West Renfrewshire (Scottish Parliament constituency)
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| Renfrewshire West shown within the West of Scotland electoral region |
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| Created: | 1999 |
| MSP: | Trish Godman |
| Party: | Labour |
| Council areas: | Renfrewshire (part) Inverclyde (part) |
West Renfrewshire 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 nine constituencies in the West of Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
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[edit] 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 councila 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.
[edit] Constituency boundaries
The West Renfrewshire constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency was divided between new constituencies.[1]
[edit] Council areas
The Holyrood constituency covers a western portion of the Renfrewshire council area and an eastern portion of the Inverclyde council area.
The rest of the Renfrewshire area is covered by the Paisley North, Paisley South and Glasgow Govan constituencies. Glasgow Govan is in the Glasgow electoral region.
The Greenock and Inverclyde constituency covers the rest of the Inverclyde area.
[edit] Member of the Scottish Parliament
1999 to present: Trish Godman, Labour
[edit] Election results
| Scottish Parliament election, 2003 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Trish Godman | 9,671 | 34.17 | -3.17 | |
| Scottish National Party | Bruce McFee | 7,179 | 25.37 | -3.67 | |
| Conservative and Unionist | Annabel Goldie | 6,867 | 24.26 | +2.98 | |
| Liberal Democrats | Alison King | 2,902 | 10.25 | +2.44 | |
| Scottish Socialist | Gerry MaCartney | 1,683 | 5.95 | +5.95 | |
| Majority | 2,492 | 8.81 | +0.31 | ||
| Turnout | 28,302 | 55.53 | -9.36 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | +0.25% | |||
| Scottish Parliament election, 1999 | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Labour | Trish Godman | 12,708 | 37.34 | N/A | |
| Scottish National Party | Colin Campbell | 9,815 | 28.84 | N/A | |
| Conservative and Unionist | Annabel Goldie | 7,243 | 21.28 | N/A | |
| Liberal Democrats | Neal Ascherton | 2,659 | 7.81 | N/A | |
| Independent | Allan McGraw | 1,136 | 3.34 | N/A | |
| Socialist Workers | Patrick Clark | 476 | 1.40 | N/A | |
| Majority | 2,893 | 8.50 | N/A | ||
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