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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.
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- ↑ "Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West - General election results 2024". BBC News.
- 1 2 "Martin McCluskey for Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West in the UK Parliamentary general election". whocanivotefor.co.uk. Retrieved 5 July 2024.
- ↑ "Number of out LGBTQ+ MPS falls following election".