Paisley South (UK Parliament constituency)

UK former constituency infobox
Name = Paisley Souhth
Type = Burgh
Year = 1983
Abolition = 2005
members = one

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

Members of Parliament

Election results

Election box begin
title=General Election 2001: Paisley SouthElection box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Douglas Alexander
votes = 17,830
percentage = 58.4
change = +0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Brian Lawson
votes = 5,920
percentage = 19.4
change = -4.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Brian O’Malley
votes = 3,178
percentage = 10.4
change = +1.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Andrew Cossar
votes = 2,301
percentage = 7.5
change = -1.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Party
candidate = Francis Curran
votes = 835
percentage = 2.7
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = ProLife Alliance
candidate = Patricia Graham
votes = 346
percentage = 1.1
change = "N/A"Election box candidate
party = Independent
candidate = Terence O’Donnell
votes = 126
percentage = 0.4
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 11,910
percentage = 39.0
change = Election box turnout
votes = 30,536
percentage = 57.2
change = -11.9Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Douglas Alexander
votes = 10,346
percentage = 44.1
change = -13.4Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Ian Blackford
votes = 7,615
percentage = 32.5
change = +9.1Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Eileen McCartin
votes = 2,582
percentage = 11.0
change = +1.6Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Sheila Laidlaw
votes = 1,643
percentage = 7.0
change = -1.7Election box candidate with party link
party = Prolife Alliance
candidate = John Deighan
votes = 578
percentage = 2.5
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Alliance
candidate = Frances Curran
votes = 306
percentage = 1.3
change = +0.9Election box candidate with party link
party = Independent (politician)
candidate = C. McLauchlan
votes = 155
percentage = 0.7
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Socialist Labour Party (UK)
candidate = C. Herriot
votes = 153
percentage = 0.7
change = "N/A"Election box candidate with party link
party = Natural Law Party
candidate = Kenneth Blair
votes = 57
percentage = 0.2
change = "N/A"Election box majority
votes = 2,731
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage = 42.9
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = -11.3

Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gordon McMaster
votes = 21,482
percentage = 57.5
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = William Martin
votes = 8,732
percentage = 23.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Eileen McCartin
votes = 3,500
percentage = 9.4
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = Robin Reid
votes = 3,237
percentage = 8.6
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Referendum Party
candidate = James Lardner
votes = 254
percentage = 0.7
change = Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish Socialist Alliance
candidate = Sean Clerkin
votes = 146
percentage = 0.4
change = Election box majority
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box turnout
votes =
percentage =
change = Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing =

Election box begin no clear
title=Paisley South by-election, 1990Election box candidate with party link
party = Labour Party (UK)
candidate = Gordon McMaster
votes = 12,485
percentage = 46.1
change = -10.0Election box candidate with party link
party = Scottish National Party
candidate = Iain Lawson
votes = 7,455
percentage = 27.5
change = +13.5Election box candidate with party link
party = Conservative Party (UK)
candidate = J Workman
votes = 3,627
percentage = 13.4
change = -1.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Liberal Democrats (UK)
candidate = Alan Reid
votes = 2,660
percentage = 9.8
change = 5.3Election box candidate with party link
party = Green Party (UK)
candidate = L Collie
votes = 835
percentage = 3.1
change = Election box majority
votes = 5,030
percentage = 18.6
change = Election box turnout
votes = 27,062
percentage = 55.0
change = -20.3Election box hold with party link
winner = Labour Party (UK)
swing = -11.8

References

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