Paisley (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Not to be confused with Paisley (UK Parliament constituency).

Paisley
county constituency for the Scottish Parliament

Paisley shown within the West Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Scottish National Party
MSP	George Adam
Council area	Renfrewshire

Paisley is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

The constituency is entirely urban, covering most of the town of Paisley.

Electoral region

The other nine constituencies of the West Scotland region are Clydebank and Milngavie, Cunninghame North, Cunninghame South, Dumbarton, Eastwood, Greenock and Inverclyde, Renfrewshire North and West, Renfrewshire South and Strathkelvin and Bearsden.

The region covers part of the Argyll and Bute council area, the East Dunbartonshire council area, the East Renfrewshire council area, the Inverclyde council area, North Ayrshire council area, the Renfrewshire council area and the West Dunbartonshire council area.

Constituency boundaries and council area

Renfrewshire is represented in the Scottish Parliament by three constituencies: Paisley, Renfrewshire North and West and Renfrewshire South.

The electoral wards of the Paisley constituency are:

In full: Paisley East and Ralston, Paisley South, Paisley South West
In part: Paisley North West (shared with Renfrewshire North and West)

Member of the Scottish Parliament

Election		Member	Party
	2011	George Adam	SNP
	2016	George Adam	SNP

Election results

Scottish Parliament election, 2016: Paisley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	George Adam	14,682	49.8	+7.2
	Labour	Neil Bibby	9,483	32.2	-9.5
	Conservative	Paul Masterton	3,533	12.0	+3.3
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen McCartin	1,766	6.0	-1.0
Majority			5,199	17.6
Turnout			29,464	57.0
	SNP hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2011: Paisley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	SNP	George Adam	10,913	42.6	+12.8
	Labour	Ewan Williams	10,665	41.7	-2.7
	Conservative	Gordon McCaskill	2,229	8.7	-0.1
	Liberal Democrats	Eileen McCartin	1,783	7.0	-8.9
Majority			248	0.9
Turnout			25,590	49.1
	SNP gain from Labour		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 2007 Notional Result: Paisley
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour		11,566	44.4
	SNP		7,755	29.8
	Liberal Democrats		4,134	15.9
	Conservative		2,304	8.8
	Others		305	1.2
Majority			3,811	14.6
	Labour hold		Swing

Notes

« 1999–2011 « Electoral regions and constituencies of the Scottish Parliament 2011–

Central Scotland	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge and Chryston Cumbernauld and Kilsyth East Kilbride Falkirk East Falkirk West Hamilton, Larkhall and Stonehouse Motherwell and Wishaw Uddingston and Bellshill

Glasgow	Glasgow Anniesland Glasgow Cathcart Glasgow Kelvin Glasgow Maryhill and Springburn Glasgow Pollok Glasgow Provan Glasgow Shettleston Glasgow Southside Rutherglen

Highlands and Islands	Argyll and Bute Caithness, Sutherland and Ross Inverness and Nairn Moray Na h-Eileanan an Iar Orkney Shetland Skye, Lochaber and Badenoch

Lothian	Almond Valley Edinburgh Central Edinburgh Eastern Edinburgh Northern and Leith Edinburgh Pentlands Edinburgh Southern Edinburgh Western Linlithgow Midlothian North and Musselburgh

Mid Scotland and Fife	Clackmannanshire and Dunblane Cowdenbeath Dunfermline Kirkcaldy Mid Fife and Glenrothes North East Fife Perthshire North Perthshire South and Kinross-shire Stirling

North East Scotland	Aberdeen Central Aberdeen Donside Aberdeen South and North Kincardine Aberdeenshire East Aberdeenshire West Angus North and Mearns Angus South Banffshire and Buchan Coast Dundee City East Dundee City West

South Scotland	Ayr Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley Clydesdale Dumfriesshire East Lothian Ettrick, Roxburgh and Berwickshire Galloway and West Dumfries Kilmarnock and Irvine Valley Midlothian South, Tweeddale, and Lauderdale

West Scotland	Clydebank and Milngavie Cunninghame North Cunninghame South Dumbarton Eastwood Greenock and Inverclyde Paisley Renfrewshire North and West Renfrewshire South Strathkelvin and Bearsden

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