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.
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) | |||||
| 2022 | Frank McKay ( Labour) | |||||||
Election Results
2022 Election
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | ||||
| SNP | Fiona Fotheringham ( incumbent) | 31.9 | 1,687 | |||||
| Labour | Frank McKay | 21.5 | 1,138 | |||||
| Conservative | Bob Burgess ( incumbent) | 18.5 | 980 | 988 | 1,000 | 1,004 | 1,383 | |
| Labour | Martine Nolan | 14.6 | 771 | 794 | 881 | 946 | ||
| SNP | Jim Hume ( incumbent) | 13.6 | 719 | 1,286 | ||||
| Electorate: 13,431 Valid: 5,295 Spoilt: 186 Quota: 1,060 Turnout: 5,481 (40.8%) | ||||||||
2017 Election
2017 North Lanarkshire Council election [5]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| 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 [6]
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | ||||
| 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. [7]
- Labour councillor Frank McKay resigned from the party and became Independent on 21 November 2016. [8]
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.
| Party | Candidate | FPv% | 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
| 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
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- ^ "North Lanarkshire councillors resign from Labour group". BBC News. 8 March 2016. Archived from the original on 15 April 2021. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
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- ^ "North Lanarkshire Council - Council by-election in Wishaw". Archived from the original on 13 June 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2021.
- ^ "North Lanarkshire Council - Council by-election 13 August 2015". Archived from the original on 27 June 2015. Retrieved 15 April 2021.