Cumbernauld East (ward)

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Cumbernauld East is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. It currently elects four councillors.

It was created in 2007 as Abronhill, Kildrum and the Village, covering those neighbourhoods within the town of Cumbernauld: Abronhill, Kildrum and The Village, returning three members. A 2017 boundary change led to the name being altered to a more general geographic description due to the town centre commercial area and the Seafar neighbourhood (excepting the McGregor Road area) being added, the electorate increasing sufficiently to return an additional councillor. In 2019, the ward had a population of 16,570.[2]

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Elizabeth Irvine
(SNP) 		Stevie Grant
(Labour) 		Tom Johnston
(SNP) 		3 seats
2012
2017 Claire Barclay
(SNP) 		Gillian Fannan
(Labour) 		Partick Hogg
(SNP)
2022 Barry McCulloch
(Labour) 		Adam Smith
(SNP)

Election Results

2017 Election

Main article: 2017 North Lanarkshire Council election
Cumbernauld East- 4 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 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 (incumbent) l 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%)  
  • On 19 June 2018, SNP Councillor Paddy Hogg of resigned from the party, describing the SNP group as 'toxic'; he thereafter sat as an Independent.[4]

2012 Election

Main article: 2012 North Lanarkshire Council election
Abronhill, Kildrum and the Village - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Labour Stevie Grant (incumbent) 32.2% 1,449
SNP Elizabeth Irvine (incumbent) 31.1% 1,399
SNP Tom Johnston (incumbent) 26% 1,168
Cumbernauld Independent Councillors Alliance Adam Smith 5.4% 241
Conservative Ruth Hogg 3.3% 150
Scottish Socialist Andy Locke 2% 91
Electorate: 11,251   Valid: 4,498   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 1,125   Turnout: 4,586 (40.76%)  

2007 Election

Main article: 2007 North Lanarkshire Council election
Abronhill, Kildrum & The Village
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
Labour Stevie Grant 1,939 31.4 1 1
SNP Elizabeth Irvine 1,753 28.4 1 1
SNP Tom Johnston (incumbent) 1,430 23.1 1 3
Independent Anne MacDonald 331 5.4
Liberal Democrats Carol Boyle 292 4.7
Scottish Socialist Barbara Harvey 165 2.7
Conservative Robert Paterson 160 2.6
Independent Robert Kelso 109 1.8

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. ^ Electoral Ward: Cumbernauld East Archived 3 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Scottish Government Statistics
  3. ^ "North Lanarkshire Council - Scottish council elections". Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  4. ^ "NLC councillor quits '˜toxic' SNP". www.cumbernauld-news.co.uk. 19 June 2018. Archived from the original on 7 September 2020. Retrieved 8 April 2021.