title: Coatbridge West (ward)
text: # Coatbridge West (ward)
  
  Coatbridge West is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. Covering neighbourhoods in the south-west of Coatbridge (Barrowfield, Dundyvan, Kirkwood, Langloan, Old Monkland) and the separate village of Bargeddie, it elects three councillors. A boundary review in 2017 caused the loss of an area between Langloan Street, the A725 and the A89, with a small decrease in the electorate but no change in the number of seats. The ward had a population of 14,910 in 2019.
  
  ## Councillors
  
  | Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
  | - | - | - | - | - | - |
  | 2007 | | Tom Magginis (Labour) | | Jim Smith (Labour) | Paul Welsh (SNP) |
  | 2012 | | Tom Magginis (Labour) | | Jim Smith (Labour) | Paul Welsh (SNP) |
  | 2013 by- | Kevin Docherty (Labour) | | | Jim Smith (Labour) | Paul Welsh (SNP) |
  | 2017 | Kevin Docherty (Labour) | Mary Gourlay (Labour) | Caroline Stephen (SNP) |
  | 2022 | Kevin Docherty (Labour) | | Lesley Mitchell (SNP) | Gary Robinson (SNP) |
  
  ## Election Results
  
  ### 2012 Election
  
  * Labour Party councillor Tom Maginnis died on 29 November 2012. A by-election was held on 28 February 2013 and the seat was retained by Labour's Kevin Docherty.
  * On 8 March 2016, Labour councillor Jim Smith resigned from the party and became Independents.
  