Paisley and Renfrewshire North (UK Parliament constituency)

{{Short description|Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 2005 onwards}}

{{Infobox UK constituency

|name = Paisley and Renfrewshire North

|parliament = uk

|image = 233px

|map_size = 250px

|caption = Paisley and Renfrewshire North shown within Scotland.

|map_year =

|year = 2005

|abolished =

|type = Burgh

|previous = Paisley South, Paisley North and Renfrewshire West

|next =

|electorate =69,941 (March 2020){{cite web |title=2023 review final recs news release |url=https://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/sites/default/files/2023_review_final/2023_review_final_recs_news_release.pdf |publisher=Boundary Commission for Scotland}}

|mp = Alison Taylor

|party = Labour

|towns = Bishopton, Erskine, Renfrew

|region = Scotland

|county =Renfrewshire and Glasgow City

|european = Scotland

}}

Paisley and Renfrewshire North is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom represented since 2024 by Alison Taylor of Scottish Labour. It was created for the 2005 general election, from parts of the Paisley North and Renfrewshire West constituencies.

Boundaries

{{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Paisley and Renfrewshire North (UK Parliament constituency) 2005}}|frame=yes|frame-align=left|frame-width=265|frame-height=210|text=Map of boundaries 2005–2024}}

{{maplink|raw={{Wikipedia:Map data/Paisley and Renfrewshire North (UK Parliament constituency)}}|frame=yes|frame-align=center|frame-width=265|frame-height=210|text=Map of boundaries from 2024}}

2005–2024: Under the Fifth Review of UK Parliament constituencies, the constituency boundaries were defined in accordance with the ward structure in place on 30 November 2004. The northern boundary ran along the River Clyde from Braehead in the east to Langbank in the west. The constituency included the northern part of Paisley, plus the towns and villages of Renfrew, Erskine, Inchinnan, Bishopton, Langbank, Bridge of Weir, Houston, Craigends, Brookfield and Linwood. It also included Glasgow Airport and part of the Hillington Industrial Estate.

2024–present: Following the completion of the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies, the seat underwent significant boundary changes which were used for the first time at the 2024 general election. The redrawn constituency contains a northern portion of Renfrewshire, including part of Paisley and the towns of Renfrew, Erskine and Bishopton alongside the villages of Inchinnan and Langbank in full. It also adds the entire Hillington and part of the Cardonald area of Glasgow.[https://www.bcomm-scotland.independent.gov.uk/sites/default/files/revised_constituency_maps/paisley_and_renfrewshire_north.pdf Boundary Commission Scotland 2023 Review Report] Linwood and Brookfield were moved to Paisley and Renfrewshire South and Bridge of Weir, Houston and Craigends included in the new Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West constituency.

The seat is defined as comprising the following:{{cite web |title=The Parliamentary Constituencies Order 2023 |url=https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2023/1230/schedules/made |at=Schedule 3}}

In full: the Renfrewshire Council wards of Renfrew North and Braehead, Renfrew South and Gallowhill, Paisley Northeast and Ralston, Erskine and Inchinnan.
In part: the Renfrewshire Council wards of Paisley Northwest (northern areas comprising about 45% of the electorate), Houston, Crosslee and Linwood (very small part), Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank (northern areas including Bishopton and Langbank); and the Glasgow City Council ward of Cardonald (northern parts including the districts of North Cardonald, Hillington, Penilee and Rosshall).

Members of Parliament

colspan="2"\|Election	Member	Party
class="wikitable"
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| 2005 \| Jim Sheridan \| Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Scottish National Party}}" \| \| 2015 \| Gavin Newlands \| SNP
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| 2024 \| Alison Taylor \| Labour

Elections

= Elections in the 2020s =

{{Election box begin|title=General election 2024: Paisley and Renfrewshire North{{cite news |title=Paisley and Renfrewshire North results |work=BBC News |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election/2024/uk/constituencies/S14000101 |access-date=17 July 2024}}{{cite web |title=UK General Election 2024: Results |url=https://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/article/13939/UK-General-Election-2024 |website=Renfrewshire Council |access-date=17 July 2024}}|}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|party=Scottish Labour|candidate=Alison Taylor|votes=19,561|percentage=47.1|change=+23.4}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Scottish National Party|candidate=Gavin Newlands|votes=13,228|percentage=31.9|change=−17.0}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Reform UK|candidate=Andrew Scott|votes=3,228|percentage=7.8|change=+7.5}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Scottish Conservatives|candidate=David McGonigle|votes=2,659|percentage=6.4|change=−13.1}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Scottish Greens|candidate=Jen Bell|votes=1,469|percentage=3.5|change=New}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|party=Scottish Liberal Democrats|candidate=Grant Toghill|votes=1,374|percentage=3.3|change=−4.3}}

{{Election box turnout|votes=41,519|percentage=58.4|change=−8.5}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Scottish Labour Party

|loser = Scottish National Party

|swing = +20.2

}}

= Elections in the 2010s=

colspan="4" \| 2019 notional result {{efn\|Estimate of the 2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the 2023 boundary review were in place}} {{Cite web \|date= \|title=Paisley and Renfrewshire North notional election - December 2019 \|url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/elections/2402 \|access-date=11 July 2024 \|work=Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News \|publisher=UK Parliament}}
class="wikitable"
bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" \| Party ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" \| Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" \| %
{{party color cell\|Scottish National Party}} \| Scottish National Party	align=right\| 22,856	align=right\| 48.9
{{party color cell\|Labour Party (UK)}} \| Labour	align="right" \| 11,103	align="right" \| 23.7
{{party color cell\|Conservative Party (UK)}} \| Conservative	align=right\| 9,134	align=right\| 19.5
{{party color cell\|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} \| Liberal Democrats	align=right\| 3,539	align=right\| 7.6
{{party color cell\|Brexit Party}} \| Brexit Party	align=right\| 146	align=right\| 0.3
colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"\|
colspan="2" \|Majority \| align="right" \|11,753 \|align="right" \|25.1
colspan="2" \|Turnout \| align="right" \|46,778 \|align="right" \|66.9
colspan="2"\|Electorate \|align=right\|69,941

{{Election box begin

| title=General election 2019: Paisley and Renfrewshire North{{cite web |title=2019 - UK General Election |url=http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/article/9655/2019-UK-General-Election-Results |website=Renfrewshire Council |access-date=13 December 2019 |archive-date=13 December 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191213213221/http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/article/9655/2019-UK-General-Election-Results |url-status=live }}{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/S14000052|title=Paisley & Renfrewshire North parliamentary constituency - Election 2019|work=BBC News|access-date=2019-12-16|language=en-GB|archive-date=4 December 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204093220/https://www.bbc.com/news/politics/constituencies/S14000052|url-status=live}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish National Party

|candidate = Gavin Newlands

|votes = 23,353

|percentage = 47.0

|change = +9.6}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Labour

|candidate = Alison Taylor

|votes = 11,451

|percentage = 23.0

|change = −8.8}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Conservative Party

|candidate = Julie Pirone

|votes = 11,217

|percentage = 22.6

|change = −4.9}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats

|candidate = Ross Stalker

|votes = 3,661

|percentage = 7.4

|change = +4.2}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 11,902

|percentage = 24.0

|change = +18.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 49,682

|percentage = 69.0

|change = −0.1

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Scottish National Party

|swing = +9.2

}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 2017: Paisley and Renfrewshire North{{Cite web|url=http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/media/4037/Statement-of-Persons-nominated-and-Notice-of-Poll-with-situation-of-polling-places---Paisley-and-Renfrewshire-North/pdf/Notice_of_Election_-_Paisley_and_Renfrewshire_North_with_Situation_of_Stations.doc.pdf|title=UK Parliamentary General Election: Paisley and Renfrewshire North Constituency Statement of Persons Nominated and Notice of Poll|access-date=18 May 2017|archive-date=5 September 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190905110730/http://www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/media/4037/Statement-of-Persons-nominated-and-Notice-of-Poll-with-situation-of-polling-places---Paisley-and-Renfrewshire-North/pdf/Notice_of_Election_-_Paisley_and_Renfrewshire_North_with_Situation_of_Stations.doc.pdf|url-status=live}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish National Party

|candidate = Gavin Newlands

|votes = 17,455

|percentage = 37.4

|change = −13.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Labour Party

|candidate = Alison Taylor

|votes = 14,842

|percentage = 31.8

|change = −0.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Conservative Party

|candidate = David Gardiner

|votes = 12,842

|percentage = 27.5

|change = +15.2

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats

|candidate = John Boyd

|votes = 1,476

|percentage = 3.2

|change = +1.1

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 2,613

|percentage = 5.6

|change = −12.4

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 46,615

|percentage = 69.1

|change = −7.1

}}

{{Election box hold with party link

|winner = Scottish National Party

|swing = −6.2

}}

{{Election box begin | title=General election 2015: Paisley and Renfrewshire North{{cite web|title=Election Data 2015|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151017112223/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2015.txt|archive-date=17 October 2015}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish National Party

|candidate = Gavin Newlands

|votes = 25,601

|percentage = 50.7

|change = +31.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Labour Party

|candidate = Jim Sheridan

|votes = 16,525

|percentage = 32.7

|change = −21.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Conservative Party

|candidate = John Anderson

|votes = 6,183

|percentage = 12.3

|change = −2.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats

|candidate = James Speirs

|votes = 1,055

|percentage = 2.1

|change = −8.4

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Greens

|candidate = Ryan Morrison

|votes = 703

|percentage = 1.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol

|candidate = Andy Doyle

|votes = 202

|percentage = 0.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition

|candidate = Jim Halfpenny{{Cite web |url=http://www.tusc.org.uk/txt/320.pdf |title=TUSC parliamentary candidates in May 2015 |date=4 February 2015 |website=Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition |archive-date=2015-02-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150207020421/http://www.tusc.org.uk/txt/320.pdf |url-status=live }}

|votes = 193

|percentage = 0.4

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 9,076

|percentage = 18.0

|change =

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 50,462

|percentage = 76.2

|change = +7.6

}}

{{Election box gain with party link

|winner = Scottish National Party

|loser = Scottish Labour Party

|swing = +26.5

}}

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2010: Paisley and Renfrewshire North{{cite web|title=Election Data 2010|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=17 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130726162034/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2010.txt|archive-date=26 July 2013}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Labour Party

|candidate = Jim Sheridan

|votes = 23,613

|percentage = 54.0

|change = +8.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish National Party

|candidate = Mags MacLaren

|votes = 8,333

|percentage = 19.1

|change = +0.3

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Conservative Party

|candidate = Alistair Campbell

|votes = 6,381

|percentage = 14.6

|change = +1.0

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats

|candidate = Ruaraidh Dobson

|votes = 4,597

|percentage = 10.5

|change = −7.8

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Independent politician

|candidate = Gary Pearson

|votes = 550

|percentage = 1.3

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Socialist Party

|candidate = Chris Rollo

|votes = 233

|percentage = 0.5

|change = −1.1

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 15,280

|percentage = 34.9

|change = +8.0

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 43,707

|percentage = 68.6

|change = +3.8

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Scottish Labour Party

|swing = +4.3

}}

= Elections in the 2000s =

{{Election box begin |

|title=General election 2005: Paisley and Renfrewshire North{{cite web|title=Election Data 2005|url=http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|publisher=Electoral Calculus|access-date=18 October 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111015054249/http://www.electoralcalculus.co.uk/electdata_2005ob.txt|archive-date=15 October 2011}}

}}

{{Election box winning candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Labour Party

|candidate = Jim Sheridan

|votes = 18,697

|percentage = 45.7

|change = −6.6

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish National Party

|candidate = Bill Wilson

|votes = 7,696

|percentage = 18.8

|change = −3.9

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Liberal Democrats

|candidate = Lewis Hutton

|votes = 7,464

|percentage = 18.3

|change = +10.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Conservative Party

|candidate = Philip Lardner

|votes = 5,566

|percentage = 13.6

|change = −0.1

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Scottish Socialist Party

|candidate = Angela McGregor

|votes = 646

|percentage = 1.6

|change = −1.7

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)

|candidate = Katharine McGavigan

|votes = 444

|percentage = 1.1

|change = New

}}

{{Election box candidate with party link|

|party = UK Independence Party

|candidate = John Pearson

|votes = 372

|percentage = 0.9

|change = New

}}

{{Election box majority|

|votes = 11,001

|percentage = 26.9

|change = −2.7

}}

{{Election box turnout|

|votes = 40,885

|percentage = 64.8

|change = +3.6

}}

{{Election box hold with party link|

|winner = Scottish Labour Party

|swing = −1.3

}}

Notes

References

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External links

[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/14449.html Paisley and Renfrewshire North UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries April 2005 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
[https://mapit.mysociety.org/area/168974.html Paisley and Renfrewshire North UK Parliament constituency] (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK

Category:Westminster Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland

Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of the United Kingdom established in 2005

Category:Politics of Paisley, Renfrewshire

Category:Politics of Renfrewshire

Category:Erskine, Renfrewshire

colspan="2"\|Election	Member	Party
class="wikitable"
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| 2005 \| Jim Sheridan \| Labour
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Scottish National Party}}" \| \| 2015 \| Gavin Newlands \| SNP
style="color:inherit;background-color: {{party color\|Labour Party (UK)}}" \| \| 2024 \| Alison Taylor \| Labour

colspan="4" \| 2019 notional result {{efn\|Estimate of the 2019 general election result as if the revised boundaries recommended under the 2023 boundary review were in place}} {{Cite web \|date= \|title=Paisley and Renfrewshire North notional election - December 2019 \|url=https://electionresults.parliament.uk/elections/2402 \|access-date=11 July 2024 \|work=Rallings & Thrasher, Professor David Denver (Scotland), Nicholas Whyte (NI) for Sky News, PA, BBC News and ITV News \|publisher=UK Parliament}}
class="wikitable"
bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="130px" colspan="2" \| Party ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="50px" \| Vote ! bgcolor="#DDDDFF" width="30px" \| %
{{party color cell\|Scottish National Party}} \| Scottish National Party	align=right\| 22,856	align=right\| 48.9
{{party color cell\|Labour Party (UK)}} \| Labour	align="right" \| 11,103	align="right" \| 23.7
{{party color cell\|Conservative Party (UK)}} \| Conservative	align=right\| 9,134	align=right\| 19.5
{{party color cell\|Liberal Democrats (UK)}} \| Liberal Democrats	align=right\| 3,539	align=right\| 7.6
{{party color cell\|Brexit Party}} \| Brexit Party	align=right\| 146	align=right\| 0.3
colspan="4" bgcolor="#EAECF0"\|
colspan="2" \|Majority \| align="right" \|11,753 \|align="right" \|25.1
colspan="2" \|Turnout \| align="right" \|46,778 \|align="right" \|66.9
colspan="2"\|Electorate \|align=right\|69,941