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	Type	Burgh
	Year	1918
	Abolition	1974
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Motherwell was a 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).


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



ELECTION RESULTS


Elections in the 1970s

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate George Lawson   votes 20,683   percentage 532

party Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party   candidate S Bell   votes 12,509   percentage 322

party Scottish National Party   candidate Isobel Lindsay   votes 3,861   percentage 99

party Communist Party of Great Britain   candidate James Sneddon   votes 1,829   percentage 47

votes 8,174   percentage 210

percentage 735

winner Labour Party (UK)

Elections in the 1960s

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate George Lawson   votes 22,658   percentage 608

party Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party   candidate J J Young   votes 13,100   percentage 352

party Communist Party of Great Britain   candidate James Sneddon   votes 1,508   percentage 41

votes 9,558   percentage 257

percentage 744

winner Labour Party (UK)

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate George Lawson   votes 23,281   percentage 587

party UnionistScottish Unionist Party   candidate J J Young   votes 14,789   percentage 373

party Communist Party of Great Britain   candidate James Sneddon   votes 1,565   percentage 40

votes 8,492   percentage 214

percentage 789

winner Labour Party (UK)

Elections in the 1950s

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate George Lawson   votes 22,009   percentage 537

party UnionistScottish Unionist Party   candidate B Brogan   votes 17,613   percentage 430

party Independent (politician)   candidate D Murray   votes 1,331   percentage 33

votes 4,396   percentage 107

percentage 811

winner Labour Party (UK)

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate George Lawson   votes 20,147   percentage 539

party UnionistScottish Unionist Party   candidate Michael Clark Hutchison   votes 17,262   percentage 461

votes 2,885   percentage 77

percentage 765

winner Labour Party (UK)

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate George Lawson   votes 19,163   percentage 564   change - 08

party UnionistScottish Unionist Party   candidate N A Sloan   votes 13,334   percentage 393   change - 35

party Communist Party of Great Britain   candidate John Gollan   votes 1,457   percentage 43   change ''N/A''

votes 5,829   percentage 172

winner Labour Party (UK)

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate Alexander Anderson   votes 23,641   percentage 573

party UnionistScottish Unionist Party   candidate N A Sloan   votes 17,650   percentage 428

votes 5,991   percentage 145

percentage 847

winner Labour Party (UK)

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate Alexander Anderson   votes 23,641   percentage 573

party UnionistScottish Unionist Party   candidate N A Sloan   votes 17,650   percentage 428

votes 5,991   percentage 145

percentage 847

winner Labour Party (UK)

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate Alexander Anderson   votes 22,608   percentage 542

party UnionistScottish Unionist Party   candidate A Robertson   votes 14,183   percentage 340

party Scottish National Party   candidate Robert McIntyre   votes 3,892   percentage 93

party Communist Party of Great Britain   candidate R Henderson   votes 1,007   percentage 24

votes 8,425   percentage 202

percentage 845

winner Labour Party (UK)

Elections in the 1940s

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate Alexander Anderson   votes 15,831   percentage 527

party Scottish National Party   candidate Robert McIntyre   votes 8,022   percentage 267

party UnionistScottish Unionist Party   candidate J H Hamilton   votes 6,197   percentage 206

votes 7,809   percentage 260

percentage 728

winner Labour Party (UK)

party Scottish National Party   candidate Robert McIntyre   votes 11,417   percentage 514

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate Alexander Anderson   votes 10,800   percentage 486

votes 617   percentage 28

percentage 540

winner Scottish National Party   loser Labour Party (UK)

Elections in the 1930s

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate James Walker   votes 14,755   percentage 507

party UnionistScottish Unionist Party   candidate Thomas Ormiston   votes 14,325   percentage 493

votes 430   percentage 13

percentage 759

winner Labour Party (UK)   loser UnionistScottish Unionist Party

party UnionistScottish Unionist Party   candidate Thomas Ormiston   votes 15,513   percentage 513

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate James Barr   votes 14,714   percentage 487

votes 799   percentage 26

percentage 824

winner UnionistScottish Unionist Party   loser Labour Party (UK)

Elections in the 1920s

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate James Barr   votes 16,650   percentage 580

party UnionistScottish Unionist Party   candidate J Ford   votes 7,502   percentage 261

party Liberal Party (UK)   candidate H Archibald   votes 3,597   percentage 125

party Communist Party of Great Britain   candidate Isabel Brown   votes 984   percentage 34

votes 9,148   percentage 319

percentage 796

winner Labour Party (UK)

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate James Barr   votes 12,816   percentage 521

party UnionistScottish Unionist Party   candidate Hugh Ferguson   votes 11,776   percentage 479

votes 1,040   percentage 42

percentage 823

winner Labour Party (UK)   loser UnionistScottish Unionist Party   swing ''N/A''

party UnionistScottish Unionist Party   candidate Hugh Ferguson   votes 9,793   percentage 420

party Communist Party of Great Britain   candidate Walton Newbold   votes 8,712   percentage 374

party Liberal Party (UK)   candidate J Maxwell   votes 4,799   percentage 206

votes 1,081   percentage 46

percentage 774

winner UnionistScottish Unionist Party   loser Communist Party of Great Britain

party Communist Party of Great Britain   candidate Walton Newbold   votes 8,262   percentage 333

party Independent Unionist   candidate Hugh Ferguson   votes 7,214   percentage 291

party Liberal Party (UK)   candidate J Maxwell   votes 5,359   percentage 216

party National Liberal Party (UK)   candidate D J Colville   votes 3,966   percentage 160

votes 1,048   percentage 102

percentage 815

winner Communist Party of Great Britain   loser UnionistScottish Unionist Party   swing ''N/A''

Elections in the 1910s

party Coalition ConservativeCoalition Unionist   candidate Robert Frederick William Robertson Nelson   votes 6,972   percentage 390

party Liberal Party (UK)   candidate J D Millar   votes 4,135   percentage 232

party Labour Party (UK)   candidate Walton Newbold   votes 4,135   percentage 232

party Independent Conservative   candidate Hugh Ferguson   votes 1,923   percentage 108

votes 3,407   percentage 114

percentage 642