Airdrie and Shotts (Scottish Parliament constituency)




Not to be confused with Airdrie and Shotts (UK Parliament constituency).


























Airdrie and Shotts

burgh constituency
for the Scottish Parliament

Airdrie and Shotts (Scottish Parliament constituency).svg

Central Scotland 2011 (Scottish Parliament electoral region).svg
Airdrie and Shotts shown within the Central Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland

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.




Contents






  • 1 Electoral region


  • 2 Constituency boundaries and council area


  • 3 Member of the Scottish Parliament


  • 4 Election results


  • 5 Footnotes





Electoral region


See also: Central Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

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.



Constituency boundaries and council area


The constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, Scottish Westminster (House of Commons) constituencies were mostly replaced with new constituencies.[1]


The Holyrood constituency is one of four covering the North Lanarkshire council area, the others being Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, Motherwell and Wishaw and Uddingston and Bellshill. All five are within the Central Scotland electoral region.


Three of the four constituencies are entirely within the North Lanarkshire area. Uddingston and Bellshill straddles the boundary with the South Lanarkshire council area.


The electoral wards used in the creation of Airdrie and Shotts are:


  • In full: Airdrie North, Airdrie Central, Airdrie South, Fortissat


Member of the Scottish Parliament




















Election Member Party


1999
Karen Whitefield
Labour


2011
Alex Neil
SNP


Election results

































































Scottish Parliament election, 2016: Airdrie and Shotts
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


SNP
Alex Neil
 13,954
 52.5
 +2.4


Labour
Richard Leonard
 7,762
 29.2
 -12.6


Conservative
 Eric Holford
 4,164
 15.7
 +9.8


Liberal Democrats
 Louise Young
 693
 2.6
 +0.4
Majority
 6,192
 23.3
 +14.9

Turnout
 26,573
 49.3
 +3.4


SNP hold
Swing
 +7.5





























































Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Airdrie and Shotts
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


SNP
Alex Neil
 11,984
 50.2
 N/A


Labour
Karen Whitefield
 9,983
 41.8
 N/A


Conservative
 Robert Crozier
 1,396
 5.8
 N/A


Liberal Democrats
 John Love
 531
 2.2
 N/A
Majority
 2,001
 8.4

Turnout
 23,894
 45.9


SNP win (new seat)














































































Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Airdrie and Shotts
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Labour
Karen Whitefield
 11,907
 43.8
 -12.8


SNP
 Sophia Coyle
 10,461
 38.5
 +17.6


Conservative
 Iain McGill
 2,370
 8.7
 -0.1


Liberal Democrats
 Robert Gorrie
 1,452
 5.4
 -0.0


Scottish Voice
 Mev Brown
 970
 3.6
 +3.6
Majority
 1,446
 5.3
 -33.2
Rejected ballots
 1536
 2.7
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Turnout
 27,160
 47.1
 +2.8


Labour hold
Swing
 -15.2








































































Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Airdrie and Shotts
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Labour
Karen Whitefield
 14,209
 59.03
 +4.82


SNP
Gil Paterson
 5,232
 20.86
 -7.30


Conservative
 Alan Melville
 2,203
 8.76
 -0.81


Scottish Socialist
 Fraser Coates
 2,096
 8.36
 +8.36


Liberal Democrats
 Kevin Lang
 1,346
 5.37
 -1.69
Majority
 8,977
 35.78
 +8.73

Turnout
 25,086
 46.26
 -12.53


Labour hold
Swing






























































Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Airdrie and Shotts
Party
 Candidate
 Votes
 %
 ±


Labour
Karen Whitefield
 18,338
 55.21
 N/A


SNP
 Gil Paterson
 9,353
 28.16
 N/A


Conservative
 Patrick Ross-Taylor
 3,177
 9.57
 N/A


Liberal Democrats
 David Miller
 2,345
 7.06
 N/A
Majority
 8,985
 27.05
 N/A

Turnout
 33,213
 57.58


Labour win (new seat)


Footnotes




  1. ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived 2007-09-21 at the Wayback Machine.










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