Paisley South (UK Parliament constituency)
| Paisley South | |
|---|---|
| Former burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
 Boundary of Paisley South in Scotland for the 2001 general election | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | Renfrewshire |
| Major settlements | Paisley |
| 1983–2005 | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Paisley, West Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire[1] |
| Replaced by | Paisley & Renfrewshire South Paisley & Renfrewshire North |
Paisley South was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Paisley in Renfrewshire, Scotland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
History
[edit]The constituency was created when the former Paisley constituency was divided for the 1983 general election. It was abolished for the 2005 general election, when Paisley was represented by the new constituencies of Paisley & Renfrewshire South and Paisley & Renfrewshire North.
Boundaries
[edit]The Renfrew District electoral divisions of Johnstone, Paisley Central, and Paisley Gleniffer.
Members of Parliament
[edit]| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1983 | Norman Buchan | Labour | |
| 1990 by-election | Gordon McMaster | Labour Co-operative | |
| 1997 by-election | Douglas Alexander | Labour | |
| 2005 | constituency abolished: see Paisley & Renfrewshire South and Paisley & Renfrewshire North | ||
Election results
[edit]Elections of the 1980s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Norman Buchan | 15,633 | 41.4 | −9.6 | |
| Liberal | Elspeth M. Buchanan | 9,104 | 24.1 | ||
| Conservative | Joseph Knox | 7,819 | 20.7 | −9.7 | |
| SNP | James Mitchell | 4,918 | 13.1 | −4.3 | |
| Ecology | David Mellor | 271 | 0.7 | New | |
| Majority | 6,529 | 17.3 | |||
| Turnout | 37,745 | 72.5 | |||
| Labour win (new seat) | |||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Norman Buchan | 21,611 | 56.2 | +14.8 | |
| Liberal | Alistair Carmichael | 5,826 | 15.1 | −9.0 | |
| Conservative | Dorothy Williamson | 5,644 | 14.7 | −6.0 | |
| SNP | James Mitchell | 5,398 | 14.0 | +0.9 | |
| Majority | 15,785 | 41.1 | +23.8 | ||
| Turnout | 38,479 | 75.3 | +2.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections of the 1990s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Gordon McMaster | 12,485 | 46.1 | −10.1 | |
| SNP | Iain Lawson | 7,455 | 27.5 | +13.5 | |
| Conservative | John Workman | 3,627 | 13.4 | −1.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Reid | 2,660 | 9.8 | −5.3 | |
| Green | Elizabeth Collie | 835 | 3.1 | New | |
| Majority | 5,030 | 18.6 | −22.5 | ||
| Turnout | 27,062 | 55.0 | −20.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −11.8 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Gordon McMaster | 18,202 | 50.7 | −5.5 | |
| SNP | Iain Lawson | 8,653 | 24.1 | +10.1 | |
| Conservative | Sheila Laidlaw | 5,703 | 15.9 | +1.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alan Reid | 3,271 | 9.1 | −6.0 | |
| Natural Law | Stephen Porter | 93 | 0.3 | New | |
| Majority | 9,549 | 26.6 | −14.5 | ||
| Turnout | 35,922 | 75.0 | −0.3 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Gordon McMaster | 21,482 | 57.5 | +6.8 | |
| SNP | William Martin | 8,732 | 23.4 | −0.7 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Eileen McCartin | 3,500 | 9.4 | +0.3 | |
| Conservative | Robin Reid | 3,237 | 8.6 | −7.3 | |
| Referendum | James Lardner | 254 | 0.7 | New | |
| Scottish Socialist | Sean Clerkin | 146 | 0.4 | New | |
| Majority | 12,750 | 34.1 | +7.5 | ||
| Turnout | 37,351 | 69.1 | −5.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Douglas Alexander | 10,346 | 44.1 | −13.4 | |
| SNP | Ian Blackford | 7,615 | 32.5 | +9.1 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Eileen McCartin | 2,582 | 11.0 | +1.6 | |
| Conservative | Sheila Laidlaw | 1,643 | 7.0 | −1.6 | |
| ProLife Alliance | John A. Deighan | 578 | 2.5 | New | |
| Scottish Socialist | Frances Curran | 306 | 1.3 | +0.9 | |
| Independent | Charles W. McLauchlan | 155 | 0.7 | New | |
| Socialist Labour | Christopher Herriot | 153 | 0.7 | New | |
| Natural Law | Kenneth R. Blair | 57 | 0.2 | New | |
| Majority | 2,731 | 11.6 | −22.5 | ||
| Turnout | 23,435 | 42.9 | −26.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | −11.3 | |||
Elections of the 2000s
[edit]| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Douglas Alexander | 17,830 | 58.4 | +0.9 | |
| SNP | Brian Lawson | 5,920 | 19.4 | −4.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Brian O’Malley | 3,178 | 10.4 | +1.0 | |
| Conservative | Andrew Cossar | 2,301 | 7.5 | −1.1 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Frances Curran | 835 | 2.7 | +2.3 | |
| ProLife Alliance | Patricia Graham | 346 | 1.1 | N/A | |
| Independent | Terence O'Donnell | 126 | 0.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 11,910 | 39.0 | +4.9 | ||
| Turnout | 30,536 | 57.2 | −11.9 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
[edit]- ^ "'Paisley South', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 13 March 2016.[permanent dead link]
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1997". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 2001". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.