Airdrie and Shotts (

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: ''An t-Àrd-Ruigh agus Shotts'') is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the

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North Lanarkshire North Lanarkshire ( sco, North Lanrikshire; gd, Siorrachd Lannraig a Tuath) is one of 32 council areas of Scotland. It borders the northeast of the City of Glasgow and contains many of Glasgow's suburbs and commuter towns and villages. It als ...

. 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 the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of

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for the region as a whole. The seat has been held by Neil Gray of the Scottish National Party since the

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Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the Central Scotland region are Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth,

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, Falkirk East, Falkirk West, Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse, Motherwell and Wishaw and Uddingston and Bellshill. The region covers all of the

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, all of the

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and part of the

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Constituency boundaries and council area

The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in

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, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (

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) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.Se
''The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland''
The Holyrood constituency is one of four covering the

, the others being Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Motherwell and Wishaw and Uddingston and Bellshill, the last of which spans parts of both North and South Lanarkshire. All five are within the Central Scotland electoral region. The electoral wards used in the creation of Airdrie and Shotts are: *In full: Airdrie Central, Airdrie North, Airdrie South, Fortissat

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

2020s

2010s

2000s

1990s

Footnotes

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Airdrie And Shotts (Scottish Parliament Constituency) Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament Airdrie, North Lanarkshire Politics of North Lanarkshire 1999 establishments in Scotland Constituencies established in 1999 Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions 1999–2011 Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions from 2011 Shotts