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Monklands East | |
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Former constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Monklands |
1983–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Bothwell, Coatbridge and Airdrie and North Lanarkshire[1] |
Replaced by | Airdrie & 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.