Coatbridge and Bellshill | |
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Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | North Lanarkshire |
Major settlements | Bellshill, Coatbridge, Moodiesburn, Glenboig, Gartcosh |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Frank McNally (Labour) |
Created from | Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill Hamilton North & Bellshill |
Coatbridge and Bellshill is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post voting system.
It was created for the 2024 general election, covering most of the old Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill constituency. A small area in the eastern side of Coatbridge lies within the Airdrie and Shotts constituency. Traditionally, the area served by the seat and its predecessors was the safest Labour area in Scotland.
Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat was subject to boundary changes which resulted in the loss of Chryston. As a consequence, it was renamed Coatbridge and Bellshill, to be first contested at the 2024 general election.[1]