Wishaw (ward)

Wishaw is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council.[1] It elects four councillors and covers the town centre of Wishaw plus the neighbourhoods to its south and east including Gowkthrapple, Netherton, Overtown, Pather and Waterloo, with a population of 17,974 in 2019;[2] created in 2007, its territory remained almost unchanged in a 2017 national review, other than the loss of a few streets by moving a section of the boundary south from the Temple Gill burn to the edge of Belhaven Park.

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Clare Adamson
(SNP)		 John Pentland
(Labour)		 Sam Love
(Labour)		 Frank McKay
(Labour)
2012 Marion Fellows
(SNP)		 Jim Hume
(SNP)
2015 by- Rosa Zambonini
(SNP)
2017 Fiona Fotheringham
(SNP)		 Angela Feeney
(Labour)		 Bob Burgess
(Conservative)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 North Lanarkshire Council election[3]

Wishaw - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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SNP Fiona Fotheringham 25.35 1,442            
Labour Angela Feeney 18.9 1,075 1,088 1,119 1,418      
Conservative Bob Burgess 18.76 1,067 1,070 1,079 1,100 1,141    
SNP Jim Hume (incumbent) 13.62 775 1,041 1,054 1,062 1,099 1,099 1,278
Independent Alliance North Lanarkshire Sam Love (incumbent) 12.8 728 733 850 891; 946 947  
Labour James Robertson 6.8 387 389 414        
Independent Alliance North Lanarkshire Frank McKay (incumbent) 3.76 214 216          
Electorate: 13,902   Valid: 5,688   Spoilt: 165   Quota: 1,138   Turnout: 5,853 (42.1%)

    2012 Election

    2012 North Lanarkshire Council election[4]

    Wishaw - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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    Labour Sam Love (incumbent) 30.5% 1,590          
    SNP Marion Fellows†††††† 21.5% 1,118          
    Labour Frank McKay (incumbent) 17.9% 932 1,296.9        
    SNP Jim Hume 12.9% 674 701.9 712.2 780.2 888.7 1,020.9
    Labour James Robertson 9.3% 482 558.5 767.8 769.2 837.2  
    Conservative Marjory Borthwick 7.9% 412 428.9 432.7 434.6    
    Electorate: 14,299   Valid: 5,208   Spoilt: 124   Quota: 1,042   Turnout: 5,332 (37.29%)
      • On 8 March 2016, Labour councillor Sam Love resigned from the party and became Independent.[5]
      • Labour councillor Frank McKay resigned from the party and became Independent on 21 November 2016.[6]

      2015 by-election

      SNP councillor Marion Fellows was elected as an MP for Motherwell and Wishaw on 7 May 2015.[7] She resigned her Council seat on 25 May 2015 and a by-election was held 13 August 2015 – the seat was held by the party's Rosa Zambonini.

      Wishaw By-election (13 August 2015) - 1 Seat[8]
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      1
      SNP Rosa Zambonini 51.1% 1,915
      Labour Peter McDade 32.8% 1,230
      Conservative Marjory Borthwick 10.3% 385
      Scottish Socialist Maria Feeney 3.1% 117
      UKIP Neil Wilson 1.8% 67
      Liberal Democrats Gerard Neary 1% 37
      Electorate: 14,592   Valid: 3,751   Spoilt: 43   Quota: 1,876   Turnout: 3,794 (26.1%)

        2007 Election

        2007 North Lanarkshire Council election

        North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Wishaw
        Party Candidate 1st Pref  % Seat Count
        SNP Clare Adamson 2,232 30.6 1 1
        Labour John Pentland 1,605 22.0 1 1
        Labour Sam Love 1,594 21.9 1 1
        Labour Frank McKay 1,099 15.1 1 5
        Conservative Marjory Borthwick 761 10.4

        References
        1. "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
        2. Electoral Ward: Wishaw, Scottish Government Statistics
        5. "North Lanarkshire councillors resign from Labour group". BBC News. 8 March 2016.
        6. "Labour duo quit party amid allegations of coup attempts and 'parasite' slurs".
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