Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Thorniewood is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council.[2] It elects three councillors and covers the Viewpark, Tannochside and Birkenshaw areas. Its south-west boundary is the M74 motorway 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 Hamilton 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.[3]

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 Duncan McShannon
(SNP) 		Jim McCabe
(Labour) 		Bob Burrows
(Labour)
2012
2015 by- Steven Bonnar
(SNP)
2017 Hugh Gaffney
(Labour)
2019 by- Norah Mooney
(Labour)
2021 by- Helen Loughran
(Labour)
2022 Margaret Boyd

(Labour)

Barry McCluskey

(SNP)

Election Results

2017 Election

Main article: 2017 North Lanarkshire Council election
Thorniewood - 3 seats[4]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4
Labour Bob Burrows (incumbent) 33.48 1,568      
SNP Steven Bonnar (incumbent) 31.17 1,460      
Labour Hugh Gaffney 16.78 786 1,119 1,156 1,419
Conservative Christine McConnell 11.08 519 536 540  
SNP Josh Robertson 7.49 351 362 584 609
Electorate: 10,688   Valid: 4,684   Spoilt: 104   Quota: 1172   Turnout: 4,788 (44.8%)  

2019 By-election

Thorniewood By-election (19 September 2019) - 1 Seat[6]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1
Labour Norah Moody 44.3% 1,362
SNP Eve Cunnington 39.1% 1,202
Conservative Lorraine Nolan 9.6% 296
Liberal Democrats Colin Robb 5.5% 168
Scottish Green Rosemary McGowan 1.5% 46
Valid:   Quota:  

2021 By-election

Thorniewood By-election (4 March 2021) - 1 Seat[8]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5
Labour Helen Loughran 36.4% 998 999 1,018 1,112 1,263
SNP Eve Cunnington 34.5% 944 944 960 971 1,160
Independent Joseph Budd 18.9% 518
Conservative Oyebola Ajala 7.7% 212 215 220    
Scottish Green Rosemary McGowan 1.9% 53 57      
UKIP Daryl Gardner 0.5% 15        
Electorate: TBC   Valid: 2,740   Spoilt: 29   Quota: 1,371   Turnout: 25.4%  

2012 Election

Main article: 2012 North Lanarkshire Council election
Thorniewood - 3 seats[9]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2
Labour Bob Burrows (incumbent) 37.3% 1,623  
Labour Jim McCabe (incumbent) 33.2% 1,443  
SNP Duncan McShannon (incumbent) 24.3% 1,057 1,220.5
Conservative Alan Henderson 5.2% 225 304.8
Electorate: 11,668   Valid: 4,348   Spoilt: 80   Quota: 1,088   Turnout: 4,428 (37.95%)  

2015 By-election

Thorniewood By-election (9 July 2015) - 1 Seat[10]
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6
SNP Steven Bonnar 47.01% 1,555 1,556 1,565 1,586 1,622 1,647
Labour Hugh Gaffney 42.62% 1,410 1,417 1,422 1,433 1,456 1,517
Conservative Meghan Gallacher 4.5% 149 158 167 172 175  
Scottish Socialist Liam McCabe 2.45% 81 81 82 89    
Scottish Green Patrick McAleer 1.54% 51 55 61      
Scottish Christian Craig Smith 1% 33 37        
UKIP Matt Williams 0.88% 29          
Electorate: 11,730   Valid: 3,308 (28.2%)   Spoilt: 38   Quota: 1,655   Turnout: 3,346 (28.5%)  

2007 Election

Main article: 2007 North Lanarkshire Council election
North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Thorniewood
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
Labour Jim McCabe 1,714 29.7 1 1
SNP Duncan McShannon 1,369 23.8 1 4
Labour Bob Burrows 1,342 23.3 1 2
Labour Dave Saunders 878 15.2
Conservative David Imrie Paterson 455 7.9

References

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  3. ^ Electoral Ward: Thorniewood Archived 16 November 2018 at the Wayback Machine, Scottish Government Statistics
  4. ^ "North Lanarkshire Council - Scottish council elections". Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
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