Paisley South (constituency, Scotland)
Paisley South |
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Educated |
1999 |
Abolished |
2011 |
Regions |
Renfrewshire |
Paisley South 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 South was abolished. It included the southern districts of Paisley and the towns of Johnstone , Elderslie and other parts of the Renfrewshire Council Area . The area is essentially absorbed into the new constituency of Paisley . In the 2001 census survey, a total of 67,008 people lived within its borders. The constituency sent a deputy.
Election results
General election 1999
Results of the 1999 general election | |||
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Political party | candidate | be right | % |
Labor | Hugh Henry | 13,899 | 45.3 |
SNP | Bill Martin | 9404 | 30.7 |
Liberal Democrats | Stuart Callison | 2974 | 9.7 |
Conservative | Shiela Laidlaw | 2433 | 7.9 |
Non-party | Paul Mack | 1273 | 4.2 |
Socialist Workers | Jackie Forrest | 673 | 2.2 |
Turnout: 30,656 (57.15%) |
General election 2003
Results of the 2003 general election | ||||
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Political party | candidate | be right | % | ± |
Labor | Hugh Henry | 10.190 | 40.8 | −4.7 |
SNP | Bill Martin | 7737 | 31.0 | +0.3 |
Liberal Democrats | Eileen McCartin | 3517 | 14.1 | +4.4 |
Conservative | Mark Jones | 1775 | 7.1 | −0.8 |
Socialist | Frances Curran | 1765 | 7.1 | +7.1 |
Turnout: 24,984 (50.15%) |
General election 2007
Results of the 2007 general election | ||||
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Political party | candidate | be right | % | ± |
Labor | Hugh Henry | 12.123 | 47.5 | +6.7 |
SNP | Fiona McLeod | 7893 | 30.9 | −0.1 |
Liberal Democrats | Eileen McCartin | 3434 | 13.4 | −0.7 |
Conservative | Tom Begg | 2077 | 8.1 | +1.0 |
Turnout: 25,527 (51.91%) |