Airdrie and Shotts
County constituency for theHouse of Commons
Interactive map of current boundaries
Boundary of Airdrie and Shotts inScotland
Subdivisions of Scotland	North Lanarkshire
Electorate	70,420 (March 2020)[1]
Major settlements	Airdrie,Caldercruix,Shotts
Current constituency
Created	1997
Member of Parliament	Kenneth Stevenson (Labour)
Created from	Monklands East
Overlaps
Scottish Parliament	Central Scotland

Airdrie and Shotts is aconstituency of theUK House of Commons, located in centralScotland within theNorth Lanarkshire council area. It elects oneMember of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years using thefirst-past-the-post system of voting.

1997–2005: TheMonklands District electoral divisions of Airdrie North and Airdrie South, and theMotherwell District electoral division of Fortissat.

2005–2024: TheNorth Lanarkshire Council wards of Academy, Airdrie Central, Airdrie North, Airdrie South, Benhar, Calderbank, Chapelhall, Clarkston, Craigneuk and Petersburn, Dykehead, Holytown, New Monkland West, Newarthill, Newmains, North Cairnhill and Coatdyke, Plains and Caldercruix, Salsburgh, South East Cairnhill and Gartlea, Stane, and Whinhall.

The 2005 changes saw the seat lose some territory toMotherwell and Wishaw whilst gaining part ofHamilton North and Bellshill.

In 2007 the North Lanarkshire wards were converted into multi-member wards, with the following falling within the constituency:Airdrie Central,Airdrie North,Airdrie South,Fortissat,Mossend and Holytown (part),Motherwell North (part),Murdostoun (part).^[2]

2024–present: Following the2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the2024 general election, the constituency boundaries were redrawn with minor changes and the seat now consists of the following:

• In full: the North Lanarkshire Council wards of Airdrie North, Airdrie South, Fortissat;
• In part: the North Lanarkshire Council wards of Airdrie Central (nearly all), Mossend and Holytown (eastern parts includingHolytown), Motherwell North (northern parts includingNewarthill), Murdostoun (northern and eastern parts includingCleland andNewmains).

The constituency has existed since 1997; however, it underwent significant boundary changes in 2005. Before 2015, it could have been described as asafe seat for theLabour Party, who held it with a majority of over 12,000 votes untilNeil Gray of theScottish National Party (SNP) was elected atthat year's general election, winning the seat fromPamela Nash by 8,779 votes. Gray's majority dipped to just 195 in the 2017 election. However, in the 2019 election he won by 5,201 votes. Gray resigned on 24 March 2021 to contest the2021 Scottish Parliament election seat of thesame name, triggeringa by-election, which was won byAnum Qaisar.^[3] The seat was re-gained by Labour at the2024 general election and is currently represented byKenneth Stevenson.

Former MPs for the constituency include:Pamela Nash, formerBaby of the House,John Reid, former LabourHome Secretary andDefence Secretary, andHelen Liddell, former LabourScottish Secretary.

It is a generally working-class, urban seat, and contains the towns ofAirdrie,Calderbank,Chapelhall,Glenmavis andShotts.

The majority of this constituency maintains the boundaries of its predecessor. From theNorth Lanarkshire constituency comeHolytown andNewarthill. This seat is positioned on either side of theM8 motorway toGlasgow. Small semi-urban towns such as Shotts (including Stane and Dykehead) were added toAirdrie in the 1997 redistribution to form this seat, the predecessor of which wasMonklands East. An area in the eastern part ofCoatbridge is also part of the constituency.

Electoral Calculus describes the seat as "Traditional", characterised by working class people with lower levels of income and formal education.^[4]

General election 2024: Airdrie and Shotts^[6][7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Kenneth Stevenson	18,871	51.5	18.4
	SNP	Anum Qaisar	11,324	30.9	13.7
	Reform	David Hall	2,971	8.1	new
	Conservative	Alexandra Herdman	1,696	4.6	12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Lewis Younie	725	2.0	1.6
	Alba	Josh Robertson	623	1.7	new
	BUP	John Jo Leckie	456	1.2	new
Majority			7,547	20.6
Turnout			36,666	52.2
	Labourgain fromSNP		Swing	16.2

2024 compared with the notion results of the 2019 general election rather than the 2021 byelection.

• Scottish Westminster Constituencies

• Politics Resources (Election results from 1922 onwards)
• Electoral Calculus (Election results from 1955 onwards)
• Airdrie and Shotts UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2005 – May 2024) atMapIt UK
• Airdrie and Shotts UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) atMapIt UK

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• Politics of North Lanarkshire
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• Shotts
• Harthill, Scotland

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