Paisley North (constituency, Scotland)

Paisley North

Educated
1999
Abolished
2011
Regions
Renfrewshire

Paisley North was a constituency for the Scottish Parliament . It was introduced in 1999 as one of nine constituencies in the West of Scotland constituency , which was redesigned and renamed West Scotland as part of the constituency revision in 2011 . Here the constituency of Paisley North was abolished. It included the towns of Paisley (northern districts) and Renfrew and other parts of the Renfrewshire Council Area . In the 2001 census survey, a total of 60,264 people lived within its borders. The area was divided into the new constituencies of Paisley and Renfrewshire North and West . The constituency sent a deputy.

Election results

General election 1999

Results of the 1999 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%
Labor	Wendy Alexander	13,492	48.6
SNP	Ian MacKay	8876	32.0
Conservative	Peter Ramsay	2242	8.1
Liberal Democrats	Tamsin Mayberry	2133	7.7
Socialist	Fiona MacDonald	1007	3.6
Turnout: 27,750 (56.61%)

General election 2003

Results of the 2003 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Wendy Alexander	10,631	47.9	−0.7
SNP	George Adam	6321	28.5	−3.5
Conservative	Allison Cook	1871	8.4	+0.3
Liberal Democrats	Brian O'Malley	1705	7.7	0.0
Socialist	Sean Hurl	1678	7.6	+4.0
Turnout: 22,206 (49.35%)

General election 2007

Results of the 2007 general election
Political party	candidate	be right	%	±
Labor	Wendy Alexander	12.111	52.2	+4.3
SNP	Andrew Doig	6998	30.2	+1.7
Conservative	Malcolm MacAskill	1721	7.4	−1.0
Liberal Democrats	Angela McGarrigle	1570	6.8	−0.9
Socialist	Iain Hogg	525	2.3	−5.3
Non-party	John Plott	281	1.2	+1.2
Turnout: 23,206 (52.64%)

Individual evidence

[1] Map of the constituency

[2] 2001 census

[3] Information from the Scottish Parliament

[4] Information from the Scottish Parliament

[5] Information from the Scottish Parliament