Coatbridge South (ward)

Coatbridge South is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. It elects four Councillors.

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 James Brooks
(Labour)		 John Higgins
(Labour)		 Ian Ferrie
(SNP)		 3 seats
2012 Imtiaz Majid
(SNP)
2017 Tom Castles
(Labour)		 Gordon Encinias
(Labour)		 Tracy Carragyer
(SNP)		 Fergus MacGregor
(SNP)
2018 by- Geraldine Woods
(Labour)

Election Results

2018 By-election
Coatbridge South By-election (25 October 2018) - 1 Seat[1]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6
Labour Geraldine Woods 42.2 1,355 1,360 1,364 1,380 1,549 2,070
SNP Lesley Mitchell 41.8 1,343 1,344 1,346 1,360 1,405  
Conservative Ben Callaghan 13.8 492 494 496 499    
Scottish Green Rosemary McGowan 1.5 47 50 51      
UKIP Neil Wilson 0.4 14 14        
Liberal Democrats Christopher Wilson 0.4 13          
Electorate: 12,766   Valid: 3,264   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 1,633   Turnout: 3,312 (25.9%)

    2017 Election

    2017 North Lanarkshire Council election [2]

    Coatbridge South - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5Count 6Count 7Count 8
    SNP Tracy Carragher 29.95 1,392              
    Labour Tom Castles 22.72 1,056              
    SNP Fergus MacGregor 12.76 593 966            
    Conservative John Cameron 11.88 552 557 560 560 567 588 653  
    Labour Gordon Encinias†††††† 6.8 316 338 442 447 479 517 693 932
    Independent Alliance North Lanarkshire Jim Brooks (incumbent) 6.69 311 322 324 327 425 517    
    Independent Gerry Somers 4.65 216 225 227 233 275      
    Independent Alliance North Lanarkshire John Higgins (incumbent) 4.54 211 223 226 230        
    Electorate: 12,726   Valid: 4,647   Spoilt: 189   Quota: 930   Turnout: 4,836 (38.0%)

      2012 Election

      2012 North Lanarkshire Council election [3]

      Coatbridge South - 3 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count 1Count 2Count 3Count 4Count 5
      Labour Jim Brooks (incumbent) 40.8% 1,568        
      SNP Imtiaz Majid 21.5% 827 848.6 900.3 951.6 1,389
      Labour John Higgins (incumbent) 21.2% 814 1,324.1      
      SNP Gerry Somers 12.1% 466 479.9 529.1 559.9  
      Conservative Colin Gibson 4.4% 171 186.1 208.2    
      Electorate: 11,130   Valid: 3,846   Spoilt: 122   Quota: 962   Turnout: 3,968 (35.65%)

        2007 Election

        2007 North Lanarkshire Council election

        North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Coatbridge South
        Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
        Labour James Brooks 1,682 35.0 1 1
        SNP Ian Ferrie 1,503 31.3 1 1
        Labour John Higgins 1,057 22.0 1 2
        Conservative Robert Hargrave 392 8.2
        Scottish Socialist Craig Coats 172 3.6

        References
        1. 12457 (26 October 2018). "Coatbridge South By-election". www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
        2. https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=32951
        3. https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=24109&contactid=12585
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