Motherwell and Wishaw (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Motherwell and Wishaw
Scottish Parliament burgh constituency
Motherwell and Wishaw shown within the
Central Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created: 1999
MSP: Jack McConnell
Party: Labour
Council area: North Lanarkshire (part)

Motherwell and Wishaw is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of ten constituencies in the Central Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

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[edit] Electoral region

See also Central Scotland Scottish Parliament region

The other nine constituencies of the South of Scotland region are Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, East Kilbride, Falkirk East, Falkirk West, Hamilton North and Bellshill, Hamilton South and Kilmarnock and Loudoun.

The region covers all of the Falkirk council area, all of the North Lanarkshire council area, part of the South Lanarkshire council area, part of the East Ayrshire council area and a small part of the East Dumbartonshire council area.

[edit] Constituency boundaries and council area

The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies[1].

The Holyrood constituency is one of five covering the North Lanarkshire council area, the others being Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and Hamilton North and Bellshill. All five are within the Central Scotland electoral region.

Three of the five constituencies are entirely within the North Lanarkshire area. Coatbridge and Chryston straddles the boundary with the East Dunbartonshire council area, which is otherwise within the West of Scotland region, and Hamilton North and Bellshill straddles the boundary with the South Lanarkshire council area, which is otherwise divided between the Central Scotland, Glasgow and South of Scotland regions.

Motherwell and Wishaw covers a south-western portion of the North Lanarkshire area, south of Hamilton North and Bellshill and west of Aidrie and Shotts.

[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election Member Party
1999 Jack McConnell Labour
2003
2007

[edit] Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Motherwell and Wishaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack McConnell 12,574 48.1 -6.0
Scottish National Party Marion Fellows 6,636 25.4 +7.8
Conservative Diane Huddleston 1,990 7.6 -2.4
Scottish Senior Citizens John Swinburne 1,702 6.5 +0.2
Liberal Democrats Stuart Douglas 1,570 6.0 +1.8
Scottish Christian Thomas Selfridge 1,491 5.7 +5.7
ATP Richard Leat 187 0.7 0.7
Majority 5928 22.7
Rejected Ballots 970
Turnout 26,150 48.5 -0.5
Labour hold Swing -6.9
Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Motherwell and Wishaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack McConnell 13,739 54.12 +8.21
Scottish National Party Lloyd Quinan 4,480 17.65 -11.62
Conservative Mark Nolan 2,542 10.01 -2.17
Scottish Socialist John Milligan 1,961 7.72 +7.72
Scottish Senior Citizens John Swinburne 1,597 6.29 +6.29
Liberal Democrats Keith Legg 1,069 4.21 -2.04
Majority 9,259 36.47 +19.84
Turnout 25,388 49.03 -8.63
Labour hold Swing N/A
Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Motherwell and Wishaw
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Jack McConnell 13,955 45.96 N/A
Scottish National Party Jim McGuigan 8,879 29.24 N/A
Conservative William Gibson 3,694 12.17 N/A
Scottish Socialist John Milligan 1,941 6.39 N/A
Liberal Democrats Roger Spillane 1,895 6.24 N/A
Majority 5,076 16.72 N/A
Turnout
Labour hold Swing N/A

[edit] Footnotes

  1. ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland


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