Motherwell West is one of the twenty-one wards used to elect members of the North Lanarkshire Council.
[2] It elects three councillors and covers parts of Motherwell lying west of the Argyle Line and Cumbernauld line railways, including the Forgewood, Greenacres, Braedale and North Motherwell neighbourhoods, with a population of 14,256 in 2019;[3] created in 2007, its boundaries remained unchanged in a 2017 national review.
[4] 2017 North Lanarkshire Council election[7] 2012 North Lanarkshire Council election[8] 2007 North Lanarkshire Council election