| Paisley and Renfrewshire North | |
|---|---|
| Burgh constituency for theHouse of Commons | |
 Paisley and Renfrewshire North shown within Scotland. | |
| Subdivisions of Scotland | Renfrewshire andGlasgow City |
| Electorate | 69,941 (March 2020)[1] |
| Major settlements | Bishopton,Erskine,Renfrew |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2005 |
| Member of Parliament | Alison Taylor (Labour) |
| Created from | Paisley South,Paisley North andRenfrewshire West |
Paisley and Renfrewshire North is aconstituency of theHouse of Commons of theParliament of the United Kingdom represented since2024 byAlison Taylor ofScottish Labour. It was created for the2005 general election, from parts of thePaisley North andRenfrewshire West constituencies.
2005–2024: Under theFifth Review of UK Parliament constituencies, the constituency boundaries were defined in accordance with the ward structure in place on 30 November 2004. The northern boundary ran along theRiver Clyde fromBraehead in the east to Langbank in the west. The constituency included the northern part ofPaisley, plus the towns and villages ofRenfrew,Erskine,Inchinnan,Bishopton,Langbank,Bridge of Weir,Houston,Craigends,Brookfield andLinwood. It also includedGlasgow Airport and part of theHillington Industrial Estate.
2024–present: Following the completion of the2023 review of Westminster constituencies, the seat underwent significant boundary changes which were used for the first time at the2024 general election. The redrawn constituency contains a northern portion of Renfrewshire, including part of Paisley and the towns of Renfrew, Erskine and Bishopton alongside the villages of Inchinnan and Langbank in full. It also adds the entire Hillington and part of theCardonald area ofGlasgow.[2] Linwood and Brookfield were moved toPaisley and Renfrewshire South and Bridge of Weir, Houston and Craigends included in the newInverclyde and Renfrewshire West constituency.[2]
The seat is defined as comprising the following:[3]
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Jim Sheridan | Labour | |
| 2015 | Gavin Newlands | SNP | |
| 2024 | Alison Taylor | Labour | |
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Alison Taylor | 19,561 | 47.1 | +23.4 | |
| SNP | Gavin Newlands | 13,228 | 31.9 | −17.0 | |
| Reform | Andrew Scott | 3,228 | 7.8 | +7.5 | |
| Conservative | David McGonigle | 2,659 | 6.4 | −13.1 | |
| Green | Jen Bell | 1,469 | 3.5 | New | |
| Liberal Democrats | Grant Toghill | 1,374 | 3.3 | −4.3 | |
| Majority | 6,333 | 15.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 41,519 | 58.4 | −8.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 71,103 | ||||
| Labourgain fromSNP | Swing | +20.2 | |||
| 2019notional result[a][6] | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Vote | % | |
| SNP | 22,856 | 48.9 | |
| Labour | 11,103 | 23.7 | |
| Conservative | 9,134 | 19.5 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 3,539 | 7.6 | |
| Brexit Party | 146 | 0.3 | |
| Majority | 11,753 | 25.1 | |
| Turnout | 46,778 | 66.9 | |
| Electorate | 69,941 | ||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Gavin Newlands | 23,353 | 47.0 | +9.6 | |
| Labour | Alison Taylor | 11,451 | 23.0 | −8.8 | |
| Conservative | Julie Pirone | 11,217 | 22.6 | −4.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ross Stalker | 3,661 | 7.4 | +4.2 | |
| Majority | 11,902 | 24.0 | +18.4 | ||
| Turnout | 49,682 | 69.0 | −0.1 | ||
| SNPhold | Swing | +9.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Gavin Newlands | 17,455 | 37.4 | −13.3 | |
| Labour | Alison Taylor | 14,842 | 31.8 | −0.9 | |
| Conservative | David Gardiner | 12,842 | 27.5 | +15.2 | |
| Liberal Democrats | John Boyd | 1,476 | 3.2 | +1.1 | |
| Majority | 2,613 | 5.6 | −12.4 | ||
| Turnout | 46,615 | 69.1 | −7.1 | ||
| SNPhold | Swing | −6.2 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNP | Gavin Newlands | 25,601 | 50.7 | +31.6 | |
| Labour | Jim Sheridan | 16,525 | 32.7 | −21.3 | |
| Conservative | John Anderson | 6,183 | 12.3 | −2.3 | |
| Liberal Democrats | James Speirs | 1,055 | 2.1 | −8.4 | |
| Green | Ryan Morrison | 703 | 1.4 | New | |
| CISTA | Andy Doyle | 202 | 0.4 | New | |
| TUSC | Jim Halfpenny[11] | 193 | 0.4 | New | |
| Majority | 9,076 | 18.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 50,462 | 76.2 | +7.6 | ||
| SNPgain fromLabour | Swing | +26.5 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jim Sheridan | 23,613 | 54.0 | +8.3 | |
| SNP | Mags MacLaren | 8,333 | 19.1 | +0.3 | |
| Conservative | Alistair Campbell | 6,381 | 14.6 | +1.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Ruaraidh Dobson | 4,597 | 10.5 | −7.8 | |
| Independent | Gary Pearson | 550 | 1.3 | New | |
| Scottish Socialist | Chris Rollo | 233 | 0.5 | −1.1 | |
| Majority | 15,280 | 34.9 | +8.0 | ||
| Turnout | 43,707 | 68.6 | +3.8 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | +4.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Jim Sheridan | 18,697 | 45.7 | −6.6 | |
| SNP | Bill Wilson | 7,696 | 18.8 | −3.9 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Lewis Hutton | 7,464 | 18.3 | +10.7 | |
| Conservative | Philip Lardner | 5,566 | 13.6 | −0.1 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Angela McGregor | 646 | 1.6 | −1.7 | |
| Socialist Labour | Katharine McGavigan | 444 | 1.1 | New | |
| UKIP | John Pearson | 372 | 0.9 | New | |
| Majority | 11,001 | 26.9 | −2.7 | ||
| Turnout | 40,885 | 64.8 | +3.6 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | −1.3 | |||
