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Renfrewshire North and West

Renfrewshire North and West

Renfrewshire North and West was a county constituency of the Scottish Parliament. Under the additional-member system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, the seat elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the plurality (first past the post) method of election, and was also one of ten constituencies in the West Scotlandelectoral region, which elected seven additional members, in addition to the nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole. It was created ahead of the 2011 Scottish Parliament election, as a result of the first periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries, covering areas that were formerly in the constituencies of West Renfrewshire and Paisley North, both of which were abolished at this review.

Following the second periodic review of Scottish Parliament boundaries, Renfrewshire North and West was abolished ahead of the 2026 Scottish Parliament election. The bulk of the area formed the basis of new constituency of Renfrewshire North and Cardonald, although parts were also transferred to the constituencies of Inverclyde, Paisley, and Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley.