Motherwell North (ward) explained

Motherwell North is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council.^[1] It elects four councillors and covers part of Motherwell (the Cleekhimin, Coursington and Globe neighbourhoods) plus the nearby, adjoining villages of Carfin, Newarthill and most of New Stevenston (other than streets north of the Shotts Line railway tracks), with a combined population of 18,191 in 2019;^[2] created in 2007, its boundaries remained unchanged in a 2017 national review.

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Gordon Stewart (SNP)		Peter Nolan (Labour)		Annita McAuley (Labour)		Helen McKenna (Labour)
2012	Shahid Farooq (SNP/ Alba)
2014 by-		Pat O'Rourke (Labour)
2017				Ann Weir (SNP)	Olivia Carson (Labour)
2021
2022		Gerry Brennan (SNP)	Anne Thomas (SNP)	Andrew Duffy-Lawson (Labour)	Ayeshah Khan (Labour)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 North Lanarkshire Council election^[3]

2012 Election

2012 North Lanarkshire Council election^[4]

• On 8 March 2016, Labour councillors Helen McKenna and Peter Nolan resigned from the party and became Independents.^[5]

2014 by-election

Labour councillor Annita McAuley died on 23 October 2013. A by-election was held on 23 January 2014 and the seat was retained by Labour's Pat O'Rourke.^[6]

2007 Election

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%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.gov.scot%2Fid%2Fstatistical-geography%2FS13003059 Electoral Ward: Motherwell North
3. Web site: North Lanarkshire Council - Scottish council elections . 25 March 2020 . 22 October 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20171022081224/http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=32951 . live .
4. Web site: North Lanarkshire Council - 3 May 2012 - North Lanarkshire Council - results . 25 March 2020 . 17 February 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150217003716/http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=24109&contactid=12585 . live .
5. News: North Lanarkshire councillors resign from Labour group. BBC News. 8 March 2016. 15 April 2021. 15 April 2021. https://web.archive.org/web/20210415034059/https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-scotland-glasgow-west-35759864. live.
6. Web site: Tributes are paid to Annita McAuley - Motherwell Times . 2021-04-15 . 2014-02-01 . https://web.archive.org/web/20140201231932/http://www.motherwelltimes.co.uk/news/tributes-are-paid-to-annita-mcauley-1-3164826 . dead .