Monklands East

Monklands East
Former constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of ScotlandMonklands
1983–1997
SeatsOne
Created fromBothwell, Coatbridge and Airdrie and North Lanarkshire
Replaced byAirdrie & Shotts and Coatbridge and Chryston

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.

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