Cumbernauld North (ward)

Location of the ward [1]

Cumbernauld North is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council.[2] It elects four Councillors and covers the northern parts of Cumbernauld lying north-west of the M80 motorway (Balloch/Eastfield, Blackwood, Carrickstone, Craigmarloch, Smithstone, Westerwood and Westfield) plus the separate older villages of Castlecary and Dullatur. Created in 2007, its boundaries remained unchanged in a 2017 review. In 2019, the population was 17,927.[3]

## Councillors[edit]

Election  | Councillors

|

2007 |  | Alan O'Brien
(SNP/
Ind.)  |  | Bob Chadha
(Labour)  |  | Barry McCulloch
(Labour)  |  | Gordon Murray
(Ind.)
2012 |  |  | Alan Masterson
(SNP)
2017 |  | Danish Ashraf
(SNP)  | Tom Fisher
(Labour)  |  | Calum Currie
(Conservative)
2022

## Election Results[edit]

### 2017 Election[edit]

Main article: 2017 North Lanarkshire Council election

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

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 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%)

### 2012 Election[edit]

Main article: 2012 North Lanarkshire Council election

Cumbernauld North - 4 seats[5] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7
| Cumbernauld Independent Councillors Alliance  | Alan O'Brien (incumbent)  | 24.3%  | 1,309 |  |  |  |  |  |
| Labour | Barry McCulloch (incumbent)  | 18%  | 971  | 995.9  | 1,005.9  | 1,039.5  | 1,054.1  | 1,060.9  | 1,154.6
| Labour | Bob Chadha (incumbent)  | 17.9%  | 962  | 985.4  | 996.2  | 1,028.4  | 1,036.5  | 1,045.7  | 1,143.2
| SNP | Alan Masterton | 17.5%  | 943  | 969.2  | 979.9  | 999  | 1,250.7 |  |
| SNP | Andrew Roberts  | 10.9%  | 588  | 616.4  | 620.4  | 634.4  | 708.1  | 853.9  |
| SNP | Kevin McMail  | 6.4%  | 344  | 356.4  | 362.3  | 365.8  |  |  |
| Conservative | Arthur Pawson  | 4%  | 216  | 240.1  | 244.2  |  |  |  |
| Scottish Socialist | John Miller  | 1%  | 50  | 63.6  |  |  |  |  |
Electorate: 13,446  Valid: 5,383  Spoilt: 87  Quota: 1,077  Turnout: 5,470 (40.68%)

### 2007 Election[edit]

Main article: 2007 North Lanarkshire Council election

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

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| SNP | Alan O'Brien | 1,645  | 23.1  | 1  | 1
| Labour | Bob Chadha  | 1,576  | 22.5  | 1  | 1
| Labour | Barry McCulloch | 1,362  | 19.5  | 1  | 3
| Independent | Gordon Murray | 727  | 10.4  | 1  | 9
| SNP | Norman R Robinson  | 641  | 9.2  |  |
| Conservative | Christina Giggie  | 375  | 5.4  |  |
| Liberal Democrats | Pamela Wilson  | 321  | 4.6  |  |
| Independent | Donald Masterton  | 247  | 3.5  |  |
| Scottish Socialist | Davina McNeill  | 101  | 1.4  |  |

## References[edit]

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: Cumbernauld North, Scottish Government Statistics
4. ^ "North Lanarkshire Council - Scottish council elections". Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
5. ^ "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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