Mossend and Holytown is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. Created in 2007, it elects three councillors.
As its name suggests, its territory comprises the localities of Mossend (as well as parts of Bellshill including the town centre east of Motherwell Road, and the Thorndean and Milnwood neighbourhoods) and neighbouring Holytown (plus part of New Stevenston – streets north of the Shotts Line railway tracks). A 2017 boundary review reduced the territory in central Bellshill slightly, and caused a small decrease in the electorate. The ward had a population of 13,480 in 2019.Electoral Ward: Mossend and Holytown , Scottish Government Statistics
Councillors ElectionCouncillors2007Paul Delaney(SNP)James Coyle(Labour)Kevin McKeown(Labour)2012David Baird(SNP/Alba)Frank McNally(Labour)2017Jim Reddin(Labour)20212022Beth Baudo(SNP/Progressive Change NL/Labour)20232024Helena Gray(Labour) Beth Baudo defected from the SNP to Progressive Change North Lanarkshire in 2023. In January 2024, she again defected, this time to Scottish Labour.
Election results 2024 by-election
2022 election
2017 election
On 10 July 2018, councillor David Baird was suspended from The SNP for 'breaking procedure'. He then sat as an Independent, before re-joining the party in 2018.
2012 election
2007 election
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