- Motherwell (UK Parliament constituency)
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Motherwell Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons Major settlements Motherwell, Wishaw 1918–1974 Number of members One 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. It is famous for returning the first-ever SNP MP (Robert McIntyre in 1945) and arguably the first Communist Party MP (Walton Newbold in 1922).
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Boundaries
From 1918 the constituency consisted of "The burghs of Motherwell and Wishaw, together with the part of the Middle Ward County District which is contained within the extraburghal portion of the parish of Dalziel."
Members of Parliament
Election Member Party 1918 Robert Frederick William Robertson Nelson Unionist 1922 John Turner Walton Newbold Communist 1923 Hugh Ferguson Unionist 1924 James Barr Labour 1931 Thomas Ormiston Unionist 1935 James Walker Labour 1945, April Robert Douglas McIntyre SNP 1945, July Alexander Anderson Labour 1954 George McArthur Lawson Labour 1974, Feb. constituency renamed: see Motherwell and Wishaw Election results
Elections in the 1970s
General Election 1970: Motherwell Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour George Lawson 20,683 53.2 Conservative S. Bell 12,509 32.2 SNP Isobel Lindsay 3,861 9.9 Communist James Sneddon 1,829 4.7 Majority 8,174 21.0 Turnout 73.5 Labour hold Swing Elections in the 1960s
General Election 1966: Motherwell Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour George Lawson 22,658 60.8 Conservative J. J. Young 13,100 35.2 Communist James Sneddon 1,508 4.1 Majority 9,558 25.7 Turnout 74.4 Labour hold Swing General Election 1964: Motherwell Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour George Lawson 23,281 58.7 Unionist J. J. Young 14,789 37.3 Communist James Sneddon 1,565 4.0 Majority 8,492 21.4 Turnout 78.9 Labour hold Swing Elections in the 1950s
General Election 1959: Motherwell Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour George Lawson 22,009 53.7 Unionist B. Brogan 17,613 43.0 Independent D. Murray 1,331 3.3 Majority 4,396 10.7 Turnout 81.1 Labour hold Swing General Election 1955: Motherwell Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour George Lawson 20,147 53.9 Unionist Michael Clark Hutchison 17,262 46.1 Majority 2,885 7.7 Turnout 76.5 Labour hold Swing Motherwell by-election, 1954 Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour George Lawson 19,163 56.4 - 0.8 Unionist N. A. Sloan 13,334 39.3 - 3.5 Communist John Gollan 1,457 4.3 N/A Majority 5,829 17.2 Turnout Labour hold Swing General Election 1951: Motherwell Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Alexander Anderson 23,641 57.3 Unionist N. A. Sloan 17,650 42.8 Majority 5,991 14.5 Turnout 84.7 Labour hold Swing General Election 1950: Motherwell Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Alexander Anderson 22,608 54.2 Unionist A. Robertson 14,183 34.0 SNP Robert McIntyre 3,892 9.3 Communist R. Henderson 1,007 2.4 Majority 8,425 20.2 Turnout 84.5 Labour hold Swing Elections in the 1940s
General Election 1945: Motherwell Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour Alexander Anderson 15,831 52.7 SNP Robert McIntyre 8,022 26.7 Unionist J. H. Hamilton 6,197 20.6 Majority 7,809 26.0 Turnout 72.8 Labour hold Swing Motherwell by-election, 1945 Party Candidate Votes % ±% SNP Robert McIntyre 11,417 51.4 Labour Alexander Anderson 10,800 48.6 Majority 617 2.8 Turnout 54.0 SNP gain from Labour Swing Elections in the 1930s
General Election 1935: Motherwell [1] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour James Walker 14,755 50.7 Unionist Thomas Ormiston CBE 14,325 49.3 Majority 430 1.3 Turnout 75.9 Labour gain from Unionist Swing General Election 1931: Motherwell[2] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Unionist Thomas Ormiston 15,513 51.3 Labour James Barr 14,714 48.7 Majority 799 2.6 Turnout 82.4 Unionist gain from Labour Swing Elections in the 1920s
General Election 1929: Motherwell Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour James Barr 16,650 58.0 Unionist J. Ford 7,502 26.1 Liberal H. Archibald 3,597 12.5 Communist Isabel Brown 984 3.4 Majority 9,148 31.9 Turnout 79.6 Labour hold Swing General Election 1924: Motherwell Party Candidate Votes % ±% Labour James Barr 12,816 52.1 Unionist Hugh Ferguson 11,776 47.9 Majority 1,040 4.2 Turnout 82.3 Labour gain from Unionist Swing N/A General Election 1923: Motherwell Party Candidate Votes % ±% Unionist Hugh Ferguson 9,793 42.0 Communist Walton Newbold 8,712 37.4 Liberal J. Maxwell 4,799 20.6 Majority 1,081 4.6 Turnout 77.4 Unionist gain from Communist Swing General Election 1922: Motherwell Party Candidate Votes % ±% Communist Walton Newbold 8,262 33.3 Independent Unionist Hugh Ferguson 7,214 29.1 Liberal J. Maxwell 5,359 21.6 National Liberal John Colville 3,966 16.0 Majority 1,048 10.2 Turnout 81.5 Communist gain from Unionist Swing N/A Elections in the 1910s
General Election 1918: Motherwell [3] Party Candidate Votes % ±% Coalition Conservative Robert Frederick William Robertson Nelson 6,972 39.0 Liberal James Duncan Millar 4,135 23.2 Labour Walton Newbold 4,135 23.2 Independent Conservative Hugh Ferguson 1,923 10.8 Majority 3,407 11.4 Turnout 64.2 References
See also
Categories:- Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 1918
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies disestablished in 1974
- Motherwell
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