Lanarkshire voters head for the polls in July 4 general election

Voters across Lanarkshire are getting set to go to the polls this summer after prime minister Rishi Sunak’s surprise announcement of a July 4 general election .

“I think Rishi Sunak decided to call the election now because interest rates and the cost-of-living crisis are still hitting hard-pressed families and under the Tories there is no prospect of things improving later in the year. SNP colleague Steven Bonnar will be contesting his revised Coatbridge & Bellshill constituency for a second time, with Chryston now moving into the Cumbernauld & Kirkintilloch seat; and said his five years as the MP for his hometown “has been the privilege of my life”.

Lanarkshire’s newest MP is current Rutherglen & Hamilton East representative Michael Shanks, who won the seat for Labour in last October’s by-election and is now preparing to return to the campaign trail. “An MP’s job is round the clock and requires frequent travel away from home; my decision to stand down at the election reflects the fact I cannot continue to give my full focus to my work while raising a young family.”

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