West Renfrewshire was a
constituency
An electoral district, also known as an election district, legislative district, voting district, constituency, riding, ward, division, or (election) precinct is a subdivision of a larger State (polity), state (a country, administrative region, ...
of the
Scottish Parliament
The Scottish Parliament ( gd, Pàrlamaid na h-Alba ; sco, Scots Pairlament) is the devolved, unicameral legislature of Scotland. Located in the Holyrood area of the capital city, Edinburgh, it is frequently referred to by the metonym Holyro ...
(
Holyrood). It elected one
Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the
first past the post method of election. Also, however, it was one of nine constituencies in the
West of Scotland electoral region, which elected seven
additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of
proportional representation for the region as a whole.
For the
2011 Scottish Parliament election
The 2011 Scottish Parliament election was held on Thursday, 5 May 2011 to Members of the 4th Scottish Parliament, elect 129 members to the Scottish Parliament.
The election delivered the first majority government since the opening of Holyrood, ...
, West Renfrewshire was abolished. Two new seats were created:
Renfrewshire North and West
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. It is also one of ten constituencies in the West Scotla ...
, and
Renfrewshire South.
Electoral region
The other eight constituencies of the West of Scotland region are:
Dumbarton,
Clydebank and Milngavie,
Cunninghame North,
Eastwood,
Paisley North,
Greenock and Inverclyde,
Paisley South and
Strathkelvin and Bearsden.
The region covers the
West Dunbartonshire council area, the
East Renfrewshire council area, the
Inverclyde council area, most of the
Renfrewshire council area, most of the
East Dunbartonshire council area, part of the
Argyll and Bute council area and part of the
North Ayrshire council area.
Constituency boundaries
The West Renfrewshire constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in
1999
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, with the name and boundaries of an existing
Westminster constituency. In
2005
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, however, the Westminster (
House of Commons) constituency was divided between new constituencies.
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''The 5th Periodical Report of the Boundary Commission for Scotland''
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Council areas
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 and Glasgow Govan constituencies; Glasgow Govan was in the Glasgow 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.
Member of the Scottish Parliament
Election results
2000s
1990s
Notes and references
{{Renfrewshire
Scottish Parliament constituencies and regions 1999–2011
Politics of Renfrewshire
1999 establishments in Scotland
Constituencies established in 1999
2011 disestablishments in Scotland
Constituencies disestablished in 2011
Port Glasgow
Politics of Inverclyde