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Motherwell West is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. It elects four Councillors and covers the parts of Motherwell lying west of the Argyle Line and Cumbernauld line railways, including the Forgewood, Greenacres, Ladywell and North Motherwell neighbourhoods, with a population of 14,256 in 2019.[1]

Councillors

Election Councillors
2007 rowspan=3; style="background-color: Template:Scottish National Party/meta/color" | Annette Valentine
(SNP) 		rowspan=2; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" | Michael Ross
(Labour) 		rowspan=3; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Labour Party/meta/color" | Paul Kelly
(Labour)
2012
2017 rowspan=1; style="background-color: Template:Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party/meta/color" | Meghan Gallacher
(Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 North Lanarkshire Council election [2]

Motherwell West - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Conservative Meghan Gallacher 21.99 1,002 1,019 1,047 1,097 1,163    
SNP Annette Valentine (incumbent) 21.15 964 970 1,009 1,047 1,080 1,081 1,854
Labour Paul Kelly (incumbent) 20.12 917 923 958 1,453      
SNP Jamie Super 16.74 763 773 808 834 867 869  
Labour Michael Ross (incumbent) 14 638 652 673        
RISE Julie Fleming 4.08 186 207          
Independent Alliance North Lanarkshire Elaine McSpadden 1.91 87            
Electorate: 10,585   Valid: 4,557   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 1,140   Turnout: 4,668 (44.1%)  

2012 Election

2012 North Lanarkshire Council election [3]

Motherwell West - 3 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3
SNP Annette Valentine (incumbent) 32.1% 1,256    
Labour Paul Kelly (incumbent) 29.5% 1,156    
Labour Michael Ross (incumbent) 22.3% 874 949.4 1,098.9
Conservative Robert Burgess 13.7% 535 579.4 583.7
TUSC Kenny Martin 2.4% 95 152.1 156.4
Electorate: 10,511   Valid: 3,916   Spoilt: 74   Quota: 980   Turnout: 3,990 (37.96%)  

2007 Election

2007 North Lanarkshire Council election

North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Motherwell West
Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
SNP Annette Valentine 1,573 30.9 1 3
Labour Michael Ross 1,270 24.9 1 2
Labour Paul Kelly 1,237 24.3 1 3
Conservative Robert Burgess 812 15.9
Independent Gordon Weir 205 4.0

References

  1. ^ Electoral Ward: Motherwell West, Scottish Government Statistics
  2. ^ https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=32951
  3. ^ https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=24109&contactid=12585
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