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The council was based at the Civic Centre on Windmillhill Street in Motherwell. The building was built between 1965 and 1970 for the former Motherwell and Wishaw Town Council. [6] [7] After the council's abolition in 1996 the building became the headquarters of North Lanarkshire Council.
Motherwell is the headquarters for both North Lanarkshire Council, which is one of Scotland's most populous local authority areas, and of Police Scotland "Q" division. These organisations cover an overall population of 327,000 people (59,000 in Motherwell and Wishaw ) throughout the 183 square miles (470 km 2 ) of North Lanarkshire.
Elections to the Motherwell District Council took place in May 1992, alongside elections to the councils of Scotland's various other districts. The result of the ...
1988 Motherwell District Council election result Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/− Labour: 23 2 2 76.7 59.0 32,361 SNP: 3 1 0 1
The facility was commissioned to replace the ageing Motherwell Town Hall in Hamilton Road. [2] After a period of rapid population expansion associated with the growth of the Ravenscraig steelworks, civic leaders decided to procure a purpose-built civic centre: the site selected at the corner of Airbles Road and Windmillhill Street had previously been occupied by residential properties with a ...
Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. [2] It elects four councillors and covers much of the town of Motherwell (roughly all the territory east of the Argyle Line railway up to the station including the town centre, Airbles, Muirhouse and the developing suburb of Ravenscraig), as well as Craigneuk and ...
In the mid to late 19th century, the Victoria Theatre in Watson Street performed the functions of town hall in Motherwell. [2] After deciding that this arrangement was inadequate for their needs, civic leaders decided to recommend the procurement of a purpose-built town hall: after a local referendum was arranged in October 1885, rate-payers voted overwhelmingly in favour of the proposal. [3]
Sister Chân Không ordained as a nun by Thích Nhất Hạnh in 1988 on [Vulture Peak], in India. [10] During the three-month return to Vietnam (January to early April, 2005), Thích Nhất Hạnh spoke to thousands of people throughout the country - bureaucrats, politicians, intellectuals, street vendors, taxi drivers, artists.