Motherwell and Wishaw (UK Parliament constituency)

Motherwell and Wishaw
Burgh constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Motherwell and Wishaw in Scotland.
Subdivisions of Scotland	North Lanarkshire
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of parliament	Marion Fellows (SNP)
Created from	Motherwell North Motherwell South
1974–1983
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	Burgh constituency
Replaced by	Motherwell South[1]
Created from	Motherwell
Overlaps
European Parliament constituency	Scotland

Motherwell and Wishaw is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was formed in 1974, mostly from Motherwell. It was divided in 1983 into Motherwell North and Motherwell South constituencies, but these were recombined in 1997 to recreate Motherwell and Wishaw.

It is situated in the south west of the North Lanarkshire council area, and is dominated by the towns of Motherwell and Wishaw.

The corresponding Scottish Parliamentary seat of the same name Motherwell and Wishaw was held by Jack McConnell, the former First Minister of Scotland from November 2001 till May 2007.

Boundaries

1974-1983: The burgh of Motherwell and Wishaw.

1997-2005: The Motherwell District electoral divisions of Clydevale, Dalziel, and Wishaw.

2005-present: The area of the North Lanarkshire Council other than those parts in the Airdrie and Shotts County Constituency, the Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill Burgh Constituency and the Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East County Constituency.

In the boundary changes for 2005, small parts of Hamilton North and Bellshill & Airdrie and Shotts were added to this seat.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	George Lawson	Labour
	Oct 1974	Jeremy Bray	Labour
	1983	Constituency abolished
	1997	Frank Roy	Labour
	2015	Marion Fellows	SNP

Election results

Elections of the 2010s

General Election 2015: Motherwell and Wishaw^[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Marion Fellows	27,275	56.5	+38.3
	Labour	Frank Roy	15,377	31.9	−29.2
	Conservative	Meghan Gallacher[4]	3,695	7.7	−1.7
	UKIP	Neil Wilson	1,289	2.7	+2.7
	Liberal Democrat	Ross Laird	601	1.2	−8.6
Majority			11,898	24.6
Turnout			48,237	68.6	+10.1
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	+33.7

General Election 2010: Motherwell and Wishaw^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Frank Roy	23,910	61.1	+3.6
	SNP	Marion Fellows	7,104	18.2	+1.7
	Liberal Democrat	Stuart Douglas	3,840	9.8	−2.2
	Conservative	Patsy Gilroy	3,660	9.4	+0.1
	TUSC	Ray Gunnion	609	1.6	N/A
Majority			16,806	43.0	+2.0
Turnout			39,123	58.5	+1.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.0

Elections of the 2000s

General Election 2005: Motherwell and Wishaw (new boundaries)^[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Frank Roy	21,327	57.5	N/A
	SNP	Ian MacQuarrie	6,105	16.5	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Conor Snowden	4,464	12.0	N/A
	Conservative	Peter Finnie	3,440	9.3	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Gregor J. MacEwan	1,019	2.7	N/A
	Free Scotland	Ms. Dallas E. Carter	384	1.0	N/A
	Christian Vote	Ms. Coral G. Thompson	370	1.0	N/A
Majority			15,222	41.0	N/A
Turnout			37,109	55.4	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 2001: Motherwell and Wishaw^[8]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Frank Roy	16,681	56.2	−1.2
	SNP	James A. McGuigan	5,725	19.3	−3.2
	Conservative	Mark Nolan	3,155	10.6	−0.4
	Liberal Democrat	Iain Brown	2,791	9.4	+3.0
	Scottish Socialist	Stephen Smellie	1,260	4.2	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Miss Claire Watt	61	0.2	−2.0
Majority			10,956	36.9
Turnout			29,673	56.6	−13.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections of the 1990s

General Election 1997: Motherwell and Wishaw^[9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Frank Roy	21,020	57.4	N/A
	SNP	James A. McGuigan	8,229	22.5	N/A
	Conservative	Scott Dickson	4,024	11.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Alex G. Mackie	2,331	6.4	N/A
	Socialist Labour	Christopher Herriot	797	2.2	N/A
	Referendum	Thomas Russell	218	0.6	N/A
Majority			12,791	34.9	N/A
Turnout			36,619	70.1	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

Elections of the 1970s

General Election 1979: Motherwell and Wishaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jeremy Bray	22,263	56.9	+12.3
	Conservative	John Thomson	11,326	28.9	+10.7
	SNP	James MacKay	4,817	12.3	−19.5
	Communist	James Wotherspoon Sneddon	740	1.9	−0.5
Majority			10,937	27.9
Turnout			39,146	77.8	+2.3
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election October 1974: Motherwell and Wishaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jeremy Bray	17,319	44.6	−2.1
	SNP	James MacKay	12,357	31.8	+11.8
	Conservative	James Grant Rae	7,069	18.2	−12.4
	Liberal	David Peter Young	1,126	2.9	N/A
	Communist	James Wotherspoon Sneddon	946	2.4	−0.3
Majority			4,962	12.8
Turnout			38,817	75.4	−1.7
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election February 1974: Motherwell and Wishaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	George Lawson	18,310	46.7	N/A
	Conservative	James William Ballantyne Caldwell	11,997	30.6	N/A
	SNP	George Nicholson	7,852	20.0	N/A
	Communist	James Wotherspoon Sneddon	1,066	2.7	N/A
Majority			6,313	16.1	N/A
Turnout			39,225	77.1	N/A
	Labour win (new seat)

References

1. "'Motherwell and Wishaw', Feb 1974 - May 1983". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 23 March 2016.
2. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
3. http://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=31684 8Aug15
4. http://ukpollingreport.co.uk/2015guide/motherwellandwishaw/
5. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
6. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/shared/election2010/results/constituency/846.stm
7. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
8. "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
9. "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "M" (part 3)