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Airdrie and Shotts (UK Parliament constituency)

Airdrie and Shotts
Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Outline map
Boundary of Airdrie and Shotts in Scotland for the 2005 general election.
Subdivisions of Scotland North Lanarkshire
Current constituency
Created 1997
Member of parliament Neil Gray (SNP)
Created from Monklands East
Overlaps
Scottish Parliament Central Scotland
European Parliament constituency Scotland

Coordinates: 55°50′42″N 3°53′31″W / 55.845°N 3.892°W / 55.845; -3.892

Airdrie and Shotts is a constituency of the British House of Commons, located in central Scotland within the North Lanarkshire council area. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years using the first-past-the-post system of voting.

The constituency has existed since 1997; however, it underwent significant boundary changes in 2005. Before 2015 it could have been described as a safe seat for the Labour Party, who held it with a majority of over 12,000 votes until its current MP, Neil Gray of the Scottish National Party, was elected in that year's general election. Former MPs for the constituency include Pamela Nash, former Baby of the House, John Reid, former Labour Home Secretary and Defence Secretary, and Helen Liddell, former Labour Scottish Secretary.


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