Renfrewshire South (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Paisley and Renfrewshire South (UK Parliament constituency).

Renfrewshire South
county constituency for the Scottish Parliament

Renfrewshire South shown within the West Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Labour
MSP	Hugh Henry
Council area	Renfrewshire East Renfrewshire

Renfrewshire South is a constituency of the devolved Scottish Parliament. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It also forms one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

The constituency was created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election largely from the former West Renfrewshire constituency, the majority of which went on to form Renfrewshire North and West.

Covering the southern portion of the Renfrewshire council area, the constituency takes in the town of Johnstone and large tracts of rural Renfrewshire, including a number of small villages.

Electoral region

The other nine constituencies of the West Scotland region are Clydebank and Milngavie, Cunninghame North, Cunninghame South, Dumbarton, Eastwood, Greenock and Inverclyde, Paisley, Renfrewshire North and West and Strathkelvin and Bearsden.

The region covers part of the Argyll and Bute council area, the East Dunbartonshire council area, the East Renfrewshire council area, the Inverclyde council area, North Ayrshire council area, the Renfrewshire council area and the West Dunbartonshire council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

Renfrewshire is represented in the Scottish Parliament by three constituencies: Paisley, Renfrewshire North and West and Renfrewshire South. While the rest of East Renfrewshire is represented by the Eastwood constituency.

The Renfrewshire South constituency was formed from the following electoral wards:

In full: Barrhead, Johnstone South, Elderslie and Howwood, Johnstone North, Kilbarchan and Lochwinnoch
In part: Neilston, Uplawmoor and Newton Mearns North (shared with Eastwood), Houston, Crosslee and Linwood (shared with Renfrewshire North and West)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

	Member	Party
2011	Hugh Henry	Labour

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Renfrewshire South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Hugh Henry	12,943	48.1	-2.9
	SNP	Andrew Doig	10,356	38.5	+7.9
	Conservative	Alistair Campbell	2,917	10.8	-1.7
	Liberal Democrats	Gordon Anderson	702	2.6	-1.7
Majority			2,587	9.6
Turnout			26,918	53.3

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Renfrewshire South
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		14,838	51.0
	SNP		8,902	30.6
	Conservative		3,646	12.5
	Liberal Democrats		1,251	4.3
	Others		459	1.6
Majority			5,936	20.4
	Labour hold		Swing

Notes and references

« 1999–2011 « Electoral regions and constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 2011–

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