Renfrewshire South

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Renfrewshire South
Renfrewshire South

West Scotland

Educated
2011
MP
Tom Arthur ( SNP )
Regions
East Renfrewshire
Renfrewshire

Renfrewshire South 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 Renfrewshire South comprises parts of East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire including the urban areas of Johnstone and Barrhead . The constituency sends a representative.

The constituency covers an area of ​​167.8 km 2 . In the 2011 census survey, a total of 67,814 people lived within its borders.

Election results

Parliamentary election 2011

Results of the 2011 general election
Political party candidate be right %
Labor Hugh Henry 12,933 48.1
SNP Andy Doig 10,356 38.5
Conservative Alistair Campbell 2917 10.8
Liberal Democrats Gordon Anderson 702 2.6
Turnout: 26,908 (53.58%)

General election 2016

Results of the 2016 general election
Political party candidate be right % ±
SNP Tom Arthur 14,272 48.1 +9.6
Labor Paul O'Kane 9,864 33.2 −14.8
Conservative Ann Le Blond 4,752 16.0 +5.2
Liberal Democrats Tristan Gray 793 2.7 +0.1
Turnout: 29,681 (60.1%)

Individual evidence

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