Motherwell and Wishaw (UK Parliament constituency)

For other uses, see Motherwell and Wishaw (disambiguation).

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 (1997)
Member of Parliament	Frank Roy (Labour)
Created from	Motherwell North Motherwell South
1974 (1974)–1983 (1983)
Number of members	One
Type of constituency	Burgh constituency
Replaced by	Motherwell North Motherwell South
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.

Motherwell saw the election of the first ever Scottish National Party MP, in a Wartime by election. The seat reverted to Labour in the 1945 General Election.

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 is held by Jack McConnell, the former First Minister of Scotland from November 2001 till May 2007.

Boundaries

In the changes prior to 2005, small portions of Hamilton North and Bellshill and Airdrie and Shotts were added to Motherwell and Wishaw.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	Feb 1974	George McArthur Lawson	Labour
	Oct 1974	Jeremy William Bray	Labour
	1983	Constituency abolished
	1997	Frank Roy	Labour

Election results

General Election 2010: Motherwell and Wishaw
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
	Trade Unionist & Socialist	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

General Election 2005: Motherwell and Wishaw (new boundaries)
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 MacEwan	1,019	2.7	N/A
	Free Scotland	Dallas Carter	384	1.0	N/A
	Christian Vote	Coral 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
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Roy	16,681	56.2	-1.2
	SNP	Jim 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	Claire Watt	61	0.2	-2.0
Majority			10,956	36.9
Turnout			29,673	56.6	-13.5
	Labour hold		Swing

General Election 1997: Motherwell and Wishaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Roy	21,020	57.4	N/A
	SNP	Jim McGuigan	8,229	22.5	N/A
	Conservative	Scott Dickson	4,024	11.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Mackie	2,331	6.4	N/A
	Socialist Labour	C. Herriot	797	2.2	N/A
	Referendum Party	T. Russell	218	0.6	N/A
Majority			12,791		N/A
Turnout				70.1	N/A
	Labour hold		Swing	N/A

References

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