Paisley and Renfrewshire North (UK Parliament constituency)
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Coordinates: 55°51′36″N 4°29′56″W / 55.860°N 4.499°W
| Paisley and Renfrewshire North County constituency |
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| Paisley and Renfrewshire North shown within Scotland | |
| Created: | 2005 |
| MP: | Jim Sheridan |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Council areas: | Renfrewshire |
| EP constituency: | Scotland |
Paisley and Renfrewshire North is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election, replacing most of Paisley North and Renfrewshire West.
It covers the northern half of the Renfrewshire council area.
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[edit] Boundaries
The constituency includes the northern part of Paisley, plus the towns of
and also Glasgow International Airport and Hillington Industrial Estate.
The northern boundary of the constituency is the River Clyde from Braehead in the east to Langbank in the west.
Areas close to, but outside, the constituency boundary are
- Kilmacolm in Inverclyde
- Kilbarchan in Paisley and Renfrewshire South
- Johnstone in Paisley and Renfrewshire South
A map of the constituency can be found at the Election Maps site.
[edit] Members of Parliament
2005 - present: Jim Sheridan, Labour
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2010: Paisley and Renfrewshire North [1] | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | James Sheridan | 23,613 | 54.03 | +8.33 | |
| SNP | Mags MacLaren | 8,333 | 19.07 | +0.27 | |
| Conservative | Alistair Campbell | 6,381 | 14.60 | +1.00 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Ruaraidh Dobson | 4,597 | 10.52 | -7.78 | |
| Independent | Gary Pearson | 550 | 1.26 | ||
| Scottish Socialist | Chris Rollo | 233 | 0.53 | -1.07 | |
| Majority | 15,280 | 34.96% | |||
| Turnout | 43,707 | 68.6 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | 4.3 | |||
| General Election 2005: Paisley and Renfrewshire North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | James Sheridan | 18,697 | 45.7% | -6.6 | |
| SNP | Bill Wilson | 7,696 | 18.8% | -3.9 | |
| Liberal Democrat | Lewis Hutton | 7,464 | 18.3% | +10.7 | |
| Conservative | Philip Lardner | 5,566 | 13.6% | -0.1 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Angela McGregor | 646 | 1.6% | -1.7 | |
| Socialist Labour | Katharine McGavigan | 444 | 1.1% | +1.1 | |
| UKIP | John Pearson | 372 | 0.9% | +0.9 | |
| Majority | 11,001 | 26.9% | |||
| Turnout | 40,885 | 64.8% | +3.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | -1.3 | |||
This constituency was formed in 2005 from parts of the old Paisley North and Renfrewshire West constituencies.
[edit] References
- ^ Paisley and Renfrewshire North UK Polling
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)[self-published source][better source needed]
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