Lanarkshire

British  

/ ˈlænəkˌʃɪə, -ʃə /

noun

1. a historical county of S Scotland: became part of Strathclyde region in 1975; since 1996 administered by the council areas of North Lanarkshire, South Lanarkshire, and Glasgow

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Example Sentences

The leader of the SNP group on North Lanarkshire Council has been suspended from the party and dropped as an election candidate.

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An SNP spokesperson said Carragher had been suspended and dropped as a candidate "in light of ongoing allegations regarding the handling of matters within the North Lanarkshire Council SNP group in relation to Jordan Linden".

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North Lanarkshire Council - which has been run by a minority Labour administration since 2022 - will also vote on whether to suspend activity with the Scottish Youth Parliament, where Linden previously served as chairman.

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In a recording of an emergency meeting of the SNP group at North Lanarkshire Council, held a few days later, Carragher seems to suggest that those who went to newspapers with concerns over Linden's conduct had done so for "personal gain".

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Councillor Greg Lennon, now an independent on North Lanarkshire Council, wrote to the first minister in September, alleging that councillors who raised concerns about Linden had been subject to "prolonged suspension, exclusion, bullying and harassment and a series of unfounded or mishandled complaints".

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