Paisley and Renfrewshire North (UK Parliament constituency)

Coordinates: 55°51′36″N 4°29′56″W / 55.860°N 4.499°W

Paisley and Renfrewshire North
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Paisley and Renfrewshire North in Scotland.
Current constituency
Created	2005
Member of parliament	Gavin Newlands (SNP)
Created from	Paisley South, Paisley North and Renfrewshire West
Overlaps
European Parliament 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.

The constituency covers the northern portion of Paisley, the smaller towns of Renfrew and Linwood, and rural villages such as Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Houston.

Boundaries

The constituency includes the northern part of Paisley, plus the towns of

• Renfrew
• Erskine
• Bishopton
• Langbank
• Bridge of Weir
• Houston
• Craigends
• Linwood
• Ralston

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.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2005	Jim Sheridan	Labour
	2015	Gavin Newlands	SNP

Election results

General Election 2015: Paisley and Renfrewshire North^[1]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Gavin Newlands	25,601	50.7	+31.7
	Labour	Jim Sheridan	16,525	32.7	-21.3
	Conservative	John Anderson	6,183	12.3	-2.3
	Liberal Democrat	James Speirs	1,055	2.1	-8.4
	Scottish Green	Ryan Morrison	703	1.4	n/a
	CISTA	Andy Doyle	202	0.4	n/a
	TUSC	Jim Halfpenny[2]	193	0.4	n/a
Majority			9,076	18.0
Turnout			50,462	76.2	+7.6
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	+26.5

General Election 2010: Paisley and Renfrewshire North^[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jim 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^[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	Labour	Jim 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.

References

1. "Election Data 2015". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
2. http://www.tusc.org.uk/txt/320.pdf
3. "Election Data 2010". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 17 October 2015. Retrieved 17 October 2015.
4. "Election Data 2005". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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