# 2022 North Lanarkshire Council election

Elections to North Lanarkshire Council took place on 5 May 2022 on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local government elections. As with other Scottish council elections, it was held using single transferable vote (STV) – a form of proportional representation – in which multiple candidates are elected in each ward and voters rank candidates in order of preference.
For the second consecutive election, the Scottish National Party (SNP) were returned as the largest party with 36 seats – three shy of an overall majority. Despite a slight increase in vote share, Labour made a net gain of zero seats to remain as the second-largest party on 32 seats. The Conservatives lost half of their seats while both the Greens and the British Unionist Party (BUP) won their first seats in a North Lanarkshire election. The remaining two seats were won by independents.
For the first time in the council's history, Labour lost control as their ruling minority administration supported by the Conservatives was replaced by an SNP minority administration. However, following allegations of sexual harassment against council leader Jordan Linden, Labour regained control of the council three months later.

## Background
### Previous election

At the previous election in 2017, the Scottish National Party (SNP) were returned as the largest party in an election in North Lanarkshire for the first time after winning 33 seats – an increase of three but still six shy of an overall majority. Labour, who had been in power in North Lanarkshire since the council's creation in 1995, failed to win a majority of seats for the first time as their vote share fell by more than one-third and they lost 12 seats to return 32 councillors. The Conservatives won their first seats in North Lanarkshire for a decade after returning 10 councillors and the remaining two seats were won by independent candidates.
2017 North Lanarkshire Council election result :
| Party | Seats | Vote share |
| SNP | 33 | 38.4% |
| Labour | 32 | 33.0% |
| Conservatives | 10 | 15.9% |
| Independent | 2 | 7.5% |
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### Electoral system

The election used the 21 wards created following the fifth statutory review of electoral arrangements conducted by Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland in 2016, with 77 councillors elected. Each ward elected either three or four councillors, using the single transferable vote (STV) electoral system – a form of proportional representation – where candidates are ranked in order of preference.

### Composition

Since the previous election, several changes in the composition of the council occurred. Most were changes to the political affiliation of councillors including SNP councillors Paddy Hogg and Tommy Cochrane as well as Labour councillors Angela Feeney, Gillian Fannan, Willie Doolan and Tommy Morgan who resigned from their respective parties to become independents. SNP councillors Lynne Anderson, David Baird and Shahid Farooq defected to the Alba Party.
Conservative councillor Stephen Goldsack was expelled from the party for his previous connections to the British National Party, and SNP councillor Mark Kerr stood down from the party after being charged with sexual abuse in July 2020. Six by-elections were held and resulted in a Labour gain from the Conservatives, two Labour holds, two Labour gains from the SNP and an independent hold.
Composition of North Lanarkshire Council :
| Party | 2017 result | Dissolution |
| SNP | 33 | 26 |
| Labour | 32 | 31 |
| Conservative | 10 | 8 |
| Independents | 2 | 9 |
| Alba | N/A | 3 |

### Retiring councillors

Retiring councillors :
| Ward | Party | Retiring councillor |
| Kilsyth | Independent | Mark Kerr |
| Cumbernauld North | Conservative | Calum Currie |
| Cumbernauld South | SNP | Junaid Ashraf |
| Cumbernauld South | Labour | Allan Graham |
| Cumbernauld East | Labour | Gillian Fannan |
| Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead | Alba | Lynne Anderson |
| Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead | Conservative | Steven Goldsack |
| Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn | Labour | Willie Doolan |
| Airdrie North | Conservative | David Cullen |
| Airdrie North | Labour | Tommy Morgan |
| Airdrie Central | SNP | Nancy Pettigrew |
| Airdrie Central | SNP | David Stocks |
| Coatbridge West | SNP | Caroline Stephen |
| Coatbridge South | Labour | Tom Castles |
| Thorniewood | Labour | Bob Burrows |
| Bellshill | Labour | Harry Curran |
| Motherwell West | Conservative | Meghan Gallacher |
| Motherwell West | SNP | Annette Valentine |
| Motherwell North | Labour | Olivia Carson |
| Motherwell North | Labour | Pat O'Rourke |
| Motherwell North | SNP | Ann Weir |
| Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig | SNP | Alan Valentine |
| Wishaw | Labour | Angela Feeney |
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### Candidates

The total number of candidates fell from 157 in 2017 to 142 despite an increase in the number of parties contesting the election. The SNP again fielded the largest number of candidates at 43 – one less than in 2017 – while Labour again fielded 42 candidates. The Conservatives were the only other party to contest every ward, naming 21 candidates as they had done in 2017. The Greens named the same number of candidates (seven) as they had at the previous election, contesting 7 of the 21 wards.
The number of independent candidates standing fell from twenty in 2017 to seven. The UK Independence Party (UKIP) (two) and the Scottish Socialist Party (one) again contested the election in North Lanarkshire but stood four and one fewer candidates respectively. The British Unionist Party (BUP) stood one candidate as they had in 2017. For the first time, the Alba Party (six), the Scottish Family Party (five), the Independence for Scotland Party (ISP) (one), the Social Democratic Party (SDP) (one) and the Freedom Alliance (one) fielded candidates in a North Lanarkshire election while the Liberal Democrats (three) contested an election in North Lanarkshire for the first time since 2012. Independent Alliance North Lanarkshire, RISE and Solidarity did not contest the election as they had in 2017.

### Controversies

Scottish Family Party candidates in Lanarkshire were accused of "extremist right wing views" by advocacy group Hope not Hate for their policies on transgender rights and hate speech legislation. The party is considered anti-LGBT but claims to be pro-free speech.

## Results

2022 North Lanarkshire Council election result :
| Party | Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− |
| | SNP | 36 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 46.8 | 43.6 | 46,255 | 5.1 |
| | Labour | 32 | 2 | 2 | | 41.6 | 35.2 | 37,336 | 2.2 |
| | Conservative | 5 | 0 | 5 | 5 | 6.5 | 11.8 | 12,571 | 4.1 |
| | Independent | 2 | 0 | 0 | | 2.6 | 4.0 | 4,282 | 3.5 |
| | Scottish Green | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.3 | 2.2 | 2,304 | 0.9 |
| | BUP | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1.3 | 0.8 | 859 | 0.3 |
| | Alba | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 1.0 | 1,058 | New |
| | Liberal Democrats | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.5 | 478 | New |
| | Scottish Family | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.4 | 381 | New |
| | SDP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.2 | 172 | New |
| | Scottish Socialist | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.1 | 154 | |
| | ISP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.1 | 129 | New |
| | UKIP | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.1 | 65 | 0.3 |
| | Freedom Alliance | 0 | 0 | 0 | | 0.0 | 0.0 | 41 | New |
| Total | Total | 77 | | | | | | 106,085 | |
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Note: Votes are the sum of first preference votes across all council wards. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 4 May 2017. This is because STV has an element of proportionality which is not present unless multiple seats are being elected. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at the dissolution of Scotland's councils.

### Ward summary

2022 Results of the North Lanarkshire Council election by ward :
| Ward | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | % | Seats | Total |
| Ward | SNP | SNP | Labour | Labour | Conservatives | Conservatives | Green | Green | Others | Others | | Total |
| Kilsyth | 37.4 | 1 | 52.4 | 2 | 6.4 | 0 | | | 3.7 | 0 | 3 |
| Cumbernauld North | 50.3 | 2 | 27.7 | 1 | 14.2 | 1 | 4.1 | 0 | 3.7 | 0 | 4 |
| Cumbernauld South | 51.8 | 2 | 35.5 | 2 | 7.9 | 0 | | | 9.1 | 0 | 4 |
| Cumbernauld East | 58.5 | 3 | 23.2 | 1 | 8.8 | 0 | 4.2 | 0 | 5.3 | 0 | 4 |
| Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead | 36.4 | 1 | 34.7 | 1 | 15.0 | 0 | 10.8 | 1 | 3.2 | 0 | 3 |
| Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn | 46.8 | 2 | 39.2 | 1 | 9.4 | 0 | 4.5 | 0 | | | 3 |
| Coatbridge North | 46.3 | 2 | 33.9 | 2 | 9.7 | 0 | | | 10.1 | 0 | 4 |
| Airdrie North | 36.1 | 2 | 29.3 | 1 | 10.8 | 0 | | | 23.7 | 1 | 4 |
| Airdrie Central | 41.6 | 2 | 42.2 | 2 | 13.7 | 0 | | | 2.5 | 0 | 4 |
| Coatbridge West | 47.9 | 2 | 39.4 | 1 | 6.16 | 0 | | | 6.5 | 0 | 3 |
| Coatbridge South | 53.2 | 2 | 34.9 | 2 | 6.7 | 0 | 2.1 | 0 | 3.1 | 0 | 4 |
| Airdrie South | 47.6 | 2 | 35.3 | 1 | 17.1 | 1 | | | | | 4 |
| Fortissat | 30.8 | 1 | 36.5 | 2 | 11.2 | 0 | 2.6 | 0 | 18.8 | 1 | 4 |
| Thorniewood | 36.8 | 1 | 43.4 | 2 | 7.1 | 0 | | | 12.7 | 0 | 3 |
| Bellshill | 40.8 | 2 | 38.8 | 2 | 13.6 | 0 | | | 2.2 | 0 | 4 |
| Mossend and Holytown | 42.6 | 2 | 39.4 | 2 | 12.8 | 0 | | | 5.2 | 0 | 3 |
| Motherwell West | 41.1 | 2 | 31.9 | 1 | 18.9 | 1 | 8.1 | 0 | | | 3 |
| Motherwell North | 46.6 | 2 | 37.3 | 2 | 11.0 | 0 | | | 5.0 | 0 | 4 |
| Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig | 42.8 | 2 | 31.2 | 1 | 16.7 | 1 | 7.8 | 0 | | | 4 |
| Murdostoun | 29.7 | 1 | 28.7 | 2 | 9.1 | 0 | | | 32.5 | 1 | 4 |
| Wishaw | 45.4 | 2 | 36.1 | 1 | 18.5 | 1 | | | | | 4 |
| Total | 43.6 | 36 | 35.2 | 32 | 11.8 | 5 | 2.2 | 1 | 7.1 | 3 | 77 |
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### Seats changing hands

Below is a list of seats which elected a different party or parties from 2017 in order to highlight the change in political composition of the council from the previous election. The list does not include defeated incumbents who resigned or defected from their party and subsequently failed re-election while the party held the seat.
Seats changing hands :
| Seat | 2017 | 2017 | 2017 | 2022 | 2022 | 2022 |
| Seat | Party | Party | Member | Party | Party | Member |
| Cumbernauld South | | SNP | Junaid Ashraf | | Labour | Peter McDade |
| Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead | | Conservative | Steven Goldsack | | Green | Claire Louise Williams |
| Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn | | Labour | Willie Doolan | | SNP | Joanne Katy Keltie |
| Airdrie North | | Conservative | David Cullen | | SNP | Richard Alan Sullivan |
| Airdrie Central | | Conservative | Trevor Douglas | | Labour | Chris Costello |
| Coatbridge West | | Labour | Mary Gourlay | | SNP | Gary Robinson |
| Fortissat | | Conservative | Sandy Thornton | | BUP | John Jo Leckie |
| Bellshill | | Conservative | Colin Cameron | | SNP | Lisa Stubbs |

#### Notes

* ^ Note 1: Although elected in 2017, Sandy Thornton never took office after refusing to sign the necessary paperwork.

## Ward results
### Kilsyth

Labour (2) and the SNP (1) held the seats they won at the last election.
Kilsyth – 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | SNP | Denis Johnston | 27.2 | 1,187 |
| | Labour | Heather Brannan-McVey (incumbent) | 26.9 | 1,176 |
| | Labour | Jean Jones (incumbent) | 25.5 | 1,113 |
| | SNP | Lindsay Sievewright | 10.2 | 447 |
| | Conservative | James King | 6.5 | 282 |
| | Scottish Family | John Hendry | 2.0 | 87 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Melissa Laima Juliet Kane | 1.7 | 73 |
| Electorate: 9,937 Valid: 4,365 Spoilt: 142 Quota: 1,092 Turnout: 45.4% |||||
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### Cumbernauld North

The SNP (2), Labour (1) and the Conservatives (1) held the seats they won at the last election.
Cumbernauld North – 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | SNP | Alan Masterton (incumbent) | 30.5 | 2,157 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Tom Fisher (incumbent) | 20.2 | 1,428 | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Danish Ashraf (incumbent) | 19.7 | 1,399 | 1,996 | | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Gordon Currie | 14.2 | 1,003 | 1,011 | 1,020 | 1,021 | 1,035 | 1,084 | 1,117 | 1,425 |
| | Labour | Donna Kiddie | 7.5 | 534 | 556 | 635 | 646 | 664 | 719 | 936 | |
| | Scottish Green | Anne McCrossan | 4.1 | 290 | 349 | 586 | 586 | 604 | 659 | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Cole | 2.5 | 180 | 189 | 218 | 219 | 225 | | | |
| | Scottish Family | John Patrick McGrory | 1.2 | 84 | 90 | 101 | 101 | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,417 Valid: 7,075 Spoilt: 164 Quota: 1,416 Turnout: 47.0% ||||||||||||
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### Cumbernauld South

The SNP retained two of the three seats they had won at the previous election while Labour retained their only seat and gained one from the SNP.
Cumbernauld South – 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Labour | James McPhilemy | 24.1 | 1,374 | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Ann Ballinger | 19.1 | 1,089 | 1,092 | 1,092 | 1,096 | 1,123 | 1,127 | 1,128 | 1,683 |
| | SNP | William Goldie (incumbent) | 16.8 | 959 | 963 | 964 | 966 | 995 | 1,005 | 1,006 | 1,361 |
| | SNP | Catherine Johnston (incumbent) | 15.9 | 910 | 914 | 916 | 921 | 944 | 956 | 957 | |
| | Labour | Peter McDade | 11.5 | 656 | 857 | 862 | 882 | 923 | 1,154 | | |
| | Conservative | Rebecca MacPhee | 7.9 | 453 | 457 | 460 | 481 | 497 | | | |
| | Scottish Socialist | Willie Homer | 2.7 | 154 | 156 | 165 | 177 | | | | |
| | Scottish Family | Norma McLachlan Diffin | 1.3 | 77 | 78 | 92 | | | | | |
| | Freedom Alliance (UK) | Simona Panaitescu | 0.7 | 41 | 42 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,788 Valid: 5,713 Spoilt: 163 Quota: 1,143 Turnout: 45.9% ||||||||||||
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### Cumbernauld East

The SNP (3) and Labour (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.
Cumbernauld East – 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | SNP | Claire Barclay (incumbent) | 31.8 | 1,704 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Barry McCulloch | 19.1 | 1,022 | 1,036 | 1,045 | 1,217 | | | |
| | SNP | Tom Johnston (incumbent) | 18.1 | 970 | 1,388 | | | | | |
| | Conservative | David MacPhee | 8.8 | 469 | 471 | 473 | 479 | 503 | 522 | 592 |
| | SNP | Adam Smith | 8.6 | 460 | 572 | 839 | 846 | 860 | 1,000 | 1,090 |
| | Independent | Paddy Hogg (incumbent) | 5.3 | 283 | 300 | 304 | 313 | 340 | 384 | |
| | Scottish Green | Kyle Davidson | 4.2 | 225 | 266 | 278 | 290 | 307 | | |
| | Labour | Susan Taylor | 4.1 | 222 | 228 | 232 | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,027 Valid: 5,355 Spoilt: 209 Quota: 1,072 Turnout: 42.7% |||||||||||
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### Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead

The SNP and Labour retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the Conservatives lost their seat to the Greens.
Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead – 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | SNP | Josh Cairns | 26.8 | 1,299 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | John McLaren (incumbent) | 23.9 | 1,159 | 1,162 | 1,204 | 1,272 | | | |
| | Conservative | Crissy Sandhu | 15.0 | 725 | 725 | 757 | 766 | 772 | 870 | |
| | Scottish Green | Claire Louise Williams | 10.8 | 523 | 529 | 557 | 856 | 859 | 1,044 | 1,218 |
| | Labour | Margaret-Anne Shaw | 10.7 | 521 | 523 | 549 | 603 | 646 | | |
| | SNP | Ian MacQuarrie | 9.6 | 467 | 539 | 548 | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Neil K. Casey | 3.2 | 154 | 155 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 10,567 Valid: 4,848 Spoilt: 111 Quota: 1,213 Turnout: 46.9% |||||||||||
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### Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn

Labour retained one of their two seats while the SNP held their seat and gained one seat from Labour.
Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn – 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SNP | Greg Lennon (incumbent) | 30.5 | 1,365 | | | | |
| | Labour | Michael McPake (incumbent) | 20.8 | 929 | 940 | 973 | 1,111 | 1,881 |
| | Labour | Joseph Beekman | 18.4 | 826 | 832 | 860 | 967 | |
| | SNP | Joanne Katy Keltie | 16.3 | 728 | 925 | 1,038 | 1,059 | 1,134 |
| | Conservative | Norma Raeside | 9.4 | 421 | 424 | 437 | | |
| | Scottish Green | Patrick Pearse McAleer | 4.5 | 203 | 219 | | | |
| Electorate: 10,698 Valid: 4,472 Spoilt: 80 Quota: 1,119 Turnout: 42.6% |||||||||
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### Coatbridge North

The SNP (2) and Labour (2) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.
Coatbridge North – 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| | SNP | Kirsten Larson (incumbent) | 31.2 | 1,545 | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Alexander McVey (incumbent) | 20.5 | 1,017 | | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Allan Stubbs (incumbent) | 15.1 | 749 | 1,197 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Bill Shields (incumbent) | 13.4 | 663 | 691 | 726 | 747 | 762 | 785 | 832 | 992 | 1,188 |
| | Conservative | Craig Whiteside | 9.7 | 479 | 482 | 484 | 484 | 490 | 497 | 546 | 562 | |
| | SDP | Jeff McDonald | 3.5 | 172 | 179 | 183 | 183 | 192 | 202 | | | |
| | ISP | Julie Patricia McNulty | 2.6 | 129 | 147 | 180 | 181 | 208 | 271 | 286 | | |
| | Alba | Mark Shields | 2.5 | 123 | 136 | 163 | 163 | 169 | | | | |
| | Scottish Family | Leo Francis Lanahan | 1.6 | 79 | 85 | 90 | 91 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,021 Valid: 4,956 Spoilt: 148 Quota: 992 Turnout: 42.5% |||||||||||||
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### Airdrie North

The SNP, Labour and independent candidate Alan Beveridge retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP gained one seat from the Conservatives.
Airdrie North – 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | SNP | Sophia Coyle (incumbent) | 31.3 | 1,741 | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Alan Beveridge (incumbent) | 22.0 | 1,223 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Henry Emerson Dunbar | 21.0 | 1,170 | | | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Graeme McGinnigle | 10.8 | 603 | 605 | 622 | 628 | 638 | 658 | 756 | |
| | Labour | Peter Gerard Kelly | 8.3 | 463 | 491 | 517 | 557 | 561 | 586 | | |
| | SNP | Richard Alan Sullivan | 4.8 | 269 | 802 | 826 | 827 | 827 | 838 | 942 | 1,025 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Stewart McGeorge | 1.3 | 71 | 77 | 85 | 86 | 94 | | | |
| | UKIP | Daryl Gardner | 0.4 | 25 | 28 | 31 | 32 | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,029 Valid: 5,565 Spoilt: 122 Quota: 1,114 Turnout: 37.8% ||||||||||||
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### Airdrie Central

The SNP (2) and Labour (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election while Labour gained one seat from the Conservatives.
Airdrie Central – 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 |
| | SNP | Lesley Jarvie | 31.4 | 1,468 | |
| | Labour | Chris Costello | 21.1 | 988 | |
| | Labour | Jim Logue (incumbent) | 21.1 | 986 | |
| | Conservative | Trevor Douglas (incumbent) | 13.7 | 642 | 646 |
| | SNP | Janice Catherine Toner | 10.2 | 478 | 951 |
| | Alba | Julie Marshall | 2.5 | 117 | 133 |
| Electorate: 12,690 Valid: 4,679 Spoilt: 129 Quota: 936 Turnout: 37.9% ||||||
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### Coatbridge West

Labour retained one of the two seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP retained their seat and gained one seat from Labour.
Coatbridge West – 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SNP | Lesley Mitchell | 32.2 | 1,254 | | | | |
| | Labour | Kevin Docherty (incumbent) | 29.8 | 1,159 | | | | |
| | SNP | Gary Robinson | 15.7 | 613 | 869 | 876 | 885 | 1,038 |
| | Labour | Mary Gourlay (incumbent) | 9.6 | 374 | 380 | 530 | 649 | 709 |
| | Alba | Robert Slavin | 6.5 | 254 | 262 | 268 | 289 | |
| | Conservative | Laraine Shields | 6.2 | 240 | 240 | 244 | | |
| Electorate: 10,411 Valid: 3,894 Spoilt: 159 Quota: 974 Turnout: 38.9% |||||||||
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### Coatbridge South

The SNP (2) and Labour (2) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.
Coatbridge South – 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SNP | Tracy Carragher (incumbent) | 28.5 | 1,384 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Fergus MacGregor (incumbent) | 24.6 | 1,195 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Andrew Bustard | 22.7 | 1,100 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Geraldine Woods (incumbent) | 12.2 | 593 | 676 | 719 | 814 | 866 | 981 |
| | Conservative | Peter Murray | 6.7 | 327 | 333 | 335 | 344 | 374 | 398 |
| | Independent | Tony Grimason | 3.1 | 149 | 180 | 203 | 207 | | |
| | Scottish Green | Graham James Kerr | 2.1 | 101 | 228 | 292 | 297 | 351 | |
| Electorate: 13,164 Valid: 4,849 Spoilt: 209 Quota: 970 Turnout: 38.4% ||||||||||
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### Airdrie South

The SNP (2), Labour (1) and the Conservatives (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.
Airdrie South – 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SNP | Michael Joseph Coyle (incumbent) | 30.7 | 1,847 | | | | |
| | Labour | Michael McBride | 23.0 | 1,386 | | | | |
| | Conservative | Sandy Watson (incumbent) | 17.1 | 1,028 | 1,038 | 1,055 | 1,061 | 1,592 |
| | SNP | Paul Di Mascio (incumbent) | 16.9 | 1,015 | 1,581 | | | |
| | Labour | Ian McNeil (incumbent) | 12.3 | 739 | 756 | 891 | 1,054 | |
| Electorate: 15,018 Valid: 6,015 Spoilt: 193 Quota: 1,204 Turnout: 41.3% |||||||||
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### Fortissat

Labour (2) and the SNP (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the BUP gained a seat from the Conservatives.
Fortissat – 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | Martin McCulloch (incumbent) | 22.5 | 1,028 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Margaret Hughes | 20.8 | 949 | | | | | |
| | BUP | John Jo Leckie | 18.8 | 859 | 864 | 864 | 870 | 1,136 | |
| | Labour | Kenneth Stevenson (incumbent) | 14.0 | 636 | 729 | 730 | 753 | 867 | 957 |
| | Conservative | Ben Callaghan | 11.2 | 512 | 514 | 515 | 523 | | |
| | SNP | Sarah Quinn | 10.0 | 457 | 463 | 494 | 547 | 561 | 571 |
| | Scottish Green | Emma Rachel Cuthbertson | 2.6 | 118 | 119 | 121 | | | |
| Electorate: 12,104 Valid: 4,559 Spoilt: 123 Quota: 912 Turnout: 38.7% ||||||||||
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### Thorniewood

Labour (2) and the SNP (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.
Thorniewood – 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SNP | Barry McCluskey | 36.8 | 1,642 | | | | |
| | Labour | Helen Loughran (incumbent) | 26.4 | 1,180 | | | | |
| | Labour | Margaret Boyd | 17.0 | 760 | 903 | 950 | 1,083 | 1,458 |
| | Independent | Joseph Budd | 12.7 | 568 | 768 | 773 | 854 | |
| | Conservative | Jeanie Burgess | 7.1 | 318 | 327 | 330 | | |
| Electorate: 10,896 Valid: 4,468 Spoilt: 81 Quota: 1,118 Turnout: 41.7% |||||||||
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### Bellshill

Labour (2) and the SNP (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election while the SNP also gained one seat from the Conservatives.
Bellshill – 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SNP | Jordan Linden (incumbent) | 28.1 | 1,300 | | | | |
| | Labour | Angela Campbell (incumbent) | 25.1 | 1,162 | | | | |
| | Labour | Pat Patton | 13.7 | 635 | 657 | 829 | 845 | 935 |
| | Conservative | Colin Cameron (incumbent) | 13.6 | 632 | 635 | 653 | 663 | 689 |
| | SNP | Lisa Stubbs | 12.7 | 589 | 888 | 893 | 919 | 978 |
| | Independent | John Devlin | 4.5 | 209 | 220 | 232 | 264 | |
| | Alba | David Baird | 2.2 | 104 | 109 | 110 | | |
| Electorate: 12,279 Valid: 4,631 Spoilt: 153 Quota: 927 Turnout: 39.0% |||||||||
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### Mossend and Holytown

Labour (2) and the SNP (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous 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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### Motherwell West

The SNP, Labour and the Conservatives retained the seats they had won at the previous election.
Motherwell West – 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | SNP | David Crichton | 27.4 | 1,261 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Paul Kelly (incumbent) | 24.0 | 1,105 | 1,109 | 1,364 | | | |
| | Conservative | Lorraine Nolan | 18.9 | 869 | 869 | 896 | 943 | 1,003 | 1,271 |
| | SNP | Lindsay Evans | 13.6 | 626 | 722 | 737 | 767 | 1,001 | |
| | Scottish Green | Gordon Thomas Miller | 8.1 | 372 | 378 | 401 | 445 | | |
| | Labour | Megan McCann | 7.9 | 363 | 364 | | | | |
| Electorate: 11,093 Valid: 4,596 Spoilt: 168 Quota: 1,150 Turnout: 42.9% ||||||||||
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### Motherwell North

The SNP (2) and Labour (2) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.
Motherwell North – 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SNP | Gerry Brennan | 31.6 | 1,646 | | | | |
| | Labour | Andrew Duffy-Lawson | 27.4 | 1,427 | | | | |
| | SNP | Anne Thomas | 15.0 | 780 | 1,282 | | | |
| | Conservative | Oyebola Ajala | 11.0 | 574 | 576 | 600 | 606 | |
| | Labour | Ayeshah Khan | 9.9 | 513 | 541 | 840 | 913 | 1,048 |
| | Alba | Shahid Farooq (incumbent) | 5.0 | 262 | 288 | 294 | | |
| Electorate: 13,654 Valid: 5,202 Spoilt: 179 Quota: 1,041 Turnout: 39.4% |||||||||
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### Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig

The SNP (2), Labour (1) and the Conservatives (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.
Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig – 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | SNP | Agnes Magowan (incumbent) | 32.0 | 1,941 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Kenneth Duffy (incumbent) | 22.6 | 1,368 | | | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Nathan Wilson (incumbent) | 16.7 | 1,010 | 1,025 | 1,032 | 1,033 | 1,039 | 1,048 | 1,090 | 1,316 |
| | SNP | David Robb | 10.8 | 653 | 1,263 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Michael Ross | 8.7 | 525 | 543 | 657 | 665 | 672 | 688 | 874 | |
| | Scottish Green | Derek Watson | 7.8 | 472 | 514 | 522 | 542 | 551 | 563 | | |
| | Scottish Family | James Joseph Mitchell | 0.9 | 54 | 62 | 66 | 67 | 70 | | | |
| | UKIP | Neil Wilson | 0.7 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,549 Valid: 6,063 Spoilt: 190 Quota: 1,213 Turnout: 40.2% ||||||||||||
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### Murdostoun

Labour (2), the SNP (1) and independent candidate Robert John McKendrick retained the seats they had won at the previous election.
Murdostoun – 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Independent | Robert John McKendrick (incumbent) | 27.2 | 1,545 | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Cameron McManus (incumbent) | 19.4 | 1,106 | 1,167 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Louise Roarty (incumbent) | 15.0 | 853 | 914 | 916 | 986 | 1,191 | | |
| | Labour | Nicky Shevlin (incumbent) | 13.7 | 778 | 834 | 836 | 892 | 1,007 | 1,049 | 1,317 |
| | SNP | Julia Stachurska | 10.3 | 584 | 606 | 629 | 691 | 705 | 708 | |
| | Conservative | Linsey McKay | 9.1 | 518 | 545 | 545 | 624 | | | |
| | Independent | Robert Livingston Arthur | 5.4 | 305 | 394 | 394 | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,403 Valid: 5,689 Spoilt: 136 Quota: 1,138 Turnout: 40.4% |||||||||||
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### Wishaw

The SNP (2), Labour (1) and the Conservatives (1) retained the seats they had won at the previous election.
Wishaw – 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SNP | Fiona Fotheringham (incumbent) | 31.9 | 1,687 | | | | |
| | Labour | Frank McKay | 21.5 | 1,138 | | | | |
| | Conservative | Bob Burgess (incumbent) | 18.5 | 980 | 988 | 1,000 | 1,004 | 1,383 |
| | Labour | Martine Nolan | 14.6 | 771 | 794 | 881 | 946 | |
| | SNP | Jim Hume (incumbent) | 13.6 | 719 | 1,286 | | | |
| Electorate: 13,431 Valid: 5,295 Spoilt: 186 Quota: 1,060 Turnout: 40.8% |||||||||
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## Aftermath

Despite falling three seats shy of a majority, the SNP took control of North Lanarkshire for the first time from Labour who had been in power since the council's creation. The minority administration was headed by Bellshill councillor Jordan Linden who was elected as council leader at a "historic" meeting on 19 May 2022. Cllr Tracy Carragher was selected as depute leader while Cllr Agnes Magowan and Cllr Anne Thomas became Provost and depute Provost respectively.
The election saw the Greens pick up their first ever seat in North Lanarkshire after Claire Williams was elected in Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead. It also resulted in the BUP picking up their first elected representative as they gained a seat from the Conservatives in Fortissat – a result which was described by reporter Hamish Morrison in The National as a "devastating upset" for the Conservatives.
Two months after the election, council leader Jordan Linden faced allegations of sexual misconduct stemming from a party in Dundee in 2019. Following pressure from opposition groups, he apologised for the incident and resigned as council leader on 27 July 2022. He later resigned as a councillor in March 2023 following further allegations of sexual harassment which he denied.
On 1 August 2022, Cllr Tracy Carragher was voted to replace Cllr Linden as the leader of the SNP group with Cllr Alan Masterton as her depute. However, the SNP subsequently lost control of the council on 11 August when Cllr Carragher failed to be voted in as the new council leader. Instead, a Labour motion to restore former council leader Jim Logue and depute leader Paul Kelly to their former posts was passed by 38 votes to 37. The decisive vote came from long-time SNP councillor Michael Coyle, who left the party shortly before the meeting. Cllr Coyle's daughter Sophia, councillor for Airdrie North, also resigned from the SNP group citing "infighting and bullying" to sit as an independent. The new Labour administration also nominated a new Provost, Cllr Kenny Duffy, and depute Provost – Conservative councillor Bob Burgess. Both were narrowly elected to the posts resulting in the first time a Conservative had held the role.
Following accusations of a "beyond toxic" environment within the SNP group, Cllr Paul Di Mascio and Cllr David Crichton were expelled from the group on 2 May 2023 for "bringing the group and party into disrepute". The following day, five further SNP councillors – Beth Baudo, Gerry Brennan, Greg Lennon, Barry McCluskey and Cameron McManus – resigned from the SNP group in solidarity with the expelled councillors. Later in the month, Cllr Jim Hume also resigned from the SNP group and the eight councillors formed a new party called Progressive Change North Lanarkshire. In January 2024, Cllr Baudo defected to Labour.
In March 2024, Labour councillor for Bellshill Angela Campbell became an independent.

### Bellshill by-election

On 14 March 2023, former council leader Jordan Linden resigned following allegations of sexual harassment. A by-election held on 15 June was won by Labour's Anne McCrory.
Bellshill (15 June 2023) – 1 seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | Labour | Anne McCrory | 51.8 | 1,440 |
| | SNP | Joseph Budd | 27.1 | 753 |
| | Conservative | Colin Cameron | 8.5 | 236 |
| | BUP | Billy Ross | 4.3 | 120 |
| | Alba | John Marshall | 3.9 | 107 |
| | Scottish Green | Rosemary McGowan | 1.6 | 44 |
| | Liberal Democrats | John Arthur Henry Cole | 1.2 | 34 |
| | Scottish Family | Leo Francis Lanahan | 1.1 | 30 |
| | Freedom Alliance (UK) | Simona Panaitescu | 0.3 | 7 |
| | UKIP | Neil Wilson | 0.3 | 7 |
| Electorate: 12,410 Valid: 2,778 Spoilt: 41 Quota: 1,390 Turnout: 22.7% |||||
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### Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig by-election

In August 2023, SNP councillor Agnes MacGowan resigned for personal reasons. A by-election, held on 16 November 2023, was won by Labour's Kaye Harmon.
Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig (16 November 2023) – 1 seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Labour | Kaye Harmon | 44.0 | 1,368 | 1,369 | 1,379 | 1,398 | 1,427 | 1,479 | 1,642 |
| | SNP | Rosa Zambonini | 30.1 | 934 | 936 | 964 | 974 | 976 | 1,087 | 1,103 |
| | Conservative | Oyebola Ajala | 9.5 | 296 | 299 | 300 | 305 | 345 | 357 | |
| | Scottish Green | Derek Watson | 8.2 | 255 | 257 | 258 | 266 | 269 | | |
| | BUP | Billy Acheson | 3.1 | 96 | 101 | 102 | 107 | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Stewart McGeorge | 2.2 | 68 | 68 | 73 | | | | |
| | Alba | Mark Shields | 2.1 | 66 | 66 | | | | | |
| | UKIP | Neil Wilson | 0.8 | 24 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,794 Valid: 3,107 Spoilt: 48 Quota: 1,554 Turnout: 20.0% |||||||||||
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### Fortissat & Mossend and Holytown by-elections

Following their successful campaigns during the 2024 United Kingdom general election, Fortissat councillor Kenneth Stevenson and Mossend and Holytown councillor Frank McNally - who were elected as MP for Airdrie and Shotts and Coatbridge and Bellshill respectively - announced that they had resigned their council seats in August 2024. Both by-elections took place on 10 October 2024 and both seats were held by Labour as Clare Quigley and Helena Gray were elected in Fortissat and Mossend and Holytown respectively.
Fortissat (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 | Clare Quigley | 36.6 | 807 | 818 | 834 | 892 | 1,007 | 1,292 |
| | Progressive Change North Lanarkshire | Mary McIntosh | 24.0 | 529 | 542 | 556 | 634 | 757 | |
| | SNP | Brendan McAleese | 20.3 | 447 | 452 | 457 | 466 | | |
| | BUP | Billy Acheson | 10.9 | 241 | 245 | 297 | | | |
| | Conservative | Sheila Cameron | 5.6 | 124 | 131 | | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Leigh Butler | 2.6 | 57 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 12,422 Valid: 2,205 Spoilt: 22 Quota: 1,103 Turnout: 17.9% ||||||||||
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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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