UK Explained

Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke

Represented in Parliament by Pamela Nash (Labour). Here is who won the last general election here, and a few numbers about the area.

Your MP at a glance

Pamela Nash, Labour. Open their full page →

These describe the record. They do not say why an MP voted or claimed as they did.

How Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke compares

Every dot is one of the 631 areas that have figures. The large red dot is this area; green dots are areas like it.

TYPICAL FULL-TIME PAY, A WEEK

This area is 222 of 631 for pay, counting from the highest.

UK £767This area £785£400£1,100
PEOPLE CLAIMING UNEMPLOYMENT-RELATED BENEFITS

Higher than 328 areas and lower than 320.

UK 3.9%This area 3.2%0.0%12.0%

Areas like this one

The three areas with the closest pay and claimant rate. This says nothing about politics or geography.

AreaWeekly payClaimants
Motherwell, Wishaw and Carluke£7853.2%
Oxford East£7943.1%
Hamilton and Clyde Valley£7943.3%
Dover and Deal£7823.4%
United Kingdom£7673.9%

Printable one-page briefing

Who lives here

Census figures for Scotland and Northern Ireland are published separately and are not on UK Explained yet.

WINNER, 2024
Pamela Nash

Labour

MAJORITY
7,085

votes ahead of second place

TURNOUT
54%

of people who could vote did

Pamela Nash won with 49% of the votes, and Marion Fellows (Scottish National Party) came second with 31%.

Votes for each party

Labour49% · 19,168
Scottish National Party31% · 12,083
Reform UK8% · 3,004
Conservative6% · 2,415
Scottish Green Party3% · 1,200
Liberal Democrat2% · 822
Everyone else1% · 334
Every candidate
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Pamela NashLabour19,16849.1%
Marion FellowsScottish National Party12,08331.0%
Robert McLaughlanReform UK3,0047.7%
Oyebola AjalaConservative2,4156.2%
Gordon MillerScottish Green Party1,2003.1%
Hayley BennieLiberal Democrat8222.1%
Gus FergusonBritish Unionist Party B.U.P.1580.4%
Neil WilsonUK Independence Party1100.3%
Ross HagenScottish Libertarian Party660.2%

2024 General Election, on today’s boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library via the Members API.

Your area at a glance

Typical pay for full-time workers who live here
£785 a week
This areaUK: £767 a week

Median gross weekly pay, 2025. Source: ONS, Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings.

Working-age people claiming unemployment-related benefits
3.2%
This areaUK: 3.9%

Share of people aged 16 to 64, August 2026. Source: ONS and DWP claimant count.

At a general election each area elects one MP, and the candidate with the most votes wins, even without more than half. The area figures describe the people who live here. They do not show whether any MP or vote is the cause.

Updated 4 Oct 2026