Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig (ward)

Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. It elects four Councillors and covers much of the town of Motherwell (roughly the territory east of the Argyle Line railway and south of the West Coast Main Line railway including the town centre, Airbles and Muirhouse), as well as Craigneuk and Wishawhill in Wishaw (however, despite its name it does not cover the developing suburb of Ravenscraig which falls within the Murdostoun ward), with a population of 18,497 in 2019.[1]

Councillors
Election Councillors
2007 Alan Valentine
(SNP)		 Tommy Luny
(Labour)		 Kaye Harmon
(Labour)		 Linsey McKay
(Conservative)
2012 Gary O'Rorke
(Labour)
2017 Kenneth Duffy
(Labour)		 Nathan Wilson
(Conservative)		 Agnes Magowan
(SNP)

Election Results

2017 Election

2017 North Lanarkshire Council election [2]

Motherwell South East & Ravenscraig - 4 seats
PartyCandidateFPv%Count
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SNP Agnes Magowan 25.27 1,507                      
Conservative Nathan Wilson 19.92 1,188 1,192 1,193 1,193 1,194 1,218            
SNP Alan Valentine (incumbent) 16.16 964 1,224                    
Labour Kenneth Duffy 14.4 859 866 868 870 874 877 879 892 923 958 1,039 1,591
Labour Kaye Harmon (incumbent) 9.81 565 573 575 576 578 582 586 599 622 649 754  
Independent Alliance North Lanarkshire Gary O'Rorke (incumbent) 5.45 325 331 332 333 336 342 344 365 377 433    
Independent Ian Glenny 2.78 166 188 190 198 199 201 203 241 273      
Scottish Green Ben Adams 2.43 145 150 157 159 169 175 176 185        
Independent Ian Kelly 2.2 131 134 135 137 140 147 148          
UKIP Neil Wilson 1.14 68 68 69 69 69              
Solidarity James Mitchell 0.42 25 27 28 29                
Independent Deryck Beaumont 0.35 21 21 22                  
Electorate: 14,254   Valid: 5,964   Spoilt: 151   Quota: 1,197   Turnout: 6,115 (42.9%)

    2012 Election

    2012 North Lanarkshire Council election [3]

    Motherwell South East & Ravenscraig - 4 seats
    PartyCandidateFPv%Count
    12345678
    Labour Kaye Harmon (incumbent) 20.9% 944              
    SNP Alan Valentine (incumbent) 19.6% 885 886.7 897.7 934.8        
    Labour Tommy Lunny (incumbent) 14.5% 654 675.4 683.5 706.8 707.9 740.9 794.9 921.6
    Labour Gary O'Rorke††††††††† 14.0% 633 641.9 644.9 674.2 675.9 701.2 742.4 821.2
    SNP Jamie Super 12.2% 550 550.8 551.8 565.8 588.4 623.7 694.2  
    Conservative Linsey McKay (incumbent) 6.9% 311 312 324 333 333.9      
    Independent Ian Kelly 5.5% 247 248.8 259.8 337.9 339.5 427    
    Independent Hugh McLaughlin 5.2% 236 236.8 240.8          
    Scottish Christian Brian Ross 1.3% 58 58.3            
    Electorate: 13,218   Valid: 4,518   Spoilt: 124   Quota: 904   Turnout: 4,642 (35.12%)

      2007 Election

      2007 North Lanarkshire Council election

      North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Motherwell South East & Ravenscraig
      Party Candidate 1st Pref % Seat Count
      SNP Alan Valentine 2,048 34.5 1 1
      Labour Tommy Luny 1,153 19.4 1 2
      Labour Kaye Harmon 1,014 17.1 1 5
      Labour Gary O'Rorke 782 13.2
      Conservative Linsey McKay 699 11.8 1 5
      Scottish Socialist Joyce Carmichael 240 4.0

      References
      1. Electoral Ward: Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig, Scottish Government Statistics
      2. https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=32951
      3. https://www.northlanarkshire.gov.uk/index.aspx?articleid=24109&contactid=12585
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