Motherwell (UK Parliament constituency)

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Motherwell
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Major settlements Motherwell, Wishaw
1918–1974 (1974)
SeatsOne
Created from North East Lanarkshire
Replaced by Motherwell and Wishaw

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

ElectionMemberParty
1918 Robert Nelson Unionist
1922 Walton Newbold Communist
1923 Hugh Ferguson Unionist
1924 James Barr Labour
1931 Thomas Ormiston Unionist
1935 James Walker Labour
1945 by-election Robert McIntyre SNP
1945 Alexander Anderson Labour
1954 by-election George Lawson Labour
1974, Feb. constituency renamed: see Motherwell and Wishaw

Election results

Elections in the 1970s

General election 1970: Motherwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Lawson 20,683 53.2 -7.6
Conservative S. Bell12,50932.2-3.0
SNP Isobel Lindsay 3,8619.9New
Communist James Sneddon1,8294.7+0.6
Majority8,17421.0-4.6
Turnout 38,88273.5-0.9
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1960s

General election 1966: Motherwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Lawson 22,658 60.8 +2.1
Conservative John Joseph Young13,10035.2-2.1
Communist James Sneddon1,5084.1+0.1
Majority9,55825.6+4.2
Turnout 37,26674.4-4.5
Labour hold Swing
General election 1964: Motherwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Lawson 23,281 58.7 +5.0
Unionist John Joseph Young14,78937.3-5.7
Communist James Sneddon1,5654.0New
Majority8,49221.4+10.7
Turnout 39,63578.9-2.2
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1950s

General election 1959: Motherwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Lawson 22,009 53.7 -0.2
Unionist Bernard Brogan17,61343.0-3.1
Independent David Murray 1,3313.3New
Majority4,39610.7+2.9
Turnout 40,95381.1+4.6
Labour hold Swing
General election 1955: Motherwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Lawson 20,147 53.9 -3.4
Unionist Michael Hutchison 17,26246.1+3.3
Majority2,8857.8-6.7
Turnout 37,40976.5-8.2
Labour hold Swing
1954 Motherwell by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour George Lawson 19,163 56.4 -0.9
National Liberal Norman A Sloan13,33439.3-3.5
Communist John Gollan 1,4574.3New
Majority5,82917.1+2.6
Turnout 33,954
Labour hold Swing
General election 1951: Motherwell [1]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alexander Anderson 23,641 57.3 +3.1
National Liberal Norman A Sloan17,65042.8+8.8
Majority5,99114.5-2.7
Turnout 41,29184.7+0.2
Labour hold Swing
General election 1950: Motherwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alexander Anderson 22,608 54.2 +1.5
National Liberal A. Robertson14,18334.0+13.4
SNP Robert McIntyre 3,8929.3-17.4
Communist R. Henderson1,0072.4New
Majority8,42520.2-5.8
Turnout 41,69084.5+11.7
Labour hold Swing

Elections in the 1940s

General election 1945: Motherwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alexander Anderson 15,831 52.7 +2.0
SNP Robert McIntyre 8,02226.7N/A
Unionist J. H. Hamilton6,19720.6-28.7
Majority7,80926.0+24.6
Turnout 30,05072.8-3.1
Labour hold Swing
1945 Motherwell by-election
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Robert McIntyre 11,417 51.4 New
Labour Alexander Anderson 10,80048.6-1.9
Majority6172.8N/A
Turnout 22,21754.0-22.9
SNP gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1930s

General election 1935: Motherwell [2]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Walker 14,755 50.7 +2.0
Unionist Thomas Ormiston 14,32549.3-2.0
Majority4301.4N/A
Turnout 29,08075.9-6.5
Labour gain from Unionist Swing
General election 1931: Motherwell [3]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Thomas Ormiston 15,513 51.3 +25.2
Labour James Barr 14,71448.7-9.3
Majority7992.6N/A
Turnout 30,22782.4+2.8
Unionist gain from Labour Swing

Elections in the 1920s

General election 1929: Motherwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Barr 16,650 58.0 +5.9
Unionist John Ford7,50226.1−21.8
Liberal Henry Archibald3,59712.5New
Communist Isabel Brown 9843.4New
Majority9,14831.9+27.7
Turnout 28,73379.6−2.7
Registered electors 36,094
Labour hold Swing +13.9
General election 1924: Motherwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour James Barr 12,816 52.1 New
Unionist Hugh Ferguson 11,77647.9+5.9
Majority1,0404.2N/A
Turnout 24,59282.3+4.9
Registered electors 29,871
Labour gain from Unionist Swing N/A
General election 1923: Motherwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Unionist Hugh Ferguson 9,793 42.0 N/A
Communist Walton Newbold 8,71237.4+4.1
Liberal John Maxwell4,79920.6−1.0
Majority1,0814.6N/A
Turnout 23,30477.4−4.1
Registered electors 30,109
Unionist gain from Communist Swing N/A
General election 1922: Motherwell
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Communist Walton Newbold 8,262 33.3 New
Ind. Unionist Hugh Ferguson *7,21429.1+18.3
Liberal John Maxwell5,35921.6−5.4
National Liberal John Colville 3,96616.0New
Majority1,04810.2N/A
Turnout 24,80181.5+17.3
Registered electors 30,443
Communist gain from Unionist Swing N/A

* Ferguson was associated with the Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland movement in Lanarkshire.

Elections in the 1910s

General election 1918: Motherwell [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
C Unionist Robert Nelson 6,97239.0
Liberal James Duncan Millar 4,81727.0
Labour Walton Newbold 4,13523.2
Ind. Unionist Hugh Ferguson *1,92310.8
Majority2,15512.0
Turnout 17,84764.2
Registered electors 27,816
Unionist win (new seat)
Cindicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government.

* Ferguson was associated with the Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland movement in Lanarkshire.

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References

  1. ↑ The Times' Guide to the House of Commons. 1951.
  2. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
  3. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  4. ↑ Whitaker's Almanack, 1920

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