Mossend and Holytown is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council.[2] Created in 2007, it elects three councillors.
As its name suggests, its territory comprises the localities of Mossend (as well as parts of Bellshill including the town centre east of Motherwell Road, and the Thorndean and Milnwood neighbourhoods) and neighbouring Holytown (plus part of New Stevenston – streets north of the Shotts Line railway tracks). A 2017 boundary review reduced the territory in central Bellshill slightly, and caused a small decrease in the electorate. The ward had a population of 13,480 in 2019.[3]
Election | Councillors | |||||||
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2007 | Paul Delaney (SNP) |
James Coyle (Labour) |
Kevin McKeown (Labour) | |||||
2012 | David Baird (SNP/ Alba) |
Frank McNally (Labour) | ||||||
2017 | Jim Reddin (Labour) | |||||||
2021 | ||||||||
2022 | Beth Baudo (SNP/ Progressive Change NL/ Labour) | |||||||
2023 | ||||||||
2024 |
Beth Baudo defected from the SNP to Progressive Change North Lanarkshire in 2023. In January 2024, she again defected, this time to Scottish Labour.
Main article: 2017 North Lanarkshire Council election |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Labour | Frank McNally (incumbent) | 30.41 | 1,131 | |||||
SNP | David Baird (incumbent) | 28.56 | 1,062 | |||||
Conservative | Carol Cunningham | 17.19 | 641 | 649 | 651 | 701 | ||
SNP | Michael Clarkson | 12.26 | 456 | 465 | 586 | |||
Labour | Jim Reddin | 11.54 | 429 | 597 | 599 | 810 | 1,179 | |
Electorate: 9,665 Valid: 3,719 Spoilt: 147 Quota: 930 Turnout: 3,866 (40.0%) |
Main article: 2012 North Lanarkshire Council election |
Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
Labour | James Coyle (incumbent) | 37.9% | 1,281 | |||||
Labour | Frank McNally | 22.0% | 745 | 1,061.5 | ||||
SNP | David Baird | 17.1% | 578 | 602.4 | 621.8 | 642.4 | 944.3 | |
SNP | Paul Delaney (incumbent) | 10.2% | 346 | 362.3 | 380.2 | 389.8 | ||
Independent | Kevin McKeown (incumbent) | 8.6% | 291 | 310.4 | 358.7 | 417.1 | 449.9 | |
Conservative | Rosemary Pawson | 4.2% | 141 | 147.5 | ||||
Electorate: 10,020 Valid: 3,382 Spoilt: 77 Quota: 846 Turnout: 3,459 (34.52%) |
Main article: 2007 North Lanarkshire Council election |
Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
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Labour | James Coyle | 1,680 | 37.3 | 1 | 1 | |
SNP | Paul Delaney | 1,365 | 30.3 | 1 | 1 | |
Labour | Kevin McKeown | 886 | 19.7 | 1 | 2 | |
Conservative | Elizabeth McLeod | 386 | 8.6 | |||
Independent | Jim Reddin | 191 | 4.2 |