Airdrie Central is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council.[2] It currently elects four councillors and, as its name suggests, covers central and western parts of Airdrie (including Cairnhill, Coatdyke, Gartlea, Rawyards and Whinhall neighbourhoods). Established in 2007 returning three councillors, a boundary review in 2017 resulted in a very minor change (the addition of a few streets in Burnfoot) and slight population increase, but this was assessed to be sufficient for a fourth seat. The ward had a population of 16,354 in 2019.[3]

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Councillors

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Election Councillors
2007 David Stocks
(SNP)
Jim Logue
(Labour)
George Devine
(Ind.)
3 seats
2012 Peter Sullivan
(Labour)
2017 Nancy Pettigrew
(SNP)
Trevor Douglas
(Conservative)
2022 Lesley Jarvie
(SNP)
Janice Catherine Toner
(SNP)
Chris Costello
(Labour)

Election Results

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2022 Election

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Airdrie Central - 4 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
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: 4,808 (37.9%)  

2017 Election

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Airdrie Central - 4 seats[5]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
Labour Jim Logue (incumbent) 27.34 1,336              
SNP Nancy Pettigrew 17.88 874 890 924 958 1,000      
SNP David Stocks (incumbent) 17.27 844 861 873 895 974 992    
Conservative Trevor Douglas 15.61 763 781 787 819 878 878 879 1,042
Independent Alliance North Lanarkshire Peter Sullivan (incumbent) 7.88 385 398 423 489        
Labour Michael McBride 6.98 341 570 585 612 740 740 744  
Independent George Devine 4.56 223 233 244          
Scottish Green Claire Williams 2.48 121 124            
Electorate: 12,756   Valid: 4,887   Spoilt: 126   Quota: 978   Turnout: 5,013 (39.3%)  

2012 Election

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Airdrie Central - 3 seats[6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Labour Jim Logue (incumbent) 31.7% 1,351        
SNP David Stocks (incumbent) 22.2% 945 959.7 983.9 1,058.3 1,759.9
SNP Graham Russell 16.9% 721 737.6 754.8 832.5  
Labour Peter Sullivan 14.8% 630 825.9 857.9 995.3 1,042.9
Independent George Devine (incumbent) 9.8% 419 436 497.4    
Conservative Christine Young 4.6% 198 201.8      
Electorate: 11,965   Valid: 4,264   Spoilt: 96   Quota: 1,067   Turnout: 4,360 (36.44%)  

2007 Election

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North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Airdrie Central
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
SNP David Stocks 1,924 35.6 1 1
Labour Jim Logue 1,256 23.4 1 4
Labour Peter Sullivan 829 15.3
Independent George Devine 630 11.7 1 7
Independent Ian McNeil 351 6.5
Conservative Cynthia MacKenzie 318 5.9
Scottish Socialist Audrey McMath 95 1.8

References

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  1. ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
  2. ^ "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.
  3. ^ Electoral Ward: Airdrie Central Archived 12 August 2020 at the Wayback Machine, Scottish Government Statistics
  4. ^ "Scottish council election results | North Lanarkshire Council".
  5. ^ "North Lanarkshire Council - Scottish council elections". Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
  6. ^ "North Lanarkshire Council - 3 May 2012 - North Lanarkshire Council - results". Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2020.