# Monklands East (UK Parliament constituency)

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.

## Boundaries

The Monklands District electoral divisions of Airdrie East, Airdrie South and West, and Chapelhall and Salsburgh.
The constituency included the town of Airdrie and a substantial part of eastern Coatbridge (Carnbroe, Shawhead, Whifflet, Greenend, Sikeside, Coatdyke, Cliftonville) together with villages such as Chapelhall, Calderbank, Plains, Caldercruix, and Greengairs.

## Members of Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party | Notes |
| | 1983 | Rt Hon John Smith | Labour | Previously MP for Lanarkshire North from 1970. Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer 1987−1992. Leader of the Labour Party & Leader of the Opposition 1992−1994. Died 1994. |
| | 1994 by-election | Helen Liddell | Labour | Subsequently, MP for Airdrie and Shotts from 1997. |
| 1997 | 1997 | constituency abolished: see Airdrie and Shotts | constituency abolished: see Airdrie and Shotts | constituency abolished: see Airdrie and Shotts |

## Election results
### Elections of the 1980s

General election 1983: Monklands East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Smith | 18,358 | 51.2 | −8.9 |
| | Conservative | John Love | 8,559 | 23.9 | −1.0 |
| | Liberal | Alan Rennie | 5,721 | 16.0 | |
| | SNP | Thomas Johnston | 3,185 | 8.9 | −6.2 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 9,799 | 27.4 | −7.9 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 35,823 | 73.1 | |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |
General election 1987: Monklands East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Smith | 22,649 | 61.0 | +9.8 |
| | Conservative | John Love | 6,260 | 16.9 | −7.0 |
| | SNP | Kenneth Gibson | 4,790 | 12.9 | +4.0 |
| | Liberal | Sandra Grieve | 3,442 | 9.3 | −6.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 16,389 | 44.1 | +16.7 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 37,141 | 74.8 | +1.7 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +8.4 | |

### Elections of the 1990s

General election 1992: Monklands East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | John Smith | 22,266 | 61.3 | +0.3 |
| | SNP | Jim Wright | 6,554 | 18.0 | +5.1 |
| | Conservative | Stewart Walters | 5,830 | 16.1 | −0.8 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Philip W. Ross | 1,679 | 4.6 | −4.7 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 15,712 | 43.3 | −0.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 36,329 | 75.0 | +0.2 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -2.4 | |
By-election 1994: Monklands East :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Helen Liddell | 16,950 | 49.8 | −11.5 |
| | SNP | Kay Ullrich | 15,320 | 44.9 | +26.9 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stephen Gallagher | 878 | 2.6 | −2.0 |
| | Conservative | Susan Bell | 799 | 2.3 | −13.8 |
| | Independent | Abi Bremner | 69 | 0.2 | New |
| | Natural Law | Duncan Patterson | 58 | 0.2 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 1,640 | 4.9 | −42.4 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 34,074 | 70.0 | −5.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | -19.2 | |