Motherwell West (ward)

Motherwell West is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council.^[2] It elects three councillors and covers parts of Motherwell lying west of the Argyle Line and Cumbernauld line railways, including the Forgewood, Greenacres, Braedale and North Motherwell neighbourhoods, with a population of 14,256 in 2019;^[3] created in 2007, its boundaries remained unchanged in a 2017 national review.

Location of the ward ^[1]

Councillors

Election	Councillors
2007		Annette Valentine (SNP)		Michael Ross (Labour)		Paul Kelly (Labour)
2012
2017			Meghan Gallacher (Conservative)
2022	David Crichton (SNP)	Lorraine Nolan (Conservative)

Election Results

2022 Election

Main article: 2022 North Lanarkshire Council election

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Motherwell West - 3 seats^[5][6]

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6
	SNP	David Crichton	27.4	1,261
	Labour	Paul Kelly (incumbent)	24.0	1,105	1,109	1,364
	Conservative	Lorraine Nolan	18.9	869	869	896	943	1,003	1,271
	SNP	Lindsay Evans	13.6	626	722	737	767	1,001
	Green	Gordon Thomas Miller	8.1	372	378	401	445
	Labour	Megan McCann	7.9	363	364
Electorate: 11,093   Valid: 4,596   Spoilt: 168   Quota: 1,150   Turnout: 4,764 (42.9%)

2017 Election

2017 North Lanarkshire Council election^[7]

Motherwell West - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3	4	5	6	7
	Conservative	Meghan Gallacher	21.99	1,002	1,019	1,047	1,097	1,163
	SNP	Annette Valentine (incumbent)	21.15	964	970	1,009	1,047	1,080	1,081	1,854
	Labour	Paul Kelly (incumbent)	20.12	917	923	958	1,453
	SNP	Jamie Super	16.74	763	773	808	834	867	869
	Labour	Michael Ross (incumbent)	14	638	652	673
	RISE	Julie Fleming	4.08	186	207
	Independent Alliance North Lanarkshire	Elaine McSpadden	1.91	87
Electorate: 10,585   Valid: 4,557   Spoilt: 111   Quota: 1,140   Turnout: 4,668 (44.1%)

2012 Election

2012 North Lanarkshire Council election^[8]

Motherwell West - 3 seats

Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
				1	2	3
	SNP	Annette Valentine (incumbent)	32.1%	1,256
	Labour	Paul Kelly (incumbent)	29.5%	1,156
	Labour	Michael Ross (incumbent)	22.3%	874	949.4	1,098.9
	Conservative	Robert Burgess	13.7%	535	579.4	583.7
	TUSC	Kenny Martin	2.4%	95	152.1	156.4
Electorate: 10,511   Valid: 3,916   Spoilt: 74   Quota: 980   Turnout: 3,990 (37.96%)

2007 Election

2007 North Lanarkshire Council election

North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Motherwell West

Party		Candidate	FPv%	%	Seat	Count
	SNP	Annette Valentine	1,573	30.9	1	3
	Labour	Michael Ross	1,270	24.9	1	2
	Labour	Paul Kelly	1,237	24.3	1	3
	Conservative	Robert Burgess	812	15.9
	Independent	Gordon Weir	205	4.0