West Renfrewshire (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Coordinates: 55.849108° N 4.570312° W

West Renfrewshire
Scottish Parliament county constituency
West Renfrewshire shown within the
West of Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created: 1999
MSP: Trish Godman
Party: Labour
Council area: Inverclyde

West Renfrewshire is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the West of Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

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[edit] Electoral region

See also West of Scotland Scottish Parliament region

The other eight constituencies of the West of Scotland region are Dumbarton, Clydebank and Milngavie, Cunninghame North, Eastwood, Paisley North, Greenock and Inverclyde, Paisley South and Strathkelvin and Bearsden.

The region covers the West Dunbartonshire council area, the East Renfrewshire council area, the Inverclyde councila area, most of the Renfrewshire council area, most of the East Dunbartonshire council area, part of the Argyll and Bute council area and part of the North Ayrshire council area.

[edit] Constituency boundaries

The West Renfrewshire constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency was divided between new constituencies.[1]

[edit] Council areas

The Holyrood constituency covers a western portion of the Renfrewshire council area and an eastern portion of the Inverclyde council area.

The rest of the Renfrewshire area is covered by the Paisley North, Paisley South and Glasgow Govan constituencies. Glasgow Govan is in the Glasgow electoral region.

The Greenock and Inverclyde constituency covers the rest of the Inverclyde area.

[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election Member Party
1999 Trish Godman Labour
2003
2007

[edit] Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: West Renfrewshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Trish Godman 10,467 35.9 +1.7
Conservative Annabel Goldie 8,289 28.5 +4.2
Scottish National Party William Wilson 8,167 28.0 +2.6
Liberal Democrats Simon Hutton 2,206 7.6 -2.7
Majority 2,178 7.5
Turnout 29,129 58.3 +2.8
Labour hold Swing
Scottish Parliament election, 2003: West Renfrewshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Trish Godman 9,671 34.17 -3.17
Scottish National Party Bruce McFee 7,179 25.37 -3.67
Conservative Annabel Goldie 6,867 24.26 +2.98
Liberal Democrats Alison King 2,902 10.25 +2.44
Scottish Socialist Gerry MaCartney 1,683 5.95 +5.95
Majority 2,492 8.81 +0.31
Turnout 28,302 55.53 -9.36
Labour hold Swing +0.25%
Scottish Parliament election, 1999: West Renfrewshire
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Trish Godman 12,708 37.34 N/A
Scottish National Party Colin Campbell 9,815 28.84 N/A
Conservative Annabel Goldie 7,243 21.28 N/A
Liberal Democrats Neal Ascherton 2,659 7.81 N/A
Independent Allan McGraw 1,136 3.34 N/A
Socialist Workers Patrick Clark 476 1.40 N/A
Majority 2,893 8.50 N/A
Turnout

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland


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