Airdrie South (ward)

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Airdrie South is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council.[2] It elects four councillors, with its territory unaffected by a national boundary review in 2017 – as its name suggests, this covers southern parts of Airdrie (including Brownsburn, Craigneuk, Moffat Mills, Petersburn and South Cairnhill neighbourhoods) plus the outlying settlements of Calderbank and Chapelhall, covering a population of 19,934 in 2019.[3]

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 David Fagan
(Labour) 		Tom Curley
(Labour) 		Michael Coyle
(SNP) 		John Love
(Liberal Democrats)
2012 Agnes Coyle
(SNP)
2017 Ian McNeil
(Labour) 		Sandy Watson
(Conservative) 		Paul Di Mascio
(SNP)
2022 Michael McBride
(Labour)

Election Results

2022 Election

Main article: 2022 North Lanarkshire Council election

[4]

Airdrie South - 4 seats[5][6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
SNP Michael Joseph Coyle (incumbent) 30.7 1,847        
Labour Michael McBride 23.0 1,386        
Conservative Sandy Watson (incumbent) 17.1 1,028 1,038 1,055 1,061 1,592
SNP Paul Di Mascio (incumbent) 16.9 1,015 1,581      
Labour Ian McNeil (incumbent) 12.3 739 756 891 1,054  
Electorate: 15,018   Valid: 6,015   Spoilt: 193   Quota: 1,204   Turnout: 6,208 (41.3%)  

2017 Election

Main article: 2017 North Lanarkshire Council election
Airdrie South - 4 seats[7]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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%)  

2012 Election

Main article: 2012 North Lanarkshire Council election
Airdrie South - 4 seats[8]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Labour Tom Curley (incumbent) 27.3% 1,488              
SNP Michael Coyle (incumbent) 21.2% 1,155              
Labour David Fagan (incumbent) 17.6% 959 1,290.9            
SNP Agnes Coyle 14.2% 771 784.4 804.7 853.7 877.6 910.9 945.3 1,351.7
SNP Nancy Pettigrew 7.5% 407 411.8 418.9 425.7 446.9 490.3 540.5  
Conservative Eric Young 4.7% 254 257.2 262.5 262.9 267.1 384.2    
Liberal Democrats John Love (incumbent) 4.1% 224 229.9 248.4 250.8 296.2      
Independent John McGeechan 3.5% 188 194.9 214.9 216.3        
Electorate: 14,560   Valid: 5,446   Spoilt: 116   Quota: 1,090   Turnout: 5,562 (38.2%)  
  • Labour councillor David Fagan was suspended from the party on 4 October 2016 over allegations of possession of child pornography.[9]
  • Labour councillor Tom Curley resigned from the party on 29 October 2016 and announced he would stand as an Independent in 2017.[10]

2007 Election

Main article: 2007 North Lanarkshire Council election
North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Airdrie South
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
SNP Michael Coyle 2,845 40.0 1 1
Labour Tom Curley 1,706 23.7 1 1
Labour David Fagan 712 10.0 1 5
Conservative Rhona Thornton 625 8.0
Labour Morag Thomson 570 7.2
Liberal Democrats John Love 566 7.1 1 7
Scottish Socialist Fraser Coats 173 2.4

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: Airdrie South Archived 17 June 2020 at the Wayback Machine, Scottish Government Statistics
  4. ^ "Scottish council election results | North Lanarkshire Council".
  5. ^ "Notice of Poll". North Lanarkshire Council. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
  6. ^ "Election Results". North Lanarkshire Council. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
  7. ^ "North Lanarkshire Council - Scottish council elections". Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  8. ^ "North Lanarkshire Council - 3 May 2012 - North Lanarkshire Council - results". Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  9. ^ "Labour councillor David Fagan suspended by party after being arrested over child porn rap - Daily Record". 4 October 2016. Archived from the original on 12 April 2021. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  10. ^ "Axed Labour veterans including North Lanarkshire's Tom Curley stand against party | HeraldScotland". Archived from the original on 2 December 2016. Retrieved 9 April 2021.