Monklands East (UK Parliament constituency)

Monklands East
Former constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of ScotlandMonklands
19831997
SeatsOne
Created fromBothwell, Coatbridge and Airdrie and North Lanarkshire[1]
Replaced byAirdrie & Shotts and Coatbridge and Chryston[1]

Monklands East was a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 until 1997. It elected one Member of Parliament (MP) by the first past the post voting system. For the 1997 general election, it was replaced in part by Airdrie and Shotts.

It was previously held by the former Leader of the Opposition John Smith.

  1. ^ a b "'Monklands East', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 2 March 2016.

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