# Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig (ward)

Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council. It elects four councillors and covers much of the town of Motherwell (roughly all the territory east of the Argyle Line railway up to the station including the town centre, Airbles, Muirhouse and the developing suburb of Ravenscraig), as well as Craigneuk and Wishawhill in Wishaw, with a population of 18,497 in 2019; created in 2007, its boundaries remained unchanged in a 2017 national review.

## Councillors

| Election | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors | Councillors |
| 2007 | | Alan Valentine SNP | | Tommy Luny Labour | | Kaye Harmon Labour | Linsey McKay (Conservative) |
| 2012 | | Alan Valentine SNP | Gary O'Rorke (Labour) | Tommy Luny Labour | | Kaye Harmon Labour |
| 2017 | Kenneth Duffy Labour | Alan Valentine SNP | | Nathan Wilson Conservative | | Agnes Magowan (SNP) |
| 2022 | Kenneth Duffy Labour | David Robb SNP | | Nathan Wilson Conservative | | Agnes Magowan (SNP) |
| 2023 | Kenneth Duffy Labour | David Robb SNP | | Nathan Wilson Conservative | Kaye Harmon Labour |

## Election Results
### 2023 By-election

In August 2023, SNP councillor Agnes Magowan resigned for personal reasons. A by-election, held on 16 November 2023, was won by Labour's Kaye Harmon.
Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig (16 November 2023) – 1 seat :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| | Labour | Kaye Harmon | 43.3 | 1,368 | 1,369 | 1,379 | 1,398 | 1,427 | 1,479 | 1,642 |
| | SNP | Rosa Zambonini | 29.6 | 934 | 936 | 964 | 974 | 976 | 1,087 | 1,103 |
| | Conservative | Oyebola Ajala | 9.4 | 296 | 299 | 300 | 305 | 345 | 357 | |
| | Scottish Green | Derek Watson | 8.1 | 255 | 257 | 258 | 266 | 269 | | |
| | BUP | Billy Acheson | 3.0 | 96 | 101 | 102 | 107 | | | |
| | Liberal Democrats | Robert Stewart McGeorge | 2.2 | 68 | 68 | 73 | | | | |
| | Alba | Mark Shields | 2.1 | 66 | 66 | | | | | |
| | UKIP | Neil Wilson | 0.8 | 24 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,794 Valid: 3,107 Spoilt: 48 Quota: 1,554 Turnout: 20.0% |||||||||||
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### 2022 Election

Motherwell South East and Ravenscraig - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | SNP | Agnes Magowan (incumbent) | 32.0 | 1,941 | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Kenneth Duffy (incumbent) | 22.6 | 1,368 | | | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Nathan Wilson (incumbent) | 16.7 | 1,010 | 1,025 | 1,032 | 1,033 | 1,039 | 1,048 | 1,090 | 1,316 |
| | SNP | David Robb | 10.8 | 653 | 1,263 | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Michael Ross | 8.7 | 525 | 543 | 657 | 665 | 672 | 688 | 874 | |
| | Scottish Green | Derek Watson | 7.8 | 472 | 514 | 522 | 542 | 551 | 563 | | |
| | Scottish Family | James Joseph Mitchell | 0.9 | 54 | 62 | 66 | 67 | 70 | | | |
| | UKIP | Neil Wilson | 0.7 | 40 | 40 | 40 | 40 | | | | |
| Electorate: 15,549 Valid: 6,063 Spoilt: 190 Quota: 1,213 Turnout: 6,253 (40.2%) ||||||||||||

### 2017 Election

2017 North Lanarkshire Council election
Motherwell South East & Ravenscraig - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 |
| | SNP | Agnes Magowan | 25.27 | 1,507 | | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Conservative | Nathan Wilson | 19.92 | 1,188 | 1,192 | 1,193 | 1,193 | 1,194 | 1,218 | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Alan Valentine (incumbent) | 16.16 | 964 | 1,224 | | | | | | | | | | |
| | Labour | Kenneth Duffy | 14.4 | 859 | 866 | 868 | 870 | 874 | 877 | 879 | 892 | 923 | 958 | 1,039 | 1,591 |
| | Labour | Kaye Harmon (incumbent) | 9.81 | 565 | 573 | 575 | 576 | 578 | 582 | 586 | 599 | 622 | 649 | 754 | |
| | Independent Alliance North Lanarkshire | Gary O'Rorke (incumbent) | 5.45 | 325 | 331 | 332 | 333 | 336 | 342 | 344 | 365 | 377 | 433 | | |
| | Independent | Ian Glenny | 2.78 | 166 | 188 | 190 | 198 | 199 | 201 | 203 | 241 | 273 | | | |
| | Scottish Green | Ben Adams | 2.43 | 145 | 150 | 157 | 159 | 169 | 175 | 176 | 185 | | | | |
| | Independent | Ian Kelly | 2.2 | 131 | 134 | 135 | 137 | 140 | 147 | 148 | | | | | |
| | UKIP | Neil Wilson | 1.14 | 68 | 68 | 69 | 69 | 69 | | | | | | | |
| | Solidarity | James Mitchell | 0.42 | 25 | 27 | 28 | 29 | | | | | | | | |
| | Independent | Deryck Beaumont | 0.35 | 21 | 21 | 22 | | | | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 14,254 Valid: 5,964 Spoilt: 151 Quota: 1,197 Turnout: 6,115 (42.9%) ||||||||||||||||

### 2012 Election

2012 North Lanarkshire Council election
Motherwell South East & Ravenscraig - 4 seats :
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count | Count |
| Party | Party | Candidate | FPv% | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| | Labour | Kaye Harmon (incumbent) | 20.9% | 944 | | | | | | | |
| | SNP | Alan Valentine (incumbent) | 19.6% | 885 | 886.7 | 897.7 | 934.8 | | | | |
| | Labour | Tommy Lunny (incumbent) | 14.5% | 654 | 675.4 | 683.5 | 706.8 | 707.9 | 740.9 | 794.9 | 921.6 |
| | Labour | Gary O'Rorke††††††††† | 14.0% | 633 | 641.9 | 644.9 | 674.2 | 675.9 | 701.2 | 742.4 | 821.2 |
| | SNP | Jamie Super | 12.2% | 550 | 550.8 | 551.8 | 565.8 | 588.4 | 623.7 | 694.2 | |
| | Conservative | Linsey McKay (incumbent) | 6.9% | 311 | 312 | 324 | 333 | 333.9 | | | |
| | Independent | Ian Kelly | 5.5% | 247 | 248.8 | 259.8 | 337.9 | 339.5 | 427 | | |
| | Independent | Hugh McLaughlin | 5.2% | 236 | 236.8 | 240.8 | | | | | |
| | Scottish Christian | Brian Ross | 1.3% | 58 | 58.3 | | | | | | |
| Electorate: 13,218 Valid: 4,518 Spoilt: 124 Quota: 904 Turnout: 4,642 (35.12%) ||||||||||||
Labour councillor Gary O'Rorke resigned from the party and became Independent on 21 November 2016.

### 2007 Election

2007 North Lanarkshire Council election
North Lanarkshire council election, 2007: Motherwell South East & Ravenscraig :
| Party | Candidate | 1st Pref | % | Seat | Count |
| SNP | Alan Valentine | 2,048 | 34.5 | 1 | 1 |
| Labour | Tommy Luny | 1,153 | 19.4 | 1 | 2 |
| Labour | Kaye Harmon | 1,014 | 17.1 | 1 | 5 |
| Labour | Gary O'Rorke | 782 | 13.2 | | |
| Conservative | Linsey McKay | 699 | 11.8 | 1 | 5 |
| Scottish Socialist | Joyce Carmichael | 240 | 4.0 | | |