Renfrewshire North and West (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Renfrewshire North and West
county constituency for the Scottish Parliament
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Renfrewshire North and West shown within the West Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	Derek Mackay
Council area	Renfrewshire Inverclyde

Renfrewshire North and West is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

The constituency takes in the northern and western portion of the Renfrewshire council area and some of the Inverclyde council area, and includes the towns of Renfrew and Erskine, a portion of Paisley (Gallowhill), and a number of affluent rural villages and areas.

Electoral region

See also: West Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

The other nine constituencies of the West Scotland region are Clydebank and Milngavie, Cunninghame North, Cunninghame South, Dumbarton, Eastwood, Greenock and Inverclyde, Paisley, Renfrewshire South and Strathkelvin and Bearsden.

The region covers part of the Argyll and Bute council area, the East Dunbartonshire council area, the East Renfrewshire council area, the Inverclyde council area, North Ayrshire council area, the Renfrewshire council area and the West Dunbartonshire council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

Renfrewshire is represented in the Scottish Parliament by three constituencies: Paisley, Renfrewshire North and West and Renfrewshire South.

The Renfrewshire North and West constituency uses the following electoral wards:

• In full: Renfrew North, Renfrew South and Gallowhill, Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank, Erskine and Inchinnan
• In part: Inverclyde East (shared with Greenock and Inverclyde), Paisley North West (shared with Paisley), Houston, Crosslee and Linwood (shared with Renfrewshire South)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2011	Derek Mackay	SNP
	2016

Elections

Scottish Parliament election, 2016: Renfrewshire North and West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Derek Mackay	14,718	47.8	+5.9
	Conservative	David Wilson	7,345	23.8	+3.9
	Labour	Mary Fee	7,244	23.5	-12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Ackland	888	2.9	+0.9
	TUSC	Jim Halfpenny	414	1.3	+1.3
	Independent	Peter Morton	198	0.6	+0.6
Majority			7,373	24.0
Turnout			30,807	60.9
	SNP hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Renfrewshire North and West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Derek Mackay	11,510	41.9	+12.3
	Labour	Stuart Clark	9,946	36.2	-4.5
	Conservative	Annabel Goldie	5,489	20.0	-3.1
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Page	550	2.0	-3.3
Majority			1,564	5.7
Turnout			27,495	55.7
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing

At the time of the 2011 election, Annabel Goldie was the leader of the Scottish Conservatives and an incumbent MSP for the West of Scotland region. Derek Mackay was the Leader of Renfrewshire Council and Stuart Clark is a teacher.

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Renfrewshire North and West

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		11,341	40.7
	SNP		8,236	29.6
	Conservative		6,420	23.0
	Liberal Democrats		1,476	5.3
	Others		383	1.4
Majority			3,105	11.1
	Labour hold		Swing

Notes and references

• Boundary Commission for Scotland, First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries