Clydesdale North | |
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South Lanarkshire | |
Population | 14,726 (2021)[1] |
Electorate | 11,889 (2022) |
Major settlements | Lanark |
Scottish Parliament constituency | Clydesdale |
Scottish Parliament region | South Scotland |
UK Parliament constituency | Hamilton and Clyde Valley Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke |
Current ward | |
Created | 2007 |
Number of councillors | 3 |
Councillor | Catherine McClymont (Labour) |
Councillor | Julia Marrs (SNP) |
Councillor | Richard Elliot-Lockhart (Conservative) |
Created from | Carstairs/Carnwath Clyde Valley Forth Lanark North Lanark South Lesmahagow |
Clydesdale North is one of the 20 electoral wards of South Lanarkshire Council. Created in 2007, the ward elects three councillors using the single transferable vote electoral system and covers an area with a population of 14,726 people.
The ward has politically been split between the Scottish National Party (SNP), Labour and the Conservatives. Each party has held one of the three seats since the creation of the ward apart from the period following the 2012 election when independent councillor Ed Archer won a seat from the Conservatives.