Katherine Patricia Irene Adams,Baroness Adams of Craigielea is a Scottish Labour peer who served as the Member of Parliament for Paisley North from 1990 to 2005.
Renfrewshire is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.
Alan Reid is a Scottish Liberal Democrat politician who has been a councillor in the East Dunbartonshire ward of Bearsden North since 2022.
Paisley and Renfrewshire South is a constituency of the House of Commons,located in Renfrewshire,Scotland to the southwest of Glasgow. It elects one member of Parliament at least once every five years using the first-past-the-post system of voting.
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.
East Renfrewshire is a constituency of the House of Commons,to the south of Glasgow,Scotland. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post system of voting.
Trinity High School is a Roman Catholic secondary school in Renfrew,Scotland.
West Renfrewshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1983 and again from 1997 until 2005. In 2005 the constituency was abolished and the area is now represented by Inverclyde,Paisley and Renfrewshire North and Paisley and Renfrewshire South.
Colin McIver Campbell is a Scottish politician and military historian. He was a Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for West of Scotland region from 1999 to 2003. Campbell is a former history teacher and secondary school headmaster.
John MacKenzie Nicolson is a Scottish journalist,broadcaster and Scottish National Party (SNP) politician.
Renfrew is a town 6 miles (10 km) west of Glasgow in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It is the historic county town of Renfrewshire. Called the "Cradle of the Royal Stewarts" for its early link with Scotland's former royal house,Renfrew gained royal burgh status in 1397.
Derek Mackay is a former Scottish politician who served as Cabinet Secretary for Finance,Economy and Fair Work from 2016 to 2020. A former member of the Scottish National Party (SNP),he was Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) for Renfrewshire North and West from 2011 to 2021. Mackay served as a government minister from 2011 to 2020 under the administrations of Alex Salmond and Nicola Sturgeon.
Christopher Charles Stephens is a Scottish National Party politician who has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow South West since 2015. He has been serving as SNP Spokesperson for Justice and Immigration since September 2023.
Mhairi Black is a Scottish politician who served as Deputy Leader of the Scottish National Party (SNP) in the House of Commons from 2022 to 2024.
Christopher Murray Alexander Law is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Dundee West since 2015. He was first elected at the 2015 general election,winning a seat that had been held by Labour for the previous 65 years. He served as SNP Spokesperson for International Development from 2017 to 2022,resigning from his position after the election of Stephen Flynn.
Lisa Cameron is a Scottish politician and former consultant clinical psychologist who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Kilbride,Strathaven and Lesmahagow from winning the seat at the 2015 general election until standing down at the 2024 general election. First elected for the Scottish National Party (SNP),she was re-elected for that party in 2017 and 2019,before she crossed the floor to the Scottish Conservatives in October 2023.
Kirsten Frances Oswald is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician first elected as the Member of the UK Parliament (MP) for East Renfrewshire in 2015;she was unseated at the 2017 snap election but subsequently re-elected at the 2019 election. She served as the deputy leader of the SNP parliamentary party from 2020 to 2022,as well as Chairman and Business Convener of the Scottish National Party from 2018 to 2023.
The 2017 Renfrewshire Council election took place on 4 May 2017 to elect members of Renfrewshire Council. The election was first to use the twelve wards created as a result of the 2015-16 Boundary Commission review,with each ward electing three or four Councillors using the single transferable vote system,a form of proportional representation,with 43 Councillors being elected,a net increase of 3 members compared to the 2012 Council.
Paul Masterton is a Scottish Conservative Party politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for East Renfrewshire from 2017 to 2019.
The 2022 Renfrewshire Council elections took place on 5 May 2022,as part of the 2022 Scottish local elections on the same day as the 31 other Scottish local authorities were up for election. The election used the 12 wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004 and last changed as part of the as a result of the 2015-16 Boundary Commission review,with 43 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members,using the STV electoral system.
