Mossend and Holytown (ward) explained

Mossend and Holytown is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council.^[1] 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.^[2]

Councillors

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/ Progressive Change NL/ Labour)
2023
2024

Beth Baudo defected from the SNP to Progressive Change North Lanarkshire in 2023. In January 2024, she again defected, this time to Scottish Labour.

Election Results

2017 Election

• On 10 July 2018, councillor David Baird was suspended from The SNP for 'breaking procedure'. He then sat as an Independent,^[3] before re-joining the party in 2018.

2007 Election

See main article: 2007 North Lanarkshire Council election.

Notes and References

1. Web site: United Kingdom: Scotland Council Areas and Electoral Wards. City Population. 30 June 2019. 28 March 2021. 4 March 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210304182531/https://www.citypopulation.de/en/uk/scotland/wards/. live.
2. https://statistics.gov.scot/atlas/resource?uri=http://statistics.gov.scot/id/statistical-geography/S13003057 Electoral Ward: Mossend and Holytown
3. Web site: Councillor suspended by SNP Group at NLC. www.motherwelltimes.co.uk. 11 May 2019. 4 July 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180704163712/https://www.motherwelltimes.co.uk/news/politics/councillor-suspended-by-snp-group-at-nlc-1-4763810. live.