Each ward elected either three or four councillors, using the single transferable vote (STV) electoral system – a form of proportional representation – where candidates are ranked in order of preference.

[4][5][6][7] SNP councillors Lynne Anderson, David Baird and Shahid Farooq defected to the Alba Party.

The net gain/loss and percentage changes relate to the result of the previous Scottish local elections on 4 May 2017.

This may differ from other published sources showing gain/loss relative to seats held at the dissolution of Scotland's councils.

Source:[60][61] Labour (2), the SNP (1) and independent candidate Robert John McKendrick retained the seats they had won at the previous election.

Source:[64][65] Despite falling three seats shy of a majority, the SNP took control of North Lanarkshire for the first time from Labour who had been in power since the council's creation.

[66] The minority administration was headed by Bellshill councillor Jordan Linden who was elected as council leader at a "historic" meeting on 19 May 2022.

[68] Two months after the election, council leader Jordan Linden faced allegations of sexual misconduct stemming from a party in Dundee in 2019.

[69] Following pressure from opposition groups, he apologised for the incident and resigned as council leader on 27 July 2022.

[74] The decisive vote came from long-time SNP councillor Michael Coyle, who left the party shortly before the meeting.

[75] Cllr Coyle's daughter Sophia, councillor for Airdrie North, also resigned from the SNP group citing "infighting and bullying" to sit as an independent.

[78] Later in the month, Cllr Jim Hume also resigned from the SNP group and the eight councillors formed a new party called Progressive Change North Lanarkshire.

[81] On 14 March 2023, former council leader Jordan Linden resigned following allegations of sexual harassment.

[82] Source:[83] In August 2023, SNP councillor Agnes MacGowan resigned for personal reasons.

[85] Source:[86][87] Following their successful campaigns during the 2024 United Kingdom general election, Fortissat councillor Kenneth Stevenson and Mossend and Holytown councillor Frank McNally - who were elected as MP for Airdrie and Shotts and Coatbridge and Bellshill respectively - announced that they had resigned their council seats in August 2024.

Both by-elections took place on 10 October 2024[88] and both seats were held by Labour as Clare Quigley and Helena Gray were elected in Fortissat and Mossend and Holytown respectively.