The placeConstituency · Scotland · Electorate 72,667 · 2023 boundaries

Coatbridge and Bellshill.

Labour Party MP Frank McNally holds the seat on 49.8% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentFrank McNally · Labour Party
CouncilNorth Lanarkshire
Boundary set2023
ONS codeS14000070
Electorate · 2024
72.7k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
49.8%
Labour Party · +16.4pp over SNP
Settlements
0
Named built-up areas
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
2 Jun 2026

McNally's most distinctive parliamentary moment came on 20 June 2025, when he broke with the Labour majority five times on the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill -- all five deviations centred on safeguards around voluntary stopping of eating and drinking and procedural amendments. His stance on end-of-life issues sits 22 percentage points above his party's average, making assisted dying the clearest ideological signal in his voting record. Beyond that cluster, he votes with Labour on roughly 97% of divisions -- a reliable party-line record on everything from the King's Speech to pension reform to opposing the referral of Keir Starmer to the Privileges Committee.

At 81% participation he votes slightly below the Commons average, though not markedly so. His stance profile shows strong alignment with workers' rights and progressive taxation, near-zero alignment with pro-business positions, and notably low scores on parliamentary scrutiny and Lords oversight -- consistent with a government loyalist. His speeches, spread across 70 contributions in 52 debates, cluster around economy and jobs, defence, health, and cost of living. He sits on no select committees.

Outside the chamber, McNally has been active in North Lanarkshire: championing local suicide prevention work, hosting a jobs fair, campaigning against the closure of a Bellshill Bank of Scotland branch, and welcoming a government-backed AI growth zone announcement. Local coverage has been consistently positive in tone. No news sentiment data covers the most recent 90 days, so his current local standing cannot be assessed from available figures.

49.8%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
8
Wards · 25 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.8 wards · 25 councillors

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Airdrie Central(4 seats)Costello · Toner · Logue · Jarvie3,920North Lanarkshire LabMay 2022
Bellshill Anne McCrory0North Lanarkshire LabJun 2023
Coatbridge North(4 seats)McVey · Stubbs · Shields · Larson3,974North Lanarkshire LabMay 2022
Coatbridge South(4 seats)Bustard · MacGregor · Woods · Carragher4,272North Lanarkshire LabMay 2022
Coatbridge West(3 seats)Robinson · Docherty · Mitchell3,026North Lanarkshire LabMay 2022
Gartcosh Glenboig Moodiesburn(3 seats)Lennon · Keltie · McPake3,022North Lanarkshire LabMay 2022
Mossend Holytown(3 seats)Baudo · McNally · Reddin2,470North Lanarkshire LabMay 2022
Thorniewood(3 seats)McCluskey · Loughran · Boyd3,582North Lanarkshire LabMay 2022

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ

Ethnicity.

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 48.5% Female 51.5% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£28,600
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£32,700
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
2,030
VAT/PAYE-registered

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£199m
Taxpayers46,000
Median per taxpayer£2,970
Mean per taxpayer£4,330

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

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§ 06Election history.1 contest · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Frank McNallyWONLab19,29149.8
Steven BonnarSNP12,94733.4
Fiona McRaeRef2,6016.7
Christina SandhuCon1,3823.6
Patrick McAleerInd1,2293.2
Emma FarthingLD6711.7
Leo LanahanInd4291.1
Drew GilchristInd1810.5

Turnout 38,731

Prior contests.

Created on the 2023 boundary review. 2024 General Election was the first contest on these boundaries.

Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission