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DeutschPaisley South (Scottish Parliament constituency)
| Paisley South | |
|---|---|
| Former county constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
 | |
.svg) Paisley South shown within the West of Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1999 |
| Abolished | 2011 |
| Council area | Renfrewshire |
Paisley South was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It was also one of nine constituencies in the West of Scotland electoral region, which elected seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Paisley South was replaced by Paisley for the Scottish Parliament election, 2011.
Electoral region
[edit]The other eight constituencies of the West of Scotland region were: 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 council 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.
Constituency boundaries
[edit]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]
Council areas
[edit]The Holyrood constituency was entirely within the Renfrewshire council area. The rest of the Renfrewshire area was covered by the Paisley North and West Renfrewshire.
The West Renfrewshire constituency also covered a portion of the Inverclyde council area.
Member of the Scottish Parliament
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Hugh Henry | Labour | ||
| 2011 | constituency abolished: replaced by Paisley | |||
Election results
[edit]| 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 | −0.7 | |
| Conservative | Tom Begg | 2,077 | 8.1 | +1.0 | |
| Majority | 4,230 | 16.6 | +6.8 | ||
| Turnout | 25,527 | 52.7 | +2.6 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +3.4 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Hugh Henry | 10,190 | 40.8 | −4.5 | |
| SNP | Bill Martin | 7,737 | 31.0 | +0.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Eileen McCartin | 3,517 | 14.1 | +4.4 | |
| Conservative | Mark Jones | 1,775 | 7.1 | −0.9 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Frances Curran | 1,765 | 7.1 | New | |
| Majority | 2,453 | 9.8 | −4.8 | ||
| Turnout | 24,984 | 50.1 | −7.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Hugh Henry | 13,899 | 45.3 | N/A | |
| SNP | Bill Martin | 9,404 | 30.7 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Stuart Callison | 2,974 | 9.7 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Sheila Laidlaw | 2,433 | 7.9 | N/A | |
| Independent | Paul Mack | 1,273 | 4.2 | N/A | |
| Socialist Workers | Jackie Forrest | 673 | 2.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 4,495 | 14.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 30,656 | 57.1 | N/A | ||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Notes and references
[edit]- ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived 21 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine