Airdrie and Shotts (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| burgh constituency for the Scottish Parliament |
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Airdrie and Shotts shown within the Central Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
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| Current constituency | |
| Created | 1999 |
| Party | Scottish National Party |
| MSP | Alex Neil |
| Council area | North Lanarkshire |
Airdrie and Shotts is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is also one of nine constituencies in the Central Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
The other eight constituencies of the Central Scotland region are Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, East Kilbride, Falkirk East, Falkirk West, Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, Motherwell and Wishaw and Uddingston and Bellshill.
The region covers all of the Falkirk council area, all of the North Lanarkshire council area and part of the South Lanarkshire council area.
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