Paisley South (UK Parliament constituency)

Paisley South
Former Burgh constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland Renfrewshire
Major settlements Paisley
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Number of members One
Replaced by Paisley & Renfrewshire South
Paisley & Renfrewshire North
Created from Paisley, West Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire[1]

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

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

The Renfrew District electoral divisions of Johnstone, Paisley Central, and Paisley Gleniffer.

Members of Parliament

ElectionMemberParty
1983 Norman Buchan Labour
1990 by-election Gordon McMaster Labour
1997 by-election Douglas Alexander Labour
2005 constituency abolished: see Paisley & Renfrewshire South
and Paisley & Renfrewshire North

Election results

Elections of the 1980s

General Election 1983: Paisley South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Norman Buchan 15,633 41.4 N/A
Liberal Mrs. Elspeth M. Buchanan 9,104 24.1 N/A
Conservative Joseph Knox 7,819 20.7 N/A
SNP James Robert Mitchell 4,918 13.1 N/A
Ecology David George Mellor 271 0.7 N/A
Majority 6,529 17.3 N/A
Turnout 37,745 72.5 N/A
Labour win (new seat)
General Election 1987: Paisley South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Norman Buchan 21,611 56.2 +14.8
Liberal Alistair Carmichael 5,826 15.1 −9.0
Conservative Miss Dorothy Ann Williamson 5,644 14.7 −6.0
SNP James Robert Mitchell 5,398 14.0 +0.9
Majority 15,785 41.1
Turnout 38,479 75.3 +2.8
Labour hold Swing

Elections of the 1990s

By-Election 1990: Paisley South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Gordon McMaster 12,485 46.1 −10.1
SNP Iain Macdonald Lawson 7,455 27.5 +13.5
Conservative John Cooperwhite Workman 3,627 13.4 −1.3
Liberal Democrat Alan Reid 2,660 9.8 −5.3
Green Elizabeth Reid Collie 835 3.1 N/A
Majority 5,030 18.6
Turnout 27,062 55.0 −20.3
Labour hold Swing −11.8
General Election 1992: Paisley South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Gordon McMaster 18,202 50.7 −5.5
SNP Iain Macdonald Lawson 8,653 24.1 +10.1
Conservative Mrs. Sheila Galloway Laidlaw 5,703 15.9 +1.2
Liberal Democrat Alan Reid 3,271 9.1 −6.0
Natural Law Stephen Rex Porter 93 0.3 N/A
Majority 9,549 26.6
Turnout 35,922 75.0 −0.3
Labour hold Swing
General Election 1997: Paisley South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Gordon McMaster 21,482 57.5 +6.8
SNP William Martin 8,732 23.4 −0.7
Liberal Democrat Miss Eileen Patricia McCartin 3,500 9.4 +0.3
Conservative Robin William Rankin Reid 3,237 8.6 −7.3
Referendum James Lardner 254 0.7 N/A
Scottish Socialist Sean Anthony Clerkin 146 0.4 N/A
Majority 12,750 34.1
Turnout 37,351 69.1 −5.9
Labour hold Swing
By-Election 1997: Paisley South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Douglas Alexander 10,346 44.1 −13.4
SNP Ian Blackford 7,615 32.5 +9.1
Liberal Democrat Miss Eileen Patricia McCartin 2,582 11.0 +1.6
Conservative Mrs. Sheila Galloway Laidlaw 1,643 7.0 −1.7
ProLife Alliance John A. Deighan 578 2.5 N/A
Scottish Socialist Frances Curran 306 1.3 +0.9
Independent Charles W. McLauchlan 155 0.7 N/A
Socialist Labour Christopher Herriot 153 0.7 N/A
Natural Law Kenneth R. Blair 57 0.2 N/A
Majority 2,731 11.7
Turnout 23,435 42.9 −26.2
Labour hold Swing −11.3

Elections of the 2000s

General Election 2001: Paisley South
Party Candidate Votes % ±
Labour Douglas Alexander 17,830 58.4 +0.9
SNP Brian Lawson 5,920 19.4 −4.0
Liberal Democrat Brian O’Malley 3,178 10.4 +1.0
Conservative Andrew James Cossar 2,301 7.5 −1.1
Scottish Socialist Frances Curran 835 2.7 N/A
ProLife Alliance Mrs. Patricia Margaret Graham 346 1.1 N/A
Independent Terence Kelly O'Donnell 126 0.4 N/A
Majority 11,910 39.0
Turnout 30,536 57.2 −11.9
Labour hold Swing

References

  1. "'Paisley South', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 13 March 2016.
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