Kilsyth (ward)

Kilsyth is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council.^[1] It elects three councillors and covers the town of Kilsyth (plus neighbouring Croy) with a population of 13,772 in 2019.^[2] Created in 2007, its boundaries remained unchanged in a 2017 review.

Councillors[]

Election	Councillors
2007		David Key (SNP)	Francis Griffin (Labour)	Jean Jones (Labour)
2008 by-	Mark Griffin (Labour)	David Key (SNP)
2012	Alan Stevenson (SNP)	Heather McVey (Labour)
2017	Mark Kerr (SNP)	Heather McVey (Labour)

Election Results[]

2017 Election[]

Kilsyth - 3 seats^[3]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Labour	Jean Jones (incumbent)	33.7	1,496
	SNP	Alan Stevenson (incumbent)	17.57	780	740	756	783	785	811
	SNP	Mark Kerr	17.19	763	781	806	847	848	892	1,593
	Labour	Heather McVey (incumbent)	16.47	731	1,097	1,104	1,126
	Conservative	Paul Anderson	11.33	503	515	516	524	527
	Green	Rob Kay	2.18	97	102	118
	Solidarity	Kevin Kane	1.55	69	74
Electorate: 9,657 Valid: 4,439 Spoilt: 119 Quota: 1,110 Turnout: 4,558 (47.2%)

In July 2020 SNP councillor Mark Kerr was charged with five counts of historic sexual abuse by Police Scotland. This generated significant coverage in various national news outlets and Mr Kerr subsequently stepped down from the SNP, identifying as an Independent councillor from then on. He made no plea at his initial court hearing.^[4]

2012 Election[]

Kilsyth - 3 seats^[5]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5
	Labour	Jean Jones (incumbent)	43.0%	1,544
	SNP	Alan Stevenson	21.5%	771	789.8	842.4	876.9	928.3
	Labour	Heather McVey	20.2%	724	1,290
	SNP	Scott Campbell	9.0%	324	338.2	363.2	371.2	403.7
	Conservative	David Paterson	3.7%	132	135.3	152.9
	Scottish Socialist	Wullie O'Neill	2.7%	98	108.9	172.7	185.4
Electorate: 9,302 Valid: 3,593 Spoilt: 98 Quota: 899 Turnout: 3,691 (39.68%)

2007 Election[]

North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Kilsyth
	Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
Labour	Francis Griffin	2,037	38.3	1	1
SNP	David Key	1,480	27.8	1	1
Labour	Jean Jones	1,386	26.0	1	1
Conservative	Archie Giggie	260	4.9
Scottish Socialist	Willie O'Neill	162	3.0

2008 by-election[]

Labour's Francis Griffin died on 10 November 2007. Mark Griffin held the seat for the party in the resulting by-election on 31 January 2008.

Kilsyth By-Election (31 January 2008)- 1 seat^[6]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1
	Labour	Mark Griffin	63.4	1,855
	SNP	Claire Fyvie	30.4	891
	Green	Rob Kay	2.3	66
	Conservative	Robert Burgess	1.7	50
	Scottish Socialist	Willie O'Neill	1.6	48
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Douglas	0.6	17
Turnout			2,947	32.1
	Labour hold		Swing

References[]

^ "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
^ Electoral Ward: Kilsyth, Scottish Government Statistics
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^ "North Lanarkshire councillor charged in connection with historic sexual abuse". 17 July 2020.
^ [2]
^ "Alba Money – Financial news and budgeting advice".

[1] "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

[2] Electoral Ward: Kilsyth, Scottish Government Statistics

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[4] "North Lanarkshire councillor charged in connection with historic sexual abuse". 17 July 2020.

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[6] "Alba Money – Financial news and budgeting advice".

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