Renfrewshire North and West (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Renfrewshire North and West
Renfrewshire North and West
	county constituency; for the Scottish Parliament
	Renfrewshire North and West shown within the West Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Current constituency
Created	2011
Party	Independent
MSP	Derek Mackay
Council area	Renfrewshire; Inverclyde
Created from	West Renfrewshire

Renfrewshire North and West is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.

Constituency boundaries and council area

Renfrewshire is represented in the Scottish Parliament by three constituencies: Paisley, Renfrewshire North and West and Renfrewshire South.

The Renfrewshire North and West constituency uses the following electoral wards:

In full: Renfrew North, Renfrew South and Gallowhill, Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank, Erskine and Inchinnan
In part: Inverclyde East (shared with Greenock and Inverclyde), Paisley North West (shared with Paisley), Houston, Crosslee and Linwood (shared with Renfrewshire South)

Electoral region

The other nine constituencies of the West Scotland region are Clydebank and Milngavie, Cunninghame North, Cunninghame South, Dumbarton, Eastwood, Greenock and Inverclyde, Paisley, Renfrewshire South and Strathkelvin and Bearsden.

The region covers part of the Argyll and Bute council area, the East Dunbartonshire council area, the East Renfrewshire council area, the Inverclyde council area, North Ayrshire council area, the Renfrewshire council area and the West Dunbartonshire council area.

Member of the Scottish Parliament

	Member	Party
2011	constituency created from: West Renfrewshire
2011	Derek Mackay	SNP
2020[1]	Derek Mackay	Independent

Elections

2010s

2016 Scottish Parliament election: Renfrewshire North and West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Derek Mackay	14,718	47.8	+5.9
	Conservative	David Wilson	7,345	23.8	+3.8
	Labour	Mary Fee	7,244	23.5	-12.7
	Liberal Democrats	Rod Ackland	888	2.9	+0.9
	TUSC	Jim Halfpenny	414	1.3	New
	Independent	Peter Morton	198	0.6	New
Majority			7,373	24.0	+18.3
Turnout			30,807	60.9	+5.2
	SNP hold		Swing

2011 Scottish Parliament election: Renfrewshire North and West
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±
	SNP	Derek Mackay	11,510	41.9	*N/A*
	Labour	Stuart Clark	9,946	36.2	N/A
	Conservative	Annabel Goldie	5,489	20.0	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Andrew Page	550	2.0	N/A
Majority			1,564	5.7	N/A
Turnout			27,495	55.7	N/A
	SNP win (new seat)

Notes and references

Boundary Commission for Scotland, First Periodic Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries

"Scots finance secretary quits over messages to boy". BBC News. 2020-02-06. Retrieved 2020-02-06.

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[1] "Scots finance secretary quits over messages to boy". BBC News. 2020-02-06. Retrieved 2020-02-06.

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Renfrewshire council area
Local Government	Renfrewshire Council (local authority) County of Renfrew (registration county) Renfrewshire lieutenancy area
Towns	Paisley (administrative centre) Renfrew (traditional county town) Johnstone Erskine Linwood
Villages	Areas of Paisley Bishopton Bridge of Weir Brookfield Crosslee Elderslie Houston Howwood Inchinnan Kilbarchan Langbank Lochwinnoch
Other locations	Braehead arena Clyde Muirshiel Regional Park Glasgow Airport Paisley Abbey St Mirren Park University of the West of Scotland
UK Parliamentary constituencies	Paisley and Renfrewshire North Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Scottish Parliamentary constituencies	Paisley Renfrewshire North and West Renfrewshire South
See also	Paisley (UK Parliament constituency) Renfrewshire (historic) Strathclyde Strathgryffe West Renfrewshire (Scottish Parliament constituency) West Renfrewshire (UK Parliament constituency)
Neighbouring council areas East Renfrewshire Glasgow Inverclyde North Ayrshire West Dunbartonshire