Cumbernauld East (ward)

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Cumbernauld East is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. It currently elects four councillors.

It was created in 2007 as Abronhill, Kildrum and the Village, covering those neighbourhoods within the town of Cumbernauld: Abronhill, Kildrum and The Village, returning three members. A 2017 boundary change led to the name being altered to a more general geographic description due to the town centre commercial area and the Seafar neighbourhood (excepting the McGregor Road area) being added, the electorate increasing sufficiently to return an additional councillor. In 2019, the ward had a population of 16,570.[1]

Councillors[]

Election Councillors
2007 Elizabeth Irvine
(SNP) 		Stevie Grant
(Labour) 		Tom Johnston
(SNP) 		3 seats
2012
2017 Claire Barclay
(SNP) 		Gillian Fannan
(Labour) 		Partick Hogg
(SNP)

Election Results[]

2017 Election[]

Main article: 2017 North Lanarkshire Council election
Cumbernauld East- 4 seats[2]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP Tom Johnston 22.68 1,345              
SNP Claire Barclay 22.12 1,312              
SNP Paddy Hogg 13.89 824 955 1,058 1,075 1,147 1,165 1,182 1,257
Labour Gillian Fannan 13.3 789 793 799 807 832 1,310    
Conservative David Stark 13.25 786 789 789 793 825 868 896  
Labour Stevie Grant (incumbent) l 10.52 624 631 636 644 673      
Green Anne McCrossan 3.0 178 183 186 209        
Scottish Socialist Andy Locke 1.23 73 75 75          
Electorate: 12,888   Valid: 5,931   Spoilt: 165   Quota: 1,187   Turnout: 6,096 (47.3%)
  • On 19 June 2018, SNP Councillor Paddy Hogg of resigned from the party, describing the SNP group as 'toxic'; he thereafter sat as an Independent.[3]

2012 Election[]

Main article: 2012 North Lanarkshire Council election
Abronhill, Kildrum and the Village - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Labour Stevie Grant (incumbent) 32.2% 1,449
SNP Elizabeth Irvine (incumbent) 31.1% 1,399
SNP Tom Johnston (incumbent) 26% 1,168
Cumbernauld Independent Councillors Alliance Adam Smith 5.4% 241
Conservative Ruth Hogg 3.3% 150
Scottish Socialist Andy Locke 2% 91
Electorate: 11,251   Valid: 4,498   Spoilt: 88   Quota: 1,125   Turnout: 4,586 (40.76%)

2007 Election[]

Main article: 2007 North Lanarkshire Council election
Abronhill, Kildrum & The Village
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Labour Stevie Grant 1,939 31.4 1 1
SNP Elizabeth Irvine 1,753 28.4 1 1
SNP Tom Johnston (incumbent) 1,430 23.1 1 3
Independent Anne MacDonald 331 5.4
Liberal Democrats Carol Boyle 292 4.7
Scottish Socialist Barbara Harvey 165 2.7
Conservative Robert Paterson 160 2.6
Independent Robert Kelso 109 1.8

References[]

  1. ^ Electoral Ward: Cumbernauld East, Scottish Government Statistics
  2. ^ [1]
  3. ^ "NLC councillor quits '˜toxic' SNP". www.cumbernauld-news.co.uk.
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