Airdrie North (ward)

Location of the ward [1]

Airdrie North is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of North Lanarkshire Council.[2] It elects four councillors and covers northern and eastern parts of Airdrie (Clarkston, Drumgelloch, Holehills and Thrashbush neighbourhoods) plus the outlying villages of Caldercruix, Wattston, Plains and Glenmavis. Established in 2007, a boundary review in 2017 resulted in a very minor change (the loss of a few streets in Burnfoot). In 2019, the ward's population was 20,137.[3]

## Councillors

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Election  | Councillors

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2007 |  | Sophia Coyle
(SNP)  |  | Campbell Cameron
(SNP)  |  | Tommy Morgan
(Labour)  |  | Jim McGuigan
(Labour)
2012 | Alan Beveridge
(SNP/
Ind.)  | Andrew Spowart
(Labour)
2017 |  |  | David Cullen
(Conservative)
2022 | Henry Emerson Dunbar
(Labour)  |  | Richard Alan Sullivan
(SNP)

## Election results

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### 2022 election

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Main article: 2022 North Lanarkshire Council election

Airdrie North – 4 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8
| 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[note 1] | 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: 37.8%

Source:[4][5]

### 2017 election

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Main article: 2017 North Lanarkshire Council election

Airdrie North - 4 seats[6] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 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%)

### 2012 election

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Main article: 2012 North Lanarkshire Council election

Airdrie North - 4 seats[7] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6
| Labour | Tommy Morgan (incumbent)  | 30.0%  | 1,552 |  |  |  |  |
| SNP | Alan Beveridge | 20.3%  | 1,050 |  |  |  |  |
| SNP | Sophia Coyle (incumbent)  | 20.1%  | 1,040 |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Andrew Spowart | 10.6%  | 547  | 954.3  | 954.9  | 955.2  | 1,005.5  | 1,072.3
| SNP | Patrick Rolink  | 7.3%  | 379  | 402.9  | 412.7  | 415.6  | 432.7  |
| Independent | Campbell Cameron (incumbent)  | 6.0%  | 312  | 326.6  | 327.8  | 328  | 459.2  | 493.4
| Conservative | Ashley Baird  | 5.7%  | 297  | 304.6  | 305  | 305.2  |  |
Electorate: 14,755  Valid: 5,177  Spoilt: 117  Quota: 1,036  Turnout: 5,294 (35.88%)

* SNP councillor Alan Beveridge resigned from the party and became Independent on 10 February 2015 in opposition to the party's 2015 Westminster Election selection procedures.[8]

### 2007 election

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Main article: 2007 North Lanarkshire Council election

2007 North Lanarkshire council election: Airdrie North  Party  | Candidate  | 1st Pref  | %  | Seat  | Count

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| SNP | Sophia Coyle | 1,745  | 26.3  | 1  | 1
| Labour | Tommy Morgan | 1,176  | 17.7  | 1  | 10
| SNP | Campbell Cameron | 1,110  | 16.7  | 1  | 2
| Labour | Jim McGuigan | 767  | 11.6  | 1  | 10
| Labour | Tony Beekman  | 506  | 7.6  |  |
| Conservative | Dave Stewart  | 493  | 7.4  |  |
| Independent | Patrick Rolink  | 442  | 6.7  |  |
| Liberal Democrats | Particia Maguire  | 229  | 3.5  |  |
| Independent | Alan Love  | 89  | 1.3  |  |
| Scottish Socialist | Ian Smith  | 77  | 1.2  |  |

## Notes

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1. ^ Sitting councillor for Fortissat.

## References

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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: Airdrie North Archived 17 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine, Scottish Government Statistics
4. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 8 Airdrie North" (PDF). North Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
5. ^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 8 Airdrie North" (PDF). North Lanarkshire Council. 6 May 2022. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
6. ^ "North Lanarkshire Council - Scottish council elections". Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
7. ^ "North Lanarkshire Council - 3 May 2012 - North Lanarkshire Council - results". Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
8. ^ "Lanarkshire councillors quit in SNP target area". BBC News. 10 February 2015. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.

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