Paisley North (Scottish Parliament constituency)

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Paisley North
Scottish Parliament county constituency
Paisley North shown within the
West of Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Created: 1999
MSP: Wendy Alexander
Party: Labour
Council area: Renfrewshire

Paisley North is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the West of Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

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[edit] Electoral region

See also West of Scotland Scottish Parliament region

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

The region covers the West Dunbartonshire council area, the East Renfrewshire council area, the Inverclyde councila 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.

[edit] Constituency boundaries

The Paisley North 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]

[edit] Council areas

The Holyrood constituency is within the Renfrewshire council area. The rest of the Renfrewshire area is covered by the Paisley South, West Renfrewshire and Glasgow Govan constituencies.

The West Renfrewshire constituency also covers a portion of the Inverclyde council area, and the Glasgow Govan constituency also covers a portion of the Glasgow City council area.

Glasgow Govan is in the Glasgow electoral region.

[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election Member Party
1999 Wendy Alexander Labour
2003
2007

[edit] Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Paisley North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wendy Alexander 12,111 52.2 +4.3
Scottish National Party Andrew Doig 6,998 30.2 +1.7
Conservative Malcolm MacAskill 1,721 7.4 -1.0
Liberal Democrats Angela McGarrigle 1,570 6.8 -0.9
Scottish Socialist Iain Hogg 525 2.3 -5.3
Independent John Plott 281 1.2 +1.2
Majority 5,113 22.0
Turnout 23,206 53.4
Labour hold Swing 1.3
Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Paisley North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wendy Alexander 10,631 47.87 -0.75
Scottish National Party George Adam 6,321 28.47 -3.52
Conservative Allison Cook 1,871 8.43 +0.35
Liberal Democrats Brian O'Malley 2,338 7.68 -0.01
Scottish Socialist Sean Hurl 1,678 7.56 +3.93
Majority 4,310 19.41 +2.78
Turnout 22,206 49.35 -7.26
Labour hold Swing
Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Paisley North
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Wendy Alexander 13,492 48.62 N/A
Scottish National Party Ian MacKay 8,876 31.99 N/A
Conservative Peter Ramsay 2,242 8.08 N/A
Liberal Democrats Tamsin Mayberry 2,133 7.69 N/A
Scottish Socialist Fiona Macdonald 1,007 3.63 N/A
Majority 4,616 16.63 N/A
Turnout
Labour hold Swing

[edit] Notes and references

  1. ^ See The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland


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