|
|
|
Motherwell and Wishaw
|
|
gain
from Labour
|
|
Jeremy Bray (Retiring)
|
|
0 ( 0.0%)
|
|
4,024 (11.0%)
|
|
21,020 (57.4%)
|
|
2,331 ( 6.4%)
|
|
8,229 (22.5%)
|
|
1,015 ( 2.8%)
|
|
|
|
52,252
|
|
36,619 (70.1%)
|
|
Jeremy Bray (Retiring)
|
|
Motherwell South
|
|
14,090 (35.1%)
|
|
6,264 (15.6%)
|
|
22,691 (56.5%)
|
|
2,433 ( 6.1%)
|
|
8,601 (21.4%)
|
|
146 ( 0.4%)
|
|
|
Labour
|
|
53,282
|
|
40,135 (75.3%)
|
|
|
-4.6%
|
|
+0.9%
|
|
+0.3%
|
|
+1.0%
|
|
+2.4%
|
|
-1.9%
|
|
-5.2%
|
|
|
|
Industrial central Scotland contains many seats like Motherwell and Wishaw. We find a preponderance of local authority housing and an economy based on a declining heavy industrial heritage, which in this case involves the steel industry. This is natural Labour territory, and although the Nationalists come second, they do not pose a threat to Labour's grip on the seat.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
634
|
2.12
|
9.03
|
24
|
|
|
386
|
1.29
|
11.17
|
12
|
|
|
1,358
|
4.55
|
11.25
|
40
|
|
|
3,076
|
10.30
|
14.70
|
70
|
|
|
755
|
2.53
|
10.45
|
24
|
|
|
0
|
0.00
|
2.81
|
0
|
|
|
5,770
|
19.33
|
8.01
|
241
|
|
|
5,865
|
19.65
|
15.25
|
129
|
|
|
1,595
|
5.34
|
7.13
|
75
|
|
|
10,411
|
34.88
|
10.17
|
343
|
|
|
