Renfrew West and Inverclyde (UK Parliament constituency)

Renfrewshire West and Inverclyde
Former County constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland Renfrewshire
1983–1997
Number of members One
Replaced by West Renfrewshire
Created from West Renfrewshire

Renfrewshire West and Inverclyde was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1997.

The constituency was created out of, and merged back into, the West Renfrewshire constituency.

Boundaries

The Renfrew District electoral divisions of Bargarran and Gryffe; and the Inverclyde District wards of Cardwell Bay, Firth, Gourock, and Kilmacolm.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMember[1] Party
1983 Anna McCurley Conservative
1987 Tommy Graham Labour
1997 constituency abolished. See West Renfrewshire

Election results

Elections of the 1990s

General Election 1992: Renfrewshire West and Inverclyde
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tommy Graham 17,085 36.6 −2.1
Conservative Annabel Goldie 15,341 32.9 +3.1
SNP Colin McIver Campbell 9,444 12.5 +10.1
Liberal Democrat Sandy Nimmo 4,668 10.0 −11.4
Natural Law Duncan L. Maltman 149 0.3 N/A
Majority 1,744 3.7
Turnout 46,687 80.3 −0.2
Labour hold Swing −2.6

Elections of the 1980s

General Election 1987: Renfrewshire West and Inverclyde
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tommy Graham 17,525 38.7 +9.7
Conservative Anna McCurley 13,472 29.8 −2.9
Social Democratic Dickson Mabon 9,669 21.4 −8.1
SNP Colin McIver Campbell 4,578 10.1 +1.3
Majority 4,053 8.9
Turnout 45,244 80.5 +2.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +6.3
General Election 1983: Renfrewshire West and Inverclyde
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anna McCurley 13,669 32.7 N/A
Social Democratic Dickson Mabon 12,347 29.5 N/A
Labour G. Doherty 12,139 29.0 N/A
SNP W. Taylor 3,653 8.8 N/A
Majority 1,322 3.2 N/A
Turnout 41,808 78.1 N/A
Conservative win (new seat)

References

  1. ↑ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)