North Lanarkshire council area

North Lanarkshire North Lanrikshire Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath
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Coordinates: 55°49′44″N 3°55′19″W / 55.829°N 3.922°W / 55.829; -3.922Coordinates: 55°49′44″N 3°55′19″W / 55.829°N 3.922°W / 55.829; -3.922
Admin HQ	Motherwell
Government
• Body	North Lanarkshire Council
• Control	Labour minority (council NOC)
• MPs	Hugh Gaffney (LAB, Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill) Marion Fellows (SNP, Motherwell and Wishaw) Neil Gray (SNP, Airdrie and Shotts) Stuart McDonald (SNP, Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East)
• MSPs	Jamie Hepburn (SNP, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth) Richard Lyle (SNP, Uddingston and Bellshill) Alex Neil (SNP, Airdrie and Shotts) Clare Adamson (SNP, Motherwell and Wishaw) Fulton MacGregor (SNP, Coatbridge and Chryston)
Area
• Total	181.4 sq mi (469.9 km2)
Area rank	Ranked 19th
Population (mid-2016 est.)
• Total	339,400
• Rank	Ranked 4th
• Density	1,870/sq mi (722/km2)
ONS code	S12000044
ISO 3166 code	GB-NLK
Website	www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk

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 many 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 made up from the Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Motherwell and parts from the former Monklands District Council (1975-1996) as well as significant elements of Strathclyde Regional Council.

Note: "Votes" are the first preference votes. The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 3 May 2012. This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at dissolution of Scotland's councils.

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