Paisley North (UK Parliament constituency)

Paisley North 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.

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.

Election		Member	Party
	1983	Allen Adams	Labour
	1990 by-election	Irene Adams	Labour
2005		constituency abolished: see Paisley & Renfrewshire South and Paisley & Renfrewshire North

General Election 2001: Paisley North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Irene Adams	15,058	55.5	-4.0
	SNP	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 1997: Paisley North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Irene Adams	20,295	59.5	+7.6
	SNP	Ian Mackay	7,481	21.9	-1.6
	Conservative	Kenneth Brookes	3,267	9.6	-6.1
	Liberal Democrat	Alan Jeffs	2,365	6.9	-0.8
	ProLife Alliance	Robert Graham	531	1.6	N/A
	Referendum Party	Edwin Matthew	196	0.6	N/A
Majority			12,814	37.5
Turnout			34,135	68.6
	Labour hold		Swing