North Lanarkshire

North Lanarkshire
North Lanrickshire
Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath
North Lanarkshire; North Lanrickshire; Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath
Logo	Coat of arms
	Location
Geography
Area	Ranked 19th
- Total	470 km2 (181 sq mi)
- % Water	?
Admin HQ	Motherwell
ISO 3166-2	GB-NLK
ONS code	00QZ
Demographics
Population	Ranked 4th
- Total (2007)	324,700
- Density	691 /km2 (1,790 /sq mi)
Politics
	North Lanarkshire Council; http://www.northlan.gov.uk/
Control	Labour
MPs	Tom Clarke; Rosemary McKenna; John Reid; Frank Roy;
MSPs	Jack McConnell; Karen Whitefield; Elaine Smith; Cathie Craigie; Michael McMahon;

North Lanarkshire (Scots: Cooncil o North Lanrickshire, Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath) is one of 32 council areas in Scotland. It borders onto the north east of the City of Glasgow and contains much of Glasgow's suburbs and commuter towns and villages. It also borders Stirling, Falkirk, East Dunbartonshire, West Lothian and South Lanarkshire. The council covers parts of the former counties of Lanarkshire, Dunbartonshire, and Stirlingshire.

The area was formed in 1996, largely from the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Motherwell and Monklands districts.

[edit] Principal towns (10,000+)

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	60673
	Scottish National	23	N/A	N/A	+11	32.9	31.7	38809
	Independent	5	N/A	N/A	-1	7.1	7.0	8510
	Conservative	1	N/A	N/A	+1	1.4	7.5	9212
	Liberal Democrats	1	N/A	N/A	+1	1.4	1.8	2232
	Scottish Socialist	0	N/A	N/A	0	0.0	1.5	1848
	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