Subdivisions of Scotland Renfrewshire Major settlement Paisley | Major settlements Paisley Number of members 1 | |
Created from Paisley, West Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire Replaced by Paisley, West Renfrewshire, East Renfrewshire | ||
Paisley South 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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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.
Boundaries
The Renfrew District electoral divisions of Johnstone, Paisley Central, and Paisley Gleniffer.
References
Paisley South (UK Parliament constituency) Wikipedia(Text) CC BY-SA