Location of the 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

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

2017 Election

Kilsyth - 3 seats[4]
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
1234567
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]

    Friday 2nd December 2022, Ex Cllr Mark John Kerr, was Jailed for 6 years and place on the sex offenders register for life, after been found Guilty of multiple charges including attempted rape. [6]

    2012 Election

    Kilsyth - 3 seats[7]
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345
    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

      North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Kilsyth
      Party Candidate 1st Pref  % 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

      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.

      Kilsyth By-Election (31 January 2008)- 1 seat[8]
      PartyCandidateFPv%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

      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: Kilsyth Archived 7 April 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Scottish Government Statistics
      4. ↑ "Scottish council elections, Thursday 4 May 2017". North Lanarkshire Council. Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
      5. ↑ "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.
      6. ↑ "Former councillor jailed for sexual offences involving teenage boys in Lanarkshire - Police Scotland".
      7. ↑ "North Lanarkshire Council elections - results:3 May 2012". North Lanarkshire Council. Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
      8. ↑ "Alba Money – Financial news and budgeting advice". Archived from the original on 7 September 2008. Retrieved 7 April 2021.
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