Local Election Results 2003
North Lanarkshire
Whole council up for election. One Labour councillor was elected unopposed.
Other results for North Lanarkshire:
2007
2012
2017
2022
By-elections for North Lanarkshire (may be incomplete): 16th June 2005 (Kildrum & Park)
— 8th December 2005 (Kirkshaws)
— 31st January 2008 (Kilsyth)
— 4th June 2009 (Coatbridge N. & Glenboig)
— 27th October 2011 (Coatbridge N. & Glenboig)
— 28th February 2013 (Coatbridge W.)
— 23rd January 2014 (Motherwell N.)
— 9th July 2015 (Thorniewood)
— 13th August 2015 (Wishaw)
— 22nd September 2016 (Coatbridge N. & Glenboig)
— 7th September 2017 (Fortissat)
— 25th October 2018 (Coatbridge S.)
— 19th September 2019 (Thorniewood)
— 4th March 2021 (Fortissat; Thorniewood)
— 24th June 2021 (Murdostoun)
— 15th June 2023 (Bellshill)
— 16th November 2023 (Motherwell S.E. & Ravenscraig)
Map of the results —Export spreadsheet
| Party |
Votes |
Percent |
Seats |
| Labour |
61589 |
55.1% |
54 |
| Scottish National Party |
36439 |
32.6% |
13 |
| Independent |
5090 |
4.6% |
3 |
| Conservative |
4359 |
3.9% |
0 |
| Scottish Socialist Party |
2850 |
2.6% |
0 |
| Liberal Democrat |
1259 |
1.1% |
0 |
| Vote Liberty Vote Freedom |
131 |
0.1% |
0 |
| Elizabeth Irvine |
SNP |
935 |
51.2% |
| James Hunt |
Lab |
537 |
29.4% |
| Charles McBride |
SSP |
142 |
7.8% |
| Carol Boyle |
LD |
109 |
6.0% |
| Robert Orr |
Ind |
103 |
5.6% |
| William Carmichael |
SNP |
879 |
55.1% |
| Elizabeth Hughes |
Lab |
489 |
30.6% |
| Gary Bannatyne |
SSP |
141 |
8.8% |
| Hugh O'Donnell |
LD |
87 |
5.5% |
| James McGuigan |
Lab |
936 |
66.8% |
| Alice Homer |
SNP |
466 |
33.2% |
| James Logue |
Lab |
963 |
68.3% |
| Gail Cameron |
SNP |
447 |
31.7% |
| Elizabeth Gemmell |
SNP |
1257 |
64.2% |
| Jane Taylor |
Lab |
700 |
35.8% |
| Barry McCulloch |
Lab |
868 |
45.9% |
| Scott Macfarlane |
SNP |
774 |
40.9% |
| Christopher Donohue |
Ind |
140 |
7.4% |
| John Miller |
SSP |
110 |
5.8% |
| Tom Barrie |
Lab |
983 |
58.2% |
| Ewen Gilmour |
SNP |
573 |
33.9% |
| Thomas Smyth |
SSP |
134 |
7.9% |
| Andrew Burns |
Lab |
1058 |
76.4% |
| Michael Heaney |
SNP |
326 |
23.6% |
| Samuel Love |
Lab |
1075 |
56.2% |
| Clare Adamson |
SNP |
622 |
32.5% |
| Christina Giggie |
C |
216 |
11.3% |
| Henry McGuigan |
Lab |
1187 |
70.0% |
| Gary Gallett |
SNP |
360 |
21.2% |
| George Clark |
C |
149 |
8.8% |
| Charles Cefferty |
Ind |
1210 |
75.7% |
| Martha White |
SNP |
389 |
24.3% |
| William Shields |
Lab |
907 |
58.6% |
| Frances McGlinchey |
SNP |
641 |
41.4% |
| Annita McAuley |
Lab |
898 |
59.5% |
| Dallas Carter |
SNP |
448 |
29.7% |
| William Millar |
C |
164 |
10.9% |
| Patrick Donnelly |
Lab |
827 |
53.5% |
| Margaret Lynch |
SNP |
415 |
26.9% |
| Elizabeth McIntyre |
LD |
303 |
19.6% |
| Thomas Selfridge |
Lab |
871 |
48.2% |
| John Taggart |
SNP |
656 |
36.3% |
| Mark Nolan |
C |
281 |
15.5% |
| William Homer |
SNP |
756 |
55.6% |
| Robert Gordon |
Lab |
453 |
33.3% |
| Brian Scott |
SSP |
150 |
11.0% |
| William Goldie |
SNP |
839 |
52.0% |
| Stephen Grant |
Lab |
599 |
37.1% |
| Jacqueline Hair |
SSP |
176 |
10.9% |
| Charles Gray |
Lab |
1242 |
72.9% |
| Jean Welsh |
SNP |
461 |
27.1% |
| Campbell Cameron |
SNP |
807 |
56.7% |
| Kenneth McCully |
Lab |
348 |
24.4% |
| Mavis Drummond |
LD |
155 |
10.9% |
| Fraser Coats |
SSP |
114 |
8.0% |
| James Martin |
Lab |
1160 |
69.3% |
| Pat Moran |
Ind |
236 |
14.1% |
| Malcolm Durno |
SNP |
179 |
10.7% |
| James Paterson |
C |
98 |
5.9% |
| Thomas Nolan |
Lab |
976 |
67.3% |
| John Russell |
SNP |
340 |
23.4% |
| Audrey McMath |
SSP |
135 |
9.3% |
| Ernest Holloway |
Lab |
1039 |
61.7% |
| David McIntosh |
SNP |
279 |
16.6% |
| Sarah Bishop |
C |
216 |
12.8% |
| William Kelly |
SSP |
150 |
8.9% |
| Gerard McElroy |
Lab |
863 |
46.2% |
| Patricia Currie |
SNP |
786 |
42.1% |
| Kevin McVey |
SSP |
217 |
11.6% |
| Balwant Singh Chadha |
Lab |
992 |
52.6% |
| Ronald McCambridge |
SNP |
719 |
38.1% |
| Angela Reid |
SSP |
174 |
9.2% |
| Thomas Lunny |
Lab |
897 |
73.8% |
| Iain Hart |
SNP |
161 |
13.2% |
| Joyce Carmichael |
SSP |
158 |
13.0% |
| Donna Morris |
Lab |
764 |
63.0% |
| Michael Coyle |
SNP |
448 |
37.0% |
| Francis Griffin |
Lab |
972 |
72.7% |
| Ian McCann |
SNP |
244 |
18.2% |
| William O'Neill |
SSP |
121 |
9.1% |
| James Robertson |
Lab |
979 |
69.6% |
| William Steedman |
SNP |
428 |
30.4% |
| Robert Burrows |
Lab |
902 |
53.1% |
| Charles Hebenton |
Ind |
472 |
27.8% |
| Helen Gallett |
SNP |
230 |
13.5% |
| Christopher Morgan |
C |
95 |
5.6% |
| Patrick Connelly |
Lab |
683 |
58.8% |
| Mark Wilson |
SNP |
343 |
29.5% |
| Archie Giggie |
C |
135 |
11.6% |
| John Pentland |
Lab |
1129 |
60.1% |
| James Hume |
SNP |
512 |
27.3% |
| Elizabeth Gallacher |
C |
236 |
12.6% |
| Harry Curran |
Lab |
1096 |
66.5% |
| Michael Carroll |
SNP |
411 |
24.9% |
| Glen McLeod |
C |
141 |
8.6% |
| James Coyle |
Lab |
1216 |
73.5% |
| Linda Muir |
SNP |
308 |
18.6% |
| James McLeod |
C |
131 |
7.9% |
| Margaret Murray |
SNP |
974 |
56.2% |
| Allan Graham |
Lab |
587 |
33.9% |
| Andrew Locke |
SSP |
171 |
9.9% |
| John Gordon |
Lab |
1284 |
80.7% |
| Colin Hagerty |
SNP |
307 |
19.3% |
| James Smith |
Lab |
1235 |
84.8% |
| Maureen Hagerty |
SNP |
222 |
15.2% |
| William Wilson |
Lab |
960 |
54.9% |
| Annette Valentine |
SNP |
565 |
32.3% |
| Colin Gibson |
C |
224 |
12.8% |
| Michael Ross |
Lab |
1002 |
47.1% |
| Robert Burgess |
C |
536 |
25.2% |
| George Pickering |
SNP |
432 |
20.3% |
| Gregor MacEwan |
SSP |
157 |
7.4% |
| William Hogg |
Lab |
1036 |
63.4% |
| Aileen McLaughlin |
SNP |
416 |
25.5% |
| Ann Marie McGivern |
SSP |
181 |
11.1% |
| Joseph Shaw |
Lab |
909 |
66.2% |
| Isabella Chisholm |
SNP |
465 |
33.8% |
| Kevin McKeown |
Lab |
942 |
60.5% |
| Keith Caldwell |
SNP |
485 |
31.1% |
| Elizabeth Muir |
C |
131 |
8.4% |
| Joseph Gorman |
Lab |
844 |
53.8% |
| Anne Caldwell |
SNP |
603 |
38.5% |
| Arthur Pawson |
C |
121 |
7.7% |
| Gerard McLaughlin |
Lab |
1157 |
67.2% |
| Joanne O'Brien |
SNP |
369 |
21.4% |
| Linsey Burgess |
C |
196 |
11.4% |
| Sophia Coyle |
SNP |
724 |
54.2% |
| Morag Thomson |
Lab |
613 |
45.8% |
| Helen McKenna |
Lab |
1231 |
62.2% |
| Ian Kinkade |
SNP |
586 |
29.6% |
| James McKinlay |
C |
161 |
8.1% |
| John Lafferty |
Lab |
1095 |
71.2% |
| Laura Love |
SNP |
336 |
21.8% |
| David Paterson |
C |
107 |
7.0% |
| David McKendrick |
Ind |
892 |
48.7% |
| Robert McKendrick |
Ind |
808 |
44.1% |
| Scott Steedman |
SNP |
132 |
7.2% |
| Peter Sullivan |
Lab |
924 |
58.7% |
| James Gibb |
SNP |
349 |
22.2% |
| Janet Oni-Orisan |
LD |
301 |
19.1% |
| Mary Clark |
Lab |
844 |
52.3% |
| John Wilson |
SNP |
407 |
25.2% |
| James McKinlay |
Ind |
364 |
22.5% |
| William Martin |
Lab |
1208 |
71.4% |
| Wendy Moffat |
SNP |
347 |
20.5% |
| June Millar |
C |
137 |
8.1% |
| Thomas Maginnis |
Lab |
1195 |
82.6% |
| Louisa Sands |
SNP |
252 |
17.4% |
| Richard Lyle |
SNP |
1182 |
68.4% |
| Geraldine Woods |
Lab |
460 |
26.6% |
| Robret Hargrave |
C |
86 |
5.0% |
| John McGhee |
Lab |
960 |
72.9% |
| Alan O'Brien |
SNP |
260 |
19.8% |
| David Gurr |
C |
96 |
7.3% |
| Thomas Morgan |
Lab |
1217 |
77.1% |
| Barry McMillan |
SNP |
361 |
22.9% |
| Jean Jones |
Lab |
976 |
56.9% |
| David Moir |
SNP |
739 |
43.1% |
| David Fagan |
Lab |
708 |
47.8% |
| Marion Millar |
SNP |
493 |
33.3% |
| Gordon Martin |
SSP |
280 |
18.9% |
| Neil McCallum |
SNP |
1259 |
73.8% |
| Gerald Somers |
Lab |
446 |
26.2% |
| James Brooks |
Lab |
1301 |
85.9% |
| David Sharp |
SNP |
213 |
14.1% |
| John Cassidy |
Lab |
910 |
61.2% |
| James Gribben |
SNP |
446 |
30.0% |
| John McGeechan |
Liberty |
131 |
8.8% |
| David Stocks |
SNP |
812 |
51.8% |
| Anthony Beekman |
Lab |
453 |
28.9% |
| Patricia Maguire |
LD |
304 |
19.4% |
| Frank Gormill |
Ind |
865 |
46.6% |
| Francis Fallan |
Lab |
699 |
37.6% |
| Malcolm McMillan |
SNP |
293 |
15.8% |
| Brian Wallace |
Lab |
1305 |
71.5% |
| Eric Martin |
SNP |
520 |
28.5% |
| John Moran |
Lab |
1024 |
58.9% |
| Scott Harvie |
SNP |
507 |
29.2% |
| Carole McKinley |
C |
207 |
11.9% |
| David Saunders |
Lab |
1181 |
62.1% |
| David Baird |
SNP |
444 |
23.3% |
| Elizabeth McLeod |
C |
277 |
14.6% |
| Anthony Clarke |
Lab |
888 |
61.5% |
| Martin McWilliams |
SNP |
555 |
38.5% |
| James McCabe |
Lab |
1323 |
76.7% |
| John Gilmour |
SNP |
349 |
20.2% |
| Douglas le Blond |
C |
53 |
3.1% |
| Alan Valentine |
SNP |
997 |
54.4% |
| Robert Millar |
Lab |
670 |
36.6% |
| Neil Richardson |
C |
165 |
9.0% |
| Gordon Murray |
SNP |
1267 |
68.8% |
| Danny Howley |
Lab |
574 |
31.2% |
| George Devine |
Lab |
819 |
63.5% |
| Alan White |
SNP |
332 |
25.7% |
| John Moffat |
SSP |
139 |
10.8% |
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