Paisley (UK Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Paisley (Scottish Parliament constituency).
Paisley
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Major settlements Paisley
1832 (1832)–1983 (1983)
Number of members One
Replaced by Paisley North
Paisley South

Paisley was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1983, when it was divided into Paisley North and Paisley South. These were in turn amalgamated into Paisley and Renfrewshire South and Paisley and Renfrewshire North in 2005.

Contents

Boundaries

The constituency covered the burgh of Paisley.

Members of Parliament

Election Member Party
1832 Sir John Maxwell
1834 Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford
1835 Alexander Graham Speirs
1836 Archibald Hastie
1857 Humphrey Ewing Crum-Ewing Liberal
1874 William Holms Liberal
1884 Stewart Clark Liberal
1885 William Boyle Barbour Liberal
1891 Sir William Dunn Liberal
1906 Sir John Mills McCallum Liberal
1920 H. H. Asquith Liberal
1924 Edward Rosslyn Mitchell Labour
1929 James Welsh Labour
1931 Joseph Maclay Liberal
1945 Viscount Corvedale Labour
1948 Douglas Johnston Labour
1961 John Robertson Labour
1976 Scottish Labour Party
1979 Allen Adams Labour
1983 constituency abolished

Election results

General Election 1945: Paisley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Oliver Baldwin, Viscount Corvedale 25,156 55.6 +6
Conservative Tam Galbraith 14,826 32.7 N/A
Liberal Lady Glen-Coats 4,532 10.0 -40.4
Independent A R Eagles 765 1.7 N/A
Majority 10,330
General Election 1935: Paisley [1]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hon Joseph Paton Maclay 22,466 50.4 -11.4
Labour Oliver Baldwin 22,077 49.6 +11.4
Majority 389
General Election 1931: Paisley [2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Hon Joseph Paton Maclay 26,187 61.8 +35.3
Labour James Welsh 16,183 38.2 -17.6
Majority 10,004
General Election 1929: Paisley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour James Welsh 22,425 55.8 +2.3
Liberal J Mc Cullough 10,640 26.5 -20
Conservative Miss M G Cowan 7,094 17.7 N/A
Majority 11,785
General Election 1924: Paisley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Edward Rosslyn Mitchell 17,057 53.5 +26.1
Liberal H H Asquith 14,829 46.5 +13.1
Majority 2,228
General Election 1923: Paisley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal H H Asquith 9,723 33.4 -17.1
Labour J M Biggar 7,977 27.4 -22.1
Conservative Archibald Douglas MacInnes Shaw 7,758 26.6 N/A
Independent Labour D D Cormack 3,685 12.6 N/A
Majority 1,746
General Election 1922: Paisley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal H H Asquith 15,005 50.5 +2.1
Labour J M Biggar 14,689 49.5 +10.4
Majority 316
Paisley by-election, 1920: Paisley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal H H Asquith 14,736 48.4 +14.4
Labour J M Biggar 11,902 39.1 +5.6
Conservative J A D MacKean 3,795 12.5 N/A
Majority 2,834
General Election 1918: Paisley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir John Mills McCallum 7,542 34.0 -30.3
Labour J M Biggar 7,436 33.5 N/A
National Democratic Party (UK) John Taylor 7,201 32.5 N/A
Majority 106
General Election December 1910: Paisley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir John Mills McCallum 6,039 64.3 +0.6
Conservative Alfred Roger Jephcott 3,350 35.7 -0.6
Majority 2,689
General Election January 1910: Paisley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Sir John Mills McCallum 6,812 63.7 +11
Conservative Capt Duncan Frederick Campbell 3,890 36.3 +12.1
Majority 2,922
General Election 1906: Paisley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal John Mills McCallum 5,664 52.7 -3.9
Conservative J.A.D. McKean 2,594 24.2 -19.2
Scottish Workers Robert Smillie 2,482 23.1 N/A
Majority 3,070
General Election 1900: Paisley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Dunn 4,532 56.6 -2.4
Conservative George Swinton 3,474 43.4 +2.4
Majority 1,058
General Election 1895: Paisley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Dunn 4,404 59.0 -4.6
Conservative A Moffat 3,063 41.0 +4.6
Majority 1,342
General Election 1892: Paisley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Dunn 4,262 63.6 +4
Liberal Unionist Christopher N Johnston 2,441 36.4 -4
Majority 1,821
Paisley by-election, 1891: Paisley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Dunn 4,145 59.6 +4.5
Conservative Robert Mure McKerrell 2,807 40.4 -4.5
Majority 1,338
General Election 1886: Paisley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Boyle Barbour 3,057 55.1 -2.2
Liberal Unionist James Parker Smith 2,491 44.9 +2.2
Majority 566
General Election 1885: Paisley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal William Boyle Barbour 3,390 57.3 -5.5
Conservative Robert Mure McKerrell 2,523 42.7 +5.5
Majority 867
Paisley by-election, 1884: Paisley
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Stewart Clark 3,049 62.8
Conservative Lord Ernest Hamilton 1,806 37.2
Majority 1,243
General Election 1868: Paisley[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Liberal Humphrey Ewing Crum-Ewing 1,576
Col. Campbell 921
Archibald Kintrea 421
Majority

References

  1. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1939
  2. ^ Whitaker's Almanack, 1934
  3. ^ Debrett's House of Commons, 1870