Paisley South (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Paisley South (UK Parliament constituency).

Paisley South
Former county constituency for the Scottish Parliament

Paisley South shown within the West of Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Former constituency
Created	1999
Abolished	2011
Council area	Renfrewshire

Paisley South is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the West of Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Paisley South was replaced by Paisley for the Scottish Parliament election, 2011.

Electoral region

The other eight constituencies of the West of Scotland region are Dumbarton, Clydebank and Milngavie, Cunninghame North, Eastwood, Greenock and Inverclyde, Paisley North, Strathkelvin and Bearsden and West Renfrewshire.

The region covers the West Dunbartonshire council area, the East Renfrewshire council area, the Inverclyde councila area, most of the Renfrewshire council area, most of the East Dunbartonshire council area, part of the Argyll and Bute council area and part of the North Ayrshire council area.

Constituency boundaries

The Paisley South constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency was abolished in favour of new constituencies.^[1]

Council areas

The Holyrood constituency is within the Renfrewshire council area. The rest of the Renfrewshire area is covered by the Paisley North and West Renfrewshire.

The West Renfrewshire constituency also covers a portion of the Inverclyde council area.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

	Member	Party
1999	Hugh Henry	Labour
2003
2007

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Paisley South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Hugh Henry	12,123	47.5	+6.7
	SNP	Fiona McLeod	7,893	30.9	-0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen McCartin	3,434	13.4	-0.6
	Conservative	Tom Begg	2,077	8.1	+1.0
Majority			4,230	16.6	+6.8
Turnout			25,527	52.7	+2.6
	Labour hold		Swing	+3.4

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Paisley South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Hugh Henry	10,190	40.79	-4.55
	SNP	Bill Martin	7,737	30.97	+0.29
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen McCartin	3,517	14.08	+4.38
	Conservative	Mark Jones	1,775	7.10	-0.94
	Scottish Socialist	Frances Curran	1,765	7.06	+7.06
Majority			2,453	9.82	-4.84
Turnout			24,984	50.15	-7.00
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Paisley South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Hugh Henry	13,899	45.34	N/A
	SNP	Cllr Bill Martin	9,404	30.68	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Stuart Callison	2,974	9.70	N/A
	Conservative	Shiela Laidlaw	2,433	7.94	N/A
	Independent	Paul Mack	1,273	4.15	N/A
	Socialist Workers	Jackie Forrest	673	2.20	N/A
Majority			4,495	14.66	N/A
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Notes and references

↑ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland

Electoral regions and Constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 1999–2011 » 2011– »

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