Wishaw (ward)

Wishaw is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. It elects four Councillors and covers the town centre of Wishaw plus the neighbourhoods to its south including Netherton, Pather, Overtown and Gowkthrapple, with a population of 17,974 in 2019.^[1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007	rowspan=3; style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" \|	Clare Adamson (SNP)	rowspan=1; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	John Pentland (Labour)	rowspan=3; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Sam Love (Labour)	rowspan=2; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" \|	Frank McKay (Labour)
2012	Marion Fellows (SNP)	rowspan=2; style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" \|	Jim Hume (SNP)			Sam Love (Labour)		Frank McKay (Labour)
2017	Fiona Fotheringham (SNP)	Angela Feeney (Labour)	Jim Hume (SNP)	rowspan=1; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party/meta/color" \|	Bob Burgess (Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 North Lanarkshire Council election ^[2]

Wishaw - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	SNP	Fiona Fotheringham	25.35	1,442
	Labour	Angela Feeney	18.9	1,075	1,088	1,119	1,418
	Conservative	Bob Burgess	18.76	1,067	1,070	1,079	1,100	1,141
	SNP	Jim Hume (incumbent)	13.62	775	1,041	1,054	1,062	1,099	1,099	1,278
	Independent Alliance North Lanarkshire	Sam Love (incumbent)	12.8	728	733	850	891;	946	947
	Labour	James Robertson	6.8	387	389	414
	Independent Alliance North Lanarkshire	Frank McKay (incumbent)	3.76	214	216
Electorate: 13,902 Valid: 5,688 Spoilt: 165 Quota: 1,138 Turnout: 5,853 (42.1%)

2012 Election

2012 North Lanarkshire Council election ^[3]

Wishaw - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	1	2	3	4	5	6
	Labour	Sam Love (incumbent)†††††††	30.5%	1,590
	SNP	Marion Fellows††††††	21.5%	1,118
	Labour	Frank McKay (incumbent)†††††††††	17.9%	932	1,296.9
	SNP	Jim Hume	12.9%	674	701.9	712.2	780.2	888.7	1,020.9
	Labour	James Robertson	9.3%	482	558.5	767.8	769.2	837.2
	Conservative	Marjory Borthwick	7.9%	412	428.9	432.7	434.6
Electorate: 14,299 Valid: 5,208 Spoilt: 124 Quota: 1,042 Turnout: 5,332 (37.29%)

2007 Election

2007 North Lanarkshire Council election

North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Wishaw
	Candidate	1st Pref	%	Seat	Count
SNP	Clare Adamson	2,232	30.6	1	1
Labour	John Pentland	1,605	22.0	1	1
Labour	Sam Love	1,594	21.9	1	1
Labour	Frank McKay	1,099	15.1	1	5
Conservative	Marjory Borthwick	761	10.4

References

[1] Electoral Ward: Wishaw, Scottish Government Statistics

[2] ttps://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=32951

[3] ttps://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=24109&contactid=12585

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