Renfrew West and Inverclyde (UK Parliament constituency)

Renfrew West and Inverclyde
Former County constituency for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of Scotland	Renfrewshire
1983–1997
Number of members	One
Replaced by	West Renfrewshire
Created from	West Renfrewshire

Renfrew West and Inverclyde was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1997.

The constituency was created out of, and merged back into, the West Renfrewshire constituency.

Boundaries

The Renfrew District electoral divisions of Bargarran and Gryffe, and the Inverclyde District wards of Cardwell Bay, Firth, Gourock, and Kilmacolm.

Members of Parliament

Election		Member[1]	Party
	1983	Anna McCurley	Conservative
	1987	Tommy Graham	Labour
	1997	constituency abolished. See West Renfrewshire

Election results

Elections of the 1980s

General Election 1983: Renfrew West and Inverclyde
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Conservative	Anna McCurley	13,669	32.7	N/A
	Social Democratic	Dickson Mabon	12,347	29.5	N/A
	Labour	George Doherty	12,139	29.0	N/A
	SNP	William Taylor	3,653	8.8	N/A
Majority			1,322	3.2	N/A
Turnout			41,808	78.1	N/A
	Conservative win (new seat)

General Election 1987: Renfrew West and Inverclyde
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tommy Graham	17,525	38.7	+9.7
	Conservative	Anna McCurley	13,472	29.8	−2.9
	Social Democratic	Dickson Mabon	9,669	21.4	−8.1
	SNP	Colin McIver Campbell	4,578	10.1	+1.3
Majority			4,053	8.9
Turnout			45,244	80.5	+2.4
	Labour gain from Conservative		Swing	+6.3

Elections of the 1990s

General Election 1992: Renfrew West and Inverclyde
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Tommy Graham	17,085	36.6	−2.1
	Conservative	Annabel Goldie	15,341	32.9	+3.1
	SNP	Colin McIver Campbell	9,444	20.2	+10.1
	Liberal Democrat	Alexander Nimmo	4,668	10.0	−11.4
	Natural Law	Duncan Lamont Maltman	149	0.3	N/A
Majority			1,744	3.7
Turnout			46,687	80.3	−0.2
	Labour hold		Swing	−2.6

References

1. Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)

• Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)