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.
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 east of Motherwell and Wishaw, Hamilton North and Bellshill, and Coatbridge and Chryston.
The electoral wards used in the creation of Airdrie and Shotts are;
- In full: Airdrie North, Airdrie Central, Airdrie South, Fortissat.
Read more about this topic: Airdrie And Shotts (Scottish Parliament Constituency)
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