Wishaw is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council.[2] It elects four councillors and covers the town centre of Wishaw plus the neighbourhoods to its south and east including Gowkthrapple, Netherton, Overtown, Pather and Waterloo, with a population of 17,974 in 2019;[3] created in 2007, its territory remained almost unchanged in a 2017 national review, other than the loss of a few streets by moving a section of the boundary south from the Temple Gill burn to the edge of Belhaven Park.
Councillors
Election Results
2022 Election
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2017 Election
2017 North Lanarkshire Council election[5]
2012 Election
2012 North Lanarkshire Council election[6]
- On 8 March 2016, Labour councillor Sam Love resigned from the party and became Independent.[7]
- Labour councillor Frank McKay resigned from the party and became Independent on 21 November 2016.[8]
2015 by-election
SNP councillor Marion Fellows was elected as an MP for Motherwell and Wishaw on 7 May 2015.[9] She resigned her Council seat on 25 May 2015 and a by-election was held 13 August 2015 – the seat was held by the party's Rosa Zambonini.
2007 Election
2007 North Lanarkshire Council election
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. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ Electoral Ward: Wishaw Archived 10 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine, Scottish Government Statistics
- ^ "Scottish council election results | North Lanarkshire Council".
- ^ "North Lanarkshire Council - Scottish council elections". Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ "North Lanarkshire Council - 3 May 2012 - North Lanarkshire Council - results". Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ "North Lanarkshire councillors resign from Labour group". BBC News. 8 March 2016. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ "Labour duo quit party amid allegations of coup attempts and 'parasite' slurs". Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ "North Lanarkshire Council - Council by-election in Wishaw". Archived from the original on 13 June 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ "North Lanarkshire Council - Council by-election 13 August 2015". Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
