2012 North Lanarkshire Council election

Main article: Scottish local elections, 2012

Elections to North Lanarkshire Council will be held on 3 May 2012 on the same day as the 31 other local authorities in Scotland. The election will use the twenty wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004, with 70 Councillors being elected. Each ward will elect either 3 or 4 members, using the STV electoral system.

Election result

North Lanarkshire Local Election Result 2012

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour
	SNP
	Independent
	Conservative
	Liberal Democrats
	Scottish Socialist
	Cumbernauld Independent Councillors Alliance
	TUSC
	Scottish Christian

Candidates

Kilsyth

2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP

Kilsyth - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Scott Campbell
	Labour	Jean Jones (incumbent)
	Labour	Heather McVey
	Scottish Socialist	Wullie O'Neill
	Conservative	David Paterson
	SNP	Alan Stevenson

Cumbernauld North

2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent

Cumbernauld North - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Labour	Bob Chadha (incumbent)
	SNP	Alan Masterton
	Labour	Barry McCulloch (incumbent)
	SNP	Kevin McMail
	Scottish Socialist	John Miller
	Cumbernauld Independent Councillors Alliance	Alan O'Brien (incumbent)
	Conservative	Arthur Pawson
	SNP	Andrew Roberts

Cumbernauld South

2007: 2xLab; 2xSNP

Cumbernauld South - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	William Goldie (incumbent)
	Labour	Allan Graham
	SNP	Paddy Hogg
	SNP	William Homer (incumbent)
	Cumbernauld Independent Councillors Alliance	Donald Masterton
	Conservative	David McArthur
	Scottish Socialist	Kevin McVey
	Labour	Stephanie Muir

Abronhill, Kildrum and the Village

2007: 2xSNP; 1xLab

Abronhill, Kildrum and the Village - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Labour	Stevie Grant (incumbent)
	Conservative	Ruth Hogg
	SNP	Elizabeth Irvine (incumbent)
	SNP	Tom Johnston (incumbent)
	Scottish Socialist	Andy Locke
	Cumbernauld Independent Councillors Alliance	Adam Smith

Strathkelvin

2007: 3xLab; 1xSNP

Strathkelvin- 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Labour	William Hogg (incumbent)
	SNP	Frances McGlinchey (incumbent)
	SNP	June McHugh
	Labour	John McLaren
	Conservative	Andrew Polson
	Independent	Joe Shaw (incumbent)
	Labour	Brian Wallace (incumbent)

Coatbridge North and Glenboig

2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent

Coatbridge North and Glenboig - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Fulton James MacGregor
	SNP	Julie McAnulty
	Labour	Michael McPake (incumbent)
	Independent	Martin McWilliams (incumbent)
	Conservative	William Millar
	Labour	Bill Shields (incumbent)

Airdrie North

2007: 2xSNP; 2xLab

Airdrie North - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Conservative	Ashley Baird
	SNP	Alan Beveridge
	Independent	Campbell Cameron (incumbent)
	SNP	Sophia Coyle (incumbent)
	Labour	Tommy Morgan (incumbent)
	SNP	Patrick Rolink
	Labour	Andrew Spowart

Airdrie Central

2007: 1xSNP; 1xLab; 1xIndependent

Airdrie Central - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Independent	George Devine (incumbent)
	Labour	Jim Logue (incumbent)
	SNP	Graham Russell
	SNP	David Stocks (incumbent)
	Labour	Peter Sullivan
	Conservative	Christine Young

Coatbridge West

2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP

Coatbridge West - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Conservative	Archie Giggie
	Labour	Tom Maginnis (incumbent)
	Labour	Jim Smith (incumbent)
	SNP	Paul Welsh (incumbent)

Coatbridge South

2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP

Coatbridge South - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Labour	Jim Brooks (incumbent)
	Conservative	Colin Gibson
	Labour	John Higgins (incumbent)
	SNP	Imtiaz Majid
	SNP	Gerry Somers

Airdrie South

2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xLib Dem

Airdrie South - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Agnes Coyle
	SNP	Michael Coyle (incumbent)
	Labour	Tom Curley (incumbent)
	Labour	David Fagan (incumbent)
	Liberal Democrats	John Love (incumbent)
	Independent	John McGeechan
	SNP	Nancy Pettigrew
	Conservative	Eric Young

Fortissat

2007: 1xLab; 1xIndependent; 1xSNP

Fortissat - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Independent	Charlie Cefferty (incumbent)
	SNP	Thomas Cochrane
	Labour	Francis Fallan
	SNP	Malcolm McMillan (incumbent)
	Labour	Jim Robertson (incumbent)
	Conservative	Sandy Thornton

Thorniewood

2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP

Thorniewood - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Labour	Bob Burrows (incumbent)
	Conservative	Alan Henderson
	Labour	Jim McCabe (incumbent)
	SNP	Duncan McShannon (incumbent)

Bellshill

2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP

Bellshill - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Labour	Harry Curran (incumbent)
	Independent	John Devlin
	SNP	Owen Gallagher
	Conservative	Robert Hargrave
	SNP	Marina Lyle
	Labour	Harry McGuigan (incumbent)

Mossend and Holytown

2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP

Mossend and Holytown - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	David Baird
	Labour	James Coyle (incumbent)
	SNP	Paul Delaney (incumbent)
	Independent	Kevin McKeown (incumbent)
	Labour	Frank McNally
	Conservative	Rosemary Pawson

Motherwell West

2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP

Motherwell West - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Conservative	Robert Burgess
	Labour	Paul Kelly (incumbent)
	TUSC	Kenny Martin
	Labour	Michael Ross (incumbent)
	SNP	Annette Valentine (incumbent)

Motherwell North

2007: 3xLab; 1xSNP

Motherwell North - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	SNP	Shahid Farooq
	Liberal Democrats	Fraser MacGregor
	Labour	Annita McAuley (incumbent)
	Labour	Helen McKenna (incumbent)
	Labour	Peter Nolan (incumbent)
	Conservative	Neil Richardson
	SNP	Gordon Stewart (incumbent)

Motherwell South East & Ravenscraig

2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xCon

Motherwell South East & Ravenscraig - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Labour	Kaye Harmon (incumbent)
	Independent	Ian Kelly
	Labour	Tommy Lunny (incumbent)
	Conservative	Linsey McKay (incumbent)
	Independent	Hugh McLaughlin
	Labour	Gary O'Rorke
	Scottish Christian	Brian Ross
	SNP	Jamie Super
	SNP	Alan Valentine (politician)

Murdostoun

2007: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xIndependent

Murdostoun - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Labour	Alan Clinch
	SNP	Lyall Duff
	Conservative	Cindy MacKenzie
	Independent	Robert McKendrick (incumbent)
	Labour	Nicky Shevlin (incumbent)
	SNP	John Taggart (incumbent)

Wishaw

2007: 3xLab; 1xSNP

Wishaw - 4 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1
	Conservative	Marjory Borthwick
	SNP	Marion Fellows
	SNP	Jim Hume
	Labour	Sam Love (incumbent)
	Labour	Frank McKay (incumbent)
	Labour	James Robertson

References

Preceded by North Lanarkshire Council election, 2007

North Lanarkshire Council elections

Succeeded by North Lanarkshire Council election, 2017