2022 North Lanarkshire Council election

Elections to North Lanarkshire Council took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. The election used the 21 wards created following the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland's 5th Review, with 77 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.[1]

2022 North Lanarkshire Council election
5 May 2022 (2022-05-05)
All 77 seats to North Lanarkshire Council
39 seats needed for a majority
  First party Second party Third party
 
Leader Jordan Linden Jim Logue Sandy Watson
Party SNP Labour Conservative
Leader's seat Bellshill Airdrie Central Airdrie South
Last election 33 seats, 38.4% 32 seats, 32.9% 10 seats, 15.8%
Seats before 26 31 8
Seats after 36 32 5
Seat change Increase3 Steady Decrease5
  Fourth party Fifth party Sixth party
 
Leader John Jo Leckie
Party Independent Scottish Green British Unionist Party
Leader's seat Fortissat
Last election 2 seats, 7.4% 0 0
Seats before 9 0 0
Seats after 2 1 1
Seat change Steady Increase1 Increase1
Council Leader before election

Jim Logue
Labour

 Council Leader after election

Jordan Linden
SNP

At the last election in 2017, the Scottish National Party (SNP) won the most seats, but Labour ran the council.

This election saw the British Unionist Party gain its first ever representation in Scotland, taking a seat from the Conservatives in the Fortissat ward.[2]

Background

Composition

Since the previous election, several changes in the composition of the council occurred. Most were changes to the political affiliation of councillors including SNP councillor Paddy Hogg and Labour councillors Angela Feeney, Gillian Fannan, Willie Doolan and Tommy Morgan who resigned from their respective parties to become independents.[3][4][5] SNP councillors Lynne Anderson, David Baird and Shahid Farooq defected to the Alba Party.[6][7][8]

Conservative councillor Stephen Goldsack was expelled from the party for his previous connections to the British National Party[9] and SNP councillor Mark Kerr stood down from the party after being charged with sexual abuse in July 2020.[10] Six by-elections were held and resulted in a Labour gain from the Conservatives,[11] two Labour holds,[12][13] two Labour gains from the SNP[14] and an independent hold.[15]

Party 2017 result Dissolution
SNP 33 26
Labour 32 31
Conservative 10 8
Independents 2 9
Alba N/A 3

Results
2022 North Lanarkshire Council election result
Party Seats Gains Losses Net gain/loss Seats % Votes % Votes +/−
  SNP 36 4 1 Increase3 46.8 43.60 46,255 +5.14
  Labour 32 2 2 Steady 41.6 35.19 37,336 +2.2
  Conservative 5 0 5 Decrease5 6.5 11.85 12,571 -4.01
  Independent 2 0 0 Steady 2.6 4.04 4,282 -3.44
  Alba 0 0 0 Steady 0 1.00 1,058 New
  British Unionist Party 1 1 0 Increase1 1.3 0.81 859 +0.30
  Scottish Green 1 1 0 Increase1 1.3 2.17 2,304 +0.85
  Scottish Family 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.36 381 New
  Freedom Alliance 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.04 41 New
  ISP 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.12 129 New
  Liberal Democrats 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.45 478 New
  SDP 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.16 172 New
  Scottish Socialist 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.15 154 0
  UKIP 0 0 0 Steady 0 0.06 65 -0.33

Ward summary
2022 Results of the North Lanarkshire Council election by ward
Ward  % Seats  % Seats  % Seats  % Seats  % Seats  % Seats  % Seats Total
SNP Labour Conservatives Green BUP Independents Others
Kilsyth 37.4 1 52.4 2 6.4 0   3.7 0 3
Cumbernauld North 50.3 2 27.7 1 14.2 1 4.1 0   3.7 0 4
Cumbernauld South 51.8 2 35.5 2 7.9 0   4.3 0 4.8 0 4
Cumbernauld East 58.5 3 23.2 1 8.8 0 4.2 0   5.3 0   4
Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead 36.4 1 34.7 1 15.0 0 10.8 1   3.2 0 3
Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn 46.8 2 39.2 1 9.4 0 4.5 0   3
Coatbridge North 46.3 2 33.9 2 9.7 0   10.1 0 4
Airdrie North 36.1 2 29.3 1 10.8 0   22.0 1 1.7 0 4
Airdrie Central 41.6 2 42.2 2 13.7 0   2.5 0 4
Coatbridge West 47.9 2 39.4 1 6.16 0   6.5 0 3
Coatbridge South 53.2 2 34.9 2 6.7 0 2.1 0   3.1 0   4
Airdrie South 47.6 2 35.3 1 17.1 1   4
Fortissat 30.8 1 36.5 2 11.2 0 2.6 0 18.8 1   4
Thorniewood 36.8 1 43.4 2 7.1 0   12.7 0   3
Bellshill 40.8 2 38.8 2 13.6 0   2.2 0 4
Mossend and Holytown 42.6 2 39.4 2 12.8 0   5.2 0 3
Motherwell West 41.1 2 31.9 1 18.9 1 8.1 0   3
Motherwell North 46.6 2 37.3 2 11.0 0   5.0 0 4
Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig 42.8 2 31.2 1 16.7 1 7.8 0   4
Murdostoun 29.7 1 28.7 2 9.1 0   32.5 1   4
Wishaw 45.4 2 36.1 1 18.5 1   4
Total 43.6 36 35.2 32 11.8 5 2.2 1 0.8 1 3.8 2 2.5 0 77

Ward results

Kilsyth
  • 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP
  • 2022: 2xLab; 1xSNP
  • 2017-2022: No change
Kilsyth - 3 seats[16][17]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1
SNP Denis Johnston 27.2 1,187
Labour Heather Brannan-McVey (incumbent) 26.9 1,176
Labour Jean Jones (incumbent) 25.5 1,113
SNP Lindsay Sievewright 10.2 447
Conservative James King 6.5 282
Scottish Family John Hendry 2.0 87
Liberal Democrats Melissa Laima Juliet Kane 1.7 73
Electorate: 9,937   Valid: 4,365   Spoilt: 142   Quota: 1,092   Turnout: 4,507 (45.4%)  

    Cumbernauld North
    • 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
    • 2022: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
    • 2017-2022: No change
    Cumbernauld North - 4 seats[16][17]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    SNP Alan Masterton (incumbent) 30.5 2,157              
    Labour Tom Fisher (incumbent) 20.2 1,428              
    SNP Danish Ashraf (incumbent) 19.7 1,399 1,996            
    Conservative Gordon Currie 14.2 1,003 1,011 1,020 1,021 1,035 1,084 1,117 1,425
    Labour Donna Kiddie 7.5 534 556 635 646 664 719 936  
    Scottish Green Anne McCrossan 4.1 290 349 586 586 604 659    
    Liberal Democrats John Cole 2.5 180 189 218 219 225      
    Scottish Family John Patrick McGrory 1.2 84 90 101 101        
    Electorate: 15,417   Valid: 7,075   Spoilt: 164   Quota: 1,416   Turnout: 7,239 (47.0%)  

      Cumbernauld South
      • 2017: 3xSNP; 1xLab
      • 2022: 2xSNP; 2xLab
      • 2017-2022 Change: Lab gain one seat from SNP
      Cumbernauld South - 4 seats[16][17]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      12345678
      Labour James McPhilemy 24.1 1,374              
      SNP Ann Ballinger 19.1 1,089 1,092 1,092 1,096 1,123 1,127 1,128 1,683
      SNP William Goldie (incumbent) 16.8 959 963 964 966 995 1,005 1,006 1,361
      SNP Catherine Johnston (incumbent) 15.9 910 914 916 921 944 956 957  
      Labour Peter McDade 11.5 656 857 862 882 923 1,154    
      Conservative Rebecca MacPhee 7.9 453 457 460 481 497      
      Scottish Socialist Willie Homer 2.7 154 156 165 177        
      Scottish Family Norma McLachlan Diffin 1.3 77 78 92          
      Freedom Alliance (UK) Simona Panaitescu 0.7 41 42            
      Electorate: 12,788   Valid: 5,713   Spoilt: 163   Quota: 1,143   Turnout: 5,876 (45.9%)  

        Cumbernauld East
        • 2017: 3xSNP; 1xLab
        • 2022: 3xSNP; 1xLab
        • 2017-2022: No change
        Cumbernauld East - 4 seats[16][17]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1234567
        SNP Claire Barclay (incumbent) 31.8 1,704            
        Labour Barry McCulloch 19.1 1,022 1,036 1,045 1,217      
        SNP Tom Johnston (incumbent) 18.1 970 1,388          
        Conservative David MacPhee 8.8 469 471 473 479 503 522 592
        SNP Adam Smith 8.6 460 572 839 846 860 1,000 1,090
        Independent Paddy Hogg (incumbent) 5.3 283 300 304 313 340 384  
        Scottish Green Kyle Davidson 4.2 225 266 278 290 307    
        Labour Susan Taylor 4.1 222 228 232        
        Electorate: 13,027   Valid: 5,355   Spoilt: 209   Quota: 1,072   Turnout: 5,564 (42.7%)  

          Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead
          • 2017: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
          • 2022: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xGreen
          • 2017-2022 Change: Green gain one seat from Con
          Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead - 3 seats[16][17]
          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
          1234567
          SNP Josh Cairns 26.8 1,299            
          Labour John McLaren (incumbent) 23.9 1,159 1,162 1,204 1,272      
          Conservative Crissy Sandhu 15.0 725 725 757 766 772 870  
          Scottish Green Claire Louise Williams 10.8 523 529 557 856 859 1,044 1,218
          Labour Margaret-Anne Shaw 10.7 521 523 549 603 646    
          SNP Ian MacQuarrie 9.6 467 539 548        
          Liberal Democrats Neil K. Casey 3.2 154 155          
          Electorate: 10,567   Valid: 4,848   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 1,213   Turnout: 4,959 (46.9%)  

            Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn
            • 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP
            • 2022: 1xLab; 2xSNP
            • 2017-2022: SNP gain from Lab
            Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn - 3 seats[16][17]
            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
            12345
            SNP Greg Lennon (incumbent) 30.5 1,365        
            Labour Michael McPake (incumbent) 20.8 929 940 973 1,111 1,881
            Labour Joseph Beekman 18.4 826 832 860 967  
            SNP Joanne Katy Keltie 16.3 728 925 1,038 1,059 1,134
            Conservative Norma Raeside 9.4 421 424 437    
            Scottish Green Patrick Pearse McAleer 4.5 203 219      
            Electorate: 10,698   Valid: 4,472   Spoilt: 80   Quota: 1,119   Turnout: 4,552 (42.6%)  

              Coatbridge North
              • 2017: 2xSNP; 2xLab
              • 2022: 2xSNP; 2xLab
              • 2017-2022: No change
              Coatbridge North - 4 seats[16][17]
              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
              123456789
              SNP Kirsten Larson (incumbent) 31.2 1,545                
              Labour Alexander McVey (incumbent) 20.5 1,017                
              SNP Allan Stubbs (incumbent) 15.1 749 1,197              
              Labour Bill Shields (incumbent) 13.4 663 691 726 747 762 785 832 992 1,188
              Conservative Craig Whiteside 9.7 479 482 484 484 490 497 546 562  
              SDP Jeff McDonald 3.5 172 179 183 183 192 202      
              ISP Julie Patricia McNulty 2.6 129 147 180 181 208 271 286    
              Alba Mark Shields 2.5 123 136 163 163 169        
              Scottish Family Leo Francis Lanahan 1.6 79 85 90 91          
              Electorate: 12,021   Valid: 4,956   Spoilt: 148   Quota: 992   Turnout: 5,104 (42.5%)  

                Airdrie North
                • 2017: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xInd; 1xCon
                • 2022: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xInd
                • 2017-2022 Change: SNP gain one seat from Con
                Airdrie North - 4 seats[16][17]
                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                12345678
                SNP Sophia Coyle (incumbent) 31.3 1,741              
                Independent Alan Beveridge (incumbent) 22.0 1,223              
                Labour Henry Emerson Dunbar 21.0 1,170              
                Conservative Graeme McGinnigle 10.8 603 605 622 628 638 658 756  
                Labour Peter Gerard Kelly (incumbent in Fortissat) 8.3 463 491 517 557 561 586    
                SNP Richard Alan Sullivan 4.8 269 802 826 827 827 838 942 1,025
                Liberal Democrats Robert Stewart McGeorge 1.3 71 77 85 86 94      
                UKIP Daryl Gardner 0.4 25 28 31 32        
                Electorate: 15,029   Valid: 5,565   Spoilt: 122   Quota: 1,114   Turnout: 5,687 (37.8%)  

                  Airdrie Central
                  • 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
                  • 2022: 2xSNP; 2xLab
                  • 2017-2022 Change: Lab gain one seat from Con
                  Airdrie Central - 4 seats[16][17]
                  PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                  12
                  SNP Lesley Jarvie 31.4 1,468  
                  Labour Chris Costello 21.1 988  
                  Labour Jim Logue (incumbent) 21.1 986  
                  Conservative Trevor Douglas (incumbent) 13.7 642 646
                  SNP Janice Catherine Toner 10.2 478 951
                  Alba Julie Marshall 2.5 117 133
                  Electorate: 12,690   Valid: 4,679   Spoilt: 129   Quota: 936   Turnout: 4,808 (37.9%)  

                    Coatbridge West
                    • 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP
                    • 2022: 2xSNP; 1xLab
                    • 2017-2022 Change: SNP gain one seat from Lab
                    Coatbridge West - 3 seats[16][17]
                    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                    12345
                    SNP Lesley Mitchell [GOB] 32.2 1,254        
                    Labour Kevin Docherty (incumbent) 29.8 1,159        
                    SNP Gary Robinson 15.7 613 869 876 885 1,038
                    Labour Mary Gourlay (incumbent) 9.6 374 380 530 649 709
                    Alba Robert Slavin 6.5 254 262 268 289  
                    Conservative Laraine Shields 6.2 240 240 244    
                    Electorate: 10,411   Valid: 3,894   Spoilt: 159   Quota: 974   Turnout: 4,053 (38.9%)  

                      Coatbridge South
                      • 2017: 2xSNP; 2xLab
                      • 2022: 2xSNP; 2xLab
                      • 2017-2022: No change
                      Coatbridge South - 4 seats[16][17]
                      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                      123456
                      SNP Tracy Carragher (incumbent) 28.5 1,384          
                      SNP Fergus MacGregor (incumbent) 24.6 1,195          
                      Labour Andrew Bustard 22.7 1,100          
                      Labour Geraldine Woods (incumbent) 12.2 593 676 719 814 866 981
                      Conservative Peter Murray 6.7 327 333 335 344 374 398
                      Independent Tony Grimason 3.1 149 180 203 207    
                      Scottish Green Graham James Kerr 2.1 101 228 292 297 351  
                      Electorate: 13,164   Valid: 4,849   Spoilt: 209   Quota: 970   Turnout: 5,058 (38.4%)  

                        Airdrie South
                        • 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
                        • 2022: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
                        • 2017-2022: No change
                        Airdrie South - 4 seats[16][17]
                        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                        12345
                        SNP Michael Joseph Coyle (incumbent) 30.7 1,847        
                        Labour Michael McBride 23.0 1,386        
                        Conservative Sandy Watson (incumbent) 17.1 1,028 1,038 1,055 1,061 1,592
                        SNP Paul Di Mascio (incumbent) 16.9 1,015 1,581      
                        Labour Ian McNeil (incumbent) 12.3 739 756 891 1,054  
                        Electorate: 15,018   Valid: 6,015   Spoilt: 193   Quota: 1,204   Turnout: 6,208 (41.3%)  

                          Fortissat
                          • 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
                          • 2022: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xBUP
                          • 2017-2022: BUP gain one seat from Con
                          Fortissat - 4 seats[16][17]
                          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                          123456
                          Labour Martin McCulloch (incumbent) 22.5 1,028          
                          SNP Margaret Hughes 20.8 949          
                          British Unionist Party John Jo Leckie 18.8 859 864 864 870 1,136  
                          Labour Kenneth Stevenson (incumbent) 14.0 636 729 730 753 867 957
                          Conservative Ben Callaghan 11.2 512 514 515 523    
                          SNP Sarah Quinn 10.0 457 463 494 547 561 571
                          Scottish Green Emma Rachel Cuthbertson 2.6 118 119 121      
                          Electorate: 12,104   Valid: 4,559   Spoilt: 123   Quota: 912   Turnout: 4,682 (38.7%)  

                            Thorniewood
                            • 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP
                            • 2022: 2xLab; 1xSNP
                            • 2017-2022: No change
                            Thorniewood - 3 seats[16][17]
                            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                            12345
                            SNP Barry McCluskey 36.8 1,642        
                            Labour Helen Loughran (incumbent) 26.4 1,180        
                            Labour Margaret Boyd 17.0 760 903 950 1,083 1,458
                            Independent Joseph Budd 12.7 568 768 773 854  
                            Conservative Jeanie Burgess 7.1 318 327 330    
                            Electorate: 10,896   Valid: 4,468   Spoilt: 81   Quota: 1,118   Turnout: 4,549 (41.7%)  

                              Bellshill
                              • 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
                              • 2022: 2xLab; 2xSNP
                              • 2017-2022 Change: SNP gain one seat from Con
                              Bellshill - 4 seats[16][17]
                              PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                              12345
                              SNP Jordan James Linden (incumbent) 28.1 1,300        
                              Labour Angela Campbell (incumbent) 25.1 1,162        
                              Labour Pat Patton 13.7 635 657 829 845 935
                              Conservative Colin Cameron (incumbent) 13.6 632 635 653 663 689
                              SNP Lisa Stubbs 12.7 589 888 893 919 978
                              Independent John Devlin 4.5 209 220 232 264  
                              Alba David Baird (incumbent in Mossend and Holytown) 2.2 104 109 110    
                              Electorate: 12,279   Valid: 4,631   Spoilt: 153   Quota: 927   Turnout: 4,784 (39.0%)  

                                Mossend and Holytown
                                • 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP
                                • 2022: 2xLab; 1xSNP
                                • 2017-2022: No change
                                Mossend and Holytown - 3 seats[16][17]
                                PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                123456
                                Labour Frank McNally (incumbent) 29.8 1,132          
                                SNP Beth Baudo 25.7 974          
                                SNP Michael Clarkson 16.9 642 650 672 763 782  
                                Conservative Sheila Cameron 12.8 486 496 497 512    
                                Labour Jim Reddin (incumbent) 9.6 364 512 512 544 818 1,095
                                Alba John Marshall 5.2 198 199 200      
                                Electorate: 10,343   Valid: 3,796   Spoilt: 152   Quota: 950   Turnout: 3,948 (38.2%)  

                                  Motherwell West
                                  • 2017: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
                                  • 2022: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
                                  • 2017-2022: No change
                                  Motherwell West - 3 seats[16][17]
                                  PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                  123456
                                  SNP David Crichton 27.4 1,261          
                                  Labour Paul Kelly (incumbent) 24.0 1,105 1,109 1,364      
                                  Conservative Lorraine Nolan 18.9 869 869 896 943 1,003 1,271
                                  SNP Lindsay Evans 13.6 626 722 737 767 1,001  
                                  Scottish Green Gordon Thomas Miller 8.1 372 378 401 445    
                                  Labour Megan McCann 7.9 363 364        
                                  Electorate: 11,093   Valid: 4,596   Spoilt: 168   Quota: 1,150   Turnout: 4,764 (42.9%)  

                                    Motherwell North
                                    • 2017: 2xSNP; 2xLab
                                    • 2022: 2xSNP; 2xLab
                                    • 2017-2022: No change
                                    Motherwell North - 4 seats[16][17]
                                    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                    12345
                                    SNP Gerry Brennan 31.6 1,646        
                                    Labour Andrew Duffy-Lawson 27.4 1,427        
                                    SNP Anne Thomas 15.0 780 1,282      
                                    Conservative Oyebola Ajala 11.0 574 576 600 606  
                                    Labour Ayeshah Khan 9.9 513 541 840 913 1,048
                                    Alba Shahid Farooq (incumbent) 5.0 262 288 294    
                                    Electorate: 13,654   Valid: 5,202   Spoilt: 179   Quota: 1,041   Turnout: 5,381 (39.4%)  

                                      Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig
                                      • 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
                                      • 2022: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
                                      • 2017-2022: No change
                                      Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig - 4 seats[16][17]
                                      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                      12345678
                                      SNP Agnes Magowan (incumbent) 32.0 1,941              
                                      Labour Kenneth Duffy (incumbent) 22.6 1,368              
                                      Conservative Nathan Wilson (incumbent) 16.7 1,010 1,025 1,032 1,033 1,039 1,048 1,090 1,316
                                      SNP David Robb 10.8 653 1,263            
                                      Labour Michael Ross 8.7 525 543 657 665 672 688 874  
                                      Scottish Green Derek Watson 7.8 472 514 522 542 551 563    
                                      Scottish Family James Joseph Mitchell 0.9 54 62 66 67 70      
                                      UKIP Neil Wilson 0.7 40 40 40 40        
                                      Electorate: 15,549   Valid: 6,063   Spoilt: 190   Quota: 1,213   Turnout: 6,253 (40.2%)  

                                        Murdostoun
                                        • 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xInd
                                        • 2022: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xInd
                                        • 2017-2022: No change
                                        Murdostoun - 4 seats[16][17]
                                        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                        1234567
                                        Independent Robert John McKendrick (incumbent) 27.2 1,545            
                                        SNP Cameron McManus (incumbent) 19.4 1,106 1,167          
                                        Labour Louise Roarty (incumbent) 15.0 853 914 916 986 1,191    
                                        Labour Nicky Shevlin (incumbent) 13.7 778 834 836 892 1,007 1,049 1,317
                                        SNP Julia Stachurska 10.3 584 606 629 691 705 708  
                                        Conservative Linsey McKay 9.1 518 545 545 624      
                                        Independent Robert Livingston Arthur 5.4 305 394 394        
                                        Electorate: 14,403   Valid: 5,689   Spoilt: 136   Quota: 1,138   Turnout: 5,825 (40.4%)  

                                          Wishaw
                                          • 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
                                          • 2022: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
                                          • 2017-2022 Change: No Change
                                          Wishaw - 4 seats[16][17]
                                          PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                          12345
                                          SNP Fiona Fotheringham (incumbent) 31.9 1,687        
                                          Labour Frank McKay 21.5 1,138        
                                          Conservative Bob Burgess (incumbent) 18.5 980 988 1,000 1,004 1,383
                                          Labour Martine Nolan 14.6 771 794 881 946  
                                          SNP Jim Hume (incumbent) 13.6 719 1,286      
                                          Electorate: 13,431   Valid: 5,295   Spoilt: 186   Quota: 1,060   Turnout: 5,481 (40.8%)  

                                            Aftermath

                                            The SNP won control of North Lanarkshire Council, which had been Labour-controlled since 1996, and Jordan Linden was appointed leader of the council on 24 May 2022. He lasted just two months in the role, however, resigning on 27 July following allegations of sexual misconduct.[18] On 1 August, Linden's former deputy leader, Tracy Carragher was voted in as the leader of the SNP group with Alan Masterton as her deputy.[19]

                                            On 11 August, the SNP lost control of North Lanarkshire when Carragher failed to be voted in as the new council leader;[20] a Labour motion to install Jim Logue, leader from 2016 until the 2022 elections, to his former post was passed by 38 votes to 37.[21] The decisive vote came from long-time SNP councillor Michael Coyle, who defected to Labour shortly before the meeting.[22]

                                            Changes since 2022
                                            • On 11 August 2022, Airdrie South councillor Michael Coyle quit the SNP and defected to Scottish Labour.[22]
                                            • In May 2023, two SNP councillors were expelled and five more resigned after the revelations about Jordan Linden, as well as gagging orders. They formed a party called Progressive Change North Lanarkshire.[23]

                                            Bellshill by-election, 2023
                                            Bellshill, 15 June 2023[24]
                                            PartyCandidateFPv%Count
                                            1
                                            Labour Anne McCrory 51.8 1,440
                                            SNP Joseph Budd 27.1 753
                                            Conservative Colin Cameron 8.5 236
                                            British Unionist Party Billy Ross 4.3 120
                                            Alba John Marshall 3.9 107
                                            Scottish Green Rosemary McGowan 1.6 44
                                            Liberal Democrats John Arthur Henry Cole 1.2 34
                                            Scottish Family Leo Francis Lanahan 1.1 30
                                            Freedom Alliance (UK) Simona Panaitescu 0.3 7
                                            UKIP Neil Wilson 0.3 7
                                            Electorate: 12,410   Valid: 2,778   Spoilt: 41   Quota: 1,390   Turnout: 2,819 (22.7%)  

                                              Notes

                                                References
                                                1. "Notice of Election". North Lanarkshire Council. Retrieved 18 April 2022.
                                                2. Morrison, Hamish (6 May 2022). "British Unionist Party take seat from Tories in North Lanarkshire". The National. Retrieved 20 May 2022.
                                                3. "NLC councillor quits 'toxic' SNP". Cumbernauld News. 19 June 2018. Retrieved 21 April 2022.
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