Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig (ward)

Location of the ward
Location of the ward [1]

Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council.[2] It elects four councillors and covers much of the town of Motherwell (roughly all the territory east of the Argyle Line railway up to the station including the town centre, Airbles, Muirhouse and the developing suburb of Ravenscraig), as well as Craigneuk and Wishawhill in Wishaw, with a population of 18,497 in 2019;[3] created in 2007, its boundaries remained unchanged in a 2017 national review.

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)
2022 David Robb
SNP
2023 Kaye Harmon
Labour

Election Results

2023 By-election

In August 2023, SNP councillor Agnes Magowan resigned for personal reasons.[4] A by-election, held on 16 November 2023, was won by Labour's Kaye Harmon.[5]

Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig (16 November 2023) – 1 seat
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7
Labour Kaye Harmon 43.3 1,368 1,369 1,379 1,398 1,427 1,479 1,642
SNP Rosa Zambonini 29.6 934 936 964 974 976 1,087 1,103
Conservative Oyebola Ajala 9.4 296 299 300 305 345 357  
Scottish Green Derek Watson 8.1 255 257 258 266 269    
BUP Billy Acheson 3.0 96 101 102 107      
Liberal Democrats Robert Stewart McGeorge 2.2 68 68 73        
Alba Mark Shields 2.1 66 66          
UKIP Neil Wilson 0.8 24            
Electorate: 15,794   Valid: 3,107   Spoilt: 48   Quota: 1,554   Turnout: 20.0%  

Source:[6][7]

2022 Election

Main article: 2022 North Lanarkshire Council election

[8]

Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
SNP Agnes Magowan (incumbent) 32.0 1,941              
Labour Kenneth Duffy (incumbent) 22.6 1,368              
Conservative Nathan Wilson (incumbent) 16.7 1,010 1,025 1,032 1,033 1,039 1,048 1,090 1,316
SNP David Robb 10.8 653 1,263            
Labour Michael Ross 8.7 525 543 657 665 672 688 874  
Scottish Green Derek Watson 7.8 472 514 522 542 551 563    
Scottish Family James Joseph Mitchell 0.9 54 62 66 67 70      
UKIP Neil Wilson 0.7 40 40 40 40        
Electorate: 15,549   Valid: 6,063   Spoilt: 190   Quota: 1,213   Turnout: 6,253 (40.2%)  

2017 Election

2017 North Lanarkshire Council election[9]

Motherwell South East & Ravenscraig - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
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[10]

Motherwell South East & Ravenscraig - 4 seats
Party Candidate FPv% Count
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8
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%)  

Labour councillor Gary O'Rorke resigned from the party and became Independent on 21 November 2016.[11]

2007 Election

2007 North Lanarkshire Council election

North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Motherwell South East & Ravenscraig
Party Candidate FPv% % 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

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  3. ^ Electoral Ward: Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig Archived 12 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine, Scottish Government Statistics
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  5. ^ Thomson, Ross (17 November 2023). "Labour claim victory in Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig NLC by-election". Daily Record. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
  6. ^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 19 Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig" (PDF). North Lanarkshire Council. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
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