Motherwell North (ward)

Not to be confused with North Motherwell, an area in the south west of Motherwell.

Location of the ward [1]

Motherwell North is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council.[2] 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;[3] 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[4]

Motherwell North - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Shahid Farooq (incumbent)	19.83	1,123	1,173
	SNP	Ann Weir	19.37	1,097	1,164
	Labour	Pat O'Rourke (incumbent)	18.38	1,041	1,182
	Labour	Olivia Carson	16.46	932	1,018	1,057	1,072	1,084	1,582
	Conservative	Ashley Baird	16.03	908	988	989	992	994
	Independent Alliance North Lanarkshire	Helen McKenna (incumbent)	9.92	562
Electorate: 13,646   Valid: 5,663   Spoilt: 164   Quota: 1,133   Turnout: 5,827 (42.7%)

2012 Election

2012 North Lanarkshire Council election[5]

Motherwell North - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Peter Nolan (incumbent)	31.1%	1,548
	Labour	Helen McKenna (incumbent)	18.9%	941	1,329.3
	Labour	Annita McAuley (incumbent)	18.0%	897	965.6	1,244.8
	SNP	Shahid Farooq	13.9%	689	709.4	721.9	736.1	757.9	782.6	1,304.8
	SNP	Gordon Stewart (incumbent)	11.5%	572	588.1	596.9	612.1	631.9	691.5
	Conservative	Neil Richardson	4.4%	217	224.1	228.1	235.8	278
	Liberal Democrats	Fraser MacGregor	2.2%	109	115.1	118.3	130.2
Electorate: 13,573   Valid: 4,973   Spoilt: 87   Quota: 995   Turnout: 5,060 (37.28%)

• On 8 March 2016, Labour councillors Helen McKenna and Peter Nolan resigned from the party and became Independents.[6]

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.[7]

Motherwell North By-election (23 January 2014) - 1 Seat[8]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Labour	Pat O'Rourke	68.2	1,719
	SNP	Jordan Linden	20.6	520
	Conservative	Bob Burgess	6.9	173
	UKIP	Neil Wilson	4.2	107
Electorate:     Valid: 2,519   Spoilt: 38   Quota: 1,260   Turnout: 2,557 (18.4%)

2007 Election

2007 North Lanarkshire Council election

North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Motherwell North

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Peter Nolan	1,532	23.4	1	1
	SNP	Gordon Stewart	1,480	22.6	1	1
	Labour	Helen McKenna	1,234	18.9	1	2
	Labour	Annita McAuley	1,067	16.3	1	7
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Douglas	465	7.1
	Conservative	Neil Richardson	383	5.9
	Independent	Tom Kennedy	379	5.8

References

1. "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
2. "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
3. Electoral Ward: Motherwell North, Scottish Government Statistics
4. "North Lanarkshire Council - Scottish council elections". Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
5. "North Lanarkshire Council - 3 May 2012 - North Lanarkshire Council - results". Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
6. "North Lanarkshire councillors resign from Labour group". BBC News. 8 March 2016. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
7. "Tributes are paid to Annita McAuley - Motherwell Times". Archived from the original on 1 February 2014. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
8. "Scottish Elections :: Motherwell North By-Election 2014 - election result". Archived from the original on 10 April 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2021.