Paisley North (UK Parliament constituency)
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| Paisley North Burgh constituency |
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| Created: | 1983 |
| Abolished: | 2005 |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Members: | one |
Paisley North was a parliamentary constituency centred on the town of Paisley in Renfrewshire, Scotland. It returned one Member of Parliament (MP) to the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom, elected by the first past the post system.
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[edit] History
The constituency was created when the former Paisley constituency was divided for the 1983 general election. It was abolished for the 2005 general election, when Paisley was represented by the new constituencies of Paisley & Renfrewshire South and Paisley & Renfrewshire North.
[edit] Boundaries
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[edit] Members of Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
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| 1983 | Allen Adams | Labour | |
| 1990 | Irene Adams | Labour | |
| 2005 | constituency abolished: see Paisley & Renfrewshire South and Paisley & Renfrewshire North |
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[edit] Election results
| General Election 2001: Paisley North | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Irene Adams | 15,058 | 55.5 | -4.0 | |
| Scottish National Party | George Adam | 5,737 | 21.1 | -0.8 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Jane Hook | 2,709 | 10.0 | +3.0 | |
| Conservative | Craig Stevenson | 2,404 | 8.9 | -0.7 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Jim Halfpenny | 982 | 3.6 | N/A | |
| ProLife Alliance | Robert Graham | 263 | 1.0 | -0.6 | |
| Majority | 9,321 | 34.4 | |||
| Turnout | 27,153 | 56.6 | -12.1 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
[edit] References
- This page incorporates information from Leigh Rayment's Peerage Page.
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