Paisley South (UK Parliament constituency)
Appearance
Paisley South | |
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Former burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Renfrewshire |
Major settlements | Paisley |
1983–2005 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | Paisley, West Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire[1] |
Replaced by | Paisley & Renfrewshire South Paisley & Renfrewshire North |
Paisley South was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Paisley in Renfrewshire, Scotland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
History
The constituency was created when the former Paisley constituency was divided for the 1983 general election. It was abolished for the 2005 general election, when Paisley was represented by the new constituencies of Paisley & Renfrewshire South and Paisley & Renfrewshire North.
Boundaries
The Renfrew District electoral divisions of Johnstone, Paisley Central, and Paisley Gleniffer.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1983 | Norman Buchan | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1990 by-election | Gordon McMaster | Labour |
style="background-color: Template:Labour Party (UK)/meta/color" | | 1997 by-election | Douglas Alexander | Labour |
2005 | constituency abolished: see Paisley & Renfrewshire South and Paisley & Renfrewshire North |
Election results
Elections of the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Buchan | 15,633 | 41.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | Mrs. Elspeth M. Buchanan | 9,104 | 24.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | Joseph Knox | 7,819 | 20.7 | N/A | |
SNP | James Robert Mitchell | 4,918 | 13.1 | N/A | |
Ecology | David George Mellor | 271 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,529 | 17.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 37,745 | 72.5 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Norman Buchan | 21,611 | 56.2 | +14.8 | |
Liberal | Alistair Carmichael | 5,826 | 15.1 | −9.0 | |
Conservative | Miss Dorothy Ann Williamson | 5,644 | 14.7 | −6.0 | |
SNP | James Robert Mitchell | 5,398 | 14.0 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 15,785 | 41.1 | |||
Turnout | 38,479 | 75.3 | +2.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections of the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gordon McMaster | 12,485 | 46.1 | −10.1 | |
SNP | Iain Macdonald Lawson | 7,455 | 27.5 | +13.5 | |
Conservative | John Cooperwhite Workman | 3,627 | 13.4 | −1.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Reid | 2,660 | 9.8 | −5.3 | |
Green | Elizabeth Reid Collie | 835 | 3.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,030 | 18.6 | |||
Turnout | 27,062 | 55.0 | −20.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −11.8 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Gordon McMaster | 18,202 | 50.7 | −5.5 | |
SNP | Iain Macdonald Lawson | 8,653 | 24.1 | +10.1 | |
Conservative | Mrs. Sheila Galloway Laidlaw | 5,703 | 15.9 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Reid | 3,271 | 9.1 | −6.0 | |
Natural Law | Stephen Rex Porter | 93 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,549 | 26.6 | |||
Turnout | 35,922 | 75.0 | −0.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Gordon McMaster | 21,482 | 57.5 | +6.8 | |
SNP | William Martin | 8,732 | 23.4 | −0.7 | |
Liberal Democrats | Miss Eileen Patricia McCartin | 3,500 | 9.4 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | Robin William Rankin Reid | 3,237 | 8.6 | −7.3 | |
Referendum | James Lardner | 254 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Scottish Socialist | Sean Anthony Clerkin | 146 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,750 | 34.1 | |||
Turnout | 37,351 | 69.1 | −5.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Douglas Alexander | 10,346 | 44.1 | −13.4 | |
SNP | Ian Blackford | 7,615 | 32.5 | +9.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Miss Eileen Patricia McCartin | 2,582 | 11.0 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Mrs. Sheila Galloway Laidlaw | 1,643 | 7.0 | −1.7 | |
ProLife Alliance | John A. Deighan | 578 | 2.5 | N/A | |
Scottish Socialist | Frances Curran | 306 | 1.3 | +0.9 | |
Independent | Charles W. McLauchlan | 155 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Socialist Labour | Christopher Herriot | 153 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Kenneth R. Blair | 57 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,731 | 11.7 | |||
Turnout | 23,435 | 42.9 | −26.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −11.3 |
Elections of the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Douglas Alexander | 17,830 | 58.4 | +0.9 | |
SNP | Brian Lawson | 5,920 | 19.4 | −4.0 | |
Liberal Democrats | Brian O’Malley | 3,178 | 10.4 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Andrew James Cossar | 2,301 | 7.5 | −1.1 | |
Scottish Socialist | Frances Curran | 835 | 2.7 | N/A | |
ProLife Alliance | Mrs. Patricia Margaret Graham | 346 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Terence Kelly O'Donnell | 126 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,910 | 39.0 | |||
Turnout | 30,536 | 57.2 | −11.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
References
- ^ "'Paisley South', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 13 March 2016.