Paisley (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Paisley (Scottish Parliament constituency).

Paisley
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Major settlements	Paisley
1832 (1832)–1983 (1983)
Number of members	One
Replaced by	Paisley North Paisley South

Paisley was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1983, when it was divided into Paisley North and Paisley South. These were in turn amalgamated into Paisley and Renfrewshire South and Paisley and Renfrewshire North in 2005.

Boundaries

The constituency covered the burgh of Paisley.

The boundaries of the constituency, as set out in the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832, were-

"From the Summit of Byres Hill, on the North-east of the Town, in a straight Line to the Point near Knock Hill at which the Renfrew Road is joined by a Road from Glasgow; thence in a straight Line to the Summit of Knock Hill; thence in a straight Line to the Northern Gable of the Moss Toll House on the Greenock Road; thence in a straight Line in the Direction of the Chimney of Linwood Cotton Mill to the Point at which such straight Line cuts the Candren Burn; thence up the Candren Burn to the Point at which the same is joined by the Braidiland Burn at the Bridge over the same on the Johnstone Road; thence up the Braidiland Burn to a Point which is distant Five hundred Yards (measured along the Braidiland Burn) above the said Bridge; thence in a straight Line to Meikleridge Bridge over the Candren Burn; thence in a straight Line to the Point at which the old Neilston Road leaves the new Neilston Road; thence in a straight Line to the Summit of Dykebar Hill; thence in a straight Line to a Point which is One hundred Yards due North-east of the Summit of Bathgo Hill; thence in a straight Line to the Point first described."

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1832	Sir John Maxwell
	1834	Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford
	1835	Alexander Graham Speirs
	1836	Archibald Hastie
	1857	Humphrey Ewing Crum-Ewing	Liberal
	1874	William Holms	Liberal
	1884	Stewart Clark	Liberal
	1885	William Boyle Barbour	Liberal
	1891	Sir William Dunn	Liberal
	1906	Sir John Mills McCallum	Liberal
	1920	H. H. Asquith	Liberal
	1924	Edward Rosslyn Mitchell	Labour
	1929	James Welsh	Labour
	1931	Joseph Maclay	Liberal
	1945	Viscount Corvedale	Labour
	1948	Douglas Johnston	Labour
	1961	John Robertson	Labour
	1976		Scottish Labour Party
	1979	Allen Adams	Labour
1983		constituency abolished

Election results

General Election 1945: Paisley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Oliver Baldwin, Viscount Corvedale	25,156	55.6	+6
	Conservative	Tam Galbraith	14,826	32.7	N/A
	Liberal	Lady Glen-Coats	4,532	10.0	-40.4
	Independent	A R Eagles	765	1.7	N/A
Majority			10,330

General Election 1935: Paisley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hon Joseph Paton Maclay	22,466	50.4	-11.4
	Labour	Oliver Baldwin	22,077	49.6	+11.4
Majority			389

General Election 1931: Paisley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Hon Joseph Paton Maclay	26,187	61.8	+35.3
	Labour	James Welsh	16,183	38.2	-17.6
Majority			10,004

General Election 1929: Paisley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	James Welsh	22,425	55.8	+2.3
	Liberal	J Mc Cullough	10,640	26.5	-20
	Conservative	Miss M G Cowan	7,094	17.7	N/A
Majority			11,785

General Election 1924: Paisley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Edward Rosslyn Mitchell	17,057	53.5	+26.1
	Liberal	H H Asquith	14,829	46.5	+13.1
Majority			2,228

General Election 1923: Paisley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	H H Asquith	9,723	33.4	-17.1
	Labour	J M Biggar	7,977	27.4	-22.1
	Conservative	Archibald Douglas MacInnes Shaw	7,758	26.6	N/A
	Independent Labour	D D Cormack	3,685	12.6	N/A
Majority			1,746

General Election 1922: Paisley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	H H Asquith	15,005	50.5	+2.1
	Labour	J M Biggar	14,689	49.5	+10.4
Majority			316

Paisley by-election, 1920: Paisley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	H H Asquith	14,736	48.4	+14.4
	Labour	J M Biggar	11,902	39.1	+5.6
	Conservative	J A D MacKean	3,795	12.5	N/A
Majority			2,834

General Election 1918: Paisley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir John Mills McCallum	7,542	34.0	-30.3
	Labour	J M Biggar	7,436	33.5	N/A
	National Democratic Party (UK)	John Taylor	7,201	32.5	N/A
Majority			106

General Election December 1910: Paisley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir John Mills McCallum	6,039	64.3	+0.6
	Conservative	Alfred Roger Jephcott	3,350	35.7	-0.6
Majority			2,689

General Election January 1910: Paisley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Sir John Mills McCallum	6,812	63.7	+11
	Conservative	Capt Duncan Frederick Campbell	3,890	36.3	+12.1
Majority			2,922

General Election 1906: Paisley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	John Mills McCallum	5,664	52.7	-3.9
	Conservative	J.A.D. McKean	2,594	24.2	-19.2
	Scottish Workers	Robert Smillie	2,482	23.1	N/A
Majority			3,070

General Election 1900: Paisley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Dunn	4,532	56.6	-2.4
	Conservative	George Swinton	3,474	43.4	+2.4
Majority			1,058

General Election 1895: Paisley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Dunn	4,404	59.0	-4.6
	Conservative	A Moffat	3,063	41.0	+4.6
Majority			1,342

General Election 1892: Paisley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Dunn	4,262	63.6	+4
	Liberal Unionist	Christopher N Johnston	2,441	36.4	-4
Majority			1,821

Paisley by-election, 1891: Paisley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Dunn	4,145	59.6	+4.5
	Conservative	Robert Mure McKerrell	2,807	40.4	-4.5
Majority			1,338

General Election 1886: Paisley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Boyle Barbour	3,057	55.1	-2.2
	Liberal Unionist	James Parker Smith	2,491	44.9	+2.2
Majority			566

General Election 1885: Paisley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	William Boyle Barbour	3,390	57.3	-5.5
	Conservative	Robert Mure McKerrell	2,523	42.7	+5.5
Majority			867

Paisley by-election, 1884: Paisley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Stewart Clark	3,049	62.8
	Conservative	Lord Ernest Hamilton	1,806	37.2
Majority			1,243

General Election 1868: Paisley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Liberal	Humphrey Ewing Crum-Ewing	1,576
		Col. Campbell	921
		Archibald Kintrea	421
Majority

References

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)