Paisley North (UK Parliament constituency)
Paisley North | |
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Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
1983–2005 | |
Number of members | one |
Replaced by | Paisley and Renfrewshire North and Paisley and Renfrewshire South |
Created from | Paisley, West Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire[1] |
Paisley North 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
1983-1997: The Renfrew District electoral divisions of Paisley Abercorn, Paisley Craigielea, and Renfrew.
1997-2005: The Renfrew District electoral divisions of Linwood and Paisley North, Paisley Abercorn, and Renfrew.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member | Party | |
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1983 | Allen Adams | Labour | |
1990 by-election | Irene Adams | Labour | |
2005 | constituency abolished: see Paisley & Renfrewshire South and Paisley & Renfrewshire North |
Elections of the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Allen Adams | 15,782 | 45.6 | N/A | |
Social Democratic | Miss Eileen Patricia McCartin | 8,195 | 23.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Brian James Taggart Townsend | 7,425 | 21.4 | N/A | |
SNP | Hugh Morell | 2,783 | 8.0 | N/A | |
Ecology | Dr. Nicolette Ann Carlaw | 439 | 1.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 7,587 | 21.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 34,624 | 68.6 | N/A | ||
Labour win (new seat) | |||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Allen Adams | 20,193 | 55.5 | +9.9 | |
Conservative | Eleanor Laing | 5,751 | 15.8 | −5.6 | |
Social Democratic | Miss Eileen Patricia McCartin | 5,741 | 15.8 | −7.9 | |
SNP | Ian Taylor | 4,696 | 12.9 | +4.9 | |
Majority | 14,442 | 39.7 | |||
Turnout | 36,381 | 73.5 | +4.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections of the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Irene Adams | 11,353 | 44.0 | −11.5 | |
SNP | Roger Mullin | 7,583 | 29.4 | +16.5 | |
Conservative | Ewan Marwick | 3,835 | 14.8 | −1.0 | |
Liberal Democrat | Jim Bannerman | 2,139 | 8.3 | −7.5 | |
Green | David George Mellor | 918 | 3.5 | N/A | |
Majority | 3,770 | 14.6 | |||
Turnout | 25,828 | 53.7 | −19.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −11.8 | |||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
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Labour | Irene Adams | 17,269 | 50.7 | −4.8 | |
SNP | Roger Mullin | 7,940 | 23.3 | +10.4 | |
Conservative | David John Sharpe | 5,576 | 16.4 | +0.6 | |
Liberal Democrat | Miss Eileen Patricia McCartin | 2,779 | 8.2 | −7.6 | |
Scottish Green | David George Mellor | 412 | 1.2 | N/A | |
Natural Law | Nicholas Mark Brennan | 81 | 0.2 | N/A | |
Majority | 9,329 | 27.4 | |||
Turnout | 34,057 | 73.4 | −0.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Irene Adams | 20,295 | 59.5 | +7.6 | |
SNP | Ian Mackay | 7,481 | 21.9 | −1.6 | |
Conservative | Kenneth Brookes | 3,267 | 9.6 | −6.1 | |
Liberal Democrat | Alan Jelfs | 2,365 | 6.9 | −0.8 | |
ProLife Alliance | Robert Graham | 531 | 1.6 | N/A | |
Referendum | Edwin Mathew | 196 | 0.6 | N/A | |
Majority | 12,814 | 37.5 | |||
Turnout | 34,135 | 68.6 | −4.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
Elections of the 2000s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Irene Adams | 15,058 | 55.5 | −4.0 | |
SNP | George Adam | 5,737 | 21.1 | −0.8 | |
Liberal Democrat | Mrs. Jane Hook | 2,709 | 10.0 | +3.0 | |
Conservative | Craig Stevenson | 2,404 | 8.9 | −0.7 | |
Scottish Socialist | Jim Halfpenny | 982 | 3.6 | N/A | |
ProLife Alliance | Robert Graham | 263 | 1.0 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 9,321 | 34.4 | |||
Turnout | 27,153 | 56.6 | −12.1 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | ||||
References
- ↑ "'Paisley North', June 1983 up to May 1997". ElectionWeb Project. Cognitive Computing Limited. Retrieved 13 March 2016.