Motherwell and Wishaw (UK Parliament constituency)

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Motherwell and Wishaw Burgh constituency

Motherwell and Wishaw shown within Scotland
Created:	1974, 1997
MP:	Frank Roy
Party:	Labour
Type:	House of Commons
Council areas:	North Lanarkshire
EP constituency:	Scotland

For other things called Motherwell and Wishaw see Motherwell and Wishaw.

Motherwell and Wishaw is a 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.

1 Boundaries
2 Members of Parliament
3 Election results
4 See also

[edit] Boundaries

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

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[edit] Members of Parliament

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

[edit] Election results

General Election 2005: Motherwell and Wishaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Roy	21327	57.5%	+0.7
	Scottish National Party	Ian MacQuarrie	6105	16.5%	-4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Conor Snowden	4464	12.0%	+3.3
	Conservative	Peter Finnie	3440	9.3%	-0.1
	Scottish Socialist	Gregor MacEwan	1019	2.7%	-1.4
	Free Scotland Party	Dallas Carter	384	1.0%	+1.0
	Christian Vote	Coral Thompson	370	1.0%	+1.0
Majority			15222	41.0%
Turnout			37109	55.4	-0.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+2.4

General Election 2001: Motherwell and Wishaw
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Frank Roy	16,681	56.2	-1.2
	Scottish National Party	Jim 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	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
	Scottish National Party	Jim McGuigan	8,229	22.5	N/A
	Conservative	Scott Dickson	4,024	11.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	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

[edit] See also

List of UK Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland

UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland
Labour	Aberdeen North \| Aberdeen South \| Airdrie and Shotts \| Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock \| Central Ayrshire \| Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill \| Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East \| Dumfries and Galloway \| Dundee West \| East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow \| East Lothian \| East Renfrewshire \| Edinburgh East \| Edinburgh North and Leith \| Edinburgh South \| Edinburgh South West \| Falkirk \| Glasgow Central \| Glasgow East \| Glasgow North \| Glasgow North West \| Glasgow South \| Glasgow South West \| Glenrothes \| Inverclyde \| Kilmarnock and Loudoun \| Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath \| Lanark and Hamilton East \| Linlithgow and East Falkirk \| Livingston \| Midlothian \| Motherwell and Wishaw \| North Ayrshire and Arran \| Ochil and South Perthshire \| Paisley and Renfrewshire North \| Paisley and Renfrewshire South \| Rutherglen and Hamilton West \| Stirling \| West Dunbartonshire
Liberal Democrat	Argyll and Bute \| Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk \| Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross \| Dunfermline and West Fife \| East Dunbartonshire \| Edinburgh West \| Gordon \| Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey \| North East Fife \| Orkney and Shetland \| Ross, Skye and Lochaber \| West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
SNP	Angus \| Banff and Buchan \| Dundee East \| Moray \| Na h-Eileanan an Iar \| Perth and North Perthshire
Conservative and Unionist	Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale
Speaker	Glasgow North East
Scotland European constituency: Labour (2) \| SNP (2) \| Conservative and Unionist (1) \| Liberal Democrats (1)