Paisley South (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Paisley Souhth Burgh constituency |
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| 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.
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[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
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[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1983 | Norman Buchan | Labour | |
| 1990 | Gordon McMaster | Labour | |
| 1997 | Douglas Alexander | Labour | |
| 2005 | constituency abolished: see Paisley & Renfrewshire South and Paisley & Renfrewshire North |
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[edit] Election results
| General Election 2001: Paisley South | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Douglas Alexander | 17,830 | 58.4 | +0.9 | |
| Scottish National Party | Brian Lawson | 5,920 | 19.4 | -4.0 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Douglas Alexander | 10,346 | 44.1 | -13.4 | |
| Scottish National Party | Ian Blackford | 7,615 | 32.5 | +9.1 | |
| Liberal Democrat | 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 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Gordon McMaster | 21,482 | 57.5 | ||
| Scottish National Party | William Martin | 8,732 | 23.4 | ||
| Liberal Democrat | 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 | ||
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| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Paisley South by-election, 1990 | |||||
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| 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 Democrat | Alan 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 | |||
