2003 North Lanarkshire Council election

Main article: 2003 Scottish local elections

Elections to North Lanarkshire Council were held on 1 May 2003, the same day as the other Scottish local government elections and the Scottish Parliament general election.

Map showing results by ward.

Election results

North Lanarkshire Local Election Result 2003

Party		Seats	Gains	Losses	Net gain/loss	Seats %	Votes %	Votes	+/−
	Labour	54	0	2	-2	77.1	55.2	61,719	+0.5
	SNP	13	1	0	+1	18.6	32.6	36,439	-3.4
	Conservative	0	0	0	0	0.0	3.9	4,359	-0.5
	Scottish Socialist	0	0	0	0	0.0	2.5	2,850	+2.1
	Liberal Democrats	0	0	0	0	0.0	1.1	1,259	-0.7
	Liberty Party	0	0	0	0	0.0	0.1	131	New
	Independent	3	1	0	+1	4.3	4.6	5,090	+1.9

Total number of valid votes cast: 111,847.

Ward results

Ladywell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour Co-op	Michael Ross	1,002	47.1	+9.5
	Conservative	Robert Burgess	536	25.2	−3.7
	SNP	George Pickering	432	20.3	−13.2
	Scottish Socialist	Gregor MacEwan	157	7.4	N/A
Majority			466	21.9	+17.8
Turnout			2,137	55.3	−9.3
	Labour Co-op hold		Swing	+6.6

Calder Valley

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Annita McAuley	898	59.5	+1.2
	SNP	Dallas Carter	448	29.7	−1.0
	Conservative	William Millar	164	10.9	−0.1
Majority			450	29.8	+2.2
Turnout			1,527	44.7	−14.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.1

Forgewood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Connelly	683	58.8	+8.5
	SNP	Mark Wilson	343	29.5	−11.8
	Conservative	Archie Giggie	135	11.6	+3.1
Majority			340	29.3	+20.3
Turnout			1,161	36.5	−14.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.2

North Motherwell

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Martin	1,208	71.4	+13.7
	SNP	Wendy Moffat	347	20.5	−10.6
	Conservative	June Millar	137	8.1	−3.1
Majority			861	50.9	+24.3
Turnout			1,698	42.8	−13.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+12.2

New Stevenston and Carfin

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Helen McKenna	1,231	62.2	+8.9
	SNP	Ian Kinkade	586	29.6	−9.7
	Conservative	James McKinley	161	8.1	+0.7
Majority			645	32.6	+18.6
Turnout			1,990	50.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+9.3

Craigneuk

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas G Lunny	897	73.8	+6.4
	SNP	Iain M Hart	161	13.2	−15.0
	Scottish Socialist	Joyce Carmichael	158	13.0	N/A
Majority			736	60.5	+21.3
Turnout			1,225	41.8	−7.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.7

Belhaven

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Samuel Love	1,075	56.2	+13.2
	SNP	Clare Adamson	622	32.5	−9.0
	Conservative	Christina Giggie	216	11.3	−4.2
Majority			453	23.7	+22.2
Turnout			1,930	54.1	−3.3
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.1

Stewarton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Moran	1,024	58.9	+8.1
	SNP	Scott Harvie	507	29.2	−1.6
	Conservative	Carole McKinley	207	11.9	+2
Majority			517	29.7	+9.7
Turnout			1,755	44.2	−8.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.9

Cambusnethan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Selfridge	871	48.2	+7.2
	SNP	John Taggart	656	36.3	−1.5
	Conservative	Mark Nolan	281	15.5	+2.2
Majority			215	11.9	+8.7
Turnout			1,821	52.1	−8.5
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.4

Coltness

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Ernest Holloway	1,039	61.7	+8.5
	SNP	J David McIntosh	279	16.6	−18.6
	Conservative	Sarah Bishop	216	12.8	+1.2
	Scottish Socialist	William Kelly	150	8.9	N/A
Majority			760	45.1	+27.1
Turnout			1,694	50.4	−9.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+13.6

Watsonville

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Alan Valentine	997	54.4	+14.3
	Labour	Robert Millar	670	36.6	−2.9
	Conservative	Neil Richardson	165	9.0	−2.4
Majority			327	17.8	+17.2
Turnout			1,840	48.7	−10.2
	SNP hold		Swing	+8.6

Knowetop

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Wilson	960	54.9	+2.6
	SNP	Annette Valentine	565	32.3	−0.8
	Conservative	Colin Gibson	224	12.8	−1.7
Majority			395	22.6	+3.4
Turnout			1,764	50.0	−10.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.7

Muirhouse & Netherton

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerald McLaughlin	1,157	67.2	+10.4
	SNP	Joanne O'Brien	369	21.4	−14.1
	Conservative	Linsey Burgess	196	11.4	+3.8
Majority			788	45.8	+24.5
Turnout			1,727	47.4	−7.0
	Labour hold		Swing	+12.3

Pather & Gowkthrapple

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John F McGhee	960	72.9	+10.8
	SNP	Alan O'Brien	260	19.8	−13.0
	Conservative	David L Gurr	96	7.3	+2.2
Majority			700	53.2	+23.9
Turnout			1,324	40.2	−9.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+11.9

Garrion

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Pentland	1,129	60.1	+10.3
	SNP	James Hume	512	27.3	−10.4
	Conservative	Elizabeth Gallacher	236	12.6	+0.1
Majority			617	32.9	+20.8
Turnout			1,889	53.8	−6.1
	Labour hold		Swing	+10.4

Newmains

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	David McKendrick	892	48.7	−7.8
	Independent	Robert McKendrick	808	44.1	+17.5
	SNP	Scott Steedman	132	7.2	N/A
Majority			84	4.6	−25.3
Turnout			1,842	52.8	−9.9
	Independent hold		Swing	-12.7

Stane

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Frank Gormill	865	46.6	N/A
	Labour	Francis Fallan	699	37.6	−28.3
	SNP	Malcolm McMillan	293	15.8	−18.3
Majority			166	8.9	−22.9
Turnout			1,874	50.1	−6.7
	Independent gain from Labour		Swing	+37.5

Dykehead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Robertson	979	69.6	+3.4
	SNP	William Steedman	428	30.4	−3.5
Majority			551	39.2	+6.9
Turnout			1,416	42.8	−11.2
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.5

Cleland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Martin	1,160	69.3	−7.9
	Independent	Pat Moran	236	14.1	N/A
	SNP	Malcolm Durno	179	10.7	−12.1
	Conservative	James Paterson	98	5.9	N/A
Majority			924	55.2	+0.7
Turnout			1,678	48.8	−9.2
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.0

Benhar

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Independent	Charles Cefferty	1,210	75.7	+22.6
	SNP	Martha White	389	24.3	+6.9
Majority			821	51.3	+27.8
Turnout			1,650	47.3	−15.1
	Independent hold		Swing	+7.9

Tannochside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Saunders	1,181	62.1	+4.6
	SNP	David Baird	444	23.3	−5.0
	Conservative	Elizabeth McLeod	277	14.6	+0.5
Majority			737	38.7	+9.5
Turnout			1,922	49.1	−11.4
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.8

Fallside

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Robert Burrows	902	53.1	−10.9
	Independent	Charles Hebenton	472	27.8	+27.8
	SNP	Helen Gallett	230	13.5	−13.5
	Conservative	Christopher Morgan	95	5.6	−3.3
Majority			430	25.3	−11.7
Turnout			1,711	45.0	−7.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-19.4

Viewpark

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James McCabe	1,323
	SNP	John Gilmour	349
	Conservative	Douglas Le Blonde	53
Majority			974
Turnout			1,739	46.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Bellshill North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Henry McGuigan	1,187
	SNP	Gary Gallett	360
	Conservative	George Clark	149
Majority			827
Turnout			1,706	45.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Orbiston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Richard Lyle	1,182
	Labour	Geraldine Woods	460
	Conservative	Robert Hargrave	86
Majority			722
Turnout			1,736	48.8
	SNP hold		Swing

Mossend West & Thorndean

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Gorman	844
	SNP	Anne Caldwell	603
	Conservative	Arthur Pawson	121
Majority			241
Turnout			1,588	44.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Holytown

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Coyle	1,216
	SNP	E Linda Muir	308
	Conservative	James McLeod	131
Majority			908
Turnout			1,666	46.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Mossend East & New Stevenston North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kevin McKeown	942
	SNP	Keith Caldwell	485
	Conservative	Elizabeth Muir	131
Majority			457
Turnout			1,572	40.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Newarthill

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Lafferty	1,095
	SNP	Laura Anne Love	336
	Conservative	David I Paterson	107
Majority			759
Turnout			1,544	43.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Hattonrig

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Harry Curran	1,096
	SNP	Michael Carroll	411
	Conservative	Glen McLeod	141
Majority			685
Turnout			1,653	44.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Townhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Anthony Clarke	888
	SNP	Martin McWilliams	555
Majority			333
Turnout			1,467	43.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Blairpark

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Shields	907
	SNP	Francis McGlinchey	641
Majority			266
Turnout			1,607	45.9
	Labour hold		Swing

North Central & Glenboig

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Mary Clark	844
	SNP	John Wilson	407
	Independent	James McKinlay	364
Majority			437
Turnout			1,631	45.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Coatbridge Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Nolan	976
	SNP	John Russell	340
	Scottish Socialist	Audrey McMath	135
Majority			636
Turnout			1,485	39.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Sikeside & Carnbroe

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Cassidy	910
	SNP	James Gribben	446
	Liberty Party	John McGeechan	131
Majority			464
Turnout			1,492	41.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Bargeddie & Langloan

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Andrew Burns	1,058
	SNP	Michael Heaney	326
Majority			732
Turnout			1,410	40.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Kirkwood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Smith	1,235
	SNP	Maureen Hagerty	222
Majority			1,013
Turnout			1,470	42.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Kirkshaws

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	John Gordon	1,284
	SNP	Colin Hagerty	307
Majority			977
Turnout			1,606	44.2
	Labour hold		Swing

Shawhead

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Brooks	1,301
	SNP	David Sharp	213
Majority			1,088
Turnout			1,532	46.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Old Monkland

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Maginnis	1,195
	SNP	Louisa Sands	252
Majority			943
Turnout			1,454	45.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Whinhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	George Devine	819
	SNP	Alan White	332
	Scottish Socialist	John Moffat	139
Majority			487
Turnout			1,307	38.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Academy

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James McGuigan	936
	SNP	Alice Homer	466
Majority			470
Turnout			1,412	41.0
	Labour hold		Swing

Airdrie Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Logue	963
	SNP	Gail Cameron	447
Majority			516
Turnout			1,425	42.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Clarkston

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Campbell Cameron	807
	Labour	Kenneth McCully	348
	Liberal Democrats	Mavis Drummond	155
	Scottish Socialist	Fraser Coats	114
Majority			459
Turnout			1,434	40.5
	SNP hold		Swing

New Monkland West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Sophia Coyle	724
	Labour	Morag Thompson	693
Majority			31
Turnout			1,448	38.9
	SNP hold		Swing

Plains & Caldercruix

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Thomas Morgan	1,217
	SNP	Barry McMillan	361
Majority			856
Turnout			1,594	45.4
	Labour hold		Swing

North Cairnhill & Coatdyke

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Peter Sullivan	924
	SNP	James Gibb	349
	Liberal Democrats	Janet Oni-Orisan	301
Majority			575
Turnout			1,594	46.1
	Labour hold		Swing

South East Cairnhill & Gartlea

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	David Stocks	812
	Labour	Anthony Beekman	453
	Liberal Democrats	Patricia Maguire	304
Majority			359
Turnout			1,580	44.3
	SNP hold		Swing

Craigneuk & Petersburn

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Donna Morris	764
	SNP	Michael Coyle	448
Majority			316
Turnout			1,234	36.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Calderbank

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Patrick Donnelly	827
	SNP	Margaret Lynch	415
	Liberal Democrats	Elizabeth McIntyre	303
Majority			412
Turnout			1,562	46.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Chapelhall

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Curley	Unopposed
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Salsburgh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	David Fagan	708
	SNP	Marion IK Millar	493
	Scottish Socialist	Gordon Martin	280
Majority			215
Turnout			1,515	38.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Kildrum & Park

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Margaret Murray	974
	Labour	Allan Graham	587
	Scottish Socialist	Andrew Locke	171
Majority			387
Turnout			1,744	51.0
	SNP hold		Swing

Seafar & The Village

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Neil McCallum	1,259
	Labour	Gerald Somers	446
Majority			813
Turnout			1,730	49.5
	SNP hold		Swing

Balloch East & Ravenswood

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Elizabeth Gemmell	1,257
	Labour	Jane Taylor	700
Majority			557
Turnout			1,988	52.4
	SNP hold		Swing

Balloch West, Blackwood East & Craigmarloch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Barry McCulloch	868
	SNP	Scott MacFarlane	774
	Independent	Christopher Donohue	140
	Scottish Socialist	John Miller	110
Majority			94
Turnout			1,907	48.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Westerwood, Carrickstone & Dullatur

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Gordon Murray	1,267
	Labour	Danny Howley	574
Majority			693
Turnout			1,875	46.8
	SNP hold		Swing

Abronhill South

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	William Carmichael	879
	Labour	Elizabeth Hughes	489
	Scottish Socialist	Gary Bannatyne	141
	Liberal Democrats	Hugh O'Donnell	87
Majority			390
Turnout			1,604	47.6
	SNP hold		Swing

Abronhill Central & North

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Elizabeth Irvine	935
	Labour	James Hunt	537
	Scottish Socialist	Charles McBride	142
	Liberal Democrats	Carol Boyle	109
	Independent	Robert Orr	103
Majority			398
Turnout			1,831	50.1
	SNP hold		Swing

Carbrain East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	William Homer	756
	Labour	Robert Gordon	453
	Scottish Socialist	Brian Scott	150
Majority			303
Turnout			1,364	40.0
	SNP hold		Swing

Carbrain West & Greenfaulds

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	William Goldie	839
	Labour	Stephen Grant	599
	Scottish Socialist	Jacqueline Hair	176
Majority			240
Turnout			1,624	47.0
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing

Condorrat Central

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gerard McElroy	863
	SNP	Patricia Currie	786
	Scottish Socialist	Kevin P McVey	217
Majority			77
Turnout			1,884	52.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Condorrat North & Westfield

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Balwant Singh Chadha	992
	SNP	Ronald McCambridge	719
	Scottish Socialist	Angela Reid	174
Majority			273
Turnout			1,906	51.7
	Labour hold		Swing

Croy, Kilsyth South & Smithstone

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Francis Griffin	972
	SNP	Ian McCann	244
	Scottish Socialist	William O'Neill	121
Majority			728
Turnout			1,347	47.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Queenzieburn & Kilsyth West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jean Jones	976
	SNP	David Moira	739
Majority			237
Turnout			1,730	50.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Banton & Kilsyth East

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tom Barrie	983
	SNP	Ewen Gilmour	573
	Scottish Socialist	Thomas Smyth	134
Majority			410
Turnout			1,711	51.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Moodiesburn East & Blackwood West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	William Hogg	1,086
	SNP	Aileen McLaughlin	416
	Scottish Socialist	Ann Marie McGivern	181
Majority			670
Turnout			1,707	45.3
	Labour hold		Swing

Moodiesburn West & Gartcosh

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Joseph Shaw	909
	SNP	Isabella Chisholm	465
Majority			444
Turnout			1,407	42.8
	Labour hold		Swing

Chryston & Auchinloch

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Charles Gray	1,242
	SNP	Jean Welsh	461
Majority			781
Turnout			1,725	50.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Stepps

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Brian Wallace	1,305
	SNP	Eric Martin	520
Majority			785
Turnout			1,873	50.3
	Labour hold		Swing

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