Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council.[2] It currently elects three councillors and, as its name suggests, covers the settlements of Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead (as well as Auchinloch) with a combined population of 12,290 in 2019.[3]
It was created in 2007 as Strathkelvin, covering a larger territory also including Gartcosh and Moodiesburn (the eastern boundary being the M73 motorway) and returning four councillors. A nationwide boundary review in 2017 that recommended more representation for the area overall led to these communities being placed in a separate new ward (along with Glenboig from the Coatbridge North ward), with the remainder of the Strathkelvin ward renamed and returning one fewer councillor. A specific review in 2019 caused the addition of a few streets of modern housing at Cardowan which had been in the North East ward of the Glasgow City Council area, re-allocating them to North Lanarkshire along with the rest of the developments in that area, addressing an anomaly dating back to when the boundary crossed open fields.[4][5]
Councillors
edit| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Frances McGlinchey (SNP) |
Joe Shaw (Labour) |
Brian Wallace (Labour) |
William Hogg (Labour) | ||||
| 2012 | John McLaren (Labour) | |||||||
| 2017 | Lynne Anderson (SNP/ Alba) |
Steven Goldsack (Conservative) |
3 seats | |||||
| 2021 | ||||||||
| 2022 | Josh Cairns (SNP) |
Claire Louise Williams (Green) | ||||||
Election Results
edit2017 Election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Lynne Anderson | 28.34 | 1,292 | |||||
| Conservative | Stephen Goldsack | 21.65 | 987 | 989 | 998 | 1,084 | 1,126 | |
| Labour | John McLaren (incumbent) | 19.26 | 878 | 885 | 935 | 1,101 | 1,876 | |
| Labour | Scott Lamond | 16.65 | 759 | 765 | 817 | 913 | ||
| Independent | Frances McGlinchey (incumbent) | 9.12 | 416 | 421 | 552 | |||
| SNP | Stephen Kirley | 4.98 | 227 | 352 | ||||
| Electorate: 9,309 Valid: 4,559 Spoilt: 114 Quota: 1,140 Turnout: 4673 (50.2%) | ||||||||
- On 22 May 2018, Conservative councillor Stephen Goldsack was expelled from the party after previous connections to the British National Party were exposed.[7]
2012 Election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Labour | William Hogg (incumbent) | 22.6% | 1,418 | ||||||
| SNP | Frances McGlinchey (incumbent) | 19.9% | 1,245 | 1,255.2 | |||||
| Labour | Brian Wallace (incumbent) | 15.4% | 947 | 962.9 | 963 | 1,007.4 | 1,109.9 | 1,226 | |
| Labour | John McLaren | 14.0% | 865 | 976.6 | 976.7 | 1,058.9 | 1,144.8 | 1,351.7 | |
| SNP | June McHugh | 13.3% | 821 | 829.7 | 831.6 | 898.9 | 1,008.1 | ||
| Conservative | Andrew Polson | 10.3% | 635 | 637.7 | 637.7 | 682.7 | |||
| Independent | Joe Shaw (incumbent) | 5.4% | 330 | 333.7 | 333.7 | ||||
| Electorate: 15,534 Valid: 6,261 Spoilt: 88 Quota: 1,253 Turnout: 6,394 (41.16%) | |||||||||
- SNP councillor Frances McGlinchey resigned from the party on 24 October 2012 in protest at the vote to overturn its long-standing opposition to NATO.[8]
2007 Election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Frances McGlinchey | 2,055 | 26.4 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | William Hogg | 1,795 | 23.5 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Brian Wallace | 1,309 | 16.9 | 1 | 6 | |
| Labour | Joe Shaw | 1,208 | 15.6 | 1 | 4 | |
| Conservative | Jonathan Oak | 872 | 11.2 | |||
| Solidarity | Jack Doyle | 409 | 5.4 | |||
References
edit- ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "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.
- ^ Electoral Ward: Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead Archived 3 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Scottish Government Statistics
- ^ Administrative Boundary Review Archived 3 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland, April 2018
- ^ Interim Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries at Cardowan by Stepps Archived 3 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland, 31 October 2019
- ^ "North Lanarkshire Council - Scottish council elections". Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ "Tory councillor expelled from party as BNP connections come to light". The National. Archived from the original on 11 May 2019. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Councillor quits SNP over Nato". Archived from the original on 3 May 2022. Retrieved 8 April 2021.