Paisley and Renfrewshire North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Paisley and Renfrewshire North
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Paisley and Renfrewshire North shown within Scotland.
Major settlements Bishopton, Erskine, Renfrew
Current constituency
Created 2005
Member of Parliament Alison Taylor (Labour)
Created from Paisley South, Paisley North and Renfrewshire West

Paisley and Renfrewshire North is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom represented since 2024 by Alison Taylor of Scottish Labour. It was created for the 2005 general election, replacing most of Paisley North and Renfrewshire West.

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Boundaries

2005–2024: Under the Fifth Review of UK Parliament constituencies, the constituency boundaries were defined in accordance with the ward structure in place on 30 November 2004. The northern boundary ran along the River Clyde from Braehead in the east to Langbank in the west. The constituency included the northern part of Paisley, plus the towns and villages of Renfrew, Erskine, Inchinnan, Bishopton, Langbank, Bridge of Weir, Houston, Craigends, Brookfield and Linwood. It also included Glasgow Airport and part of the Hillington Industrial Estate.

2024–present: Following the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies, the seat underwent significant boundary changes which were used for the first time at the 2024 general election. The redrawn constituency contains a northern portion of Renfrewshire, including part of Paisley and the towns of Renfrew, Erskine and Bishopton alongside the villages of Inchinnan and Langbank in full. It also adds the entire Hillington and part of the Cardonald area of Glasgow. [1] Linwood and Brookfield were moved to Paisley and Renfrewshire South and Bridge of Weir, Houston and Craigends included in the new Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West constituency. [1]

The seat is defined as comprising the following: [2]

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
2005 Jim Sheridan Labour
2015 Gavin Newlands SNP
2024 Alison Taylor Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Paisley and Renfrewshire North [3] [4]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Alison Taylor 19,561 47.1 +23.4
SNP Gavin Newlands 13,22831.9−17.0
Reform UK Andrew Scott3,2287.8+7.5
Conservative David McGonigle2,6596.4−13.1
Scottish Green Jen Bell1,4693.5New
Liberal Democrats Grant Toghill1,3743.3−4.3
Majority6,33315.2
Turnout 41,51958.4−8.5
Registered electors 71,103
Labour gain from SNP Swing +20.2

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Paisley and Renfrewshire North [5] [6]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Gavin Newlands 23,353 47.0 +9.6
Labour Alison Taylor 11,45123.0−8.8
Conservative Julie Pirone11,21722.6−4.9
Liberal Democrats Ross Stalker3,6617.4+4.2
Majority11,90224.0+18.4
Turnout 49,68269.0−0.1
SNP hold Swing +9.2
General election 2017: Paisley and Renfrewshire North [7]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Gavin Newlands 17,455 37.4 −13.3
Labour Alison Taylor 14,84231.8−0.9
Conservative David Gardiner12,84227.5+15.2
Liberal Democrats John Boyd1,4763.2+1.1
Majority2,6135.6−12.4
Turnout 46,61569.1−7.1
SNP hold Swing −6.2
General election 2015: Paisley and Renfrewshire North [8]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Gavin Newlands 25,601 50.7 +31.6
Labour Jim Sheridan 16,52532.7−21.3
Conservative John Anderson6,18312.3−2.3
Liberal Democrats James Speirs1,0552.1−8.4
Scottish Green Ryan Morrison7031.4New
CISTA Andy Doyle2020.4New
TUSC Jim Halfpenny [9] 1930.4New
Majority9,07618.0
Turnout 50,46276.2+7.6
SNP gain from Labour Swing +26.5
General election 2010: Paisley and Renfrewshire North [10]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Sheridan 23,613 54.0 +8.3
SNP Mags MacLaren8,33319.1+0.3
Conservative Alistair Campbell6,38114.6+1.0
Liberal Democrats Ruaraidh Dobson4,59710.5−7.8
Independent Gary Pearson5501.3New
Scottish Socialist Chris Rollo2330.5−1.1
Majority15,28034.9+8.0
Turnout 43,70768.6+3.8
Labour hold Swing +4.3

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Paisley and Renfrewshire North [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Jim Sheridan 18,697 45.7 −6.6
SNP Bill Wilson 7,69618.8−3.9
Liberal Democrats Lewis Hutton7,46418.3+10.7
Conservative Philip Lardner5,56613.6−0.1
Scottish Socialist Angela McGregor6461.6−1.7
Socialist Labour Katharine McGavigan4441.1New
UKIP John Pearson3720.9New
Majority11,00126.9−2.7
Turnout 40,88564.8+3.6
Labour hold Swing −1.3

This constituency was formed in 2005 from parts of the old Paisley North and West Renfrewshire constituencies.

References

Specific
  1. 1 2 Boundary Commission Scotland 2023 Review Report
  2. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 3.
  3. ↑ "Paisley and Renfrewshire North results". BBC News. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  4. ↑ "UK General Election 2024: Results". Renfrewshire Council. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  5. ↑ "2019 - UK General Election". Renfrewshire Council. Archived from the original on 13 December 2019. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  6. ↑ "Paisley & Renfrewshire North parliamentary constituency - Election 2019". BBC News. Archived from the original on 4 December 2019. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  7. ↑ "UK Parliamentary General Election: Paisley and Renfrewshire North Constituency Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 5 September 2019. Retrieved 18 May 2017.
  8. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  9. ↑ "TUSC parliamentary candidates in May 2015" (PDF). Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition . 4 February 2015. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 February 2015.
  10. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  11. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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