Motherwell West is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council.[2] It elects three councillors and covers parts of Motherwell lying west of the Argyle Line and Cumbernauld line railways, including the Forgewood, Greenacres, Braedale and North Motherwell neighbourhoods, with a population of 14,256 in 2019;[3] created in 2007, its boundaries remained unchanged in a 2017 national review.
Location of the ward [1]
Councillors
edit| Election | Councillors | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | Annette Valentine (SNP) |
Michael Ross (Labour) |
Paul Kelly (Labour) | |||||
| 2012 | ||||||||
| 2017 | Meghan Gallacher (Conservative) | |||||||
| 2022 | David Crichton (SNP) |
Lorraine Nolan (Conservative) | ||||||
Election Results
edit2022 Election
edit| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| SNP | David Crichton | 27.4 | 1,261 | ||||||
| Labour | Paul Kelly (incumbent) | 24.0 | 1,105 | 1,109 | 1,364 | ||||
| Conservative | Lorraine Nolan | 18.9 | 869 | 869 | 896 | 943 | 1,003 | 1,271 | |
| SNP | Lindsay Evans | 13.6 | 626 | 722 | 737 | 767 | 1,001 | ||
| Scottish Green | Gordon Thomas Miller | 8.1 | 372 | 378 | 401 | 445 | |||
| Labour | Megan McCann | 7.9 | 363 | 364 | |||||
| Electorate: 11,093 Valid: 4,596 Spoilt: 168 Quota: 1,150 Turnout: 4,764 (42.9%) | |||||||||
2017 Election
edit2017 North Lanarkshire Council election[7]
| 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
edit2012 North Lanarkshire Council election[8]
| 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
edit2007 North Lanarkshire Council election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | % | 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
edit- ^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
- ^ "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
- ^ Electoral Ward: Motherwell West Archived 3 May 2022 at the Wayback Machine, Scottish Government Statistics
- ^ "Scottish council election results | North Lanarkshire Council".
- ^ "Notice of Poll". North Lanarkshire Council. Retrieved 20 April 2022.
- ^ "Election Results". North Lanarkshire Council. Retrieved 12 May 2022.
- ^ "North Lanarkshire Council - Scottish council elections". Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
- ^ "North Lanarkshire Council - 3 May 2012 - North Lanarkshire Council - results". Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2020.