# Bellshill (ward)

Bellshill is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. Created in 2007, it originally returned three councillors, covering part of Bellshill (including the Orbiston, Hattonrigg, Shirrell and West End neighbourhoods but not Milnwood, Thorndean, the town centre east of Hamilton Road / North Road, nor Mossend), with the northern boundary at the A8 and the western boundary at the A725 bypass; much of Strathclyde Country Park (nominally in Motherwell) was also assigned to this ward.
A 2017 national review caused the territory to be altered, with a minor change within central Bellshill moving the eastern boundary to Motherwell Road, and a shift of the western boundary further towards Viewpark to encompass the Fallside neighbourhood (although the majority of built-upon land in this area is the unpopulated Righead Industrial Estate). These changes caused an increase in population, with one additional seat allocated. In 2019, the ward had a population of 14,969.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Richard Lyle (SNP) | | Harry Curran (Labour) | | Harry McGuigan (Labour) | 3 seats |
| 2012 | Marina Lyle (SNP) | | | Harry Curran (Labour) | | Harry McGuigan (Labour) | 3 seats |
| 2017 | Jordan Linden (SNP) | Angela Campbell (Labour) | | Harry Curran (Labour) | Colin Cameron (Conservative) |
| 2022 | Jordan Linden (SNP) | Angela Campbell (Labour) | Pat Patton (Labour) | | Lisa Stubbs (SNP) |
| 2023 (by-election) | | Angela Campbell (Labour) | Pat Patton (Labour) | Anne McCorry (Labour) | Lisa Stubbs (SNP) |

## Election results
### 2023 by-election

Bellshill, 15 June 2023 :
| 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: 2,819 (22.7%) |||||

### 2022 election

Bellshill - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SNP | Jordan James Linden (incumbent) | 28.1 | 1,300 | | | | |
| | Labour | Angela Campbell (incumbent) | 25.1 | 1,162 | | | | |
| | Labour | Pat Patton | 13.7 | 635 | 657 | 829 | 845 | 935 |
| | SNP | Lisa Stubbs | 12.7 | 589 | 888 | 893 | 919 | 978 |
| | Conservative | Colin Cameron (incumbent) | 13.6 | 632 | 635 | 653 | 663 | 689 |
| | Independent | John Devlin | 4.5 | 209 | 220 | 232 | 264 | |
| | Alba | David Baird (incumbent in Mossend and Holytown) | 2.2 | 104 | 109 | 110 | | |
| Electorate: 12,279 Valid: 4,631 Spoilt: 153 Quota: 927 Turnout: 4,784 (39.0%) |||||||||

### 2017 election

Bellshill - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | Harry Curran (incumbent) | 25.15 | 1,237 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Jordan Linden | 21.53 | 1,059 | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Colin Cameron | 17.69 | 870 | 877 | 877 | 915 | 971 | 1,016 |
| | SNP | Marina Lyle (incumbent) | 15.09 | 742 | 756 | 823 | 826 | 881 | |
| | Labour | Angela Campbell | 12.36 | 608 | 798 | 800 | 821 | 927 | 1,172 |
| | Independent | John Devlin | 6.36 | 313 | 327 | 329 | 343 | | |
| | UKIP | William Brown | 1.81 | 89 | 91 | 92 | | | |
| Electorate: 12,229 Valid: 4,918 Spoilt: 145 Quota: 984 Turnout: 5,063 (41.4%) ||||||||||

### 2012 election

Bellshill - 3 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | Labour | Harry Curran (incumbent) | 31.3% | 1,208 | | | | |
| | Labour | Harry McGuigan (incumbent) | 23.8% | 919 | 1,110.5 | | | |
| | SNP | Marina Lyle | 17.2% | 666 | 673.6 | 690.3 | 708.8 | 1,106.1 |
| | Independent | John Devlin | 12.2% | 471 | 483.4 | 508.2 | 567.6 | 588.9 |
| | SNP | Owen Gallagher | 11.3% | 437 | 444.6 | 453.6 | 473.5 | |
| | Conservative | Robert Hargrave | 4.2% | 164 | 166.6 | 174.5 | | |
| Electorate: 10,888 Valid: 3,865 Spoilt: 94 Quota: 967 Turnout: 3,959 (36.36%) |||||||||

### 2007 election

2007 North Lanarkshire council election: Bellshill :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | Richard Lyle | 1,523 | 30.2 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Harry Curran | 1,297 | 25.7 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Harry McGuigan | 1,128 | 22.4 | 1 | 6 |
| SNP | Helen Gallett | 447 | 8.9 | | |
| Conservative | George Clark | 366 | 7.3 | | |
| Independent | William Devlin | 147 | 2.9 | | |
| Solidarity | Ray Gunnion | 138 | 2.7 | | |