Motherwell and Wishaw (UK Parliament constituency)

Motherwell and Wishaw is a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created in 1974, mostly from the former Motherwell constituency. In 1983, it was split into two constituencies, Motherwell North and Motherwell South; but these were amalgamated in 1997 to recreate the old Motherwell and Wishaw constituency.

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

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 until 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 North Lanarkshire electoral divisions of;

• In full: Motherwell West, Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig, Wishaw.
• In part: Mossend and Holytown, Bellshill, Motherwell North, Murdostoun.

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

Elections

Elections of the 2010s

General election 2019: Motherwell and Wishaw[2][3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Marion Fellows	20,622	46.4	+7.9
	Labour	Angela Feeney	14,354	32.3	-5.5
	Conservative	Meghan Gallacher	7,150	16.1	-4.1
	Liberal Democrats	Christopher Wilson	1,675	3.8	+1.6
	UKIP	Neil Wilson	619	1.4	+0.1
Majority			6,268	14.1	+13.4
Turnout			44,420	64.6	+3.1
	SNP hold		Swing	+6.7

[4]

General election 2017: Motherwell and Wishaw

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Marion Fellows	16,150	38.5	-18.0
	Labour	Angela Feeney	15,832	37.8	+5.9
	Conservative	Meghan Gallacher	8,490	20.2	+12.5
	Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Finlayson	920	2.2	+1.0
	UKIP	Neil Wilson	534	1.3	-1.4
Majority			318	0.7	-23.9
Turnout			41,926	61.5	-7.1
	SNP hold		Swing	-12.0

General election 2015: Motherwell and Wishaw[5][6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Marion Fellows	27,275	56.5	+38.3
	Labour	Frank Roy	15,377	31.9	−29.2
	Conservative	Meghan Gallacher[7]	3,695	7.7	−1.7
	UKIP	Neil Wilson	1,289	2.7	New
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Laird	601	1.2	−8.6
Majority			11,898	24.6	N/A
Turnout			48,237	68.6	+10.1
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	+33.7

General election 2010: Motherwell and Wishaw[8][9]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Frank Roy	23,910	61.1	+3.6
	SNP	Marion Fellows	7,104	18.2	+1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Douglas	3,840	9.8	−2.2
	Conservative	Patsy Gilroy	3,660	9.4	+0.1
	TUSC	Ray Gunnion	609	1.6	New
Majority			16,806	42.9	+1.9
Turnout			39,123	58.5	+1.9
	Labour hold		Swing	+1.0

Elections of the 2000s

General election 2005: Motherwell and Wishaw (new boundaries)[10]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Frank Roy	21,327	57.5	+0.7
	SNP	Ian MacQuarrie	6,105	16.5	-4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Conor Snowden	4,464	12.0	+3.3
	Conservative	Peter Finnie	3,440	9.3	-0.1
	Scottish Socialist	Gregor J. MacEwan	1,019	2.7	-1.4
	Free Scotland Party	Dallas E. Carter	384	1.0	N/A
	Christian Vote	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[11]

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 Democrats	Iain Brown	2,791	9.4	+3.0
	Scottish Socialist	Stephen Smellie	1,260	4.2	New
	Socialist Labour	Claire Watt	61	0.2	−2.0
Majority			10,956	36.9	+2.0
Turnout			29,673	56.6	−13.5
	Labour hold		Swing

Elections of the 1990s

General election 1997: Motherwell and Wishaw[12]

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 Democrats	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	28.0	+15.2
Turnout			39,146	77.8	+2.4
	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 Rae	7,069	18.2	−12.4
	Liberal	David Young	1,126	2.9	New
	Communist	James Wotherspoon Sneddon	946	2.4	−0.3
Majority			4,962	12.8	-3.3
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 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

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