Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke (UK Parliament constituency)
Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | North Lanarkshire South Lanarkshire |
Major settlements | Motherwell, Wishaw, Carluke |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | TBC (TBC) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Motherwell and Wishaw |
Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke is a proposed constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament.[1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it will first be contested at the 2024 general election.
Contents[edit]
The vast majority of the constituency comes from Motherwell and Wishaw constituency.[2]
The constituency will comprise the following wards of North Lanarkshire:[3]
- Motherwell North, Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig, Motherwell West, Murdostoun and Wishaw from the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency:
And from South Lanarkshire:[3]
Constituency profile[edit]
Electoral Calculus characterises the seat as "Traditionalist", with left-wing economic views but more liberal social attitudes. Incomes and house prices in the seat are well below UK averages.[4]
Elections[edit]
Elections in the 2020s[edit]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Conservative | Oyebola Ajala | ||||
Liberal Democrats | Hayley Bennie | ||||
SNP | Marion Fellows | ||||
British Unionist Party | Gus Ferguson | ||||
Scottish Libertarian | Ross Hagen | ||||
Reform UK | Robert McLaughlan | ||||
Scottish Green | Gordon Miller | ||||
Labour | Pamela Nash | ||||
UKIP | Neil Wilson | ||||
Majority | |||||
Turnout | |||||
Swing |
References[edit]
- ^ "28 June 2023 - 2023 Review Report laid before Parliament | The Boundary Commission for Scotland". www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk. Retrieved 2023-06-29.
- ^ "How might Scotland's electoral map be changing?". BBC News. 2022-11-08. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
- ^ a b "New Seat Details - Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke". www.electoralcalculus.co.uk. Retrieved 2023-08-04.
- ^ Electoral Calculus https://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/fcgi-bin/calcwork23.py?seat=Motherwell,%20Wishaw%20and%20Carluke