# Kilsyth (ward)

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

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | David Key (SNP) | Francis Griffin (Labour) | Jean Jones (Labour) |
| 2008 by- | Mark Griffin (Labour) | David Key (SNP) | | Jean Jones (Labour) |
| 2012 | Alan Stevenson (SNP) | Heather McVey (Labour) | | Jean Jones (Labour) |
| 2017 | Mark Kerr (SNP) | Heather McVey (Labour) | | Jean Jones (Labour) |
| 2022 | Denis Johnston (SNP) | Heather McVey (Labour) | | Jean Jones (Labour) |

## Election Results
### 2017 Election

Kilsyth - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | 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 | | |
| | Scottish 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.
On Friday 2 December 2022, Ex Cllr Mark John Kerr, was jailed for 6 years and place on the sex offenders register for life, after being found guilty of multiple charges including attempted rape.

### 2012 Election

Kilsyth - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | 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 :
| Party | 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 :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | Labour | Mark Griffin | 63.4 | 1,855 |
| | SNP | Claire Fyvie | 30.4 | 891 |
| | Scottish 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 | Turnout | 2,947 | 32.1 | |
| | Labour hold | Swing | | |