Constituency view

Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke

Scotland

Lab gain from SNP

Current MP

Current representation

Pamela Nash

Labour

Female

Previous MP: Marion Fellows (SNP) - defeated 2024

Majority7,085

Turnout54.4%

Electorate71,777

Valid votes39,026

2024 Results

Party breakdown

Labour19,168 - 49.1%

SNP12,083 - 31.0%

Reform3,004 - 7.7%

Conservative2,415 - 6.2%

Green1,200 - 3.1%

Lib Dem822 - 2.1%

Other334 - 0.9%

Demographics

Source: ONS Census 2021 (England, Wales, NI) and Scotland's Census 2022, aggregated to 2024 constituency boundaries by the House of Commons Library.

Ethnic composition

2021

White 95.4%White British 87.1%Asian 2.7%Black, African or Caribbean 1.0%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 0.6%Other 0.4%

England & Wales (2021)

White 83.0%White British 74.4%Asian 8.6%Black, African or Caribbean 3.7%Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups 2.7%Other 2.0%

2011 data not available for this constituency.

2001 data not available for this constituency.

1991 data not available for this constituency.

Year-over-year comparison uses broad ethnic groups.

Country of birth

Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke (2021)

UK 93.8%Other EU 3.3%Other countries 3.0%

England & Wales (2021)

UK 84.0%Other EU 6.0%Other countries 10.1%

2011 data not available for this topic.

2001 data not available for this topic.

1991 data not available for this topic.

Comparison

How this seat compares

Metric	Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke	National	Difference
% White	95.4%	83.0%	+12.3pp
% White British	87.1%	74.4%	+12.7pp
% Asian	2.7%	8.6%	-5.9pp
% Black, African or Caribbean	1.0%	3.7%	-2.7pp
% Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups	0.6%	2.7%	-2.1pp
% Other ethnic group	0.4%	2.0%	-1.5pp
% UK-born	93.8%	84.0%	+9.8pp
% Non-UK-born	6.2%	16.0%	-9.8pp
% Other EU-born	3.3%	6.0%	-2.7pp
% Other countries-born	3.0%	10.1%	-7.1pp

Nearby seats

Constituencies around Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke

Neighbouring constituencies on 2024 boundaries, ordered by the length of the shared border.

Source: ONS Westminster Parliamentary Constituencies (July 2024) Boundaries UK BSC. Seats with a short coastline or none, such as islands, are completed with the closest constituencies by distance.