- Statutory Instrument 1998 No. 3251 (S. 207)
The North Lanarkshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998
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| Made | 16th December 1998 | ||
| Coming into force | 1st January 1999 |
Whereas under section 17(1) of the Local Government (Scotland) Act 1973[1], as read with Schedule 5 to that Act[2], the Local Government Boundary Commission for Scotland on 30th September 1998 submitted to the Secretary of State a report on a review together with its proposals for the future electoral arrangements for the area of North Lanarkshire Council;
Now, therefore, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by sections 17(2) and 233(3) of, and Schedule 5 to, the said Act and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, the Secretary of State hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1. This Order may be cited as the North Lanarkshire (Electoral Arrangements) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 1st January 1999.
Interpretation
2. In the Schedule to this Order-
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(a) a reference to-
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(i) an electoral ward is a reference to that electoral ward as constituted in this Order; and
(ii) a road, footpath, railway line, river, burn or canal shall, where the context so admits, be construed as a reference to the centre line of the feature concerned; and
(b) the following abbreviations are used:-
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"EW" for electoral ward;
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"NG Ref" for National Grid Reference as published on Ordnance Survey Maps.
Electoral arrangements
3.
The area of North Lanarkshire Council shall be divided into 70 wards, having the names, contents and boundaries set forth in the Schedule to this Order.
Henry B McLeish
Minister of State, Scottish Office
St Andrew's House, Edinburgh
16th December 1998
Ward 1 Ladywell
Commencing on the southern boundary of North Lanarkshire where the A723 Hamilton Road crosses the River Clyde; then northeastward along Hamilton Road to the intersection of Hamilton Road, Airbles Road and an unnamed road leading through Strathclyde Park; then northwestward along the said unnamed road to NG Ref NS 7359 5693 at the intersection of the said unnamed road and a path leading from Neilsland Drive; then northeastward in a straight line to the junction of the rear and western curtilages of No 57 Brogan Crescent; then northeastward along the western curtilage of No 57 Brogan Crescent and the footpath at the end of Brogan Crescent to the footpath which leads along the front curtilages of Nos 2 to 16 McLees Lane; then northwestward along the said footpath to the northwestern curtilages of Nos 14/16 McLees Lane; then northeastward along the northwestern curtilages of Nos 14/16 and 30/32 McLees Lane; then northeastward in a straight line to the junction between the western and rear curtilage of No 10 Murray Terrace; then northeastward along the rear curtilages of Nos 10 to 4 Murray Terrace, Nos 5 and 10 Howson View and Nos 27, 24 and 22 Boyd Drive and their prolongation in a straight line to Ailsa Crescent; then southward along Ailsa Crescent and Ailsa Avenue to the western curtilage of No 55 Ailsa Avenue; then southward along the said curtilage to and northeastward along the rear curtilages of Nos 55 to 21 Ailsa Avenue; then northwestward along the eastern curtilage of No 21 Ailsa Avenue to Ailsa Avenue; then northeastward along Ailsa Avenue to and southeastward along The Loaning to and eastward along Bute Avenue to a point in line with the western curtilage of No 1 Bute Avenue; then generally northeastward to and along the said curtilage and the rear curtilages of Nos 1 to 11 Arran Road and Nos 95 to 21 Dechmont Avenue; then southward in a straight line to the footpath to the rear of No 2 Kildonan Place; then southward along the said footpath to the footpath leading from Arran Road to the rear of Nos 20 to 26 Kildonan Place; then eastward along the said footpath to and southward along the footpath to the rear of Nos 42 and 44 Bruce Avenue to the southern curtilage of No 44 Bruce Avenue; then eastward along the southern curtilages of Nos 44 and 27 Bruce Avenue; then southeastward along the rear curtilages of Nos 41 to 9 Scotia Street; then eastward along the southern curtilage of No 9 Scotia Street and its prolongation in a straight line to Scotia Street; then eastward to the northern curtilage of Queen Elizabeth Court; then northeastward, northwestward and northeastward along the said curtilage and its prolongation in a straight line to North Orchard Street; then southward along the said street to Ladywell Road; then northeastward along Ladywell Road and continuing along the footbridge to the Motherwell to Hamilton railway line; then southward along the said railway line to Airbles Road; then westward along Airbles Road to a point in line with the eastern curtilage of Airbles Cemetery at NG Ref NS 7467 5616; then southward to and along the said eastern curtilage and its prolongation in a straight line to the North Lanarkshire boundary at the River Clyde; then generally westward and northward along the North Lanarkshire boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 2 Calder Valley
Commencing at a point where the Motherwell to Carstairs railway line crosses Windmillhill Street; then northwestward along the said railway line to and northward along Menteith Road to Hope Street; then northward and westward along Hope Street to a footpath leading to Kirk Street; then northward along the said footpath to the rear curtilage of No 47 Kirk Street; then northeastward along the rear curtilages of Nos 47 to 1 Kirk Street and the eastern curtilage of the electricity sub station to Roman Road; then northwestward along Roman Road to a point in line with the rear curtilage of No 133 Milton Street; then generally northeastward to and along the rear curtilages of Nos 133 to 163 Milton Street and their prolongation in a straight line to Morton Street; then southeastward along Morton Street to and northeastward along Milton Street to NG Ref NS 7529 5768 to a point in line with the rear curtilage of No 179 Milton Street; then northeastward to and along the rear curtilages of Nos 179 to 189 Milton Street, Nos 9 to 13 Owen Street, Nos 9 to 13 Hardie Street and Nos 9 to 13 Barr Street and their prolongation in a straight line to Braidhurst Street; then northwestward along Braidhurst Street and the footpath known as Glen Street to its junction with the path leading to the bridge over the South Calder Water; then northeastward along the said path and bridge to Kirklee Road; then generally northeastward along Kirklee Road to Cobbleton Road; then northeastward and southeastward along Cobbleton Road to Jerviston Street; then southward along Jerviston Street and Jerviston Road to Hillhead Drive; then eastward along Hillhead Drive to and along the northern curtilages of Nos 34/36 Lloyd Street, Nos 1 to 15 Lloyd Drive, Nos 33/35 and 34/36 Loganlea Drive and Nos 19 to 50 Linksview Road; then generally southwards along the rear curtilages of Nos 51 to 56 Linksview Road; then southward along the eastern curtilage of No 57 Linksview Road to the rear curtilage of No 91 Montalto Avenue; then southeastward along the rear curtilages of Nos 91 to 101 Montalto Avenue and the eastern curtilage of No 617 Merry Street to Merry Street; then southwestward along Merry Street to NG Ref NS 7643 5794; then southeastward along the line of a field boundary to NG Ref NS 7647 5785; then southwestward to NG Ref NS Ref 7641 5783; then southward in a straight line to the point of commencement.
Ward 3 Forgewood
Commencing on the western boundary of EW 2 at a point where the path leading from Kirklee Road to Glen Street crosses the South Calder Water; then generally southward along the said EW boundary to Hope Street; then westward along Hope Street to Muir Street; then northward along Muir Street to a point in line with the footbridge leading to Ladywell Road; then southward along the said footbridge to the Uddingston to Motherwell and Hamilton railway line; then northwestward along the said railway line to the South Calder Water; then generally northward, eastward and southward along the South Calder Water to the point of commencement.
Ward 4 North Motherwell
Commencing on the northern boundary of EW 1 at a point where the footbridge from Ladywell Road to Muir Street crosses the Motherwell to Hamilton railway line; then generally southwestward along the northern boundary of EW 1 to the southern boundary of North Lanarkshire at the River Clyde; then generally northwestward along the southern boundary of North Lanarkshire to NG Ref NS 7244 5715 at a point in line with the roadway leading to the Hamilton Service area of the M74; then northeastward in a straight line across Strathclyde Loch to the confluence of the South Calder Water and Strathclyde Loch; then generally northeastward along the South Calder Water to the southern boundary of EW 3 at the Uddingston to Motherwell railway line; then southeastward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 5 New Stevenston and Carfin
Commencing on the northern boundary of EW 2 on Merry Street at a point in line with the eastern curtilage of No 617 Merry Street; then generally westward along the said ward boundary to the northern boundary of EW 3 at the South Calder Water; then northwestward along the northern boundary of EW 3 to the Motherwell to Bellshill railway line; then northward along the said railway line to Clydesdale Street; then eastward along Clydesdale Street to a point in line with the western curtilage of Nos 9/11 Hazelgrove; then northward to and along the western curtilage of Nos 9/11 Hazelgrove continuing in a straight line to the Bellshill to Shotts railway line; then generally southeastward along the said railway line to and southward along the Tillan Burn to the South Calder Water; then generally westward along the South Calder Water to the Wishaw to Holytown railway line; then northward along the said railway line to NG Ref NS 7758 5813 at a point in line with the southern curtilage of the Works on the east of Carfin Mill Road; then westward to and southwestward and northwestward along the southern curtilage of the said Works to the junction with the southern and western boundary of the said Works; then westward in a straight line to the junction of the southern and eastern curtilages of Carfin Byres; then northwestward along the southern curtilage of Carfin Byres and along field boundaries to the roundabout at the junction of Motherwell Road and Merry Street; then southward along Merry Street to the point of commencement.
Ward 6 Craigneuk
Commencing on the eastern boundary of EW 2 where the Motherwell to Carstairs railway line crosses Windmillhill Street; then northward along the said ward boundary to and generally southeastward along the southern boundary of EW 5 to the confluence of the Tillan Burn and the South Calder Water; then generally southward along the South Calder Water to the confluence of an unnamed burn and the South Calder Water at NG Ref NS 7909 5627 southwestward along the said burn to the confluence of the said burn and a water course at NG Ref NS 7906 5615; then generally westward along the said water course and its prolongation in a straight line to an unnamed track leading to Home Farm; then generally southward along the said unnamed track, passing to the west side of the Golf Course Club House, to Main Street; then northwestward along Main Street to a point in line with the western curtilage of a property on Main Street situated to the rear of No 47 Cleland Road; then southward along the western curtilage and eastward along the southern curtilage of the said property to the rear curtilage of No 45 Cleland Road; then southward and westward along the rear curtilages of Nos 45 to 1 Cleland Road and Nos 72 to 178 Glasgow Road continuing in a straight line to the Holytown to Wishaw railway line; then northwestward along the said railway line to Heathery Road; then generally southwestward along Heathery Road and its continuation as Netherton Street to the Motherwell to Carstairs railway line; then northwestward along the said railway line to the point of commencement.
Ward 7 Belhaven
Commencing on the eastern boundary of EW 6 at NG Ref NS 7873 5525 on the Wishaw to Holytown railway line; then generally northward along the eastern boundary of EW 6 to the South Calder Water; then northeastward along the South Calder Water to its confluence with an unnamed burn at NG Ref NS 7953 5667; then southeastward along the said unnamed burn and its prolongation in a straight line to North Dryburgh Road; then southwestward along North Dryburgh Road to the footpath leading to Ballater Crescent; then generally eastward along the said footpath to a point in line with the rear curtilage of No 7 Ballater Crescent; then southwestward to and along the rear curtilages of Nos 7 to 1 Ballater Crescent and Nos 4 to 8 Crathie Quadrant; then southward along the rear curtilages of Nos 10 to 7 Crathie Quadrant, Nos 10, 12 and 7 Huntly Quadrant and Nos 39 to 21 Ballater Crescent; then eastward along the southern curtilage of No 21 Ballater Crescent to Ballater Crescent; then generally eastward along Ballater Crescent to Coltness Road; then generally southward along Coltness Road to Greenlaw Avenue; then northeastward along Greenlaw Avenue to a point in line with the junction of the southern and eastern curtilages of No 79 Greenlaw Avenue; then northeastward to and along the eastern curtilage of No 79 Greenlaw Avenue to the rear curtilage of No 64 Kilmeny Crescent; then southeastward along the rear curtilages of Nos 64 to 84 Kilmeny Crescent to the junction of the southern and eastern curtilages of No 84 Kilmeny Crescent; then southward along the western curtilage of Mossneuk plantation to a path leading to Coltness Road; then westward along the said path to a point in line with the rear curtilage of No 23 Mossbank Road; then southward to and southeastward along the rear curtilages of Nos 23 to 31 Mossbank Road and the eastern curtilage of No 25 Mossland Drive to Mossland Drive; then southwestward along Mossland Drive to and southeastward along Coltness Road to Kirk Road; then southwestward along Kirk Road to and northwestward along Main Street to Belhaven Terrace; then southwestward along Belhaven Terrace to the northern curtilage of No 34 Belhaven Terrace; then northwestward along the said curtilage to and southwestward along the rear curtilages of Nos 34 to 48 Belhaven Terrace; then northwestward along the rear curtilages of Nos 92 to 106 Miller Street; then southwestward along the western curtilage of No 108 Miller Street to Miller Street; then southward and southeastward along Miller Street to Hill Street; then southwestward along Hill Street to the Law Junction to Holytown railway line; then northwestward along the said railway line to the point of commencement.
Ward 8 Stewarton
Commencing on the southern boundary of EW 7 at a point where the Law Junction to Holytown railway line crosses Hill Street; then generally northeastward along the western boundary of EW 7 to the junction of Kirk Road and Meadowburn Road; then southeastward along Meadowburn Road to a point in line with the western curtilage of No 26 Meadowburn Road; then southward to and along the said curtilage and the rear curtilages of Nos 30 to 84 Meadowburn Road to the rear curtilage of No 71 Hawthorn Drive; then southwestward along the rear curtilages of Nos 71 to 65 Hawthorn Drive and their prolongation to Greenbank Road; then southward along Greenbank Road to Hawthorn Drive; then northeastward and southeastward along Hawthorn Drive to Greenhead Road; then southwestward along Greenhead Road to a point in line with the southern curtilage of Cambusnethan Burial Ground; then southeastward along the said curtilage to a path at the rear of Nos 53 to 75 Tinto Crescent; then southwestward along the said path to a point in line with the southern curtilage of No 9 Houston Street; then southeastward to and along the southern curtilages of Nos 9 and 7 Houston Street and No 1 Reynolds Path continuing in a straight line to Reynolds Path; then southwestward along Reynolds Path and Creamery Road to Stewarton Street; then southeastward along Stewarton Street to a point in line with the western curtilage of a reservoir (covered); then southward along the western curtilage of the said reservoir; then southeastward along the southern curtilage to and northeastward along the eastern curtilage of the reservoir to and southeastward along the rear curtilages of Nos 82 to 106 Wishaw Road to a dismantled railway line; then southwestward along the said dismantled railway line to the Law Junction to Holytown railway line; then northwestward along the said railway line to the point of commencement.
Ward 9 Cambusnethan
Commencing at the junction of EWs 7 and 8 at the junction of Meadowburn Road and Kirk Road; then generally northward along the eastern boundary of EW 7 to a point on the western curtilage of Mossneuk Plantation to the rear curtilage of No 84 Kilmeny Crescent; then northward along the rear curtilages of Nos 84 to 126 Kilmeny Crescent to NG Ref NS 8051 5640 at a point in line with a field boundary; then generally northeastward to and along the said field boundary to a path at NG Ref NS 8060 5646; then southeastward along the said path and its prolongation to a junction of four paths to the north of Branchal Cottage; then generally southeastward along the path leading to Newmains to a point in line with a field boundary at NG Ref NS 8182 5608; then southeastward to and along the said field boundary to the rear curtilage of No 6 Littlejohn Gardens; then southwestward along the rear curtilages of Nos 6, 8 and 7 Littlejohn Gardens, and Nos 148 to 160 Manse Road; then southeastward along the western curtilages of Nos 160 and 105 Manse Road; then southwestward along the rear curtilages of Nos 462 to 330 Cambusnethan Street to and southeastward along Woodhall Road to the rear curtilage of No 88/90 Eastmuir Street; then southwestward along the rear curtilages of Nos 90 to 46 Eastmuir Street, Nos 1 to 29 Fruin Drive, Nos 7 and 8 Fintaig Lane, the rear curtilages of properties on the southern side of Fruin Drive and Nos 89 to 99 Moss Road; then westward along the southern curtilage of No 90 Moss Road to and northwestward along the rear curtilages of Nos 90 to 72 Moss Road to Eastgate; then northwestward along Eastgate to the southern curtilage of the Memorial Park; then generally southwestward along the southern curtilage of the Memorial Park and the eastern curtilage of the Burial Ground to a point NG Ref NS 8073 5510;then south westward in a straight line to the junction between Greenhead Road and Hawthorn Drive and the eastern boundary of EW8; then generally northwestward along the said EW boundary to the point of commencement.
Ward 10 Coltness
Commencing on the northern boundary of EW 7 at the confluence of the South Calder Water and an unnamed burn at NG Ref NS 7953 5667; then generally northeastward, eastward and southeastward to NG Ref NS 8096 5739 at a point where a burn enters the South Calder Water; then generally southward along the said burn and its continuation as a drain to the junction of the northern and western boundaries of EW 9; then southward along the western boundary of EW 9 to and northwestward along the northern boundary of EW 7 to the point of commencement.
Ward 11 Watsonville
Commencing at the junction of the southern boundary of North Lanarkshire and the eastern boundary of EW 1 at NG Ref NS 7460 5582 on the River Clyde; then generally northward along the eastern boundary of EW 1 to the southern boundary of EW 3; then northeastward along the said EW boundary to the junction of the southern and western boundaries of EW 2 at a point where a footbridge crosses the Motherwell to Hamilton railway line at Motherwell station; then generally southeastward along the southern boundary of EW 2 to Rose Street; then southwestward along Rose Street to Meadow Road; then northwestward and southwestward along Meadow Road to and northwestward along Orbiston Street to Lochend Street; then southwestward along Lochend Street to and southeastward along Windmillhill Street to Camp Street; then southwestward along Camp Street to and generally southward along Glencairn Street and Adele Street to George Street; then westward along George Street to a point in line with the eastern curtilage of No 14 George Street; then northward to and along the eastern curtilage of No 14 George Street to and westward along the rear curtilages of Nos 14 to 64 George Street and Nos 53 to 49 Leven Street and their prolongation to Leven Street; then northwestward along Leven Street to a point in line with the northern curtilage of No 36 Leven Street; then westward to and along the said northern curtilage and southwestward along the rear curtilages of Nos 36 and 38 Leven Street and Nos 2a and 2b North Lodge Avenue and their prolongation to Clyde Valley Avenue; then southwestward along Clyde Valley Avenue to Camp Road; then southeastward along Camp Road and North Lodge Avenue to Manse Road; then southwestward along Manse Road and its continuation as a footpath to a footbridge crossing Dalzell Burn; then southeastward along Dalzell Burn to the southern boundary of North Lanarkshire at the confluence of Dalzell Burn and River Clyde; then generally westward and northward along the southern boundary of North Lanarkshire to the point of commencement.
Ward 12 Knowetop
Commencing on the eastern boundary of EW 11 at NG Ref NS 7553 5484 on the footbridge over the Dalzell Burn; then generally northwestward and northeastward along the eastern boundary of EW 11 to the southern boundary of EW 2; then southeastward along the southern boundaries of EWs 2 and 6 to the footbridge leading from John Street to Muirhouse Avenue over the Motherwell to Carstairs railway line; then southwestward to and along the said footpath to a point on Muirhouse Avenue in line with Netherwood Road; then southeastward and southwestward along Muirhouse Avenue to and northwestward along Shields Road to the footpath at NG Ref NS 7662 5552 leading to Doonside Tower; then westward along the said footpath to the access road leading to the parking area to the rear of Doonside Tower; then northward along the said access road to Doon Street; then westward along Doon Street to and northward along Dalzell Avenue to a point in line with the rear curtilage of No 10 Doon Street; then westward to and along the rear curtilages of Nos 10 to 20 Doon Street and southward and eastward along the western and southern curtilages of No 20 Doon Street and its prolongation to Annan Street; then southwestward along Annan Street to and along a footpath along the western curtilages of Nos 2 to 26 Annan Glade to the track running along the eastern perimeter of the cricket ground; then southeastward along the said track and its prolongation in a straight line across another track, leading to Dalzell Drive, to the Dalzell Burn; then generally southwestward along the said burn to the point of commencement.
Ward 13 Muirhouse and Netherton
Commencing on the southern boundary of EW 12 at NG Ref NS 7553 5484 at the footbridge over the Dalzell Burn; then generally northeastward, southeastward and northeastward along the southern and eastern boundaries of EW 12 to the southern boundary of EW 6; then southeastward along the southern boundary of EW 6 to Netherton Street; then southward along Netherton Street to and northwestward along Netherton Road to a point in line with the western curtilage of Netherton Primary School; then southward along the western curtilage of Netherton Primary School and the rear curtilages of Nos 18 to 26 and 25 to 17 Kyle Quadrant and Nos 78 to 100 Grange Avenue and the continuation thereof as a field boundary to Carbarns; then northwestward along Carbarns to a point in line with the eastern curtilage of a Scrap Yard; then generally northwestward to and along the eastern and northern curtilages of the Scrap yard to Carbarns Road; then southwestward along the said road and its continuation as a track to a footbridge over a drain at NG Ref NS 7726 5333; then southwestward along the said drain to the southern boundary of North Lanarkshire at the confluence of the said drain and the River Clyde; then generally northwestward along the southern boundary of North Lanarkshire to the eastern boundary of EW 11 at the Dalzell Burn then northwestward along the eastern boundary of EW 11 to the point of commencement.
Notes:
[1] 1973 c.65.back
[2] Schedule 5 was substituted by the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 (c.39), Schedule 13, paragraph 92(67).back
