Fortissat
Location of the ward [1]
Fortissat is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council.[2] Created in 2007, it originally returned three councillors; a 2017 national review resulted in no changes in the boundaries but an extra seat being added. The ward's territory covers the town of Shotts and surrounding areas (including Allanton, Bonkle, Harthill, Hartwood, Morningside and Salsburgh) with a population of 15,730 in 2019.[3]
Councillors[edit]
| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Jim Robertson (Labour) |
Charles Cefferty (Ind.) |
Malcolm McMillan (SNP) |
3 seats | ||||
| 2012 | Thomas Cochrane (SNP, then Ind.) | |||||||
| 2017 | Martin McCulloch (Labour) |
Kenneth Stevenson (Labour) |
Sandy Thornton (Conservative) | |||||
| 2017 by- | Clare Quigley (Labour) | |||||||
| 2021 by- | Peter Kelly (Labour) | |||||||
| 2022 | Margaret Hughes (SNP) |
John Jo Leckie (BUP) | ||||||
Election results[edit]
2022 election[edit]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| Labour | Martin McCulloch (incumbent) | 22.5 | 1,028 | ||||||
| SNP | Margaret Hughes | 20.8 | 949 | ||||||
| British Unionist Party | John Jo Leckie | 18.8 | 859 | 864 | 864 | 870 | 1,136 | ||
| Labour | Kenneth Stevenson (incumbent) | 14.0 | 636 | 729 | 730 | 753 | 867 | 957 | |
| Conservative | Ben Callaghan | 11.2 | 512 | 514 | 515 | 523 | |||
| SNP | Sarah Quinn | 10.0 | 457 | 463 | 494 | 547 | 561 | 571 | |
| Scottish Green | Emma Rachel Cuthbertson | 2.6 | 118 | 119 | 121 | ||||
| Electorate: 12,104 Valid: 4,559 Spoilt: 123 Quota: 912 Turnout: 4,682 (38.7%) | |||||||||
2017 election[edit]
| 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%) | |||||||||
2017 by-election[edit]
Conservative candidate Sandy Thornton refused to sign his acceptance of office, resulting in the seat becoming vacant on 28 June 2017. A by-election took place on 7 September 2017 and was won by Clare Quigley of the Scottish Labour Party.[7][8]
| 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%) | ||||||||||
2021 by-election[edit]
On 8 May 2018, councillor Tommy Cochrane resigned from the SNP and became an Independent, citing lack of SNP support in the area.[10] He resigned his seat on 18 March 2020 saying he was increasingly unable to manage personal and work commitments.[11] A by-election was held in 2021 (delayed by the COVID-19 pandemic in Scotland), won by Labour's Peter Kelly.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ||||
| Labour | Peter Kelly | 38.4% | 1,071 | 1,073 | 1,093 | 1,408 | |
| SNP | Sarah Quinn | 34.6% | 965 | 970 | 994 | 1,026 | |
| Conservative | Ben Callaghan | 23.5% | 656 | 664 | 679 | ||
| Scottish Green | Kyle Davidson | 2.5% | 69 | 74 | |||
| UKIP | Neil Wilson | 1.1% | 31 | ||||
| Electorate: TBC Valid: 2,792 Spoilt: 29 Quota: 1,397 Turnout: 23.3% | |||||||
2012 election[edit]
| 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[edit]
| 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[edit]
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- ^ "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.
- ^ Electoral Ward: Fortissat Archived 3 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Scottish Government Statistics
- ^ "Notice of Poll". North Lanarkshire Council. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "Election Results". North Lanarkshire Council. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ "North Lanarkshire Council - Scottish council elections". Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ Aitken, Mark (9 July 2017). "Tory 'ghost councillor' dodged job and sparked by-election costing £50,000". dailyrecord. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ Temlett, Michael (8 September 2017). "Labour win Fortissat by-election as Clare Quigley grabs two times SNP vote". dailyrecord. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ "Fortissat ward by-election result". www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk. 8 September 2017. Retrieved 11 May 2019.
- ^ "Councillor quits the SNP over alleged 'toxic bullying'". HeraldScotland. Archived from the original on 3 May 2022. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ "Shotts councillor calls it quits after eight years as elected member". 18 March 2020. Archived from the original on 13 April 2021. Retrieved 13 April 2021.
- ^ "North Lanarkshire Council Ward 13 Fortissat | North Lanarkshire Council". www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 9 November 2020. Retrieved 9 November 2020.
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