Paisley South (UK Parliament constituency)

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Paisley Souhth Burgh constituency
Created:	1983
Abolished:	2005
Type:	House of Commons
Members:	one

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.

Contents 1 History 2 Boundaries 3 Members of Parliament 4 Election results 5 References

[edit] 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.

[edit] Boundaries

[edit] Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Norman Buchan	Labour
	1990	Gordon McMaster	Labour
	1997	Douglas Alexander	Labour
2005		constituency abolished: see Paisley & Renfrewshire South and Paisley & Renfrewshire North

[edit] Election results

General Election 2001: Paisley South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Douglas Alexander	17,830	58.4	+0.9
	Scottish National Party	Brian Lawson	5,920	19.4	-4.0
	Liberal Democrats	Brian O’Malley	3,178	10.4	+1.0
	Conservative	Andrew Cossar	2,301	7.5	-1.1
	Scottish Socialist	Francis Curran	835	2.7	N/A
	ProLife Alliance	Patricia Graham	346	1.1	N/A
	Independent	Terence O’Donnell	126	0.4	N/A
Majority			11,910	39.0
Turnout			30,536	57.2	-11.9
	Labour hold		Swing

Paisley South by-election, 1997
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Douglas Alexander	10,346	44.1	-13.4
	Scottish National Party	Ian Blackford	7,615	32.5	+9.1
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen McCartin	2,582	11.0	+1.6
	Conservative	Sheila Laidlaw	1,643	7.0	-1.7
	ProLife Alliance	John Deighan	578	2.5	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Frances Curran	306	1.3	+0.9
	Independent	C. McLauchlan	155	0.7	N/A
	Socialist Labour	C. Herriot	153	0.7	N/A
	Natural Law	Kenneth Blair	57	0.2	N/A
Majority			2,731
Turnout				42.9
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.3

General Election 1997: Paisley South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon McMaster	21,482	57.5
	Scottish National Party	William Martin	8,732	23.4
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen McCartin	3,500	9.4
	Conservative	Robin Reid	3,237	8.6
	Referendum Party	James Lardner	254	0.7
	Scottish Socialist	Sean Clerkin	146	0.4
Majority
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

Paisley South by-election, 1990
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Gordon McMaster	12,485	46.1	-10.0
	Scottish National Party	Iain Lawson	7,455	27.5	+13.5
	Conservative	J Workman	3,627	13.4	-1.3
	Liberal Democrats	A Reid	2,660	9.8	5.3
	Green	L Collie	835	3.1
Majority			5,030	18.6
Turnout			27,062	55.0	-20.3
	Labour hold		Swing	-11.8

[edit] References

• This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.