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Encyclopedia > Airdrie and Shotts (UK Parliament constituency)

Airdrie and Shotts is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. A constituency is any cohesive corporate unit or body bound by shared structures, goals or loyalty. ... In some bicameral parliaments of a Westminster System, the House of Commons has historically been the name of the elected lower house. ... The Parliament of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland is the supreme legislative institution in the United Kingdom and British overseas territories (it alone has parliamentary sovereignty). ...

Contents
1 Boundaries
2 Member of Parliament
3 Election results
4 Politics and history of the constituency

Boundaries

Member of Parliament

The Right Honourable Dr John Reid (born May 8, 1947) is a British politician, MP for Hamilton North and Bellshill, and Secretary of State for Health. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... 2005 is a common year starting on Saturday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The Right Honourable Helen Lawrie Liddell (born December 6, 1950, Coatbridge, Scotland, nee Reilly) is a British politician, and member of Parliament for Airdrie and Shotts since 1997. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... 2001 is a common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Election results

UK general election, 2005: Airdrie and Shotts
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour John Reid 19,568 59.0 +0.8
SNP Malcolm Balfour 5,484 16.5 -2.8
Liberal Democrats Helen Watt 3,792 11.4 +3.9
Conservative Stuart Cottis 3,271 9.9 -3.7
SSP Fraser Coats 706 2.1 -1.6
Scottish Independence Party Joseph Rowan 337 1.0 N/A
Majority 14,084 42.5
Turnout 33,158
UK General Election, 2001: Airdrie and Shotts
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Helen Liddell 18,478 58.2 -3.6
SNP Alison Lindsay 6,138 19.3 -5.1
Liberal Democrats John Love 2,376 7.5 +3.3
Conservative Gordon McIntosh 1,960 6.2 -2.7
SU Mark Dempsey 1,439 4.5 N/A
SSP Kenny McGuigan 1,171 3.7 N/A
Socialist Labour Party Christ Herriot 174 0.5 N/A
Majority 12,340 38.9
Turnout 31,736 54.4 -17.0

Barring a change in the law, the next general election in the United Kingdom must be held some time before June 30, 2006. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Right Honourable Dr John Reid (born May 8, 1947) is a British politician, MP for Hamilton North and Bellshill, and Secretary of State for Health. ... In Scotland, the Scottish National Party (SNP) is a centre-left political party which favours Scottish independence. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right in the United Kingdom. ... This article deals with the Scottish Socialist Party that was formed in 1998. ... The Scottish Independence Party (SIP) is a Scottish political party, which was formed prior to the Scottish Parliamentary Election, 2003. ... The United Kingdom general election of 7 June 2001 was dubbed as the quiet landslide by the media. ... The Labour Party is a centre-left or social democratic political party in the United Kingdom (see British politics), and one of the United Kingdoms three main political parties. ... The Right Honourable Helen Lawrie Liddell (born December 6, 1950, Coatbridge, Scotland, nee Reilly) is a British politician, and member of Parliament for Airdrie and Shotts since 1997. ... In Scotland, the Scottish National Party (SNP) is a centre-left political party which favours Scottish independence. ... The Liberal Democrats, often shortened to Lib Dems, are a liberal political party based in the United Kingdom. ... The Conservative Party is the largest political party on the right in the United Kingdom. ... This article deals with the Scottish Socialist Party that was formed in 1998. ... This article is about the Socialist Labour Party founded by Arthur Scargill in 1996. ...

Politics and history of the constituency


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Livingston (UK Parliament constituency) at AllExperts (228 words)
Livingston is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
The constituency covers the eastern portion of the West Lothian council area, and is dominated by Livingston.
It borders onto the constituencies of Edinburgh West, Edinburgh South West, Dumfriesshire, Lanark and Hamilton East, Airdrie and Shotts, and Linlithgow and East Falkirk.
Airdrie and Shotts (UK Parliament constituency) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (180 words)
Airdrie and Shotts is a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom.
A similar constituency, also called Airdrie and Shotts, is used by the Scottish Parliament.
Small semi-urban towns such as Stane, Dykehead and Shotts were added to Airdrie in the 1990s redistribution to form this seat, the predecessor of which was Monklands East.
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