Coatbridge South (ward)

Location of the ward ^[1]

Coatbridge South is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council.^[2] Covering neighbourhoods in the south-east of Coatbridge (Calderwood, Carnbroe, Greenend, Kirkshaws, Rosehall, Shawhead, Sikeside, Victoria Park and Whifflet), it currently elects four councillors. A boundary review in 2017 caused the addition of an area between Langloan Street, the A725 and the A89, with a small increase in the electorate and an additional seat from the original three. The ward had a population of 16,889 in 2019.^[3]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		James Brooks (Labour)		John Higgins (Labour)		Ian Ferrie (SNP)	3 seats
2012	Imtiaz Majid (SNP)	James Brooks (Labour)		John Higgins (Labour)			3 seats
2017	Tom Castles (Labour)	Gordon Encinias (Labour)	Tracy Carragyer (SNP)		Fergus MacGregor (SNP)
2018 by-	Tom Castles (Labour)	Geraldine Woods (Labour)
2022	Andrew Bustard (Labour)	Geraldine Woods (Labour)

Election Results

2022 Election

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Coatbridge South - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	Tracy Carragher (incumbent)	28.5	1,384
	SNP	Fergus MacGregor (incumbent)	24.6	1,195
	Labour	Andrew Bustard	22.7	1,100
	Labour	Geraldine Woods (incumbent)	12.2	593	676	719	814	866	981
	Conservative	Peter Murray	6.7	327	333	335	344	374	398
	Independent	Tony Grimason	3.1	149	180	203	207
	Scottish Green	Graham James Kerr	2.1	101	228	292	297	351
Electorate: 13,164 Valid: 4,849 Spoilt: 209 Quota: 970 Turnout: 5,058 (38.4%)

2017 Election

Coatbridge South - 4 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8
	SNP	Tracy Carragher	29.95	1,392
	Labour	Tom Castles	22.72	1,056
	SNP	Fergus MacGregor	12.76	593	966
	Conservative	John Cameron	11.88	552	557	560	560	567	588	653
	Labour	Gordon Encinias	6.8	316	338	442	447	479	517	693	932
	Independent Alliance North Lanarkshire	Jim Brooks (incumbent)	6.69	311	322	324	327	425	517
	Independent	Gerry Somers	4.65	216	225	227	233	275
	Independent Alliance North Lanarkshire	John Higgins (incumbent)	4.54	211	223	226	230
Electorate: 12,726 Valid: 4,647 Spoilt: 189 Quota: 930 Turnout: 4,836 (38.0%)

2018 By-election

On 13 August 2018, Labour councillor Gordon Encinias died, having been unwell for some time.^[6] A by-election was held on 25 October and the seat was held by Geraldine Woods of Scottish Labour.

Coatbridge South By-election (25 October 2018) - 1 Seat^[7]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Geraldine Woods	42.2	1,355	1,360	1,364	1,380	1,549	2,070
	SNP	Lesley Mitchell	41.8	1,343	1,344	1,346	1,360	1,405
	Conservative	Ben Callaghan	13.8	492	494	496	499
	Scottish Green	Rosemary McGowan	1.5	47	50	51
	UKIP	Neil Wilson	0.4	14	14
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Wilson	0.4	13
Electorate: 12,766 Valid: 3,264 Spoilt: 48 Quota: 1,633 Turnout: 3,312 (25.9%)

2012 Election

Coatbridge South - 3 seats^[8]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Jim Brooks (incumbent)	40.8%	1,568
	SNP	Imtiaz Majid	21.5%	827	848.6	900.3	951.6	1,389
	Labour	John Higgins (incumbent)	21.2%	814	1,324.1
	SNP	Gerry Somers	12.1%	466	479.9	529.1	559.9
	Conservative	Colin Gibson	4.4%	171	186.1	208.2
Electorate: 11,130 Valid: 3,846 Spoilt: 122 Quota: 962 Turnout: 3,968 (35.65%)

2007 Election

North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Coatbridge South
	Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
Labour	James Brooks	1,682	35.0	1	1
SNP	Ian Ferrie	1,503	31.3	1	1
Labour	John Higgins	1,057	22.0	1	2
Conservative	Robert Hargrave	392	8.2
Scottish Socialist	Craig Coats	172	3.6

References

^ "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. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
^ "Electoral Ward: Coatbridge South, Scottish Government Statistics". statistics.gov.scot.
^ "Scottish council election results | North Lanarkshire Council".
^ "Scottish council elections". www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017.
^ "Tributes paid as Labour party councillor dies". Glasgow Times.
^ "Coatbridge South By-election". www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
^ "Election Office". northlanarkshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015.

[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. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

[3] "Electoral Ward: Coatbridge South, Scottish Government Statistics". statistics.gov.scot.

[4] "Scottish council election results | North Lanarkshire Council".

[5] "Scottish council elections". www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017.

[6] "Tributes paid as Labour party councillor dies". Glasgow Times.

[7] "Coatbridge South By-election". www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk. 26 October 2018. Retrieved 11 May 2019.

[8] "Election Office". northlanarkshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015.

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