Mossend and Holytown (ward)

Mossend and Holytown is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council.[2] Created in 2007, it elects three councillors.

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

As its name suggests, its territory comprises the localities of Mossend (as well as parts of Bellshill including the town centre east of Motherwell Road, and the Thorndean and Milnwood neighbourhoods) and neighbouring Holytown (plus part of New Stevenston – streets north of the Shotts Line railway tracks). A 2017 boundary review reduced the territory in central Bellshill slightly, and caused a small decrease in the electorate. The ward had a population of 13,480 in 2019.[3]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Paul Delaney
(SNP)		 James Coyle
(Labour)		 Kevin McKeown
(Labour)
2012 David Baird
(SNP/
Alba)		 Frank McNally
(Labour)
2017 Jim Reddin
(Labour)
2021
2022 Beth Baudo
(SNP)

Election Results

2017 Election
Main article: 2017 North Lanarkshire Council election
Mossend and Holytown - 3 seats[4]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
Labour Frank McNally (incumbent) 30.41 1,131        
SNP David Baird (incumbent) 28.56 1,062        
Conservative Carol Cunningham 17.19 641 649 651 701  
SNP Michael Clarkson 12.26 456 465 586    
Labour Jim Reddin 11.54 429 597 599 810 1,179
Electorate: 9,665   Valid: 3,719   Spoilt: 147   Quota: 930   Turnout: 3,866 (40.0%)  
    • On 10 July 2018, councillor David Baird was suspended from The SNP for 'breaking procedure'. He then sat as an Independent,[5] before re-joining the party in 2018.

    2012 Election
    Main article: 2012 North Lanarkshire Council election
    Mossend and Holytown - 3 seats[6]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    Labour James Coyle (incumbent) 37.9% 1,281        
    Labour Frank McNally 22.0% 745 1,061.5      
    SNP David Baird 17.1% 578 602.4 621.8 642.4 944.3
    SNP Paul Delaney (incumbent) 10.2% 346 362.3 380.2 389.8  
    Independent Kevin McKeown (incumbent) 8.6% 291 310.4 358.7 417.1 449.9
    Conservative Rosemary Pawson 4.2% 141 147.5      
    Electorate: 10,020   Valid: 3,382   Spoilt: 77   Quota: 846   Turnout: 3,459 (34.52%)  

      2007 Election
      Main article: 2007 North Lanarkshire Council election
      North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Mossend & Holytown
      Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
      Labour James Coyle 1,680 37.3 1 1
      SNP Paul Delaney 1,365 30.3 1 1
      Labour Kevin McKeown 886 19.7 1 2
      Conservative Elizabeth McLeod 386 8.6
      Independent Jim Reddin 191 4.2

      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: Mossend and Holytown Archived 16 January 2021 at the Wayback Machine, Scottish Government Statistics
      4. "North Lanarkshire Council - Scottish council elections". Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
      5. "Councillor suspended by SNP Group at NLC". www.motherwelltimes.co.uk. Archived from the original on 4 July 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
      6. "North Lanarkshire Council - 3 May 2012 - North Lanarkshire Council - results". Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
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