Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig (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)	Tommy Luny Labour		Kaye Harmon Labour
2017	Kenneth Duffy Labour			Nathan Wilson Conservative		Agnes Magowan (SNP)
2022		David Robb SNP				Agnes Magowan (SNP)
2023		David Robb SNP			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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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

^[8]

Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig - 4 seats
Party		Candidate	FPv%	Count
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
Party		Candidate	FPv%	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
	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

^ "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2022.
^ "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.
^ Electoral Ward: Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig Archived 12 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine, Scottish Government Statistics
^ Pollock, Laura (22 August 2023). "North Lanarkshire SNP councillor resigns with immediate effect". The National. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
^ Thomson, Ross (17 November 2023). "Labour claim victory in Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig NLC by-election". Daily Record. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
^ "Declaration of Results Report Ward 19 Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig" (PDF). North Lanarkshire Council. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
^ "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 19 Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig" (PDF). North Lanarkshire Council. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.
^ "Scottish council election results | North Lanarkshire Council".
^ "North Lanarkshire Council - Scottish council elections". Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
^ "North Lanarkshire Council - 3 May 2012 - North Lanarkshire Council - results". Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2020.
^ "Labour duo quit party amid allegations of coup attempts and 'parasite' slurs". Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

[1] "5th Reviews - ward maps | Scottish Boundary Commission". www.lgbc-scotland.gov.uk. Archived from the original on 20 March 2020. Retrieved 13 March 2022.

[2] "United Kingdom: Scotland | Council Areas and Electoral Wards". City Population. 30 June 2019. Archived from the original on 4 March 2021. Retrieved 28 March 2021.

[3] Electoral Ward: Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig Archived 12 October 2020 at the Wayback Machine, Scottish Government Statistics

[4] Pollock, Laura (22 August 2023). "North Lanarkshire SNP councillor resigns with immediate effect". The National. Retrieved 20 December 2023.

[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.

[7] "Candidate Votes Per Stage Report Ward 19 Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig" (PDF). North Lanarkshire Council. 17 November 2023. Retrieved 20 December 2023.

[8] "Scottish council election results | North Lanarkshire Council".

[9] "North Lanarkshire Council - Scottish council elections". Archived from the original on 22 October 2017. Retrieved 25 March 2020.

[10] "North Lanarkshire Council - 3 May 2012 - North Lanarkshire Council - results". Archived from the original on 17 February 2015. Retrieved 25 March 2020.

[11] "Labour duo quit party amid allegations of coup attempts and 'parasite' slurs". Archived from the original on 23 November 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2021.

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