Paisley and Renfrewshire North (UK Parliament constituency)

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Paisley and Renfrewshire North
County constituency
Paisley and Renfrewshire North shown within Scotland
Created: 2005
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

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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Sheridan 18,697 45.7% -6.6%
Scottish National Party 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%
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
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Irene Adams 15,058 55.5 -4.0
Scottish National Party George Adam 5,737 21.1 -0.8
Liberal Democrat 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
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 Democrat 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

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