Thorniewood

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).

Location of the ward ^[1]

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

• On 1 Jul 2019, Labour councillor Hugh Gaffney resigned his seat after he was elected as MP for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill at the 2017 UK Parliament Election.^[5] A by-election was held on 19 September 2019 and the seat was retained by Labour by Norah Moody.

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
	Green	Rosemary McGowan	1.5%	46

2021 By-election

• SNP councillor Steven Bonnar was elected as MP for Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill at the 2019 UK Parliament Election.^[7] He resigned his Council seat and the by-election was set for May but was deferred until 19 November 2020. It was won by Helen Loughran for Labour.

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
	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
	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%)

• SNP Cllr Duncan McShannon resigned his seat in May 2015. A by-election was held on 9 July 2015 and the seat was held by the party's Stephen Bonnar.^[11]

2007 Election

Main article: 2007 North Lanarkshire Council election

North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Thorniewood

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	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