Constituency Boundaries and Council Area
The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.
The Holyrood constituency is one of five covering the North Lanarkshire council area, the others being Airdrie and Shotts, Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and Hamilton North and Bellshill. All five are within the Central Scotland electoral region.
Three of the five constituencies are entirely within the North Lanarkshire area. Coatbridge and Chryston straddles the boundary with the East Dunbartonshire council area, which is otherwise within the West of Scotland region, and Hamilton North and Bellshill straddles the boundary with the South Lanarkshire council area, which is otherwise divided between the Central Scotland, Glasgow and South of Scotland regions.
Motherwell and Wishaw covers a south-western portion of the North Lanarkshire area, south of Hamilton North and Bellshill and west of Aidrie and Shotts.
The electoral wards used in the creation of Motherwell and Wishaw are;
- In full: Motherwell West, Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig, Murdoustoun, Wishaw.
- In part: Motherwell North shared with Uddingston and Bellshill.
Read more about this topic: Motherwell And Wishaw (Scottish Parliament Constituency)
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