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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.

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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).

North Lanarkshire in numbers

Official statistics for the whole council area. Each figure is the latest published, with the period it covers.

Total population
344,540 people 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMid-year estimate of the total number of people
Median age
42 years 30 June 2024 · Office for National StatisticsMedian age of people
Gross disposable household income per head
£21,381 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage income per person (£) after taxes and direct benefits
Gross median weekly pay
£658 30 April 2025 · Office for National StatisticsGross median weekly pay based on where people live (£)
Children in relative poverty after housing costs
14.8% April 2024 to March 2025 · Department for Work and PensionsPercentage of children aged under 16 living in relative low income families After Housing Costs (AHC)
Claimant Count
3.0% 2025 · Office for National StatisticsPercentage of people aged 16 to 64 who are claiming unemployment-related benefits
Average house price
£158,591 July 2026 · HM Land RegistryAverage monthly price of a property (£)
Female healthy life expectancy
52.3 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for females born in the given year
Male healthy life expectancy
52.9 years 2022 to 2024 · Office for National StatisticsAverage years expected to be lived in good health for males born in the given year
Greenhouse gas emissions
5.2 tCO2e per capita 2024 · Department for Energy Security and Net ZeroGreenhouse gas emissions (tCO2e) per capita
Gigabit capable broadband
93.4% 1 January 2026 · OfcomPercentage of premises that have coverage from a gigabit-capable service (download speeds of 1,000 Mbps or more)
Public electric vehicle chargers
168.1 per 100,000 population 1 July 2026 · Department for Transport, sourced from ZapmapPublicly available electric vehicle chargers at all speeds per 100,000 people
Active businesses
8,595 number of enterprises 2024 · Office for National StatisticsBusinesses with turnover or employment in current year

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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Cite this page

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Every council page has the same five headings in the same order. Sources are the council’s own publications and official statistics. Council list: mySociety, UK Local Authorities (CC BY 4.0) and WhatDoTheyKnow authorities (CC BY-SA 4.0); council websites, tiers and service links: GOV.UK (Open Government Licence); codes: ONS Code History Database (Open Government Licence). Corrections: hello@whatsittome.org.