Airdrie and Shotts (UK Parliament Constituency)

Airdrie And Shotts (UK Parliament Constituency)

Coordinates: 55°50′42″N 3°53′31″W / 55.845°N 3.892°W / 55.845; -3.892

Not to be confused with Airdrie and Shotts (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Airdrie and Shotts
Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Boundary of Airdrie and Shotts in Scotland for the 2005 general election.
Subdivisions of Scotland	North Lanarkshire
Current constituency
Created	1997 (1997)
Member of Parliament	Pamela Nash (Labour)
Created from	Monklands East
Overlaps
Scottish Parliament	Central Scotland
European Parliament constituency	Scotland

Airdrie and Shotts is a constituency of the British House of Commons, located in central Scotland within the North Lanarkshire council area. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years using the first-past-the-post system of voting.

The constituency has existed since 1997; however, it underwent significant boundary changes in 2005. It can be described as a safe seat for the Labour Party, who hold it with a majority of over 12,000 votes. Its current MP, Pamela Nash, 25 years of age when elected in 2010, holds the unofficial title of Baby of the House. Former MPs for the constituency include John Reid, former Labour Home Secretary and Defence Secretary, and Helen Liddell, former Labour Scottish Secretary.

It is a generally working class, urban seat, and contains the towns of Airdrie, Calderbank, Chapelhall, Glenmavis and Shotts.