Coatbridge South (ward)
Location of the ward [1]
Coatbridge South is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council.[2] Covering neighbourhoods in the south-east of Coatbridge (Calderwood, Carnbroe, Greenend, Kirkshaws, Rosehall, Shawhead, Sikeside, Victoria Park and Whifflet), it currently elects four councillors. A boundary review in 2017 caused the addition of an area between Langloan Street, the A725 and the A89, with a small increase in the electorate and an additional seat from the original three. The ward had a population of 16,889 in 2019.[3]
Councillors
[edit]| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | James Brooks (Labour) |
John Higgins (Labour) |
Ian Ferrie (SNP) |
3 seats | ||||
| 2012 | Imtiaz Majid (SNP) | |||||||
| 2017 | Tom Castles (Labour) |
Gordon Encinias (Labour) |
Tracy Carragyer (SNP) |
Fergus MacGregor (SNP) | ||||
| 2018 by- | Geraldine Woods (Labour) | |||||||
| 2022 | Andrew Bustard (Labour) | |||||||
Election Results
[edit]2022 Election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| 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%) | |||||||||
2017 Election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 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%) | |||||||||||
2018 By-election
[edit]- On 13 August 2018, Labour councillor Gordon Encinias died, having been unwell for some time.[6] A by-election was held on 25 October and the seat was held by Geraldine Woods of Scottish Labour.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 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%) | |||||||||||
2012 Election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Labour | Jim Brooks (incumbent) | 40.8% | 1,568 | |||||
| SNP | Imtiaz Majid | 21.5% | 827 | 848.6 | 900.3 | 951.6 | 1,389 | |
| Labour | John Higgins (incumbent) | 21.2% | 814 | 1,324.1 | ||||
| SNP | Gerry Somers | 12.1% | 466 | 479.9 | 529.1 | 559.9 | ||
| Conservative | Colin Gibson | 4.4% | 171 | 186.1 | 208.2 | |||
| Electorate: 11,130 Valid: 3,846 Spoilt: 122 Quota: 962 Turnout: 3,968 (35.65%) | ||||||||
2007 Election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | James Brooks | 1,682 | 35.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| SNP | Ian Ferrie | 1,503 | 31.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | John Higgins | 1,057 | 22.0 | 1 | 2 | |
| Conservative | Robert Hargrave | 392 | 8.2 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Craig Coats | 172 | 3.6 | |||
References
[edit]- ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ "Electoral Ward: Coatbridge South, Scottish Government Statistics". statistics.gov.scot.
- ^ "Scottish council election results | North Lanarkshire Council".
- ^ "Scottish council elections". www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017.
- ^ "Tributes paid as Labour party councillor dies". Glasgow Times.
- ^ "Coatbridge South By-election". www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Election Office". northlanarkshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015.