Wishaw (ward)

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[edit]

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[edit]

### 2022 Election[edit]

Main article: 2022 North Lanarkshire Council election

[4]

Wishaw - 4 seats  Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

|
|
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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[edit]

2017 North Lanarkshire Council election[5]

Wishaw - 4 seats  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[edit]

2012 North Lanarkshire Council election[6]

Wishaw - 4 seats  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[edit]

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] Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count

|
|
|

| 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[edit]

2007 North Lanarkshire Council election

North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Wishaw  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[edit]

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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