# Murdostoun (ward)

Murdostoun is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. It elects four councillors and covers the settlements of Cleland, Dalziel Park and Newmains plus the Coltness and Cambusnethan areas of Wishaw, with a combined population of 20,485 in 2019; created in 2007, its territory remained almost unchanged in a 2017 national review, other than the addition of a few streets by moving a section of the boundary south from the Temple Gill burn to the edge of Belhaven Park.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | John Taggart (SNP) | Jimmy Martin (Labour) | Nicky Shevlin (Labour) | Robert McKendrick (Ind.) |
| 2012 | Alan Clinch (Labour) | John Taggart (SNP) | | Nicky Shevlin (Labour) | Robert McKendrick (Ind.) |
| 2017 | Cameron McManus (SNP) | Louise Roarty (Labour) | | Nicky Shevlin (Labour) | Robert McKendrick (Ind.) |
| 2022 | Cameron McManus (SNP) | Louise Roarty (Labour) | | Nicky Shevlin (Labour) | Robert McKendrick (Ind.) |

## Election Results
### 2022 Election

* 2017: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xInd
* 2022: 2xLab; 1xSNP; 1xInd
* 2017-2022: No change
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: 5,825 (40.4%) |||||||||||

### 2017 Election

2017 North Lanarkshire Council election
Murdostoun - 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 |
| | Independent | Robert McKendrick (incumbent) | 27.55 | 1,765 | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Cameron McManus | 18.89 | 1,210 | 1,267 | 1,270 | 1,295 | | | |
| | Conservative | Cindy MacKenzie | 12.88 | 825 | 851 | 880 | 914 | 915 | 983 | 1,006 | |
| | Labour | Nicky Shevlin (incumbent) | 12.21 | 782 | 825 | 829 | 841 | 841 | 931 | 1,008 | 1,145 |
| | Labour | Louise Roarty | 11.52 | 738 | 804 | 810 | 827 | 828 | 859 | 1,014 | 1,235 |
| | SNP | Anum Qaisar | 8.76 | 561 | 602 | 604 | 614 | 624 | 684 | | |
| | Independent | John Taggart (incumbent) | 4.43 | 284 | 366 | 370 | 452 | 452 | | | |
| | Independent | Robert Arthur | 2.4 | 154 | 231 | 241 | | | | | |
| | UKIP | Yvonne Millar | 1.04 | 67 | 77 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,928 Valid: 6,406 Spoilt: 162 Quota: 1,282 Turnout: 6,568 (46%) ||||||||||||

### 2012 Election

2012 North Lanarkshire Council election
Murdostoun - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Independent | Robert McKendrick (incumbent) | 32.1% | 1,751 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Nicky Shevlin (incumbent) | 21.6% | 1,178 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Alan Clinch | 14.5% | 789 | 982.1 | 1,045.4 | 1,111.3 | | |
| | SNP | John Taggart (incumbent) | 13.4% | 729 | 860.7 | 867.5 | 925.7 | 927.8 | 1,566.7 |
| | SNP | Lyall Duff | 12.7% | 691 | 739.9 | 743.1 | 779.7 | 782.9 | |
| | Conservative | Cindy MacKenzie | 5.9% | 321 | 369.5 | 371.4 | | | |
| Electorate: 14,401 Valid: 5,459 Spoilt: 110 Quota: 1,092 Turnout: 5,569 (38.67%) ||||||||||
* SNP councillor John Taggart resigned from the party and became Independent on 10 February 2015 in opposition to the party's 2015 Westminster Election selection procedures.

### 2007 Election

2007 North Lanarkshire Council election
North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Murdostoun :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| Labour | Jimmy Martin | 1,449 | 20.0 | 1 | 1 |
| SNP | John Taggart | 1,322 | 18.2 | 1 | 4 |
| Independent | Robert McKendrick | 1,085 | 15.0 | 1 | 7 |
| Labour | Nicky Shelvin | 804 | 11.1 | 1 | 7 |
| Independent | John Lawrie | 756 | 10.4 | | |
| Labour | David Moon | 654 | 9.0 | | |
| Conservative | Mark Nolan | 614 | 8.5 | | |
| Scottish Christian | Tom Selfridge | 348 | 4.8 | | |
| Solidarity | William Kelly | 212 | 2.9 | | |