Coatbridge and Bellshill
Burgh constituency for theHouse of Commons
Interactive map of boundaries from 2024
Location within Scotland
Subdivisions of Scotland	North Lanarkshire
Electorate	72,507 (March 2020)[1]
Major settlements	Bellshill,Coatbridge,Moodiesburn,Glenboig,Gartcosh
Current constituency
Created	2005 (as Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill)
Member of Parliament	Frank McNally (Labour)
Created from	Coatbridge and Chryston andHamilton North and Bellshill

Coatbridge and Bellshill is aconstituency of theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom. It elects oneMember of Parliament (MP) using thefirst-past-the-post voting system. It has been represented since2024 byFrank McNally ofScottish Labour.

Prior to the2023 review of Westminster constituencies, which came into effect for the2024 general election, the constituency was known asCoatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill.

Under theFifth Review of UK Parliament constituencies, which came into effect for the2005 general election, the constituency was created asCoatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill. It was the successor to theCoatbridge and Chryston constituency, with the addition of the town ofBellshill from the abolished constituency ofHamilton North and Bellshill.

Further to the completion of the 2023 review, the seat was subject to boundary changes which resulted in the loss ofChryston toCumbernauld and Kirkintilloch. As a consequence, it was renamedCoatbridge and Bellshill, first contested at the 2024 general election.^[2]

Traditionally, the area served by the seat and its predecessors was the safestLabour area in Scotland. The area consistently returned Labour MPs from 1935^[3] until 2015 when theScottish National Party gained the seat fromScottish Labour on an unprecedented 36% swing, unseating the incumbentTom Clarke MP who had represented the area since the1982 Coatbridge and Airdrie by-election. Since 2015, the seat has changed hands several times. Once back to Labour in 2017, withHugh Gaffney unseating theScottish National Party incumbentPhil Boswell. The seat then swung back to the SNP in 2019, withSteven Bonnar gaining the seat. In 2024, the seat again swung back to Labour withFrank McNally gaining the seat from the SNP incumbent Steven Bonnar.

Under theFifth Review of UK Parliament constituencies, the boundaries were defined in accordance with the ward structure in place on 30 November 2004. Further to reviews of local government ward boundaries which came into effect in 2007 and 2017, but did not affect the parliamentary boundaries, the constituency comprised the following wards or part wards ofNorth Lanarkshire Council:

• In full:Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn,Coatbridge South,Coatbridge West,Thorniewood.
• Most:Stepps, Chryston and Muirhead,Coatbridge North,Bellshill.
• Small part:Cumbernauld North,Mossend and Holytown.

As a result of the2023 review of Westminster constituencies, the seat lostChryston toCumbernauld and Kirkintilloch. The newly named constituency comprises the following wards of North Lanarkshire Council:

• In full:Gartcosh, Glenboig and Moodiesburn,Coatbridge North,Coatbridge South,Coatbridge West,Thorniewood,Bellshill.
• In part:Airdrie Central (very small area),Mossend and Holytown (Mossend area).

The constituency covers the west of theNorth Lanarkshire council area, and is predominantly urban.Coatbridge lies relatively central within the constituency, with the urban/rural mix to the north encompassing the villages ofGlenboig,Moodiesburn andGartcosh.Bellshill lies within the southern most part of the constituency.

Electoral Calculus characterises the seat as 'Traditionalist', with left-wing economic views but less liberal social attitudes. The average age in the constituency is 47.6, which puts it just below the UK and Scottish averages. Employment in the constituency is at 64%, putting it broadly in line with the rest of Scotland and above the overall UK average of 58%. Home ownership in the constituency is below both the Scottish and UK averages, at 59%. Additionally, Electoral Calculus puts the ethnic demography of the constituency as 98% white, above both Scottish and UK averages.^[4]

Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill

Coatbridge and Bellshill

Coatbridge and Chryston – 1997–2005

Monklands West – 1983–1997

Coatbridge and Airdrie – 1950–1983

Coatbridge – 1918–1950

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