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Paisley and Renfrewshire North is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election, replacing most of Paisley North and Renfrewshire West.

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Paisley and Renfrewshire North
County constituency for the House of Commons
Boundary of Paisley and Renfrewshire North in Scotland
Major settlements	Bishopton
Current constituency
Created	2005
Member of Parliament	Gavin Newlands (SNP)
Created from	Paisley South, Paisley North and Renfrewshire West

Constituency Profile

The constituency covers the northern portion of Paisley, the smaller towns of Renfrew and Linwood, and rural villages such as Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Houston.

Boundaries

The constituency includes the northern part of Paisley, plus the towns of

• Renfrew
• Erskine
• Bishopton
• Langbank
• Bridge of Weir
• Houston
• Craigends
• Linwood
• Ralston

and also Glasgow Airport and Hillington Industrial Estate.

The northern boundary of the constituency is the River Clyde from Braehead in the east to Langbank in the west.

A map of the constituency can be found at the Election Maps site.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2005	Jim Sheridan	Labour
	2015	Gavin Newlands	SNP

Elections

Elections in the 2010s

General election 2019: Paisley and Renfrewshire North[1][2]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Gavin Newlands	23,353	47.0	+9.6
	Labour	Alison Taylor	11,451	23.0	-8.8
	Conservative	Julie Pirone	11,217	22.6	-4.9
	Liberal Democrats	Ross Stalker	3,661	7.4	+4.2
Majority			11,902	24.0	+18.4
Turnout			49,682	69.0	-0.1
	SNP hold		Swing	+9.2

General election 2017: Paisley and Renfrewshire North[3]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Gavin Newlands	17,455	37.4	-13.3
	Labour	Alison Taylor	14,842	31.8	-0.9
	Conservative	David Gardiner	12,842	27.5	+15.2
	Liberal Democrats	John Boyd	1,476	3.2	+1.1
Majority			2,613	5.6	-12.4
Turnout			46,615	69.1	-7.1
	SNP hold		Swing	-6.2

General election 2015: Paisley and Renfrewshire North[4]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	Gavin Newlands	25,601	50.7	+31.6
	Labour	Jim Sheridan	16,525	32.7	-21.3
	Conservative	John Anderson	6,183	12.3	-2.3
	Liberal Democrats	James Speirs	1,055	2.1	-8.4
	Green	Ryan Morrison	703	1.4	New
	CISTA	Andy Doyle	202	0.4	New
	TUSC	Jim Halfpenny[5]	193	0.4	New
Majority			9,076	18.0	N/A
Turnout			50,462	76.2	+7.6
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing	+26.5

General election 2010: Paisley and Renfrewshire North[6]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Sheridan	23,613	54.0	+8.3
	SNP	Mags MacLaren	8,333	19.1	+0.3
	Conservative	Alistair Campbell	6,381	14.6	+1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Ruaraidh Dobson	4,597	10.5	-7.8
	Independent politician	Gary Pearson	550	1.3	New
	Scottish Socialist	Chris Rollo	233	0.5	-1.1
Majority			15,280	34.9	+8.0
Turnout			43,707	68.6	+3.8
	Labour hold		Swing	+4.3

Elections in the 2000s

General election 2005: Paisley and Renfrewshire North[7]

Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Jim Sheridan	18,697	45.7	-6.6
	SNP	Bill Wilson	7,696	18.8	-3.9
	Liberal Democrats	Lewis Hutton	7,464	18.3	+10.7
	Conservative	Philip Lardner	5,566	13.6	-0.1
	Scottish Socialist	Angela McGregor	646	1.6	-1.7
	Socialist Labour	Katharine McGavigan	444	1.1	New
	UKIP	John Pearson	372	0.9	+0.9
Majority			11,001	26.9
Turnout			40,885	64.8	+3.6
	Labour hold		Swing	-1.3

This constituency was formed in 2005 from parts of the old Paisley North and Renfrewshire West constituencies.

References

Specific

General

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "P" (part 1)

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