Coatbridge West (ward)

Coatbridge West is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. It elects three Councillors. Covering neighbourhoods including Kirkwood, Dundyvan, Langloan, Old Monkland, Barrowfield and the village of Bargeddie, the ward had a population of 14,910 in 2019.[1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Tom Magginis (Labour)		Jim Smith (Labour)		Paul Welsh (SNP)
2012
2013 by-	Kevin Docherty (Labour)
2017		Mary Gourlay (Labour)	Caroline Stephen (SNP)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 North Lanarkshire Council election [2]

Coatbridge West - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Kevin Docherty (incumbent)	36.52	1,378
	SNP	Caroline Stephen	34.8	1,313
	SNP	Paul Welsh (incumbent)	10.15	383	403	722	745
	Labour	Mary Gourlay	9.44	356	702	718	878	1,196
	Conservative	Francis McIntyre	9.09	343	352	356
Electorate: 10,107   Valid: 3,773   Spoilt: 209   Quota: 944   Turnout: 3,982 (39.4%)

2012 Election

2012 North Lanarkshire Council election [3]

Coatbridge West - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2
	Labour	Tom Maginnis (incumbent) ††	41.0%	1,570
	Labour	Jim Smith (incumbent)†††††††	33.8%	1,295
	SNP	Paul Welsh (incumbent)	22.4%	858	1,037.3
	Conservative	Archie Giggie	2.8%	107	145.6
Electorate: 11,272   Valid: 3,830   Spoilt: 105   Quota: 958   Turnout: 3,935 (34.91%)

2007 Election

2007 North Lanarkshire Council election

North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Coatbridge West

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Tom Magginis	1,872	37.4	1	1
	Labour	Jim Smith	1,476	29.5	1	1
	SNP	Paul Welsh	1,218	24.3	1	2
	Conservative	Mark Oak	251	5.0
	Scottish Socialist	Charlie McCarthy	192	3.8

References

1. Electoral Ward: Coatbridge West, Scottish Government Statistics
2. https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=32951
3. https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=24109&contactid=12585