Paisley South (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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

Paisley South
Former county constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Paisley South shown within the West of Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Former constituency
Created1999
Abolished2011
Council areaRenfrewshire
Replaced byPaisley
Renfrewshire South

Paisley South was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering part of the council area of Renfrewshire. It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. For the 2011 Scottish Parliament election the town of Paisley was split between two new constituencies. The new constituency of Paisley largely replaced both Paisley North and Paisley South; some areas covered by Paisley South were also transferred to the new constituency of Renfrewshire South.

Electoral region

See also West of Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)

Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, Paisley South was also one of nine constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region, which elected seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole. Prior to the first periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries in 2011, 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 covered 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

The Paisley South constituency was created for the first election to the Scottish Parliament in 1999, using the name and boundaries of the existing Paisley South constituency of the UK House of Commons. Ahead of the 2005 United Kingdom general election, House of Commons constituencies were altered, whilst the existing Scottish Parliament constituencies were retained.[1]

Paisley South lay entirely within the Renfrewshire council area. The rest of the Renfrewshire area was covered by Paisley North, and West Renfrewshire. The West Renfrewshire constituency also covered a portion of the Inverclyde council area.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election Member Party
1999 Hugh Henry Labour
2011 constituency abolished: replaced by Paisley

Election results

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Paisley South
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
2003 Scottish Parliament election: Paisley South
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
1999 Scottish Parliament election: Paisley South
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

  1. ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland Archived 21 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
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