Wishaw (ward) explained
Wishaw is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council.[1] It elects four councillors and covers the town centre of Wishaw plus the neighbourhoods to its south and east including Gowkthrapple, Netherton, Overtown, Pather and Waterloo, with a population of 17,974 in 2019;[2] created in 2007, its territory remained almost unchanged in a 2017 national review, other than the loss of a few streets by moving a section of the boundary south from the Temple Gill burn to the edge of Belhaven Park.
Councillors
Election Results
2022 Election
See main article: 2022 North Lanarkshire Council election. [3]
2017 Election
2017 North Lanarkshire Council election[4]
2012 Election
2012 North Lanarkshire Council election[5]
- On 8 March 2016, Labour councillor Sam Love resigned from the party and became Independent.[6]
- Labour councillor Frank McKay resigned from the party and became Independent on 21 November 2016.[7]
2015 by-election
SNP councillor Marion Fellows was elected as an MP for Motherwell and Wishaw on 7 May 2015.[8] She resigned her Council seat on 25 May 2015 and a by-election was held 13 August 2015 – the seat was held by the party's Rosa Zambonini.
2007 Election
2007 North Lanarkshire Council election
Notes and References
- 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.
- https://statistics.gov.scot/atlas/resource?uri=http%3A%2F%2Fstatistics.gov.scot%2Fid%2Fstatistical-geography%2FS13003062 Electoral Ward: Wishaw
- Web site: Scottish council election results | North Lanarkshire Council .
- 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 .
- 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 .
- 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.
- Web site: Labour duo quit party amid allegations of coup attempts and 'parasite' slurs. 15 April 2021. 23 November 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20161123132738/http://www.heraldscotland.com/news/14918946.Lanarkshire_duo_quit_Labour_amid_allegations_of_coup_attempts_and__parasite__slurs/?ref=twtrec. live.
- Web site: North Lanarkshire Council - Council by-election in Wishaw . 15 April 2021 . 13 June 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20150613170708/http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=31765 . live .
