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 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.

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

	Member	Party
1999	Karen Whitefield	Labour
2003
2007
2011	Alex Neil	SNP
2016	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

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Airdrie and Shotts
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Alex Neil	11,984	50.2	+10.1
	Labour	Karen Whitefield	9,983	41.8	-0.9
	Conservative	Robert Crozier	1,396	5.8	-2.6
	Liberal Democrats	John Love	531	2.2	-3
Majority			2,001	8.4
Turnout			23,894	45.9
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	+5.5

Liberal Democrats polled under 5% and thus lost their deposit

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Airdrie and Shotts
Party		Votes	%
	Labour	10,280	42.7
	SNP	9,647	40.1
	Conservative	2,028	8.4
	Liberal Democrats	1,258	5.2
	Others	862	3.6
Majority		633	2.6
	Labour hold	Swing

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	{{{change}}}
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	+0.47
	SNP	Gil Paterson	5,232	20.86	-7.30
	Conservative	Patrick Ross-Taylor	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 hold		Swing	N/A

Footnotes

↑ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland

« 1999–2011 « Electoral regions and constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 2011–

Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Motherwell and Wishaw Uddingston and Bellshill

Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Provan Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Southside Rutherglen

Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Ross Inverness and Nairn Moray Na h-Eileanan an Iar Orkney Shetland Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

Lothian	Almond Valley Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Eastern Edinburgh Northern and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh Southern Edinburgh Western Linlithgow Midlothian North and Musselburgh

Mid Scotland and Fife	Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Kirkcaldy Mid Fife and Glenrothes North East Fife Perthshire North Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Stirling

North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen Donside Aberdeen South and North Kincardine Aberdeenshire East Aberdeenshire West Angus North and Mearns Angus South Banffshire and Buchan Coast Dundee City East Dundee City West

South Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Dumfriesshire East Lothian Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire Galloway and West Dumfries Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Midlothian South, Tweeddale, and Lauderdale

West Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and West Renfrewshire South Strathkelvin and Bearsden

Electoral regions and Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2011 » 2011– »

Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton North and Bellshill Hamilton South Kilmarnock and Loudoun Motherwell and Wishaw

Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Baillieston Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Govan Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Rutherglen Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Springburn

Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Inverness East, Nairn and Lochaber Moray Orkney Ross, Skye and Inverness West Shetland Western Isles

Lothians	Edinburgh Central Edinburgh East and Musselburgh Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh South Edinburgh West Linlithgow Livingston Midlothian

Mid Scotland and Fife	Central Fife Dunfermline East Dunfermline West Kirkcaldy North East Fife North Tayside Ochil Perth Stirling

North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Angus Banff and Buchan Dundee East Dundee West Gordon West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine

South of Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Cunninghame South Dumfries East Lothian Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Roxburgh and Berwickshire Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale

West of Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley North Paisley South Strathkelvin and Bearsden West Renfrewshire

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