Motherwell West (ward)

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 Annette Valentine
(SNP)		 Michael Ross
(Labour)		 Paul Kelly
(Labour)
2012
2017 Meghan Gallacher
(Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 North Lanarkshire Council election [2]

Motherwell West - 3 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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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
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    123
    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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