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Motherwell and Wishaw was a burgh constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was first created in 1974, mostly from the former Motherwell constituency. In 1983, it was split into two constituencies, Motherwell North and Motherwell South ; but these were re-amalgamated in 1997.
Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies , it was first contested at the 2024 general election .
Motherwell and Wishaw is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council area of North Lanarkshire.It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election.
Some council areas were grouped to form larger areas and, within these larger areas, some constituencies straddle council area boundaries. The same council area and ward boundaries were in use when the new constituencies were first used in 2005, but ward boundaries have changed since then.
The constituencies were created in 1999 with the names and boundaries of Westminster constituencies, as existing in at that time. [2] They cover all of two council areas, [3] the Falkirk council area and the North Lanarkshire council area, and parts of three others, the East Ayrshire council area, the East Dumbartonshire council area and the South Lanarkshire council area.
He was elected to the former Motherwell District Council in 1992, and served on Planning, Leisure Services, Environmental Health, Staffing, and Policy and Resources Committees. Prior to his election as an MSP, he was Convener of North Lanarkshire Council Finance Committee, he was also finance spokesperson for the Convention of Scottish Local ...
Motherwell was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1974. It was formed by the division of Lanarkshire . The name was changed in 1974 to Motherwell and Wishaw .
Official parliamentary portrait, 2011. In the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, Adamson was the SNP's candidate for the Motherwell and Wishaw constituency. She was defeated by Scottish Labour's John Pentland and was elected as an additional member of the Scottish Parliament for the Central Scotland region.