Mossend and Holytown (ward)
Mossend and Holytown is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council.[2] Created in 2007, it elects three councillors.
As its name suggests, its territory comprises the localities of Mossend (as well as parts of Bellshill including the town centre east of Motherwell Road, and the Thorndean and Milnwood neighbourhoods) and neighbouring Holytown (plus part of New Stevenston – streets north of the Shotts Line railway tracks). A 2017 boundary review reduced the territory in central Bellshill slightly, and caused a small decrease in the electorate. The ward had a population of 13,480 in 2019.[3]
Councillors[edit]
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Paul Delaney (SNP) |
James Coyle (Labour) |
Kevin McKeown (Labour) | |||||
| 2012 | David Baird (SNP/ Alba) |
Frank McNally (Labour) | ||||||
| 2017 | Jim Reddin (Labour) | |||||||
| 2021 | ||||||||
| 2022 | Beth Baudo (SNP) | |||||||
Beth Baudo defected from SNP to North Lanarkshire Progressives in 2023, then joining Scottish Labour in January 2024.
Election Results[edit]
2017 Election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Labour | Frank McNally (incumbent) | 30.41 | 1,131 | |||||
| SNP | David Baird (incumbent) | 28.56 | 1,062 | |||||
| Conservative | Carol Cunningham | 17.19 | 641 | 649 | 651 | 701 | ||
| SNP | Michael Clarkson | 12.26 | 456 | 465 | 586 | |||
| Labour | Jim Reddin | 11.54 | 429 | 597 | 599 | 810 | 1,179 | |
| Electorate: 9,665 Valid: 3,719 Spoilt: 147 Quota: 930 Turnout: 3,866 (40.0%) | ||||||||
- On 10 July 2018, councillor David Baird was suspended from The SNP for 'breaking procedure'. He then sat as an Independent,[5] before re-joining the party in 2018.
2012 Election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Labour | James Coyle (incumbent) | 37.9% | 1,281 | |||||
| Labour | Frank McNally | 22.0% | 745 | 1,061.5 | ||||
| SNP | David Baird | 17.1% | 578 | 602.4 | 621.8 | 642.4 | 944.3 | |
| SNP | Paul Delaney (incumbent) | 10.2% | 346 | 362.3 | 380.2 | 389.8 | ||
| Independent | Kevin McKeown (incumbent) | 8.6% | 291 | 310.4 | 358.7 | 417.1 | 449.9 | |
| Conservative | Rosemary Pawson | 4.2% | 141 | 147.5 | ||||
| Electorate: 10,020 Valid: 3,382 Spoilt: 77 Quota: 846 Turnout: 3,459 (34.52%) | ||||||||
2007 Election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James Coyle | 1,680 | 37.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| SNP | Paul Delaney | 1,365 | 30.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Kevin McKeown | 886 | 19.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Conservative | Elizabeth McLeod | 386 | 8.6 | |||
| Independent | Jim Reddin | 191 | 4.2 | |||
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: Mossend and Holytown Archived 16 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine, Scottish Government Statistics
- ^ "North Lanarkshire Council - Scottish council elections". Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ "Councillor suspended by SNP Group at NLC". www.motherwelltimes.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "North Lanarkshire Council - 3 May 2012 - North Lanarkshire Council - results". Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2020.