Airdrie and Shotts

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

Airdrie and Shotts
Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Airdrie and Shotts in Scotland for the 2005 general election.
Subdivisions of Scotland	North Lanarkshire
Current constituency
Created	1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament	Pamela Nash (Labour)
Created from	Monklands East
Overlaps
Scottish Parliament	Central Scotland
European Parliament constituency	Scotland

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 underwent significant boundary changes in 2005. It can be described as a safe seat for the Labour Party, who hold it with a majority of over 12,000 votes. It's current MP, Pamela Nash, at 25 years of age, holds the unnofficial title of Baby of the House. Former MPs for the constituency include John Reid, former Labour Home Secretary and Defence Secretary, and Helen Liddell, former Labour Scottish Secretary.

It is a generally working class, urban seat, and contains the towns of Airdrie, Calderbank, Chapelhall, Glenmavis and Shotts.

Boundaries and history

The majority of the newly created constituency maintains the boundaries of its predecessor. From North Lanarkshire come Holytown and Newarthill. This seat is positioned on either side of the M8 motorway to Glasgow.

Small semi-urban towns such as Stane, Dykehead and Shotts were added to Airdrie in the 1990s redistribution to form this seat, the predecessor of which was Monklands East. An area in the eastern part of Coatbridge is also part of the constituency.

The 2005 changes saw the seat lose some territory to Motherwell and Wishaw whilst gaining part of Hamilton North and Bellshill. It has proved to be a Labour Party stronghold since its creation.

Members of Parliament

Election results

References

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