The SNP are the largest party in North Lanarkshire following the council elections, finishing with 36 seats to second-placed Labour’s 32.
Both groups now say they intend to attempt to form administrations, with the outcome now in the balance until members vote for a council leader and provost at their first meeting later this month.
Five Conservative members were elected – down from 10 at the 2017 election – along with two independents, one British Unionist and North Lanarkshire’s first-ever Green councillor.
