Paisley and Renfrewshire North (UK Parliament constituency)
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County constituency for the House of Commons |
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Boundary of Paisley and Renfrewshire North in Scotland.
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Current constituency | |
Created | 2005 |
Member of parliament | Gavin Newlands (SNP) |
Created from | Paisley South |
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European Parliament constituency | Scotland |
Paisley and Renfrewshire North is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election, replacing most of Paisley North and Renfrewshire West.
The constituency covers the northern portion of Paisley, the smaller towns of Renfrew and Linwood, and rural villages such as Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Houston.
Boundaries
The constituency includes the northern part of Paisley, plus the towns of
and also Glasgow International Airport and Hillington Industrial Estate.
The northern boundary of the constituency is the River Clyde from Braehead in the east to Langbank in the west.
Areas close to, but outside, the constituency boundary are
- Kilmacolm in Inverclyde
- Kilbarchan in Paisley and Renfrewshire South
- Johnstone in Paisley and Renfrewshire South
A map of the constituency can be found at the Election Maps site.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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2005 | Jim Sheridan | Labour | |
2015 | Gavin Newlands | SNP |
Election results
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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SNP | Gavin Newlands | 25,601 | 50.7 | +31.7 | |
Labour | Jim Sheridan | 16,525 | 32.7 | -21.3 | |
Conservative | John Anderson | 6,183 | 12.3 | -2.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | James Speirs | 1,055 | 2.1 | -8.4 | |
Scottish Green | Ryan Morrison | 703 | 1.4 | n/a | |
CISTA | Andy Doyle | 202 | 0.4 | n/a | |
TUSC | Jim Halfpenny[2] | 193 | 0.4 | n/a | |
Majority | 9,076 | 18.0 | |||
Turnout | 50,462 | 76.2 | +7.6 | ||
SNP gain from Labour | Swing | +26.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jim Sheridan | 23,613 | 54.03 | +8.33 | |
SNP | Mags MacLaren | 8,333 | 19.07 | +0.27 | |
Conservative | Alistair Campbell | 6,381 | 14.60 | +1.00 | |
Liberal Democrat | Ruaraidh Dobson | 4,597 | 10.52 | -7.78 | |
Independent | Gary Pearson | 550 | 1.26 | ||
Scottish Socialist | Chris Rollo | 233 | 0.53 | -1.07 | |
Majority | 15,280 | 34.96 | |||
Turnout | 43,707 | 68.6 | |||
Labour hold | Swing | 4.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Jim Sheridan | 18,697 | 45.7% | -6.6 | |
SNP | Bill Wilson | 7,696 | 18.8% | -3.9 | |
Liberal Democrat | Lewis Hutton | 7,464 | 18.3% | +10.7 | |
Conservative | Philip Lardner | 5,566 | 13.6% | -0.1 | |
Scottish Socialist | Angela McGregor | 646 | 1.6% | -1.7 | |
Socialist Labour | Katharine McGavigan | 444 | 1.1% | +1.1 | |
UKIP | John Pearson | 372 | 0.9% | +0.9 | |
Majority | 11,001 | 26.9% | |||
Turnout | 40,885 | 64.8% | +3.6 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.3 |
This constituency was formed in 2005 from parts of the old Paisley North and Renfrewshire West constituencies.
References
- Pages with broken file links
- Accuracy disputes from March 2012
- Articles lacking reliable references from March 2012
- Wikipedia articles incorporating an LRPP-MP template with two unnamed parameters
- Westminster Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland
- United Kingdom Parliamentary constituencies established in 2005
- Politics of Paisley
- Politics of Renfrewshire