Inverclyde is one of 32 council areas used for local government in Scotland. Together with the East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire council areas,Inverclyde forms part of the historic county of Renfrewshire,which currently exists as a registration county and lieutenancy area. Inverclyde is located in the west central Lowlands. It borders the North Ayrshire and Renfrewshire council areas,and is otherwise surrounded by the Firth of Clyde.
Renfrewshire is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.
Greenock is a town in Inverclyde,Scotland,located in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. The town is the administrative centre of Inverclyde Council. It is a former burgh within the historic county of Renfrewshire,and forms part of a contiguous urban area with Gourock to the west and Port Glasgow to the east.
John David Cairns was a Scottish politician who served as Minister of State for Scotland from 2005 to 2008. A member of Scottish Labour Party,he was Member of Parliament (MP) for Inverclyde,formerly Greenock and Inverclyde,from 2001 until his death in 2011.
James Sheridan was a British Labour Party politician who was Member of Parliament (MP) for Paisley and Renfrewshire North,formerly Renfrewshire West,from 2001 to 2015.
Inverclyde was a parliamentary constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaced Greenock and Inverclyde and the Port Glasgow and Kilmacolm areas from West Renfrewshire for the 2005 general election.
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.
Kilmacolm is a village and civil parish in the Inverclyde council area,and the historic county of Renfrewshire in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. It lies on the northern slope of the Gryffe Valley,7+1⁄2 miles southeast of Greenock and around 15 miles (24 km) west of the city of Glasgow. The village has a population of around 4,000 and is part of a wider civil parish which covers a large rural hinterland of 15,000 hectares containing within it the smaller settlement of Quarrier's Village,originally established as a 19th-century residential orphans' home.
Eastwood is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering part of the council area of East Renfrewshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region,which elects seven additional members,in addition to the ten constituency MSPs,to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Renfrewshire or the County of Renfrew is a historic county,registration county and lieutenancy area in the west central Lowlands of Scotland. The lieutenancy area covers the three modern council areas of Inverclyde,Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire,and this area is occasionally termed Greater Renfrewshire to distinguish it from the modern council area called Renfrewshire. The historic county additionally included territory on the south-western edge of Glasgow which was gradually transferred to the administrative area of the city as it grew.
Inverclyde Council is one of the 32 local authorities of Scotland,covering the Inverclyde council area. In its current form the council was created in 1996,replacing the previous Inverclyde District Council which existed from 1975 to 1996.
Dumbarton is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering parts of the council areas of Argyll and Bute and West Dunbartonshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region,which elects seven additional members,in addition to the ten constituency MSPs,to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Greenock and Inverclyde is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood) covering most of the council area of Inverclyde. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region,which elects seven additional members,in addition to the ten constituency MSPs,to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
The Greenock Telegraph is a local daily newspaper serving Inverclyde,Scotland.
Anne McLaughlin is a Scottish National Party (SNP) politician who was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Glasgow North East from 2019 to 2024,and previously from 2015 to 2017. She has been SNP Spokesperson for International Development since 2023.
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. 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.
Renfrewshire South is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering parts of the council areas of Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It forms one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region,which also elects seven additional members to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Iain McKenzie is a Scottish Labour Party politician,who was formerly the Member of Parliament for Inverclyde. He was elected at the June 2011 by-election,and stood unsuccessfully for re-election in the 2015 general election.
Ronald Jack Cowan is a Scottish politician and member of the Scottish National Party. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Inverclyde from 2015 until 2024.
The 2022 Inverclyde Council election 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 7 wards created under the Local Governance (Scotland) Act 2004,last changed in 2017,with 22 councillors being elected. Each ward elected either 3 or 4 members,using the STV electoral system.
