Election Results
| General Election 2010: Airdrie and Shotts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Pamela Nash | 20,849 | 58.2 | -0.9 | |
| SNP | Sophia Coyle | 8,441 | 23.5 | +7.0 | |
| Conservative | Ruth Whitfield | 3,133 | 8.7 | -1.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | John Love | 2,898 | 8.1 | -3.4 | |
| Independent | John McGeechan | 528 | 1.5 | +1.5 | |
| Majority | 12,408 | 34.6 | |||
| Turnout | 35,849 | 57.5 | +2.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -3.9 | |||
| General Election 2005: Airdrie and Shotts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | John Reid | 19,568 | 59.0 | +0.8 | |
| SNP | Malcolm Balfour | 5,484 | 16.5 | -2.8 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Helen Watt | 3,792 | 11.4 | +3.9 | |
| Conservative | Stuart Cottis | 3,271 | 9.9 | -3.7 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Fraser Coats | 706 | 2.1 | -1.6 | |
| Scottish Independence Party | Joseph Rowan | 337 | 1.0 | N/A | |
| Majority | 14,084 | 42.5 | |||
| Turnout | 33,158 | 53.5 | -0.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +1.5 | |||
| General Election 2001: Airdrie and Shotts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Helen Liddell | 18,478 | 58.2 | -3.6 | |
| SNP | Alison Lindsay | 6,138 | 19.3 | -5.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | John Love | 2,376 | 7.5 | +3.3 | |
| Conservative | Gordon McIntosh | 1,960 | 6.2 | -2.7 | |
| Scottish Unionist | Mark Dempsey | 1,439 | 4.5 | N/A | |
| Scottish Socialist | Kenny McGuigan | 1,171 | 3.7 | N/A | |
| Socialist Labour | Christ Herriot | 174 | 0.5 | N/A | |
| Majority | 12,340 | 38.9 | |||
| Turnout | 31,736 | 54.4 | -17.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1997: Airdrie and Shotts | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Helen Liddell | 25,460 | 61.8 | N/A | |
| SNP | Keith R.A. Robertson | 10,048 | 24.4 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Nicholas H. Brook | 3,660 | 8.9 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrat | Richard G. Wolseley | 1,719 | 4.2 | N/A | |
| Referendum Party | Crawford Semple | 294 | 0.7 | N/A | |
| Majority | 15,412 | 37.4 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 41,181 | 71.4 | N/A | ||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
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