Airdrie and Shotts (constituency, Scotland)

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Airdrie and Shotts
Airdrie and Shotts

Central Scotland

Educated
1999
MP
Alex Neil ( SNP )

Alex Neil

Regions
North Lanarkshire

Airdrie and Shotts is a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 1999 as one of ten constituencies in the electoral region of Central Scotland and has remained unchanged since. Airdrie and Shotts is one of five constituencies within the North Lanarkshire Council Area . Airdrie is the largest city within its borders. The constituency sends a representative.

The constituency covers an area of ​​192.3 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 69,935 people lived within its borders.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party candidate be right %
Labor Karen Whitefield 18,338 55.2
SNP Gil Paterson 9353 28.2
Conservative Patrick Ross-Taylor 3177 9.6
Liberal Democrats David Miller 2345 7.1
Turnout: 33,213 (56.25%)

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Karen Whitefield 14,209 59.0 +3.8
SNP Gil Paterson 5232 20.9 −7.3
Conservative Alan Melville 2203 8.8 −0.8
Socialist Fraser Coates 2096 8.4 +8.4
Liberal Democrats Kevin Lang 1346 5.4 −1.7
Turnout: 25,086 (44.26%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
Labor Karen Whitefield 11,907 43.8 −15.2
SNP Sophia Coyle 10,461 38.5 +17.6
Conservative Iain McGill 2370 8.7 −0.1
Liberal Democrats Robert Gorrie 1452 5.4 ± 0
Scottish Voice Mev Brown 970 3.6 +3.6
Turnout: 27,160 (47.10%)

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Alex Neil 11,984 50.2 +11.7
Labor Karen Whitefield 9983 41.8 −2.0
Conservative Robert Crozier 1396 5.8 −2.9
Liberal Democrats John Love 531 2.2 −3.2
Turnout: 23,894 (46.54%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Alex Neil 4.164 52.5 +2.4
Labor 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
Turnout: 26,573 (49.3%)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2011 census
  3. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  5. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  6. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament
  7. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament