Airdrie South (ward)

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Airdrie South is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council.[1] It elects four councillors, with its territory unaffected by a national boundary review in 2017 – as its name suggests, this covers southern parts of Airdrie (including Brownsburn, Craigneuk, Moffat Mills, and South Cairnhill neighbourhoods) plus the outlying settlements of Calderbank and Chapelhall, covering a population of 19,934 in 2019.[2]

Councillors[]

Election Councillors
2007 David Fagan
(Labour) 		Tom Curley
(Labour) 		Michael Coyle
(SNP) 		John Love
(Liberal Democrats)
2012 Agnes Coyle
(SNP)
2017 Ian McNeil
(Labour) 		Sandy Watson
(Conservative) 		Paul Di Mascio
(SNP)

Election Results[]

2017 Election[]

Main article: 2017 North Lanarkshire Council election
Airdrie South - 4 seats[3]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP Michael Coyle (incumbent) 23.67% 1,468              
Conservative Sandy Watson 22.51% 1,396              
SNP Paul Di Mascio 14.62% 907 1,062 1,066 1,144 1,190 1,355    
Labour Jed Graham 13.64% 846 851 866 895 940 968 997  
Labour Ian McNeil 13.51% 838 842 880 915 999 1,021 1,035 1,851
Independent Agnes Coyle (incumbent) 4.43% 275 316 321 336 365      
Independent Peter Owens 3.82% 237 239 269 328        
Green Rosemary McGowan 3.8% 236 244 252          
Electorate: 14,227   Valid: 6,203   Spoilt: 148   Quota: 1,241   Turnout: 6,351 (43.6%)

2012 Election[]

Main article: 2012 North Lanarkshire Council election
Airdrie South - 4 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Labour Tom Curley (incumbent) 27.3% 1,488              
SNP Michael Coyle (incumbent) 21.2% 1,155              
Labour David Fagan (incumbent) 17.6% 959 1,290.9            
SNP Agnes Coyle 14.2% 771 784.4 804.7 853.7 877.6 910.9 945.3 1,351.7
SNP Nancy Pettigrew 7.5% 407 411.8 418.9 425.7 446.9 490.3 540.5  
Conservative Eric Young 4.7% 254 257.2 262.5 262.9 267.1 384.2    
Liberal Democrats John Love (incumbent) 4.1% 224 229.9 248.4 250.8 296.2      
Independent John McGeechan 3.5% 188 194.9 214.9 216.3        
Electorate: 14,560   Valid: 5,446   Spoilt: 116   Quota: 1,090   Turnout: 5,562 (38.2%)
  • Labour councillor David Fagan was suspended from the party on 4 October 2016 over allegations of possession of child pornography.[5]
  • Labour councillor Tom Curley resigned from the party on 29 October 2016 and announced he would stand as an Independent in 2017.[6]

2007 Election[]

Main article: 2007 North Lanarkshire Council election
North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Airdrie South
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
SNP Michael Coyle 2,845 40.0 1 1
Labour Tom Curley 1,706 23.7 1 1
Labour David Fagan 712 10.0 1 5
Conservative Rhona Thornton 625 8.0
Labour Morag Thomson 570 7.2
Liberal Democrats John Love 566 7.1 1 7
Scottish Socialist Fraser Coats 173 2.4

References[]

  1. ^ "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
  2. ^ Electoral Ward: Airdrie South, Scottish Government Statistics
  3. ^ https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=32951
  4. ^ https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=24109&contactid=12585
  5. ^ "Labour councillor David Fagan suspended by party after being arrested over child porn rap - Daily Record". 4 October 2016.
  6. ^ "Axed Labour veterans including North Lanarkshire's Tom Curley stand against party | HeraldScotland".
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