Cumbernauld North (ward)

Location of the 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

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

2017 Election

Main article: 2017 North Lanarkshire Council election
Cumbernauld North - 4 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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

Main article: 2012 North Lanarkshire Council election
Cumbernauld North - 4 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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

Main article: 2007 North Lanarkshire Council election
North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Cumbernauld North
Party Candidate FPv% % Seat Count
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

  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.