# Wishaw (ward)

Wishaw is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. It elects four councillors and covers the town centre of Wishaw plus the neighbourhoods to its south and east including Gowkthrapple, Netherton, Overtown, Pather and Waterloo, with a population of 17,974 in 2019; created in 2007, its territory remained almost unchanged in a 2017 national review, other than the loss of a few streets by moving a section of the boundary south from the Temple Gill burn to the edge of Belhaven Park.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Clare Adamson (SNP) | | John Pentland (Labour) | | Sam Love (Labour) | Frank McKay (Labour) |
| 2012 | Marion Fellows (SNP) | | Jim Hume (SNP) | | | Sam Love (Labour) | Frank McKay (Labour) |
| 2015 by- | Rosa Zambonini (SNP) | | Jim Hume (SNP) | | | Sam Love (Labour) | Frank McKay (Labour) |
| 2017 | Fiona Fotheringham (SNP) | Angela Feeney (Labour) | Jim Hume (SNP) | | Bob Burgess (Conservative) |
| 2022 | Fiona Fotheringham (SNP) | Frank McKay (Labour) | Jim Hume (SNP) | | Bob Burgess (Conservative) |

## Election Results
### 2022 Election

Wishaw - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 |
| | SNP | Fiona Fotheringham (incumbent) | 31.9 | 1,687 | | | | |
| | Labour | Frank McKay | 21.5 | 1,138 | | | | |
| | Conservative | Bob Burgess (incumbent) | 18.5 | 980 | 988 | 1,000 | 1,004 | 1,383 |
| | Labour | Martine Nolan | 14.6 | 771 | 794 | 881 | 946 | |
| | SNP | Jim Hume (incumbent) | 13.6 | 719 | 1,286 | | | |
| Electorate: 13,431 Valid: 5,295 Spoilt: 186 Quota: 1,060 Turnout: 5,481 (40.8%) |||||||||

### 2017 Election

2017 North Lanarkshire Council election
Wishaw - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | SNP | Fiona Fotheringham | 25.35 | 1,442 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Angela Feeney | 18.9 | 1,075 | 1,088 | 1,119 | 1,418 | | | |
| | Conservative | Bob Burgess | 18.76 | 1,067 | 1,070 | 1,079 | 1,100 | 1,141 | | |
| | SNP | Jim Hume (incumbent) | 13.62 | 775 | 1,041 | 1,054 | 1,062 | 1,099 | 1,099 | 1,278 |
| | Independent Alliance North Lanarkshire | Sam Love (incumbent) | 12.8 | 728 | 733 | 850 | 891; | 946 | 947 | |
| | Labour | James Robertson | 6.8 | 387 | 389 | 414 | | | | |
| | Independent Alliance North Lanarkshire | Frank McKay (incumbent) | 3.76 | 214 | 216 | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,902 Valid: 5,688 Spoilt: 165 Quota: 1,138 Turnout: 5,853 (42.1%) |||||||||||

### 2012 Election

2012 North Lanarkshire Council election
Wishaw - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| | Labour | Sam Love (incumbent) | 30.5% | 1,590 | | | | | |
| | SNP | Marion Fellows†††††† | 21.5% | 1,118 | | | | | |
| | Labour | Frank McKay (incumbent) | 17.9% | 932 | 1,296.9 | | | | |
| | SNP | Jim Hume | 12.9% | 674 | 701.9 | 712.2 | 780.2 | 888.7 | 1,020.9 |
| | Labour | James Robertson | 9.3% | 482 | 558.5 | 767.8 | 769.2 | 837.2 | |
| | Conservative | Marjory Borthwick | 7.9% | 412 | 428.9 | 432.7 | 434.6 | | |
| Electorate: 14,299 Valid: 5,208 Spoilt: 124 Quota: 1,042 Turnout: 5,332 (37.29%) ||||||||||
* On 8 March 2016, Labour councillor Sam Love resigned from the party and became Independent.
* Labour councillor Frank McKay resigned from the party and became Independent on 21 November 2016.

#### 2015 by-election

SNP councillor Marion Fellows was elected as an MP for Motherwell and Wishaw on 7 May 2015. She resigned her Council seat on 25 May 2015 and a by-election was held 13 August 2015 – the seat was held by the party's Rosa Zambonini.
Wishaw By-election (13 August 2015) - 1 Seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 |
| | SNP | Rosa Zambonini | 51.1% | 1,915 |
| | Labour | Peter McDade | 32.8% | 1,230 |
| | Conservative | Marjory Borthwick | 10.3% | 385 |
| | Scottish Socialist | Maria Feeney | 3.1% | 117 |
| | UKIP | Neil Wilson | 1.8% | 67 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Gerard Neary | 1% | 37 |
| Electorate: 14,592 Valid: 3,751 Spoilt: 43 Quota: 1,876 Turnout: 3,794 (26.1%) |||||

### 2007 Election

2007 North Lanarkshire Council election
North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Wishaw :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | Clare Adamson | 2,232 | 30.6 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | John Pentland | 1,605 | 22.0 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Sam Love | 1,594 | 21.9 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Frank McKay | 1,099 | 15.1 | 1 | 5 |
| Conservative | Marjory Borthwick | 761 | 10.4 | | |