Motherwell North is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. It elects four councillors and covers part of Motherwell (the Cleekhimin, Coursington and Globe neighbourhoods) plus the nearby, adjoining villages of Carfin, Newarthill and most of New Stevenston (other than streets north of the Shotts Line railway tracks), with a combined population of 18,191 in 2019;Electoral Ward: Motherwell North, Scottish Government Statistics created in 2007, its boundaries remained unchanged in a 2017 national review.
Councillors ElectionCouncillors2007Gordon Stewart(SNP)Peter Nolan(Labour)Annita McAuley(Labour)Helen McKenna(Labour)2012Shahid Farooq(SNP/Alba)2014 by-Pat O'Rourke(Labour)2017Ann Weir(SNP)Olivia Carson(Labour)20212022Gerry Brennan(SNP)Anne Thomas(SNP)Andrew Duffy-Lawson(Labour)Ayeshah Khan(Labour)
Election results 2017 Election 2017 North Lanarkshire Council election
2012 Election 2012 North Lanarkshire Council election
On 8 March 2016, Labour councillors Helen McKenna and Peter Nolan resigned from the party and became Independents.
2014 by-election Labour councillor Annita McAuley died on 23 October 2013. A by-election was held on 23 January 2014 and the seat was retained by Labour's Pat O'Rourke.
2007 Election 2007 North Lanarkshire Council election
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