Renfrew West and Inverclyde (UK Parliament constituency)
Renfrew West and Inverclyde | |
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Former county constituency for the House of Commons | |
Subdivisions of Scotland | Renfrewshire |
1983–1997 | |
Seats | One |
Created from | West Renfrewshire |
Replaced by | West Renfrewshire |
Renfrew West and Inverclyde was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1997.
The constituency was created out of, and merged back into, the West Renfrewshire constituency.
Boundaries
The Renfrew District electoral divisions of Bargarran and Gryffe, and the Inverclyde District wards of Cardwell Bay, Firth, Gourock, and Kilmacolm.
Members of Parliament
Election | Member[1] | Party | |
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1983 | Anna McCurley | Conservative | |
1987 | Tommy Graham | Labour | |
1997 | constituency abolished. See West Renfrewshire |
Politics and history of the constituency
Election results
Elections of the 1980s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Anna McCurley | 13,669 | 32.7 | +0.5 | |
SDP | Dickson Mabon | 12,347 | 29.5 | +11.2 | |
Labour | George Doherty | 12,139 | 29.0 | −7.7 | |
SNP | William Taylor | 3,653 | 8.8 | −4.0 | |
Majority | 1,322 | 3.2 | |||
Turnout | 41,808 | 78.1 | |||
Conservative win (new seat) |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tommy Graham | 17,525 | 38.7 | +9.7 | |
Conservative | Anna McCurley | 13,472 | 29.8 | −2.9 | |
SDP | Dickson Mabon | 9,669 | 21.4 | −8.1 | |
SNP | Colin McIver Campbell | 4,578 | 10.1 | +1.3 | |
Majority | 4,053 | 8.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,244 | 80.5 | +2.4 | ||
Labour gain from Conservative | Swing | +6.3 |
Elections of the 1990s
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Tommy Graham | 17,085 | 36.6 | −2.1 | |
Conservative | Annabel Goldie | 15,341 | 32.9 | +3.1 | |
SNP | Colin McIver Campbell | 9,444 | 20.2 | +10.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Alexander Nimmo | 4,668 | 10.0 | −11.4 | |
Natural Law | Duncan Lamont Maltman | 149 | 0.3 | New | |
Majority | 1,744 | 3.7 | −5.2 | ||
Turnout | 46,687 | 80.3 | −0.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | −2.6 |
References
- ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
- ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
- Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "R" (part 1)
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