North Lanarkshire

North Lanarkshire
North Lanrikshire
Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath
North Lanarkshire; North Lanrikshire; Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath
Logo	Coat of arms
Location
Geography
Area	Ranked 19th
- Total	470 km2 (181 sq mi)
Admin HQ	Motherwell
ISO 3166-2	GB-NLK
ONS code	00QZ
Demographics
Population	Ranked 4th
- Total (2010 est.)	326,400
- Density	695/km2
Politics
	North Lanarkshire Council; http://www.northlan.gov.uk/
Control
	Labour
MPs	Tom Clarke; Gregg McClymont; Pamela Nash; Frank Roy;
MSPs	Jamie Hepburn; Michael McMahon; Alex Neil; John Pentland; Elaine Smith;

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.

Principal towns (10,000+ in population) [edit]

North Lanarkshire Council Headquarters, located in Motherwell

North Lanarkshire Local Election Result 2007
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