2021 Airdrie and Shotts by-election

The 2021 Airdrie and Shotts by-election was held in the UK parliament constituency of Airdrie and Shotts following the resignation of the sitting member (MP), Neil Gray, to run for the corresponding seat (which he subsequently won) in the 2021 Scottish Parliament election. This was necessitated by Scottish National Party (SNP) rules banning its members from sitting as an MSP and an MP at the same time. It took place on 13 May 2021, a week after the Scottish Parliament elections, to reduce COVID-19 transmission risk.

2021 Airdrie and Shotts by-election
13 May 2021
Airdrie and Shotts constituency
Turnout34.3%
  First party Second party Third party
 
Lab
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%
MP before election

Neil Gray
SNP

 Elected MP

Anum Qaisar-Javed
SNP

The by-election was the second to the 58th Parliament elected in 2019. This by-election ended a long lull between House of Commons by-elections in Scotland, with the last one having been held in Inverclyde in 2011. This was the first by-election to a Westminster constituency in which the SNP was the defending party. Anum Qaisar-Javed held the seat for the SNP with a decreased majority but an increased share of the vote.

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