Fortissat (ward)
Fortissat is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. It elects four Councillors and covers the town of Shotts and surrounding areas with a population of 15,730 in 2019.[1] .
Councillors
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Jim Robertson (Labour) |
Charles Cefferty (Ind.) |
Malcolm McMillan (SNP) | |||||
| 2012 | Thomas Cochrane (SNP) | |||||||
| 2017 | Martin McCulloch (Labour) |
Kenneth Stevenson (Labour) |
Sandy Thornton (Conservative) | |||||
| 2017 by- | Clare Quigley (Labour) | |||||||
Election Results
2017 by-election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| Labour | Clare Quigley | 38.5 | 1,420 | 1,421 | 1,426 | 1,466 | 1,546 | 1,827 | 2,117 | |
| A Better Britain – Unionist Party | John Jo Leckie | 23.3 | 858 | 865 | 867 | 913 | 1,088 | 1,139 | ||
| SNP | Mags Murphy | 20.6 | 761 | 762 | 770 | 791 | 804 | |||
| Conservative | Norma McNab | 11.5 | 424 | 427 | 428 | 459 | ||||
| Independent | Charlie Cefferty | 5.0 | 184 | 184 | 188 | |||||
| Scottish Green | Kyle Davidson | 0.7 | 24 | 26 | ||||||
| UKIP | Daryl Gardner | 0.5 | 18 | |||||||
| Electorate: 12,163 Valid: 3,689 Spoilt: 47 Quota: 1,845 Turnout: 3,736 (30.7%) | ||||||||||
2017 Election
2017 North Lanarkshire Council election [3]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Labour | Martin McCulloch | 29.29 | 1,477 | ||||||
| SNP | Thomas Cochrane†† (incumbent) | 20.15 | 1,016 | ||||||
| Conservative | Sandy Thornton† | 13.29 | 670 | 678 | 678 | 691 | 948 | 1,121 | |
| A Better Britain – Unionist Party | Jeffrey McDonald | 11.08 | 559 | 574 | 574 | 591 | |||
| Independent | Charlie Cefferty (incumbent) | 10.09 | 509 | 527 | 527 | 661 | 754 | ||
| SNP | Mags Murphy | 8.9 | 449 | 469 | 475 | ||||
| Labour | Kenneth Stevenson | 7.2 | 363 | 715 | 715 | 806 | 891 | 1,117 | |
| Electorate: 12,051 Valid: 5,043 Spoilt: 139 Quota: 1,009 Turnout: 5,182 (43.0%) | |||||||||
2012 Election
2012 North Lanarkshire Council election [4]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| Labour | Francis Fallan | 23.0% | 983 | 988 | 1,022 | 1,023.4 | ||
| Labour | Jim Robertson (incumbent) | 22.9% | 982 | 1,000 | 1,046 | 1,048.3 | 1,843.2 | |
| Independent | Charlie Cefferty (incumbent) | 22.9% | 981 | 1,023 | 1,079 | |||
| SNP | Thomas Cochrane | 16.2% | 695 | 700 | 1,062 | 1,063.4 | 1,136.6 | |
| SNP | Malcolm McMillan (incumbent) | 12.4% | 529 | 543 | ||||
| Conservative | Sandy Thornton | 2.6% | 111 | |||||
| Electorate: 11,314 Valid: 4,281 Spoilt: 94 Quota: 1,071 Turnout: 4,375 (38.67%) | ||||||||
2007 Election
2007 North Lanarkshire Council election
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jim Robertson | 1,596 | 28.3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Independent | Charles Cefferty | 1,529 | 27.1 | 1 | 1 | |
| SNP | Malcolm McMillan | 1,396 | 24.7 | 1 | 2 | |
| Labour | Clare Margaret Quigley | 1,125 | 19.9 | |||
References
- Electoral Ward: Fortissat, Scottish Government Statistics
- 12457 (8 September 2017). "Fortissat ward by-election result". www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2019.CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
- https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=32951
- https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=24109&contactid=12585
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