Election for the constituency of Motherwell and Wishaw on 6 May 2010

An election to the 55th Parliament of the United Kingdom for the constituency area of Motherwell and Wishaw, held as part of the general election on 6 May 2010.

Labour hold by Frank Roy with a majority of 16,806 - 43.0% - on a turnout of 58.5%.

An electorate of 66,918, having a valid vote count of 39,123 and an invalid vote count of 104.

Candidates

Name Party Vote Vote share Vote change
ROY, Frank Lab 23,910 61.1% 3.6%
FELLOWS, Marion SNP 7,104 18.2% 1.7%
DOUGLAS, Stuart LD 3,840 9.8% -2.2%
GILROY, Patsy Con 3,660 9.4% 0.1%
GUNNION, Ray TUSC 609 1.6% -

The writ for this election was issued on 12 April 2010.

Result declared at 01:13 on 7 May 2010. Declarations times do not form part of election declarations and should be regarded as indicative rather than official.

Gain or hold information and vote change percentages are calculated according to changes since the preceding general election and take no account of intervening by-elections. The calculations are based on changes to party performance, rather than the performance of an individual candidate. Where the boundary of a constituency has changed since the preceding general election, the calculations are based on estimated notional results for the new boundaries at the previous election.

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.