# Mossend and Holytown (ward)

Mossend and Holytown is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. Created in 2007, it elects three councillors.
As its name suggests, its territory comprises the localities of Mossend (as well as parts of Bellshill including the town centre east of Motherwell Road, and the Thorndean and Milnwood neighbourhoods) and neighbouring Holytown (plus part of New Stevenston – streets north of the Shotts Line railway tracks). A 2017 boundary review reduced the territory in central Bellshill slightly, and caused a small decrease in the electorate. The ward had a population of 13,480 in 2019.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Paul Delaney (SNP) | | James Coyle (Labour) | Kevin McKeown (Labour) |
| 2012 | David Baird (SNP/ Alba) | Frank McNally (Labour) | | James Coyle (Labour) |
| 2017 | David Baird (SNP/ Alba) | Frank McNally (Labour) | Jim Reddin (Labour) |
| 2021 | David Baird (SNP/ Alba) | Frank McNally (Labour) | Jim Reddin (Labour) | |
| 2022 | | Frank McNally (Labour) | Jim Reddin (Labour) | Beth Baudo (SNP/ Progressive Change NL/ Labour) |
| 2023 | | Frank McNally (Labour) | Jim Reddin (Labour) | Beth Baudo (SNP/ Progressive Change NL/ Labour) |
| 2024 | | Helena Gray (Labour) | Jim Reddin (Labour) | Beth Baudo (SNP/ Progressive Change NL/ Labour) |
Beth Baudo defected from the SNP to Progressive Change North Lanarkshire in 2023. In January 2024, she again defected, this time to Scottish Labour.

## Election results
### 2024 by-election

Mossend and Holytown (10 October 2024) – 1 seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | Helena Gray | 36.5 | 616 | 616 | 640 | 668 | 722 | 926 |
| | SNP | Shahnawaz Khan | 34.8 | 586 | 586 | 593 | 600 | 633 | |
| | Reform UK | Duncan McMillan | 15.5 | 263 | 268 | 276 | 321 | | |
| | Conservative | Aimee Alexander | 7.5 | 127 | 127 | 141 | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Cole | 5.0 | 83 | 84 | | | | |
| | UKIP | Neil Wilson | 0.6 | 11 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,813 Valid: 1,686 Spoilt: 27 Quota: 844 Turnout: 15.8% ||||||||||
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### 2022 election

Mossend and Holytown – 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | Frank McNally (incumbent) | 29.8 | 1,132 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Beth Baudo | 25.7 | 974 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Michael Clarkson | 16.9 | 642 | 650 | 672 | 763 | 782 | |
| | Conservative | Sheila Cameron | 12.8 | 486 | 496 | 497 | 512 | | |
| | Labour | Jim Reddin (incumbent) | 9.6 | 364 | 512 | 512 | 544 | 818 | 1,095 |
| | Alba | John Marshall | 5.2 | 198 | 199 | 200 | | | |
| Electorate: 10,343 Valid: 3,796 Spoilt: 152 Quota: 950 Turnout: 38.2% ||||||||||
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### 2017 election

Mossend and Holytown - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Labour | Frank McNally (incumbent) | 30.41 | 1,131 | | | | |
| | SNP | David Baird (incumbent) | 28.56 | 1,062 | | | | |
| | Conservative | Carol Cunningham | 17.19 | 641 | 649 | 651 | 701 | |
| | SNP | Michael Clarkson | 12.26 | 456 | 465 | 586 | | |
| | Labour | Jim Reddin | 11.54 | 429 | 597 | 599 | 810 | 1,179 |
| Electorate: 9,665 Valid: 3,719 Spoilt: 147 Quota: 930 Turnout: 3,866 (40.0%) |||||||||
* On 10 July 2018, councillor David Baird was suspended from The SNP for 'breaking procedure'. He then sat as an Independent, before re-joining the party in 2018.

### 2012 election

Mossend and Holytown - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Labour | James Coyle (incumbent) | 37.9% | 1,281 | | | | |
| | Labour | Frank McNally | 22.0% | 745 | 1,061.5 | | | |
| | SNP | David Baird | 17.1% | 578 | 602.4 | 621.8 | 642.4 | 944.3 |
| | SNP | Paul Delaney (incumbent) | 10.2% | 346 | 362.3 | 380.2 | 389.8 | |
| | Independent | Kevin McKeown (incumbent) | 8.6% | 291 | 310.4 | 358.7 | 417.1 | 449.9 |
| | Conservative | Rosemary Pawson | 4.2% | 141 | 147.5 | | | |
| Electorate: 10,020 Valid: 3,382 Spoilt: 77 Quota: 846 Turnout: 3,459 (34.52%) |||||||||

### 2007 election

North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Mossend & Holytown :
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count |
| Labour | James Coyle | 1,680 | 37.3 | 1 | 1 |
| SNP | Paul Delaney | 1,365 | 30.3 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Kevin McKeown | 886 | 19.7 | 1 | 2 |
| Conservative | Elizabeth McLeod | 386 | 8.6 | | |
| Independent | Jim Reddin | 191 | 4.2 | | |