UK general elections › 2017 › Motherwell and Wishaw
Motherwell and Wishaw — 2017
Marion Fellows (Scottish National Party) was elected with 16,150 votes— 38.5% of 41,926 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 38.5% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −11.5 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,926
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Marion Fellows | Scottish National Party | 16,150 | 38.5% | −11.5 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Angela Feeney | Labour Party | 15,832 | 37.8% | — | |
| 3 | Meghan Gallacher | Conservative Party | 8,490 | 20.3% | — | |
| 4 | Yvonne Finlayson | Liberal Democrats | 920 | 2.2% | — | |
| 5 | Neil Wilson | UK Independence Party | 534 | 1.3% | — |
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.