Coatbridge and Chryston was a
constituency
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represented in the
House of Commons
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of the
Parliament of the United Kingdom
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. It returned one
Member of Parliament
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(MP) from 1997 until 2005.
It was then replaced by the
Coatbridge, Chryston & Bellshill constituency.
Boundaries
The Monklands District electoral divisions of Coatbridge North and East, and Coatbridge South; and the Strathkelvin District electoral division of Chryston.
Members of Parliament
Election results
Elections of the 2000s
Elections of the 1990s
References
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Historic parliamentary constituencies in Scotland (Westminster)
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 1997
Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom disestablished in 2005
Politics of North Lanarkshire
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