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Motherwell and Wishaw — 2015

Marion Fellows (Scottish National Party) was elected with 27,275 votes56.5% of 48,237 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 56.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +6.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 48,237

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
1Marion Fellows Scottish National Party 27,27556.5%+6.5 ptsElected
2Frank Roy Labour Party 15,37731.9%
3Meghan Gallacher Conservative Party 3,6957.7%
4Neil Wilson UK Independence Party 1,2892.7%
5Ross Laird Liberal Democrats 6011.2%

Electorate 70,283 · Turnout 68.6% · Majority 11,898 · Back to 2015 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.