Paisley South (UK Parliament constituency)
Not to be confused with Paisley South (Scottish Parliament constituency).
Paisley South | |
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Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Renfrewshire |
Major settlements | Paisley |
1983–2005 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by |
Paisley & Renfrewshire South Paisley & Renfrewshire North |
Created from | Paisley |
Paisley South 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.
Boundaries
The Renfrew District electoral divisions of Johnstone, Paisley Central, and Paisley Gleniffer.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1983 | Norman Buchan | Labour | |
1990 by-election | Gordon McMaster | Labour | |
1997 by-election | Douglas Alexander | Labour | |
2005 | constituency abolished: see Paisley & Renfrewshire South and Paisley & Renfrewshire North |
Elections of the 2000s
General Election 2001: Paisley South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Douglas Alexander | 17,830 | 58.4 | +0.9 | |
SNP | Brian Lawson | 5,920 | 19.4 | −4.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Brian O’Malley | 3,178 | 10.4 | +1.0 | |
Conservative | Andrew James Cossar | 2,301 | 7.5 | −1.1 | |
Scottish Socialist | Frances Curran | 835 | 2.7 | N/A | |
ProLife Alliance | Mrs. Patricia Margaret Graham | 346 | 1.1 | N/A | |
Independent | Terence Kelly O'Donnell | 126 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 11,910 | 39.0 | |||
Turnout | 30,536 | 57.2 | −11.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections of the 1990s
By-Election 1997: Paisley South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Douglas Alexander | 10,346 | 44.1 | −13.4 | |
SNP | Ian Blackford | 7,615 | 32.5 | +9.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Miss Eileen Patricia McCartin | 2,582 | 11.0 | +1.6 | |
Conservative | Mrs. Sheila G. Laidlaw | 1,643 | 7.0 | −1.7 | |
ProLife Alliance | John A. Deighan | 578 | 2.5 | N/A | |
Scottish Socialist | Frances Curran | 306 | 1.3 | +0.9 | |
Independent | Charles W. McLauchlan | 155 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Socialist Labour | Christopher Herriot | 153 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Kenneth R. Blair | 57 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 2,731 | 11.7 | |||
Turnout | 23,435 | 42.9 | −26.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −11.3 | |||
General Election 1997: Paisley South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Gordon McMaster | 21,482 | 57.5 | +6.8 | |
SNP | William Martin | 8,732 | 23.4 | −0.7 | |
Liberal Democrat | Miss Eileen Patricia McCartin | 3,500 | 9.4 | +0.3 | |
Conservative | Robin W.R. Reid | 3,237 | 8.6 | −7.3 | |
Referendum Party | James Lardner | 254 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Scottish Socialist | Sean A. Clerkin | 146 | 0.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,750 | 34.1 | |||
Turnout | 37,351 | 69.1 | −5.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1992: Paisley South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Gordon McMaster | 18,202 | 50.7 | −5.5 | |
SNP | Iain M. Lawson | 8,653 | 24.1 | +10.1 | |
Conservative | Mrs. Sheila G. Laidlaw | 5,703 | 15.9 | +1.2 | |
Liberal Democrat | Alan Reid | 3,271 | 9.1 | −6.0 | |
Natural Law | Stephen R. Porter | 93 | 0.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,549 | 26.6 | |||
Turnout | 35,922 | 75.0 | −0.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
By-Election 1990: Paisley South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Gordon McMaster | 12,485 | 46.1 | −10.1 | |
SNP | Iain M. Lawson | 7,455 | 27.5 | +13.5 | |
Conservative | J. Workman | 3,627 | 13.4 | −1.3 | |
Liberal Democrat | Alan Reid | 2,660 | 9.8 | −5.3 | |
Green | L Collie | 835 | 3.1 | N/A | |
Majority | 5,030 | 18.6 | |||
Turnout | 27,062 | 55.0 | −20.3 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −11.8 | |||
Elections of the 1980s
General Election 1987: Paisley South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Norman Buchan | 21,611 | 56.2 | +14.8 | |
Liberal | Alistair Carmichael | 5,826 | 15.1 | −9.0 | |
Conservative | Miss Dorothy Ann Williamson | 5,644 | 14.7 | −6.0 | |
SNP | James Robert Mitchell | 5,398 | 14.0 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 15,785 | 41.1 | |||
Turnout | 38,479 | 75.3 | +2.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
General Election 1983: Paisley South | |||||
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
Labour | Norman Buchan | 15,633 | 41.4 | N/A | |
Liberal | Mrs. E.M. Buchanan | 9,104 | 24.1 | N/A | |
Conservative | J. Knox | 7,819 | 20.7 | N/A | |
SNP | James Robert Mitchell | 4,918 | 13.1 | N/A | |
Ecology Party | David G. Mellor | 271 | 0.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 6,529 | 17.3 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 37,745 | 72.5 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||