Clydesdale North (ward)

Clydesdale North
South Lanarkshire
Outline map
Boundary of Clydesdale North in South Lanarkshire from 2007–2017.
Population14,726 (2021)[1]
Electorate11,889 (2022)
Major settlementsLanark
Scottish Parliament constituencyClydesdale
Scottish Parliament regionSouth Scotland
UK Parliament constituencyHamilton and Clyde Valley
Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke
Current ward
Created2007 (2007)
Number of councillors3
CouncillorCatherine McClymont (Labour)
CouncillorJulia Marrs (SNP)
CouncillorRichard Elliot-Lockhart (Conservative)
Created fromCarstairs/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.

  1. ^ "Clydesdale North". Scottish Government. Retrieved 9 March 2023.