Motherwell and Wishaw (constituency, UK)

This article covers the constituency for the UK Parliament. For the constituency for the Scottish Parliament, see Midlothian (constituency, Scotland) .

Motherwell and Wishaw
Educated
1974; 1997
MP
Marion Fellows ( SNP )
Regions
North Lanarkshire

Motherwell and Wishaw is a constituency for the British House of Commons . It was created in 1974 essentially from the dissolved constituency Motherwell and existed initially until after the general election in 1979. In 1983 Motherwell and Wishaw was dissolved in favor of the newly created constituencies Motherwell North and Motherwell South . Before the 1997 elections, these were reunited to form the constituency of Motherwell and Wishaw.

The constituency covers the southern areas of the North Lanarkshire Council Area around the eponymous towns of Motherwell and Wishaw . The constituency sends a representative.

Election results

General election February 1974

Results of the February 1974 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Labor	George Lawson	18,310	46.7
Conservative	JW Caldwell	11,997	30.6
SNP	G. Nicholson	7852	20.0
Communist	J. Sneddon	1066	2.7

General election October 1974

Results of the October 1974 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Jeremy Bray	17,319	44.6	−2.1
SNP	J. MacKay	12,357	31.8	+11.8
Conservative	G. Rae	7069	18.2	−12.4
Liberal	DP Young	1126	2.9	+2.9
Communist	J. Sneddon	946	2.4	−0.3

General election 1979

Results of the 1979 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Jeremy Bray	22,263	56.9	+12.3
Conservative	J. Thomson	11,326	28.9	+10.7
SNP	J. MacKay	4817	12.3	−19.5
Communist	J. Sneddon	740	1.9	−0.5

General election 1997

Results of the 1997 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Labor	Frank Roy	21,020	57.4
SNP	James A. McGuigan	8229	22.5
Conservative	Scott Dickson	4024	11.0
Liberal Democrats	Alex G. Mackie	2331	6.4
Socialist Labor	Christopher Herriot	797	2.2
Referendum party	Thomas Russell	218	0.6

General election 2001

Results of the 2001 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Frank Roy	16,681	56.2	−1.2
SNP	James A. McGuigan	5725	19.3	−3.2
Conservative	Mark Nolan	3155	10.6	−0.4
Liberal Democrats	Iain Brown	2791	9.4	+3.0
Socialist	Stephen Smellie	1260	4.2	+4.2
Socialist Labor	Claire Watt	61	0.2	−2.0

General election 2005

Results of the general election 2005
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Frank Roy	21,327	57.5	+1.3
SNP	Ian MacQuarrie	6105	16.5	−2.8
Liberal Democrats	Conor Snowden	4464	12.0	+2.6
Conservative	Peter Finnie	3440	9.3	−1.3
Socialist	Gregor J. MacEwan	1019	2.8	−1.4
Free Scotland Party	Dallas E. Carter	384	1.0	+1.0
Christian Vote	Coral G. Thompson	370	1.0	+1.0

General election 2010

Results of the 2010 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Frank Roy	23,910	61.1	+3.6
SNP	Marion Fellows	7104	18.2	+1.7
Liberal Democrats	Stuart Douglas	3840	9.8	−2.2
Conservative	Patsy Gilroy	3660	9.4	+0.1
TUSC	Ray Gunnion	609	1.6	+1.6

General election 2015

Results of the general election 2015
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
SNP	Marion Fellows	27,275	56.5	+38.3
Labor	Frank Roy	15,377	31.9	−29.2
Conservative	Meghan Gallacher	3695	7.7	−1.7
UKIP	Neil Wilson	1289	2.7	+2.7
Liberal Democrats	Ross Laird	601	1.2	−8.6

General election 2017

Results of the 2017 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
SNP	Marion Fellows	16,150	38.5	−18.0
Labor	Angela Feeney	15,832	37.8	+5.9
Conservative	Meghan Gallacher	8490	20.2	+12.5
Liberal Democrats	Yvonne Finlayson	920	2.2	+1.0
UKIP	Neil Wilson	534	1.3	−1.4

Individual evidence

1. ^ Map of the constituency
2. ↑ Results of the February 1974 general election ( Memento of the original from January 27, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
3. ↑ Results of the lower house elections in October 1974 ( Memento of the original from May 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
4. ↑ Results of the 1979 lower house elections ( Memento of the original from March 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
5. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the lower house elections in 1997 and 2001 ( memento of the original from September 24, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
6. ↑ Results of the lower house elections 2005 ( Memento of the original from December 3, 2013 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
7. ↑ Results of the general election 2010 ( Memento of the original from October 6, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 
8. ↑ ^{a b} Results of the general election 2015