Kilsyth is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. It elects three councillors and covers the town of Kilsyth (plus neighbouring Croy) with a population of 13,772 in 2019.Electoral Ward: Kilsyth , Scottish Government Statistics Created in 2007, its boundaries remained unchanged in a 2017 review.
Councillors ElectionCouncillors2007David Key(SNP)Francis Griffin(Labour)Jean Jones(Labour)2008 by-Mark Griffin(Labour)2012Alan Stevenson(SNP)Heather McVey(Labour)2017Mark Kerr(SNP)2022Denis Johnston(SNP)
Election results 2022 Election
2017 Election
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.
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.
2012 Election
2007 Election
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.
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