What is "motherwell"

Motherwell (, ) is a large town and former burgh in North Lanarkshire, Scotland, south east of Glasgow.

Historically part of Lanarkshire, Motherwell is the headquarters for both North Lanarkshire Council, which is one of Scotland's most populous local authority areas, and of Strathclyde Police "N" division. These organisations cover an overall population of 327,000 people (59,000 in Motherwell and Wishaw) throughout the of North Lanarkshire.

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).

Motherwell is a town in North Lanarkshire, Scotland

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