Airdrie and Shotts (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Scottish Parliament constituency infobox
Name = Airdrie and Shotts
Type = burgh


Region = Central Scotland
Year = 1999
MSP = Karen Whitefield
Party = Labour
Council = North Lanarkshire (part)

Airdrie and Shotts is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. Also, however, it is one of ten 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

:"See also "Central Scotland Scottish Parliament region

The other nine constituencies of the South of Scotland region are Coatbridge and Chryston, Cumbernauld and Kilsyth, East Kilbride, Falkirk East, Falkirk West, Hamilton North and Bellshill, Hamilton South, Kilmarnock and Loudoun and Motherwell and Wishaw.

The region covers all of the Falkirk council area, all of the North Lanarkshire council area, part of the South Lanarkshire council area, part of the East Ayrshire council area and a small part of the East Dumbartonshire 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 [See [http://www.bcomm-scotland.gov.uk/ "The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland] "] .

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

Three of the five constituencies are entirely within the North Lanarkshire area. Coatbridge and Chryston straddles the boundary with the East Dunbartonshire council area, which is otherwise within the West of Scotland region, and Hamilton North and Bellshill straddles the boundary with the South Lanarkshire council area, which is otherwise divided between the Central Scotland, Glasgow and South of Scotland regions.

Airdrie and Shotts covers a south-eastern portion of the North Lanarkshire area, south of Cumbernauld and Kilsyth and west of Motherwell and Wishaw, Hamilton North and Bellshill, and Coatbridge and Chryston.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election results

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Karen Whitefield
votes = 11,907
percentage = 43.8
change = -12.8 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Sophia Coyle
votes = 10,461
percentage = 38.5
change = +17.6 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party
candidate = Iain McGill
votes = 2,370
percentage = 8.7
change = -0.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Robert Gorrie
votes = 1,452
percentage = 5.4
change = -0.0 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Voice
candidate = Mev Brown
votes = 970
percentage = 3.6
change = +3.6

Election box majority
votes = 1,446
percentage = 5.3
change = Election box rejected
votes = 1536
percentage = 2.7Election box turnout
votes = 27,160
percentage = 47.1
change = +2.8Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Labour Party
swing = -15.2

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Karen Whitefield
votes = 14,209
percentage = 59.03
change = +0.47 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Gil Paterson
votes = 5,232
percentage = 20.86
change = -7.30 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Patrick Ross-Taylor
votes = 2,203
percentage = 8.76
change = -0.81 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Fraser Coates
votes = 2,096
percentage = 8.36
change = +8.36 Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = Kevin Lang
votes = 1,346
percentage = 5.37
change = -1.69 Election box majority
votes = 8,977
percentage = 35.78
change = +8.73Election box turnout
votes = 25,086
percentage = 46.26
change = -12.53 Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Labour Party
loser =
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Labour Party
candidate = Karen Whitefield
votes = 18,338
percentage = 55.21
change = N/A Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Gil Paterson
votes = 9,353
percentage = 28.16
change = N/A Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Conservative Party
candidate = Patrick Ross-Taylor
votes = 3,177
percentage = 9.57
change = N/A Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Liberal Democrats
candidate = David Miller
votes = 2,345
percentage = 7.06
change = N/AElection box majority
votes = 8,985
percentage = 27.05
change = N/AElection box turnout
votes = 33,213
percentage = 57.58
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Scottish Labour Party
loser = N/A
swing = N/A

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