Fortissat (ward)

Fortissat is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. It elects four Councillors and covers the town of Shotts and surrounding areas with a population of 15,730 in 2019.[1] .

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Jim Robertson (Labour)		Charles Cefferty (Ind.)		Malcolm McMillan (SNP)
2012	Thomas Cochrane (SNP)
2017		Martin McCulloch (Labour)		Kenneth Stevenson (Labour)		Sandy Thornton (Conservative)
2017 by-					Clare Quigley (Labour)

Election Results

2017 by-election

Fortissat By-election (7 September 2017) - 1 Seat[2]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Clare Quigley	38.5	1,420	1,421	1,426	1,466	1,546	1,827	2,117
	A Better Britain – Unionist Party	John Jo Leckie	23.3	858	865	867	913	1,088	1,139
	SNP	Mags Murphy	20.6	761	762	770	791	804
	Conservative	Norma McNab	11.5	424	427	428	459
	Independent	Charlie Cefferty	5.0	184	184	188
	Scottish Green	Kyle Davidson	0.7	24	26
	UKIP	Daryl Gardner	0.5	18
Electorate: 12,163   Valid: 3,689   Spoilt: 47   Quota: 1,845   Turnout: 3,736 (30.7%)

2017 Election

2017 North Lanarkshire Council election [3]

Fortissat - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Martin McCulloch	29.29	1,477
	SNP	Thomas Cochrane†† (incumbent)	20.15	1,016
	Conservative	Sandy Thornton†	13.29	670	678	678	691	948	1,121
	A Better Britain – Unionist Party	Jeffrey McDonald	11.08	559	574	574	591
	Independent	Charlie Cefferty (incumbent)	10.09	509	527	527	661	754
	SNP	Mags Murphy	8.9	449	469	475
	Labour	Kenneth Stevenson	7.2	363	715	715	806	891	1,117
Electorate: 12,051   Valid: 5,043   Spoilt: 139   Quota: 1,009   Turnout: 5,182 (43.0%)

2012 Election

2012 North Lanarkshire Council election [4]

Fortissat - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Francis Fallan	23.0%	983	988	1,022	1,023.4
	Labour	Jim Robertson (incumbent)	22.9%	982	1,000	1,046	1,048.3	1,843.2
	Independent	Charlie Cefferty (incumbent)	22.9%	981	1,023	1,079
	SNP	Thomas Cochrane	16.2%	695	700	1,062	1,063.4	1,136.6
	SNP	Malcolm McMillan (incumbent)	12.4%	529	543
	Conservative	Sandy Thornton	2.6%	111
Electorate: 11,314   Valid: 4,281   Spoilt: 94   Quota: 1,071   Turnout: 4,375 (38.67%)

2007 Election

2007 North Lanarkshire Council election

North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Fortissat

Party		Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
	Labour	Jim Robertson	1,596	28.3	1	1
	Independent	Charles Cefferty	1,529	27.1	1	1
	SNP	Malcolm McMillan	1,396	24.7	1	2
	Labour	Clare Margaret Quigley	1,125	19.9

References

1. Electoral Ward: Fortissat, Scottish Government Statistics
2. 12457 (8 September 2017). "Fortissat ward by-election result". www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
3. https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=32951
4. https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=24109&contactid=12585