PAISLEY AND RENFREWSHIRE NORTH (UK PARLIAMENT CONSTITUENCY)

'Paisley and Renfrewshire North' is a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It was created for the 2005 general election, replacing most of Paisley North and Renfrewshire West.
It covers the northern half of the Renfrewshire council area.

Contents

Boundaries

Members of Parliament

Election results

See also

Boundaries

The constituency includes the northern part of Paisley, plus the towns of

★ Renfrew

★ Erskine

★ Bishopton

★ Langbank

★ Bridge of Weir

★ Houston

★ Craigends

★ Linwood

★ Ralston
and also Glasgow International Airport and Hillington Industrial Estate.
The northern boundary of the constituency is the River Clyde from Braehead in the east to Langbank in the west.
Areas close to, but outside, the constituency boundary are

★ Kilmalcolm in Inverclyde

★ Kilbarchan in Paisley and Renfrewshire South

★ Johnstone in Paisley and Renfrewshire South
A map of the constituency can be found at the Election Maps site.

Members of Parliament

2005 - James Sheridan

Election results

This constituency was formed in 2005 from parts of the old Paisley North and Renfrewshire West constituencies. The results of these constituencies in the last general election are listed below.

See also

★ List of UK Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland