Airdrie and Shotts (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Airdrie and Shotts
Burgh constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Airdrie and Shotts shown within the Central Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Population70,478 (2019)[1]
Current constituency
Created1999
PartyScottish National Party
MSPNeil Gray
Council areaNorth Lanarkshire

Airdrie and Shotts (Gaelic: An t-Àrd-Ruigh agus Shotts) is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council area of North Lanarkshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election. It is also one of nine constituencies in the Central Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

The seat has been held by Neil Gray of the Scottish National Party since the 2021 Scottish Parliament election.


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