North Lanarkshire
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Coordinates: 55°49′44″N 3°55′19″W / 55.829°N 3.922°W
| North Lanarkshire North Lanrikshire Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath |
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| Location | |||||
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| Area | Ranked 19th | ||||
| - Total | 470 km2 (181 sq mi) | ||||
| Admin HQ | Motherwell | ||||
| ISO 3166-2 | GB-NLK | ||||
| ONS code | 00QZ | ||||
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| Population | Ranked 4th | ||||
| - Total (2010 est.) | 326,400 | ||||
| - Density | 695/km2 | ||||
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| North Lanarkshire Council http://www.northlan.gov.uk/ |
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North Lanarkshire (Scots: North Lanrikshire, Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders onto the northeast of the City of Glasgow and contains much of Glasgow's suburbs and commuter towns and villages. It also borders East Dunbartonshire, Falkirk, Stirling, South Lanarkshire and West Lothian. The council covers parts of the traditional counties of Dunbartonshire, Lanarkshire and Stirlingshire.
The area was formed in 1996, largely from the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Motherwell and Monklands districts and significant elements of Strathclyde Regional Council.
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Principal towns (10,000+ in population) [edit]
- Cumbernauld - 49,664
- Coatbridge - 41,170
- Airdrie - 36,326
- Motherwell - 30,312
- Wishaw - 28,565
- Bellshill - 20,705
- Kilsyth - 10,100
Small towns and villages [edit]
North Lanarkshire Council Headquarters, located in Motherwell
Council political composition [edit]
| North Lanarkshire Local Election Result 2007 | ||||||||||
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| Party | Seats | Gains | Losses | Net gain/loss | Seats % | Votes % | Votes | +/− | ||
| Labour | 40 | N/A | N/A | -14 | 57.1 | 49.6 | 60,673 | |||
| SNP | 22 | N/A | N/A | +10 | 32.9 | 31.7 | 38,809 | |||
| Independent | 6 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 7.1 | 7.0 | 8,510 | |||
| Conservative | 1 | N/A | N/A | +1 | 1.4 | 7.5 | 9,212 | |||
| Liberal Democrats | 1 | N/A | N/A | +1 | 1.4 | 1.8 | 2,232 | |||
| Scottish Socialist | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0.0 | 1.5 | 1,848 | |||
| Solidarity | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0.0 | 0.6 | 759 | |||
| Scottish Christian | 0 | N/A | N/A | 0 | 0.0 | 0.3 | 348 | |||
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