Fortissat

Fortissat is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. It elects four Councillors and covers the town of Shotts and surrounding areas with a population of 15,730 in 2019.^[1] .

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007	rowspan=4; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Jim Robertson (Labour)	rowspan=2; style="background-color: Template:Independent politician/meta/color" \|	Charles Cefferty (Ind.)	rowspan=4; style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" \|	Malcolm McMillan (SNP)
2012	Thomas Cochrane (SNP)	Jim Robertson (Labour)		Charles Cefferty (Ind.)
2017		Martin McCulloch (Labour)	rowspan=2; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Kenneth Stevenson (Labour)	rowspan=1; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Sandy Thornton (Conservative)
2017 by-		Martin McCulloch (Labour)	rowspan=1; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Kenneth Stevenson (Labour)	Clare Quigley (Labour)

Election Results

2017 by-election

Fortissat By-election (7 September 2017) - 1 Seat^[2]
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

2017 Election

2017 North Lanarkshire Council election ^[3]

Fortissat - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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%)

2012 Election

2012 North Lanarkshire Council election ^[4]

Fortissat - 3 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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

2007 North Lanarkshire Council election

North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Fortissat
	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

^ Electoral Ward: Fortissat, Scottish Government Statistics
^ 12457 (8 September 2017). "Fortissat ward by-election result". www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2019. {{cite web}}: |last= has numeric name (help)
^ https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=32951
^ https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=24109&contactid=12585

[1] Electoral Ward: Fortissat, Scottish Government Statistics

[2] 12457 (8 September 2017). "Fortissat ward by-election result". www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk. Retrieved 11 May 2019. {{cite web}}: |last= has numeric name (help)

[3] ttps://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=32951

[4] ttps://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=24109&contactid=12585

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