UK general elections2010 › Motherwell and Wishaw

Motherwell and Wishaw — 2010

Frank Roy (Labour Party) was elected with 23,910 votes61.1% of 39,123 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 61.1% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +11.1 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,123

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes.Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it.Elected
1Frank Roy Labour Party 23,91061.1%+11.1 ptsElected
2Marion Fellows Scottish National Party 7,10418.2%
3Stuart Douglas Liberal Democrats 3,8409.8%
4Patsy Gilroy Conservative Party 3,6609.4%
5Ray Gunnion Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition 6091.6%

Electorate 66,918 · Turnout 58.5% · Majority 16,806 · Back to 2010 overview

Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved 2026-05-19, generated 2026-05-19 (Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.