Motherwell was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1918 to 1974. It was formed by the division of Lanarkshire. The name was changed in 1974 to Motherwell and Wishaw. It is famous for returning the first-ever SNP MP (Robert McIntyre in 1945) and arguably the first Communist Party MP (Walton Newbold in 1922).
Boundaries
From 1918 the constituency consisted of "The burghs of Motherwell and Wishaw, together with the part of the Middle Ward County District which is contained within the extraburghal portion of the parish of Dalziel."
Members of Parliament
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| 1918 || Robert Nelson || Unionist
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| 1922 || Walton Newbold || Communist
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| 1923 || Hugh Ferguson || Unionist
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| 1924 || James Barr || Labour
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| 1931 || Thomas Ormiston || Unionist
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| 1935 || James Walker || Labour
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|1945 by-election || Robert McIntyre || SNP
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| 1945 || Alexander Anderson || Labour
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|1954 by-election || George Lawson || Labour
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|colspan="2"| 1974, Feb.
|colspan="2"|constituency renamed: see Motherwell and Wishaw
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Election results
Elections in the 1970s
Elections in the 1960s
Elections in the 1950s
Elections in the 1940s
Elections in the 1930s
Elections in the 1920s
Ferguson was associated with the Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland movement in Lanarkshire.
Elections in the 1910s
Ferguson was associated with the Grand Orange Lodge of Scotland movement in Lanarkshire.