Paisley (constituency, Scotland)

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Paisley
Paisley

West Scotland

Educated
2011
MP
George Adam ( SNP )

George Adam

Regions
Renfrewshire

Paisley is a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced as part of the constituencies' reorganization in 2011 as one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region that emerged from the West of Scotland electoral region . The constituency of Paisley comprises the urban area of Paisley and areas of the Renfrewshire Council Area , largely replacing the counties of Paisley North and Paisley South . The constituency sends a representative.

The constituency extends over an area of ​​48.4 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 71,384 people lived within its borders.

Election results

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right %
SNP George Adam 10,913 42.6
Labor Ewan Williams 10,665 41.7
Conservative Gordon McCaskill 2229 8.7
Liberal Democrats Eileen McCartin 1783 7.0
Turnout: 25,590 (49.15%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP George Adam 14,682 49.8 +7.2
Labor 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
Turnout: 29,464 (57.0%)

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Map of the constituency
  2. ↑ 2011 census
  3. ↑ Summary on guardian.co.uk
  4. ↑ Information from the Scottish Parliament