Kilsyth (ward)
Location of the ward [1]
Kilsyth is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council.[2] It elects three councillors and covers the town of Kilsyth (plus neighbouring Croy) with a population of 13,772 in 2019.[3] Created in 2007, its boundaries remained unchanged in a 2017 review.
Councillors
[edit]| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | David Key (SNP) |
Francis Griffin (Labour) |
Jean Jones (Labour) | |||||
| 2008 by- | Mark Griffin (Labour) | |||||||
| 2012 | Alan Stevenson (SNP) |
Heather McVey (Labour) | ||||||
| 2017 | Mark Kerr (SNP) | |||||||
| 2022 | Denis Johnston (SNP) | |||||||
Election Results
[edit]2017 Election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | Jean Jones (incumbent) | 33.7 | 1,496 | |||||||
| SNP | Alan Stevenson (incumbent) | 17.57 | 780 | 740 | 756 | 783 | 785 | 811 | ||
| SNP | Mark Kerr | 17.19 | 763 | 781 | 806 | 847 | 848 | 892 | 1,593 | |
| Labour | Heather McVey (incumbent) | 16.47 | 731 | 1,097 | 1,104 | 1,126 | ||||
| Conservative | Paul Anderson | 11.33 | 503 | 515 | 516 | 524 | 527 | |||
| Scottish Green | Rob Kay | 2.18 | 97 | 102 | 118 | |||||
| Solidarity | Kevin Kane | 1.55 | 69 | 74 | ||||||
| Electorate: 9,657 Valid: 4,439 Spoilt: 119 Quota: 1,110 Turnout: 4,558 (47.2%) | ||||||||||
- In July 2020 SNP councillor Mark Kerr was charged with five counts of historic sexual abuse by Police Scotland. This generated significant coverage in various national news outlets and Mr Kerr subsequently stepped down from the SNP, identifying as an Independent councillor from then on. He made no plea at his initial court hearing.[5]
On Friday 2 December 2022, Ex Cllr Mark John Kerr, was jailed for 6 years and place on the sex offenders register for life, after being found guilty of multiple charges including attempted rape. [6]
2012 Election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Labour | Jean Jones (incumbent) | 43.0% | 1,544 | |||||
| SNP | Alan Stevenson | 21.5% | 771 | 789.8 | 842.4 | 876.9 | 928.3 | |
| Labour | Heather McVey | 20.2% | 724 | 1,290 | ||||
| SNP | Scott Campbell | 9.0% | 324 | 338.2 | 363.2 | 371.2 | 403.7 | |
| Conservative | David Paterson | 3.7% | 132 | 135.3 | 152.9 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Wullie O'Neill | 2.7% | 98 | 108.9 | 172.7 | 185.4 | ||
| Electorate: 9,302 Valid: 3,593 Spoilt: 98 Quota: 899 Turnout: 3,691 (39.68%) | ||||||||
2007 Election
[edit]| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Francis Griffin | 2,037 | 38.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| SNP | David Key | 1,480 | 27.8 | 1 | 1 | |
| Labour | Jean Jones | 1,386 | 26.0 | 1 | 1 | |
| Conservative | Archie Giggie | 260 | 4.9 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | Willie O'Neill | 162 | 3.0 | |||
2008 by-election
[edit]Labour's Francis Griffin died on 10 November 2007. Mark Griffin held the seat for the party in the resulting by-election on 31 January 2008.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | |||||
| Labour | Mark Griffin | 63.4 | 1,855 | ||
| SNP | Claire Fyvie | 30.4 | 891 | ||
| Scottish Green | Rob Kay | 2.3 | 66 | ||
| Conservative | Robert Burgess | 1.7 | 50 | ||
| Scottish Socialist | Willie O'Neill | 1.6 | 48 | ||
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Douglas | 0.6 | 17 | ||
| Turnout | 2,947 | 32.1 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ Electoral Ward: Kilsyth Archived 7 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Scottish Government Statistics
- ^ "Scottish council elections, Thursday 4 May 2017". North Lanarkshire Council. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ "North Lanarkshire councillor charged in connection with historic sexual abuse". 17 July 2020. Archived from the original on 3 February 2021. Retrieved 7 February 2021.
- ^ "Former councillor jailed for sexual offences involving teenage boys in Lanarkshire - Police Scotland".
- ^ "North Lanarkshire Council elections - results:3 May 2012". North Lanarkshire Council. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ "Alba Money – Financial news and budgeting advice". Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 7 April 2021.