Thorniewood is one of the twenty-one
wards used to elect members of the
North Lanarkshire
North Lanarkshire ( sco, North Lanrikshire; gd, Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the northeast of the City of Glasgow and contains many of Glasgow's suburbs and commuter towns and villages. It als ...
Council. It elects three councillors and covers the
Viewpark
Viewpark is an area in North Lanarkshire, Scotland. Situated immediately north-east of Uddingston (but on the other side of the M74 motorway), Viewpark is west of Bellshill. It has an estimated population of 13,916 in 2016, a figure which also ...
,
Tannochside
Tannochside is a settlement approximately south-east of Glasgow, Scotland. Although historically considered part of Uddingston, it lies within a separate local authority area: Tannochside is contained within the boundaries of North Lanarkshire c ...
and
Birkenshaw areas. Its south-west boundary is the
M74 motorway
The A74(M) and M74 form a major motorway in Scotland, connecting it to England. The routes connect the M8 motorway in central Glasgow to the Scottish-English border at Gretna. In conjunction with their southward continuation, the M6 motorw ...
bordering the
Bothwell and Uddingston ward of
South Lanarkshire (the localities of Thorniewood were often historically considered parts of Uddingston, particularly before the two parts were divided between the
districts of
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People
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and
Motherwell in 1975).
A 2017 national review caused the territory to be reduced, the east boundary moving westwards from the
A725 bypass resulting in the loss of the
Fallside neighbourhood and the unpopulated Righead Industrial Estate; however, housebuilding elsewhere meant the decrease in the electorate was minimal. The ward had a population of 13,950 in 2019.
Councillors
Election Results
2017 Election
2019 By-election
*On 1 Jul 2019, Labour councillor Hugh Gaffney resigned his seat after he was elected as MP for
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
It was created for the 2005 general el ...
at the
2017 UK Parliament Election. A by-election was held on 19 September 2019 and the seat was retained by Labour by Norah Moody.
2021 By-election
*SNP councillor Steven Bonnar was elected as MP for
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
It was created for the 2005 general el ...
at the
2019 UK Parliament Election. He resigned his Council seat and the by-election was set for May but was deferred until 19 November 2020. It was won by Helen Loughran for Labour.
2012 Election
2015 By-election
*SNP Cllr Duncan McShannon resigned his seat in May 2015. A by-election was held on 9 July 2015 and the seat was held by the party's Stephen Bonnar.
2007 Election
References
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Wards of North Lanarkshire