An election to the 56th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Motherwell and Wishaw, held as part of the general election on 7 May 2015.
SNP gain from Labour by Marion Fellows with a majority of 11,898 - 24.7% - on a turnout of 68.6%.
Candidates
Name | Party | Vote | Vote share | Vote change |
FELLOWS, Marion | SNP | 27,275 | 56.5% | 38.4% |
ROY, Frank | Lab | 15,377 | 31.9% | -29.2% |
GALLACHER, Meghan | Con | 3,695 | 7.7% | -1.7% |
WILSON, Neil | UKIP | 1,289 | 2.7% | - |
LAIRD, Ross | LD | 601 | 1.2% | -8.6% |
Under section 13(b) of the Representation of the People Act 1985, a candidate gaining 5% or less of the vote share will forfeit their deposit.
An electorate of 70,283, having a valid vote count of 48,237 and an invalid vote count of 42.
Result declared at 02:40 on 8 May 2015.