Voters in the eight wards across Monklands reflected the overall North Lanarkshire result by returning a total of 15 SNP councillors and 11 Labour – plus the authority’s first-ever Green representative.
The local line-up was completed by the area’s sole returning Conservative plus one independent; while there are 11 new faces heading to the Civic Centre after unseating incumbents or replacing retiring members.
With neither of the two main parties having reached the crucial figure of 39 seats needed to reach an outright majority, respective leaders Jordan Linden and Jim Logue are now in talks with their teams over each group’s intended plans to form an adminstration.
