incumbent) | 29.8 | 1,159 | |||||
| SNP | Gary Robinson | 15.7 | 613 | 869 | 876 | 885 | 1,038 | |
| Labour | Mary Gourlay (incumbent) | 9.6 | 374 | 380 | 530 | 649 | 709 | |
| Alba | Robert Slavin | 6.5 | 254 | 262 | 268 | 289 | ||
| Conservative | Laraine Shields | 6.2 | 240 | 240 | 244 | |||
| Electorate: 10,411 Valid: 3,894 Spoilt: 159 Quota: 974 Turnout: 4,053 (38.9%) | ||||||||
2017 Election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Labour | Kevin Docherty (incumbent) | 36.52 | 1,378 | |||||
| SNP | Caroline Stephen | 34.8 | 1,313 | |||||
| SNP | Paul Welsh (incumbent) | 10.15 | 383 | 403 | 722 | 745 | ||
| Labour | Mary Gourlay | 9.44 | 356 | 702 | 718 | 878 | 1,196 | |
| Conservative | Francis McIntyre | 9.09 | 343 | 352 | 356 | |||
| Electorate: 10,107 Valid: 3,773 Spoilt: 209 Quota: 944 Turnout: 3,982 (39.4%) | ||||||||
2012 Election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | ||||
| Labour | Tom Maginnis (incumbent) | 41.0% | 1,570 | ||
| Labour | Jim Smith (incumbent) | 33.8% | 1,295 | ||
| SNP | Paul Welsh (incumbent) | 22.4% | 858 | 1,037.3 | |
| Conservative | Archie Giggie | 2.8% | 107 | 145.6 | |
| Electorate: 11,272 Valid: 3,830 Spoilt: 105 Quota: 958 Turnout: 3,935 (34.91%) | |||||
- 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.[7]
- On 8 March 2016, Labour councillor Jim Smith resigned from the party and became Independents.[8]
2013 by-election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ||||
| Labour | Kevin Docherty | 78.8% | 2,145 | |
| SNP | Patrick Rolink | 16.6% | 452 | |
| Conservative | Ashley Baird | 2.6% | 71 | |
| UKIP | Billy Mitchell | 1.2% | 34 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Love | 0.7% | 19 | |
| Electorate: Valid: 2,721 Spoilt: 27 Quota: 1,361 Turnout: 2,748 (24.11%) | ||||
2007 Election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Tom Magginis | 1,872 | 37.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Jim Smith | 1,476 | 29.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| SNP | Paul Welsh | 1,218 | 24.3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Conservative | Mark Oak | 251 | 5.0 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Charlie McCarthy | 192 | 3.8 | |||
References[edit]
- ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Electoral Ward: Coatbridge West Archived 10 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine, Scottish Government Statistics
- ^ "Scottish council election results | North Lanarkshire Council".
- ^ "North Lanarkshire Council - Scottish council elections". Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ "North Lanarkshire Council - 3 May 2012 - North Lanarkshire Council - results". Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ "Councillor Tom Maginnis dies while on holiday in Tenerife | Local democracy | Coatbridge | STV". local.stv.tv. Archived from the original on 6 December 2012. Retrieved 14 January 2022.
- ^ "North Lanarkshire councillors resign from Labour group". BBC News. 8 March 2016. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
- ^ "North Lanarkshire Council : Coatbridge by-election result". Archived from the original on 15 March 2013. Retrieved 9 April 2021.