Paisley and Renfrewshire South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Paisley and Renfrewshire South
County constituency
for the House of Commons
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Paisley and Renfrewshire South shown within Scotland.
Major settlements Paisley, Johnstone, Kilbarchan, Howwood, Lochwinnoch
Current constituency
Created 2005
Member of Parliament Johanna Baxter (Labour)
Created from Paisley South, Paisley North, and Renfrewshire West

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 and has been represented since 2024 by Johanna Baxter of Scottish Labour.

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Boundaries

Paisley and Renfrewshire South (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries 2005-2024
Paisley and Renfrewshire South (UK Parliament constituency)
Map of boundaries from 2024


2005–2024: Under the Fifth Review of UK Parliament constituencies, this seat was created for the 2005 general election from the bulk of the former Paisley South seat, with minor additions from neighbouring constituencies. [1] Covering the southern portion of the Renfrewshire council area, the constituency includes around half of Paisley, as well as the smaller town of Johnstone and the villages of Kilbarchan and Elderslie. The remainder of the seat is more rural, containing the villages of Lochwinnoch, Howwood, several hamlets and farmland. The constituency also contains the Gleniffer Braes Country Park to the south and Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park to the west, notable for Castle Semple Loch. [2]

2024–present: Further to the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, the small town of Linwood and village of Brookfield was added to the constituency, alongside some minor changes in Paisley. The redrawn seat was contested for the first time at the 2024 general election. [2]

The seat is defined as comprising the following wards or part wards of Renfrewshire Council: [3]

Members of Parliament

The constituency's first MP was Douglas Alexander, who had held the seat since its creation in 2005 and its predecessor Paisley South since 1997. Alexander was the Shadow Foreign Secretary from 2011 until he was defeated at the 2015 general election, and had previously held Cabinet posts such as Transport Secretary and Scottish Secretary (2006–07; joint), and International Development Secretary (2007–10). He was subsequently elected as MP for Lothian East at the 2024 general election.

When SNP candidate Mhairi Black gained the seat in May 2015, she was 20 years and 237 days old, making her the youngest Member of Parliament (MP) elected to the House of Commons since at least the Reform Act 1832, replacing William Wentworth-Fitzwilliam; who was 20 years and 11 months old when elected in 1832. [4] She subsequently held the seat at the 2017 [5] and 2019 general elections. [6] On 4 July 2023, Black announced that she would be standing down as an MP at the next general election. [7]

ElectionMemberParty
2005 Douglas Alexander Labour
2015 Mhairi Black SNP
2024 Johanna Baxter Labour

Elections

Elections in the 2020s

General election 2024: Paisley and Renfrewshire South [8] [9]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Johanna Baxter 19,583 47.4 +21.6
SNP Jacqueline Cameron13,05631.6−18.2
Reform UK Jim McIlroy2,9567.2New
Conservative Alec Leishman2,2195.4−12.8
Scottish Green Athol Bond1,7244.2New
Liberal Democrats Jack Clark1,3153.2−3.0
Independent Paul Mack3170.8New
Freedom Alliance Mark Niven Turnbull1130.3New
Majority6,52715.8
Turnout 41,28357.7−8.3
Registered electors 71,574
Labour gain from SNP Swing +19.9

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Paisley and Renfrewshire South [10] [11]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Mhairi Black 21,637 50.2 +9.5
Labour Moira Ramage10,95825.4−9.2
Conservative Mark Dougan7,57117.6−1.9
Liberal Democrats Jack Clark2,9186.8+3.6
Majority10,67924.8+18.7
Turnout 43,08466.9−1.1
SNP hold Swing +9.4
General election 2017: Paisley and Renfrewshire South [12] [13] [14]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Mhairi Black 16,964 40.7 −10.2
Labour Alison Dowling14,42334.6−4.0
Conservative Amy Thomson8,12219.5+11.9
Liberal Democrats Eileen McCartin1,3273.2+1.0
Independent Paul Mack8762.1New
Majority2,5416.1−6.2
Turnout 41,71268.0−7.4
SNP hold Swing −3.1
General election 2015: Paisley and Renfrewshire South [15]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
SNP Mhairi Black 23,548 50.9 +32.8
Labour Douglas Alexander 17,86438.6−21.0
Conservative Fraser Galloway3,5267.6−2.3
Liberal Democrats Eileen McCartin1,0102.2−7.3
Scottish Socialist Sandra Webster 2780.6−0.3
Majority5,68412.3
Turnout 46,22675.4+10.0
SNP gain from Labour Swing +26.9
General election 2010: Paisley and Renfrewshire South [16]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Douglas Alexander 23,842 59.6 +7.0
SNP Andrew Doig7,22818.1+0.5
Conservative Gordon McCaskill3,9799.9+1.5
Liberal Democrats Ashay Ghai3,8129.5−8.1
Independent Paul Mack5131.3New
Scottish Socialist Jimmy Kerr3750.9−1.2
Independent William Hendry2490.6New
Majority16,61441.5+6.5
Turnout 39,99865.4+2.5
Labour hold Swing +3.3

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Paisley and Renfrewshire South [17]
PartyCandidateVotes%±%
Labour Douglas Alexander 19,904 52.6 −4.4
Liberal Democrats Eileen McCartin6,67217.6+8.0
SNP Andrew Doig6,65317.6−3.3
Conservative Thomas Begg3,1888.40.0
Scottish Socialist Iain Hogg7892.1−0.7
Pride in Paisley PartyGordon Matthew3811.0New
Independent Robert Rodgers1660.4New
Socialist Labour Howard Broadbent1070.3New
Majority13,23235.0
Turnout 37,86062.9
Labour win (new seat)

References

Specific
  1. ↑ "Paisley and Renfrewshire South: Aristotle". The Guardian . London. Archived from the original on 18 June 2008. Retrieved 28 May 2008.
  2. 1 2 Boundary Commission Scotland 2023 Review Report
  3. ↑ "The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023". Schedule 3.
  4. ↑ Rix, Kathryn (11 May 2015). "The youngest MP? The 'baby' of the first Reformed Parliament". The Victorian Commons.
  5. ↑ "Mhairi Black defies exit poll odds by holding Paisley & Renfrewshire South". The National. 9 June 2017.
  6. ↑ "2019 UK General Election Results".
  7. ↑ "Mhairi Black to step down as SNP MP at next election". BBC News. 4 July 2023. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
  8. ↑ "Paisley and Renfrewshire South results". BBC News. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  9. ↑ "UK General Election 2024:Results". Renfrewshire Council. Retrieved 17 July 2024.
  10. ↑ "2019 – UK General Election". Renfrewshire Council. Retrieved 13 December 2019.
  11. ↑ "Paisley & Renfrewshire South parliamentary constituency – Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 16 December 2019.
  12. ↑ "UK Parliamentary General Election: Paisley and Renfrewshire South Constituency Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll" (PDF). 1 March 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on 7 October 2022.
  13. ↑ "SNP to meet over election candidates". BBC News. 22 April 2017.
  14. ↑ "Mhairi Black confirms she will stand in General Election". www.scotsman.com.
  15. ↑ "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  16. ↑ "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 26 July 2013. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
  17. ↑ "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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