2021 Airdrie and Shotts by-election

2021 Airdrie and Shotts by-election

13 May 2021 (2021-05-13)

Airdrie and Shotts constituency
Turnout34.3% (28.0 pp)
  First party Second party Third party
 
Con
Candidate Anum Qaisar-Javed Kenneth Stevenson Ben Callaghan
Party SNP Labour Conservative
Popular vote 10,129 8,372 2,812
Percentage 46.4% 38.4% 12.9%
Swing 1.4 pp 6.5 pp 4.7 pp

MP before election

Neil Gray
SNP

Elected MP

Anum Qaisar-Javed
SNP

A by-election for the United Kingdom parliamentary constituency of Airdrie and Shotts was held on 13 May 2021 following the resignation of incumbent Scottish National Party (SNP) MP Neil Gray to run for the corresponding seat—which he subsequently won—in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. Anum Qaisar-Javed held the seat for the SNP with a decreased majority but an increased share of the vote.

This was the first UK parliamentary by-election in Scotland for nearly 10 years, with the previous one having been the 2011 Inverclyde by-election.