| Paisley South | |
|---|---|
| Scottish Parliament county constituency |
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| Paisley South shown within the West of Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
| Created | 1999 |
| Abolished | 2011 |
| Council area | Renfrewshire |
Paisley South 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.
Paisley South will be replaced by Paisley for the Scottish Parliament election, 2011.
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The other eight constituencies of the West of Scotland region are Dumbarton, Clydebank and Milngavie, Cunninghame North, Eastwood, Greenock and Inverclyde, Paisley North, Strathkelvin and Bearsden and West Renfrewshire.
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.
The Paisley South 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 abolished in favour of new constituencies.[1]
The Holyrood constituency is within the Renfrewshire council area. The rest of the Renfrewshire area is covered by the Paisley North and West Renfrewshire.
The West Renfrewshire constituency also covers a portion of the Inverclyde council area.
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Hugh Henry | Labour | |
| 2003 | |||
| 2007 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Paisley South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Hugh Henry | 12,123 | 47.5 | +6.7 | |
| SNP | Fiona McLeod | 7,893 | 30.9 | -0.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Eileen McCartin | 3,434 | 13.4 | -0.6 | |
| Conservative | Tom Begg | 2,077 | 8.1 | +1.0 | |
| Majority | 4,230 | 16.6 | |||
| Turnout | 25,527 | 52.7 | |||
| Labour hold | Swing | 3.4 | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Paisley South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Hugh Henry | 10,190 | 40.79 | -4.55 | |
| SNP | Bill Martin | 7,737 | 30.97 | +0.29 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Eileen McCartin | 3,517 | 14.08 | +4.38 | |
| Conservative | Mark Jones | 1,775 | 7.10 | -0.94 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Frances Curran | 1,765 | 7.06 | +7.06 | |
| Majority | 2,453 | 9.82 | -4.84 | ||
| Turnout | 24,984 | 50.15 | -7.00 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Paisley South | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Hugh Henry | 13,899 | 45.34 | N/A | |
| SNP | Cllr Bill Martin | 9,404 | 30.68 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Callison | 2,974 | 9.70 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Shiela Laidlaw | 2,433 | 7.94 | N/A | |
| Independent | Paul Mack | 1,273 | 4.15 | N/A | |
| Socialist Workers | Jackie Forrest | 673 | 2.20 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,495 | 14.66 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | |||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||