Search results
Results From The WOW.Com Content Network
The council has been under no overall control since 2017. Since August 2022 the council has been led by a Labour minority administration. [4]The first election to North Lanarkshire Council was held in 1995, initially operating as a shadow authority alongside the outgoing authorities until the new system came into force on 1 April 1996.
The growth of the Greater Glasgow metropolitan area into the south-western part of North Lanarkshire has also led to a large number of residential areas for commuters. [5] The North Lanarkshire council area was established in 1996 as part of a reorganisation of local government in the United Kingdom. [10]
Elections to North Lanarkshire Council took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections.As with other Scottish council elections, it was held using single transferable vote (STV) – a form of proportional representation – in which multiple candidates are elected in each ward and voters rank candidates in order of preference.
Wishaw is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. [2] 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; [3] created in 2007, its territory remained almost unchanged in a 2017 national ...
Coatbridge North is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. [2] It elects four councillors. Covering neighbourhoods in the north of Coatbridge (Blairhill, Cliftonville, Drumpellier, Dunbeth, Gartsherrie, Greenhill, Parklands, Summerlee, Sunnyside, Townhead and the town centre), the ward had a population of 15,146 in 2019.
Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. [2] It currently elects three councillors and, as its name suggests, covers the settlements of Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead (as well as Auchinloch) with a combined population of 12,290 in 2019.
The North Lanarkshire Council wards of Cumbernauld East, Cumbernauld North (most), Cumbernauld South, and Kilsyth. The new town of Cumbernauld is approximately 15 miles north-east of Glasgow. This constituency brought together areas from North Lanarkshire and East Dunbartonshire councils.
Airdrie North is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of North Lanarkshire Council. [2] It elects four councillors and covers northern and eastern parts of Airdrie (Clarkston, Drumgelloch, Holehills and Thrashbush neighbourhoods) plus the outlying villages of Caldercruix, Wattston, Plains and Glenmavis.