Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West in Scotland | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Inverclyde and Renfrewshire |
Major settlements | Bridge of Weir, Gourock, Greenock, Inverkip, Port Glasgow |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2024 |
Member of Parliament | Martin McCluskey (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Inverclyde & Paisley and Renfrewshire North |
Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, it was first contested at the 2024 general election.
The constituency comprises the following wards:
In Inverclyde:
In Renfrewshire:
Election | Member | Party | |
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2024 | Martin McCluskey | Scottish Labour |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Martin McCluskey | 18,931 | 46.9 | +18.7 | |
SNP | Ronnie Cowan | 12,560 | 31.1 | –16.4 | |
Conservative | Ted Runciman | 2,863 | 7.1 | –10.8 | |
Reform UK | Simon Moorehead | 2,476 | 6.1 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Ross Stalker | 1,259 | 3.1 | –3.3 | |
Scottish Green | Iain Hamilton | 1,173 | 2.9 | New | |
Alba | Christopher McEleny | 723 | 1.8 | New | |
Independent | John Burleigh | 365 | 0.9 | New | |
Majority | 6,371 | 15.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 40,350 | 57.5 | −8.3 | ||
Registered electors | 70,126 | ||||
Labour gain from SNP | Swing | +17.5 |
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