Murdostoun (ward)

Murdostoun is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council.[1] It elects four councillors and covers the settlements of Cleland, Dalziel Park and Newmains plus the Coltness and Cambusnethan areas of Wishaw, with a combined population of 20,485 in 2019;[2] created in 2007, its territory remained almost unchanged in a 2017 national review, other than the addition of a few streets by moving a section of the boundary south from the Temple Gill burn to the edge of Belhaven Park.

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 John Taggart
(SNP)		 Jimmy Martin
(Labour)		 Nicky Shelvin
(Labour)		 Robert McKendrick
(Ind.)
2012 Alan Clinch
(Labour)
2017 Cameron McManus
(SNP)		 Louise Roarty
(Labour)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 North Lanarkshire Council election[3]

Murdostoun - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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Independent Robert McKendrick (incumbent) 27.55 1,765              
SNP Cameron McManus 18.89 1,210 1,267 1,270 1,295      
Conservative Cindy MacKenzie 12.88 825 851 880 914 915 983 1,006  
Labour Nicky Shevlin (incumbent) 12.21 782 825 829 841 841 931 1,008 1,145
Labour Louise Roarty 11.52 738 804 810 827 828 859 1,014 1,235
SNP Anum Qaisar 8.76 561 602 604 614 624 684    
Independent John Taggart (incumbent) 4.43 284 366 370 452 452      
Independent Robert Arthur 2.4 154 231 241          
UKIP Yvonne Millar 1.04 67 77            
Electorate: 13,928   Valid: 6,406   Spoilt: 162   Quota: 1,282   Turnout: 6,568 (46%)

    2012 Election

    2012 North Lanarkshire Council election[4]

    Murdostoun - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    Independent Robert McKendrick (incumbent) 32.1% 1,751          
    Labour Nicky Shevlin (incumbent) 21.6% 1,178          
    Labour Alan Clinch 14.5% 789 982.1 1,045.4 1,111.3    
    SNP John Taggart (incumbent) 13.4% 729 860.7 867.5 925.7 927.8 1,566.7
    SNP Lyall Duff 12.7% 691 739.9 743.1 779.7 782.9  
    Conservative Cindy MacKenzie 5.9% 321 369.5 371.4      
    Electorate: 14,401   Valid: 5,459   Spoilt: 110   Quota: 1,092   Turnout: 5,569 (38.67%)
      • SNP councillor John Taggart resigned from the party and became Independent on 10 February 2015 in opposition to the party's 2015 Westminster Election selection procedures.[5]

      2007 Election

      2007 North Lanarkshire Council election

      North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Murdostoun
      Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
      Labour Jimmy Martin 1,449 20.0 1 1
      SNP John Taggart 1,322 18.2 1 4
      Independent Robert McKendrick 1,085 15.0 1 7
      Labour Nicky Shelvin 804 11.1 1 7
      Independent John Lawrie 756 10.4
      Labour David Moon 654 9.0
      Conservative Mark Nolan 614 8.5
      Scottish Christian Tom Selfridge 348 4.8
      Solidarity William Kelly 212 2.9

      References
      1. "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
      2. Electoral Ward: Murdostoun, Scottish Government Statistics
      5. "Lanarkshire councillors quit in SNP target area". BBC News. 10 February 2015.
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