2017 North Lanarkshire Council election

Elections to North Lanarkshire Council were held on Thursday 4 May 2017, on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election utilised the twenty-one wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 77 Councillors being elected. This represented an increase of 7 seats and 1 additional ward when compared to 2012. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.

Main article: 2017 Scottish local elections

2017 North Lanarkshire Council election

4 May 2017 (2017-05-04)
All 77 seats to North Lanarkshire Council 39 seats needed for a majority
First party Second party Third party   Leader David Stocks Jim Logue Meghan Gallacher Party SNP Labour Conservative Leader's seat Airdrie Central Airdrie Central Motherwell West Last election 26 seats, 37.1% 41 seats, 58.6% 0 seats, 0% Seats before 30 44 0 Seats won 33 32 10 Seat change 3 12 10   Fourth party   Leader Robert McKendrick Party Independent Leader's seat Murdostoun Last election 2 seats, 3% Seats before 2 Seats won 2 Seat change 0
Council Leader before election Jim Logue Labour Council Leader after election Jim Logue Labour

The election saw the Scottish National Party overtake Labour as the largest party on the council. Despite The SNP winning the most seats and most votes, North Lanarkshire is run by a minority Labour administration. Labour leader Jim Logue was appointed Leader of the Council with the support of Conservative and Independent councillors.[1]

Election result

North Lanarkshire Local Election Result 2017

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	SNP	33	4	1	+3	42.86	38.46	42,051	+3.86
	Labour	32	1	13	-12	41.56	32.99	36,063	-17.81
	Conservative	10	+10	-	+10	12.99	15.86	17,338	+10.36
	Independent	2	1	1	-	2.6	7.48	8,178	+1.38
	Independent Alliance North Lanarkshire	0	-	-	-	-	2.58	2,823	-
	Scottish Green	0	-	-	-	-	1.32	1,444	-
	A Better Britain – Unionist Party	0	-	-	-	-	0.51	559	-
	UKIP	0	-	-	-	-	0.39	428	-
	RISE	0	-	-	-	-	0.17	186	-
	Scottish Socialist	0	-	-	-	-	0.15	167	-0.25
	Solidarity	0	-	-	-	-	0.09	94	-

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2012. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

Ward results

Kilsyth

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2012-2017: No change

Kilsyth - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour	Jean Jones (incumbent)	33.7	1,496
	SNP	Alan Stevenson (incumbent)	17.57	780	740	756	783	785	811
	SNP	Mark Kerr	17.19	763	781	806	847	848	892	1,593
	Labour	Heather McVey (incumbent)	16.47	731	1,097	1,104	1,126
	Conservative	Paul Anderson	11.33	503	515	516	524	527
	Scottish Green	Rob Kay	2.18	97	102	118
	Solidarity	Kevin Kane	1.55	69	74
Electorate: 9,657   Valid: 4,439   Spoilt: 119   Quota: 1,110   Turnout: 4,558 (47.2%)

Cumbernauld North

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xCICA; 1xSNP;
• 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
• 2012-2017 Change: SNP gain 1 seat from CICA; Con gain 1 seat from Lab

Cumbernauld North - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10
	SNP	Alan Masterton (incumbent)	25.54	1,833
	Conservative	Calum Currie	16.53	1,186	1,189	1,192	1,205	1,216	1,217	1,300	1,334	1,362	1,716
	SNP	Danish Ashraf	14.03	1,007	1,331	1,336	1,338	1,444
	Labour	Tom Fisher	11.93	856	864	865	870	899	900	968	1,585
	Labour	Barry McCulloch (incumbent)	10.05	721	730	735	740	759	759	808
	Independent	Alan O'Brien (incumbent)	9.91	711	722	723	733	769	770	1,009	1,051	1,075
	Independent	Fraser Morrison	7.09	509	517	518	521	573	574
	Scottish Green	Kevin Hamilton	3.91	281	297	303	305
	UKIP	Carl Pearson	0.63	45	45	45
	Scottish Socialist	John Miller	0.37	27	28
Electorate: 14,497   Valid: 7,176   Spoilt: 145   Quota: 1,436   Turnout: 7,321 (50.5%)

Cumbernauld South

• 2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP
• 2017: 3xSNP; 1xLab
• 2012-2017 Change: SNP gain one seat from Lab

Cumbernauld South - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	SNP	William Goldie (incumbent)	19.36	1,146	1,151	1,178	1,233
	SNP	Catherine Johnston	17.4	1,030	1,033	1,075	1,093	1,122	1,149	1,181	1,224
	Labour	Allan Graham (incumbent)	16.29	964	970	981	1,018	1,020	1,648
	SNP	Junaid Ashraf	14.12	836	840	880	907	920	943	972	1,026
	Conservative	Colin Gibson	12.47	738	740	749	794	795	824	912
	Labour	Stephanie Griffin née Muir (incumbent)	12.28	727	742	763	790	791
	Independent	William Homer	3.78	224	227	262
	Scottish Green	Patrick McAleer	3.16	187	210
	Scottish Socialist	Kevin McVey	1.13	67
Electorate: 12,752   Valid: 5,919   Spoilt: 189   Quota: 1,184   Turnout: 6,108 (47.9%)

Cumbernauld East

• 2017: 3xSNP; 1xLab
• 2012-2017 Change: New ward

Cumbernauld East- 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	SNP	Tom Johnston*	22.68	1,345
	SNP	Claire Barclay	22.12	1,312
	SNP	††††Paddy Hogg +	13.89	824	955	1,058	1,075	1,147	1,165	1,182	1,257
	Labour	Gillian Fannan	13.3	789	793	799	807	832	1,310
	Conservative	David Stark	13.25	786	789	789	793	825	868	896
	Labour	Stevie Grant *	10.52	624	631	636	644	673
	Scottish Green	Anne McCrossan	3.0	178	183	186	209
	Scottish Socialist	Andy Locke	1.23	73	75	75
Electorate: 12,888   Valid: 5,931   Spoilt: 165   Quota: 1,187   Turnout: 6,096 (47.3%)

• = Sitting Councillors for Abronhill, Kildrum and the Village Ward.

+ = Sitting Councillor for Cumbernauld South Ward.

Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead

• 2017: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
• 2012-2017 Change: New ward

Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead- 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	SNP	Lynne Anderson	28.34	1,292
	Conservative	Stephen Goldsack†††	21.65	987	989	998	1,084	1,126
	Labour	John McLaren (incumbent) *	19.26	878	885	935	1,101	1,876
	Labour	Scott Lamond	16.65	759	765	817	913
	Independent	Frances McGlinchey (incumbent) *	9.12	416	421	552
	SNP	Stephen Kirley	4.98	227	352
Electorate: 9,309   Valid: 4,559   Spoilt: 114   Quota: 1,140   Turnout: 4673 (50.2%)

• = Sitting Councillors for Strathkelvin Ward.

Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn

• 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2012-2017 Change: New ward

Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour	Willie Doolan	28.6	1,241
	SNP	Greg Lennon	28.46	1,235
	Labour	Michael McPake (incumbent) *	14.47	628	751	759	782	858	1,070	1,370
	Conservative	David MacLean	13.53	587	592	592	626	692	722
	Independent	John Wilson	6.41	278	283	286	301
	SNP	Gerry Parker	6.31	274	279	410	420	480
	UKIP	Sean Cairns	2.21	96	97	99
Electorate: 9,536   Valid: 4,339   Spoilt: 105   Quota: 1,085   Turnout: 4,444 (46.6%)

• = Sitting Councillor for Coatbridge North and Glenboig Ward.

Coatbridge North

• 2017: 2xSNP; 2xLab
• 2007-2012 Change: New ward

Coatbridge North - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	SNP	Kirsten Larson	22.56	1,100
	Labour	Alex McVey *	21.06	1,027
	Conservative	Ben Callaghan	14.83	723	724	726	728	749	806
	Labour	Bill Shields *	13.53	660	665	704	721	786	913	1,228
	SNP	Allan Stubbs	12.22	596	693	694	741	788	945	975
	Independent	Julie McAnulty *	8.67	423	428	430	460	512
	Independent	Martin McWilliams	4.9	239	241	243	249
	Scottish Green	Graham Kerr	2.24	109	115	116
Electorate: 12,055   Valid: 4,877   Spoilt: 162   Quota: 976   Turnout: 5,039 (41.8%)

• = Sitting Councillors for Coatbridge North and Glenboig Ward.

Airdrie North

• 2012: 2xSNP; 2xLab
• 2017: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xInd; 1xCon
• 2012-2017 Change: Ind gain one seat from SNP; Con gain one seat from Lab

Airdrie North - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	SNP	Sophia Coyle (incumbent)	22.11	1,320
	Labour	Tommy Morgan (incumbent)	19.17	1,144	1,151	1,155	1,170	1,238
	Independent	Alan Beveridge (incumbent)	18.25	1,084	1,090	1,101	1,121	1,276
	Conservative	David Cullen	18.25	1,084	1,086	1,105	1,117	1,133	1,156	1,159	1,446
	Labour	Andrew Spowart (incumbent)	13.44	798	802	807	815	860	886	918
	SNP	Andy Pettigrew	5.99	356	453	464	501
	Scottish Green	Kyle Davidson	1.52	90	97	100
	UKIP	Daryl Gardner	1.06	63	64
Electorate: 14,789   Valid: 5,939   Spoilt: 154   Quota: 1,188   Turnout: 6,093 (41.2%)

Airdrie Central

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
• 2012-2017 Change: 1 extra seat compared to 2012. Con gain one seat from Lab

Airdrie Central - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Labour	Jim Logue (incumbent)	27.34	1,336
	SNP	Nancy Pettigrew	17.88	874	890	924	958	1,000
	SNP	David Stocks (incumbent)	17.27	844	861	873	895	974	992
	Conservative	Trevor Douglas	15.61	763	781	787	819	878	878	879	1,042
	Independent Alliance North Lanarkshire	Peter Sullivan (incumbent)	7.88	385	398	423	489
	Labour	Michael McBride	6.98	341	570	585	612	740	740	744
	Independent	George Devine	4.56	223	233	244
	Scottish Green	Claire Williams	2.48	121	124
Electorate: 12,756   Valid: 4,887   Spoilt: 126   Quota: 978   Turnout: 5,013 (39.3%)

Coatbridge West

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2012-2017 Change: No change

Coatbridge West - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	Labour	Kevin Docherty (incumbent)	36.52	1,378
	SNP	Caroline Stephen	34.8	1,313
	SNP	Paul Welsh (incumbent)	10.15	383	403	722	745
	Labour	Mary Gourlay	9.44	356	702	718	878	1,196
	Conservative	Francis McIntyre	9.09	343	352	356
Electorate: 10,107   Valid: 3,773   Spoilt: 209   Quota: 944   Turnout: 3,982 (39.4%)

Coatbridge South

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017: 2xLab; 2xSNP
• 2012-2017 Change: 1 extra seat compared to 2012

Coatbridge South - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	SNP	Tracy Carragher	29.95	1,392
	Labour	Tom Castles	22.72	1,056
	SNP	Fergus MacGregor	12.76	593	966
	Conservative	John Cameron	11.88	552	557	560	560	567	588	653
	Labour	Gordon Encinias††††††	6.8	316	338	442	447	479	517	693	932
	Independent Alliance North Lanarkshire	Jim Brooks (incumbent)	6.69	311	322	324	327	425	517
	Independent	Gerry Somers	4.65	216	225	227	233	275
	Independent Alliance North Lanarkshire	John Higgins (incumbent)	4.54	211	223	226	230
Electorate: 12,726   Valid: 4,647   Spoilt: 189   Quota: 930   Turnout: 4,836 (38.0%)

Airdrie South

• 2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP
• 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
• 2012-2017 Change: Con gain one seat from Lab

Airdrie South - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	SNP	Michael Coyle (incumbent)	23.67%	1,468
	Conservative	Sandy Watson	22.51%	1,396
	SNP	Paul Di Mascio	14.62%	907	1,062	1,066	1,144	1,190	1,355
	Labour	Jed Graham	13.64%	846	851	866	895	940	968	997
	Labour	Ian McNeil	13.51%	838	842	880	915	999	1,021	1,035	1,851
	Independent	Agnes Coyle (incumbent)	4.43%	275	316	321	336	365
	Independent	Peter Owens	3.82%	237	239	269	328
	Scottish Green	Rosemary McGowan	3.8%	236	244	252
Electorate: 14,227   Valid: 6,203   Spoilt: 148   Quota: 1,241   Turnout: 6,351 (43.6%)

Fortissat

• 2012: 1xLab; 1xIndependent; 1xSNP
• 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
• 2012-2017 Change: 1 extra seat compared to 2012

Fortissat - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Labour	Martin McCulloch	29.29	1,477
	SNP	Thomas Cochrane†† (incumbent)	20.15	1,016
	Conservative	Sandy Thornton†	13.29	670	678	678	691	948	1,121
	A Better Britain – Unionist Party	Jeffrey McDonald	11.08	559	574	574	591
	Independent	Charlie Cefferty (incumbent)	10.09	509	527	527	661	754
	SNP	Mags Murphy	8.9	449	469	475
	Labour	Kenneth Stevenson	7.2	363	715	715	806	891	1,117
Electorate: 12,051   Valid: 5,043   Spoilt: 139   Quota: 1,009   Turnout: 5,182 (43.0%)

Thorniewood

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2012-2017 Change: No change

Thorniewood - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4
	Labour	Bob Burrows (incumbent)	33.48	1,568
	SNP	Steven Bonnar (incumbent)††††††††	31.17	1,460
	Labour	Hugh Gaffney†††††††	16.78	786	1,119	1,156	1,419
	Conservative	Christine McConnell	11.08	519	536	540
	SNP	Josh Robertson	7.49	351	362	584	609
Electorate: 10,688   Valid: 4,684   Spoilt: 104   Quota: 1172   Turnout: 4,788 (44.8%)

Bellshill

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon
• 2012-2017 Change: 1 extra seat compared to 2012.

Bellshill - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Labour	Harry Curran (incumbent)	25.15	1,237
	SNP	Jordan Linden	21.53	1,059
	Conservative	Colin Cameron	17.69	870	877	877	915	971	1,016
	SNP	Marina Lyle (incumbent)	15.09	742	756	823	826	881
	Labour	Angela Campbell	12.36	608	798	800	821	927	1,172
	Independent	John Devlin	6.36	313	327	329	343
	UKIP	William Brown	1.81	89	91	92
Electorate: 12,229   Valid: 4,918   Spoilt: 145   Quota: 984   Turnout: 5,063 (41.4%)

Mossend and Holytown

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2012-2017 Change: No change

Mossend and Holytown - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5
	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%)

Motherwell West

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
• 2012-2017 Change: Con gain one seat from Lab

Motherwell West - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Conservative	Meghan Gallacher	21.99	1,002	1,019	1,047	1,097	1,163
	SNP	Annette Valentine (incumbent)	21.15	964	970	1,009	1,047	1,080	1,081	1,854
	Labour	Paul Kelly (incumbent)	20.12	917	923	958	1,453
	SNP	Jamie Super	16.74	763	773	808	834	867	869
	Labour	Michael Ross (incumbent)	14	638	652	673
	RISE	Julie Fleming	4.08	186	207
	Independent Alliance North Lanarkshire	Elaine McSpadden	1.91	87
Electorate: 10,585   Valid: 4,557   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 1,140   Turnout: 4,668 (44.1%)

Motherwell North

• 2012: 3xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017: 2xLab; 2xSNP
• 2012-2017 Change: SNP gain one seat from Lab

Motherwell North - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 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%)

Motherwell South East & Ravenscraig

• 2012: 3xLab; 1xSNP
• 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
• 2012-2017 Change: SNP gain one seat from Lab; Con gain one seat from Lab

Motherwell South East & Ravenscraig - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8	Count 9	Count 10	Count 11	Count 12
	SNP	Agnes Magowan	25.27	1,507
	Conservative	Nathan Wilson	19.92	1,188	1,192	1,193	1,193	1,194	1,218
	SNP	Alan Valentine (incumbent)	16.16	964	1,224
	Labour	Kenneth Duffy	14.4	859	866	868	870	874	877	879	892	923	958	1,039	1,591
	Labour	Kaye Harmon (incumbent)	9.81	565	573	575	576	578	582	586	599	622	649	754
	Independent Alliance North Lanarkshire	Gary O'Rorke (incumbent)	5.45	325	331	332	333	336	342	344	365	377	433
	Independent	Ian Glenny	2.78	166	188	190	198	199	201	203	241	273
	Scottish Green	Ben Adams	2.43	145	150	157	159	169	175	176	185
	Independent	Ian Kelly	2.2	131	134	135	137	140	147	148
	UKIP	Neil Wilson	1.14	68	68	69	69	69
	Solidarity	James Mitchell	0.42	25	27	28	29
	Independent	Deryck Beaumont	0.35	21	21	22
Electorate: 14,254   Valid: 5,964   Spoilt: 151   Quota: 1,197   Turnout: 6,115 (42.9%)

Murdostoun

• 2012: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent
• 2017: 1xIndependent; 1xSNP; 2xLab
• 2012-2017 Change: No change

Murdostoun - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7	Count 8
	Independent	Robert McKendrick (incumbent)	27.55	1,765
	SNP	Cameron McManus	18.89	1,210	1,267	1,270	1,295
	Conservative	Cindy MacKenzie	12.88	825	851	880	914	915	983	1,006
	Labour	Nicky Shevlin (incumbent)	12.21	782	825	829	841	841	931	1,008	1,145
	Labour	Louise Roarty	11.52	738	804	810	827	828	859	1,014	1,235
	SNP	Anum Qaisar	8.76	561	602	604	614	624	684
	Independent	John Taggart (incumbent)	4.43	284	366	370	452	452
	Independent	Robert Arthur	2.4	154	231	241
	UKIP	Yvonne Millar	1.04	67	77
Electorate: 13,928   Valid: 6,406   Spoilt: 162   Quota: 1,282   Turnout: 6,568 (46%)

Wishaw

• 2012: 2xLab; 2xSNP
• 2017: 2xSNP; 1xLab; 1xCon
• 2012-2017 Change: Conservative gain one seat from Lab

Wishaw - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	SNP	Fiona Fotheringham	25.35	1,442
	Labour	Angela Feeney	18.9	1,075	1,088	1,119	1,418
	Conservative	Bob Burgess	18.76	1,067	1,070	1,079	1,100	1,141
	SNP	Jim Hume (incumbent)	13.62	775	1,041	1,054	1,062	1,099	1,099	1,278
	Independent Alliance North Lanarkshire	Sam Love (incumbent)	12.8	728	733	850	891;	946	947
	Labour	James Robertson	6.8	387	389	414
	Independent Alliance North Lanarkshire	Frank McKay (incumbent)	3.76	214	216
Electorate: 13,902   Valid: 5,688   Spoilt: 165   Quota: 1,138   Turnout: 5,853 (42.1%)

Changes since 2017

• † Fortissat Conservative candidate, Sandy Thornton refused to sign his acceptance of office, resulting in the seat becoming vacant on 28 June 2017. A by-election took place on 7 September 2017 and was won by Clare Quigley of the Scottish Labour Party.[2][3]
• †† On 8 May 2018, Councillor Tommy Cochrane resigned from The SNP and became an Independent citing lack of support from The SNP in Fortissat.[4] He resigned his seat on 18 March 2020 saying he was increasingly unable to manage personal and work commitments.[5]
• ††† On 22 May 2018 Councillor Stephen Goldsack of the Scottish Conservative Party was expelled from the party after previous connections to the British National Party were exposed.[6]
• †††† On 19 June 2018, Councillor Paddy Hogg of Cumbernauld East resigned from The SNP. He described the SNP group as ‘toxic’. He now sits as an Independent.[7]
• ††††† On 10 July 2018, Councillor David Baird of Holytown & Mossend was suspended from The SNP for 'breaking procedure'. He now sits as an Independent.[8] He re-joined the party in 2018.
• †††††† On 13 August 2018, Coatbridge South Labour Councillor Gordon Encinias died, having been unwell for some time.[9] A by-election was held on 25 October and was held by Geraldine Woods of Scottish Labour.
• ††††††† On 1 Jul 2019, Thorniewood Labour Councillor Hugh Gaffney resigned his seat. He was elected as MP for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill at the 2017 UK Parliament Election. [10] A by-election was held on 19 September 2019 and the seat was retained by Labour.
• †††††††† Thorniewood SNP Cllr Steven Bonnar was elected as MP for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill at the 2019 UK Parliament Election.[11] He resigned his Council seat and the by-election was set for May but has now been deferred until 19 November 2020.

By-elections since 2017

Fortissat

Fortissat By-election (7 September 2017) - 1 Seat[12]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6	Count 7
	Labour	Clare Quigley	38.5	1,420	1,421	1,426	1,466	1,546	1,827	2,117
	A Better Britain – Unionist Party	John Jo Leckie	23.3	858	865	867	913	1,088	1,139
	SNP	Mags Murphy	20.6	761	762	770	791	804
	Conservative	Norma McNab	11.5	424	427	428	459
	Independent	Charlie Cefferty	5.0	184	184	188
	Scottish Green	Kyle Davidson	0.7	24	26
	UKIP	Daryl Gardner	0.5	18
Electorate: 12,163   Valid: 3,689   Spoilt: 47   Quota: 1,845   Turnout: 3,736 (30.7%)

Coatbridge South

Coatbridge South By-election (25 October 2018) - 1 Seat[13]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1	Count 2	Count 3	Count 4	Count 5	Count 6
	Labour	Geraldine Woods	42.2	1,355	1,360	1,364	1,380	1,549	2,070
	SNP	Lesley Mitchell	41.8	1,343	1,344	1,346	1,360	1,405
	Conservative	Ben Callaghan	13.8	492	494	496	499
	Scottish Green	Rosemary McGowan	1.5	47	50	51
	UKIP	Neil Wilson	0.4	14	14
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Wilson	0.4	13
Electorate: 12,766   Valid: 3,264   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 1,633   Turnout: 3,312 (25.9%)

Thorniewood

Thorniewood By-election (19 September 2019) - 1 Seat[14]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count 1
	Labour	Norah Moody	44.3%	1,362
	SNP	Eve Cunnington	39.1%	1,202
	Conservative	Lorraine Nolan	9.6%	296
	Liberal Democrats	Colin Robb	5.5%	168
	Scottish Green	Rosemary McGowan	1.5%	46

References

1. "Labour in talks with Tories over two more council deals". STV News. Retrieved 2017-09-06.
2. Aitken, Mark (July 9, 2017). "Tory 'ghost councillor' dodged job and sparked by-election costing £50,000". dailyrecord.
3. Temlett, Michael (September 8, 2017). "Labour win Fortissat by-election as Clare Quigley grabs two times SNP vote". dailyrecord.
4. "Councillor quits the SNP over alleged 'toxic bullying'". HeraldScotland.
5. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/shotts-councillor-calls-quits-after-21706628
6. "Tory councillor expelled from party as BNP connections come to light". The National. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
7. "NLC councillor quits '˜toxic' SNP". www.cumbernauld-news.co.uk.
8. "Councillor suspended by SNP Group at NLC". www.motherwelltimes.co.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
9. "Tributes paid as Labour party councillor dies". Glasgow Times.
10. "Scots Labour MP triggers council by-election". July 1, 2019 – via www.bbc.com.
11. https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/news/local-news/election-after-coatbridges-new-mp-21588179
12. 12457 (8 September 2017). "Fortissat ward by-election result". www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
13. 12457 (26 October 2018). "Coatbridge South By-election". www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
14. 12457 (19 September 2019). "Thorniewood By-election". north lanarkshire cc. Retrieved 23 August 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)

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