Wishaw (ward)

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Location of the ward [1]

Wishaw is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. [2] 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; [3] 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.

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Councillors

ElectionCouncillors
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)
2022 Frank McKay
(Labour)

Election results

2022 Election

[4]

Wishaw - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
12345
SNP Fiona Fotheringham (incumbent)31.91,687    
Labour Frank McKay21.51,138    
Conservative Bob Burgess (incumbent)18.5980988 1,000 1,004 1,383
Labour Martine Nolan14.6771794 881 946  
SNP Jim Hume (incumbent)13.67191,286   
Electorate: 13,431  Valid: 5,295  Spoilt: 186  Quota: 1,060  Turnout: 5,481 (40.8%)  

    2017 Election

    2017 North Lanarkshire Council election [5]

    Wishaw - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    1234567
    SNP Fiona Fotheringham25.351,442      
    Labour Angela Feeney18.91,0751,088 1,119 1,418    
    Conservative Bob Burgess18.761,0671,070 1,079 1,100 1,141   
    SNP Jim Hume (incumbent)13.627751,041 1,054 1,062 1,099 1,099 1,278
    Independent Alliance North LanarkshireSam Love (incumbent)12.8728733 850 891; 946 947  
    Labour James Robertson6.8387389 414     
    Independent Alliance North LanarkshireFrank McKay (incumbent)3.76214216      
    Electorate: 13,902  Valid: 5,688  Spoilt: 165  Quota: 1,138  Turnout: 5,853 (42.1%)  

      2012 Election

      2012 North Lanarkshire Council election [6]

      Wishaw - 4 seats
      PartyCandidateFPv%Count
      123456
      Labour Sam Love (incumbent)30.5%1,590     
      SNP Marion Fellows ††††††21.5%1,118     
      Labour Frank McKay (incumbent)17.9%9321,296.9    
      SNP Jim Hume12.9%674701.9 712.2 780.2 888.7 1,020.9
      Labour James Robertson9.3%482558.5 767.8 769.2 837.2  
      Conservative Marjory Borthwick7.9%412428.9 432.7 434.6   
      Electorate: 14,299  Valid: 5,208  Spoilt: 124  Quota: 1,042  Turnout: 5,332 (37.29%)  

        2015 by-election

        SNP councillor Marion Fellows was elected as an MP for Motherwell and Wishaw on 7 May 2015. [9] 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 [10]
        PartyCandidateFPv%Count
        1
        SNP Rosa Zambonini51.1%1,915
        Labour Peter McDade32.8%1,230
        Conservative Marjory Borthwick10.3%385
        Scottish Socialist Maria Feeney3.1%117
        UKIP Neil Wilson1.8%67
        Liberal Democrats Gerard Neary1%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
          PartyCandidateFPv%%SeatCount
          SNP Clare Adamson 2,23230.611
          Labour John Pentland1,60522.011
          Labour Sam Love1,59421.911
          Labour Frank McKay1,09915.115
          Conservative Marjory Borthwick76110.4

          References

          1. ↑ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
          2. ↑ "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
          3. ↑ Electoral Ward: Wishaw Archived 10 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine , Scottish Government Statistics
          4. ↑ "Scottish council election results | North Lanarkshire Council".
          5. ↑ "North Lanarkshire Council - Scottish council elections". Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
          6. ↑ "North Lanarkshire Council - 3 May 2012 - North Lanarkshire Council - results". Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
          7. ↑ "North Lanarkshire councillors resign from Labour group". BBC News. 8 March 2016. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
          8. ↑ "Labour duo quit party amid allegations of coup attempts and 'parasite' slurs". Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
          9. ↑ "North Lanarkshire Council - Council by-election in Wishaw". Archived from the original on 13 June 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
          10. ↑ "North Lanarkshire Council - Council by-election 13 August 2015". Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
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