Paisley and Renfrewshire North (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Paisley and Renfrewshire North County constituency |
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| Paisley and Renfrewshire North shown within Scotland | |
| Created: | 1997 |
| MP: | James 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
- Kilmalcolm 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 - James Sheridan
[edit] Election results
| General Election 2005: Paisley and Renfrewshire North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | James Sheridan | 18,697 | 45.7% | -6.6% | |
| Scottish National Party | Bill Wilson | 7,696 | 18.8% | -3.9% | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lewis Hutton | 7,464 | 18.3% | +10.7% | |
| Conservative | Philip Lardner | 5566 | 13.6% | -0.1% | |
| Scottish Socialist | Angela McGregor | 646 | 1.6% | -1.7% | |
| Socialist Labour | Katharine McGavigan | 444 | 1.1% | +1.1% | |
| UK Independence | 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. The results of these constituencies in the last general election are listed below.
| General Election 2001: Paisley North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Irene Adams | 15,058 | 55.5 | -4.0 | |
| Scottish National Party | George Adam | 5,737 | 21.1 | -0.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Hook | 2,709 | 10.0 | +3.0 | |
| Conservative | Craig Stevenson | 2,404 | 8.9 | -0.7 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Jim Halfpenny | 982 | 3.6 | N/A | |
| ProLife Alliance | Robert Graham | 263 | 1.0 | -0.6 | |
| Majority | 9,321 | 34.4 | |||
| Turnout | 27,153 | 56.6 | -12.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 2001: Renfrewshire West | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | James Sheridan | 15,720 | 46.9 | +0.4 | |
| Scottish National Party | Carol Puthucheary | 7,145 | 21.3 | -5.2 | |
| Conservative | David Sharpe | 5,522 | 16.5 | -2.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Clare Hamblen | 4,185 | 12.5 | +4.8 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Arlene Nunnery | 925 | 2.8 | N/A | |
| Majority | 8,575 | 25.6 | |||
| Turnout | 33,497 | 63.3 | -12.7 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
