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| West Renfrewshire | |
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| Former countyconstituency for theScottish Parliament | |
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.svg) West Renfrewshire shown within theWest of Scotland electoral region and the region shown withinScotland | |
| Former constituency | |
| Created | 1999 |
| Abolished | 2011 |
| Council area | Inverclyde/ Renfrewshire |
| Replaced by | Renfrewshire North and West, andRenfrewshire South |
West Renfrewshire was aconstituency of theScottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elected oneMember of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by thefirst past the post method of election. Also, however, it was one of nine constituencies in theWest of Scotlandelectoral region, which elected sevenadditional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form ofproportional representation for the region as a whole.
For the2011 Scottish Parliament election, West Renfrewshire was abolished. Two new seats were created:Renfrewshire North and West, andRenfrewshire South.
The other eight constituencies of the West of Scotland region were:Dumbarton,Clydebank and Milngavie,Cunninghame North,Eastwood,Paisley North,Greenock and Inverclyde,Paisley South andStrathkelvin and Bearsden.
The region covers theWest Dunbartonshire council area, theEast Renfrewshire council area, theInverclyde council area, most of theRenfrewshire council area, most of theEast Dunbartonshire council area, part of theArgyll and Bute council area and part of theNorth Ayrshire council area.
The West Renfrewshire constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in1999, with the name and boundaries of an existingWestminster constituency. In2005, however, the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency was divided between new constituencies.[1]
The Holyrood constituency covered a western portion of the Renfrewshire council area and an eastern portion of the Inverclyde council area. The rest of the Renfrewshire area was covered by the Paisley North, Paisley South andGlasgow Govan constituencies; Glasgow Govan was in theGlasgow electoral region. The Greenock and Inverclyde constituency covered the rest of the Inverclyde area. The boundaries of these other constituencies were also redrawn in 2011.
| Election | Member | Party | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | Trish Godman | Labour | ||
| 2011 | constituency abolished: replaced by Renfrewshire North and West, andRenfrewshire South | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Trish Godman | 10,467 | 35.9 | +1.8 | |
| Conservative | Annabel Goldie | 8,289 | 28.5 | +4.2 | |
| SNP | Bill Wilson | 8,167 | 28.0 | +2.6 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Simon Hutton | 2,206 | 7.6 | −2.7 | |
| Majority | 2,178 | 7.4 | −1.3 | ||
| Turnout | 29,129 | 58.3 | +2.8 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | ||||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Trish Godman | 9,671 | 34.1 | −3.3 | |
| SNP | Bruce McFee | 7,179 | 25.4 | −3.6 | |
| Conservative | Annabel Goldie | 6,867 | 24.3 | +3.0 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alison King | 2,902 | 10.3 | +2.5 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Gerry MaCartney | 1,683 | 5.95 | New | |
| Majority | 2,492 | 8.7 | +0.1 | ||
| Turnout | 28,302 | 55.5 | −9.4 | ||
| Labourhold | Swing | +0.3 | |||
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | Trish Godman | 12,708 | 37.4 | N/A | |
| SNP | Colin Campbell | 9,815 | 28.8 | N/A | |
| Conservative | Annabel Goldie | 7,243 | 21.3 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Neal Ascherson | 2,659 | 7.8 | N/A | |
| Independent | Allan McGraw | 1,136 | 3.3 | N/A | |
| Socialist Workers | Patrick Clark | 476 | 1.4 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,893 | 8.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 34,037 | 64.9 | N/A | ||
| Labourwin (new seat) | |||||