The SNP has taken control of North Lanarkshire Council for the first time in its history after the largest party’s nominees for leader, provost and both deputes were elected unopposed at this afternoon’s “historic” meeting.
Jordan Linden and newly-elected group depute Tracy Carragher are now the leader and depute leader of Scotland’s fourth-largest council, after their party won 36 of its 77 seats in this month’s local government election.
Party colleagues Agnes Magowan and new councillor Anne Thomas are now North Lanarkshire’s provost and depute, and were officially invested with their chains of office at the new assembly’s first meeting at the Civic Centre in Motherwell.
