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North Lanarkshire: what’s happening where you live

What the council itself has published on the five things it most shapes for a household: homes, getting about, the bill, the local environment and schools. Each line is quoted from the council’s own document, with the link. This page says what was decided or proposed; it never says whether it was right.

This page is built from official registers only; the council’s own publications have not been read yet, and every line below says so where that leaves a gap.

North Lanarkshire Council: Scottish unitary authority (unitary), Scotland. GOV.UK lists it as a unitary council. ONS code S12000050.

Council website · Publication scheme

Housing

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Transport

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Council tax

Band D council tax set by North Lanarkshire for 2026–27: £1,554.56 a year. Excludes water and sewerage charges.

Every band
North Lanarkshire: council tax by band, 2026 to 2027
BandA year
A£1,036.37
B£1,209.10
C£1,381.83
D£1,554.56
E£2,042.52
F£2,526.16
G£3,044.35
H£3,808.67

Source: Scottish Government, Council Tax by band 2026-27 (Open Government Licence).

Your own bill depends on your band and any discounts or reductions.

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Environment

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Education

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What the council plans to spend, 2026–27

The budget for each service, as North Lanarkshire reported it to the Scottish Government. The same headings, in the same order, for every council in Scotland.

North Lanarkshire: budget by service, 2026 to 2027
ServiceBudget
Education£579.2 million
Culture and related services£46.2 million
Social work£317.0 million
Roads and transport£28.8 million
Road bridgesnone budgeted
Environmental services£44.1 million
Building, planning and development£10.7 million
Central services£9.9 million
Housing (outside the housing revenue account)£18.2 million
Trading services£319,000
Total net revenue expenditure£1,054.4 million

Net revenue expenditure: spending less the service’s own income.A minus figure means the service’s income is budgeted to be more than its spending. “None budgeted” usually means another body runs that service here. Source: Scottish Government, Local Government 2025-26 Provisional Outturn and 2026-27 Budget Estimates: revenue workbook (Open Government Licence).

Life in North Lanarkshire: the official facts

Facts about the people who live here: their pay, homes, health and more, from official statistics. They describe the place, not you, and every council gets the same list. Each shows when it was measured.

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Showing: North Lanarkshire.

People living here
343,930 people 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsAn official estimate of everyone who lives in the area, in the middle of the year.
Typical age
42 years 30 June 2025 · Office for National StatisticsHalf the people who live here are younger than this and half are older.
Money to live on, per person, per year
£21,381 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage household income per person after taxes, with benefits added: what people have to spend or save.
Typical weekly pay, before tax
£658 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsFor employees who live here: half earn more than this each week, half earn less.
Children growing up in poverty
14.8% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsThe share of children under 16 in families on low incomes once housing costs are paid.
People claiming unemployment-related benefits
3.0% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsThe share of people aged 16 to 64 claiming Jobseeker's Allowance or Universal Credit while looking for work.
Average price of a home
£161,163 August 2026 · HM Land RegistryThe average price of a home here in the month shown.
Years in good health: women
52.3 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a girl born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Years in good health: men
52.9 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsHow many years a boy born here can expect to live in good health, at current rates.
Greenhouse gases, per person
5.2 tonnes per person 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroEmissions from the area in a year, shared out per resident, in tonnes of carbon dioxide or its equivalent.
Homes and businesses that can get the fastest broadband
93.4% 1 January 2026 · OfcomThe share of addresses that can get gigabit broadband (1,000 Mbps).
Public chargers for electric cars
168.1 per 100,000 people 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublic charging points at all speeds, for every 100,000 people.
Businesses trading here
8,595 businesses 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with sales or staff in the year.

More figures for North Lanarkshire from the ONS

Gathered by the Office for National Statistics in Explore Local Statistics (Open Government Licence), refreshed daily. Some figures aren’t published for every nation, so the list can be shorter outside England.

Who runs the council

77 seats in 2026. Run by: Labour, as a minority administration. Open Council Data (public domain).

Councillors by party: Labour Party 32, Scottish National Party (SNP) 23, Independent / Other 15, Conservative and Unionist 5, British Unionist Party 1, Scottish Green Party 1.

Next scheduled council election: 6 May 2027.

All 77 councillors, by ward
  • Chris Costello (Labour Party) — Airdrie Central
  • Janice Toner (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Airdrie Central
  • Jim Logue (Labour Party) — Airdrie Central
  • Lesley Jarvie (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Airdrie Central
  • Alan Beveridge (Independent / Other) — Airdrie North
  • Henry Dunbar (Labour Party) — Airdrie North
  • Richard Sullivan (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Airdrie North
  • Sophia Coyle (Independent / Other) — Airdrie North
  • Michael Coyle (Independent / Other) — Airdrie South
  • Michael McBride (Labour Party) — Airdrie South
  • Paul Di Mascio (Independent / Other) — Airdrie South
  • Sandy Watson (Conservative and Unionist) — Airdrie South
  • Angela Campbell (Independent / Other) — Bellshill
  • Anne McCrory (Labour Party) — Bellshill
  • Lisa Stubbs (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Bellshill
  • Pat Patton (Labour Party) — Bellshill
  • Alexander McVey (Labour Party) — Coatbridge North
  • Allan Stubbs (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Coatbridge North
  • Kirsten Larson (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Coatbridge North
  • William Shields (Independent / Other) — Coatbridge North
  • Andrew Bustard (Labour Party) — Coatbridge South
  • Fergus MacGregor (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Coatbridge South
  • Geraldine Woods (Labour Party) — Coatbridge South
  • Tracy Carragher (Independent / Other) — Coatbridge South
  • Gary Robinson (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Coatbridge West
  • Kevin Docherty (Labour Party) — Coatbridge West
  • Lesley Mitchell (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Coatbridge West
  • Adam Smith (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Cumbernauld East
  • Barry McCulloch (Labour Party) — Cumbernauld East
  • Claire Barclay (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Cumbernauld East
  • Tom Johnston (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Cumbernauld East
  • Alan Masterton (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Cumbernauld North
  • Danish Ashraf (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Cumbernauld North
  • Gordon Currie (Conservative and Unionist) — Cumbernauld North
  • Tom Fisher (Labour Party) — Cumbernauld North
  • Ann Ballinger (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Cumbernauld South
  • James McPhilemy (Labour Party) — Cumbernauld South
  • Peter McDade (Labour Party) — Cumbernauld South
  • William Goldie (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Cumbernauld South
  • Clare Quigley (Labour Party) — Fortissat
  • John Leckie (British Unionist Party) — Fortissat
  • Margaret Hughes (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Fortissat
  • Martin McCulloch (Labour Party) — Fortissat
  • Greg Lennon (Independent / Other) — Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn
  • Joanne Keltie (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn
  • Michael McPake (Labour Party) — Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn
  • Denis Johnston (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Kilsyth
  • Heather Brannan-McVey (Labour Party) — Kilsyth
  • Jean Jones (Labour Party) — Kilsyth
  • Beth Baudo (Labour Party) — Mossend and Holytown
  • Helena Gray (Labour Party) — Mossend and Holytown
  • Jim Reddin (Labour Party) — Mossend and Holytown
  • Andrew Duffy-Lawson (Independent / Other) — Motherwell North
  • Anne Thomas (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Motherwell North
  • Ayeshah Khan (Labour Party) — Motherwell North
  • Gerry Brennan (Independent / Other) — Motherwell North
  • David Robb (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig
  • Kaye Harmon (Labour Party) — Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig
  • Kenneth Duffy (Labour Party) — Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig
  • Nathan Wilson (Conservative and Unionist) — Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig
  • David Crichton (Independent / Other) — Motherwell West
  • Lorraine Nolan (Conservative and Unionist) — Motherwell West
  • Paul Kelly (Labour Party) — Motherwell West
  • Cameron McManus (Independent / Other) — Murdostoun
  • Louise Roarty (Labour Party) — Murdostoun
  • Nicky Shevlin (Labour Party) — Murdostoun
  • Robert McKendrick (Independent / Other) — Murdostoun
  • Claire Williams (Scottish Green Party) — Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead
  • John McLaren (Labour Party) — Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead
  • Josh Cairns (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead
  • Barry McCluskey (Independent / Other) — Thorniewood
  • Helen Loughran (Labour Party) — Thorniewood
  • Margaret Boyd (Labour Party) — Thorniewood
  • Bob Burgess (Conservative and Unionist) — Wishaw
  • Fiona Fotheringham (Scottish National Party (SNP)) — Wishaw
  • Frank McKay (Labour Party) — Wishaw
  • Jim Hume (Independent / Other) — Wishaw

Each councillor’s register of interests is on the council’s own website; we have not yet located the page. Councillors from Open Council Data as recorded after the May 2026 elections; a by-election since then may have changed one seat. Attendance and allowances are not shown.

This council’s meeting papers are not yet read automatically, so decisions and motions are not listed here; they are on the council’s website.

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