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The constituency was created for the 2011 Scottish Parliament election from parts of the former constituencies of West Renfrewshire, Paisley South and Paisley North constituencies. It also contains some areas of East Renfrewshire that were originally part of the Eastwood constituency. [ 2 ]
The constituency's first MP was Douglas Alexander, who had held the seat since its creation in 2005 and its predecessor Paisley South since 1997. Alexander was the Shadow Foreign Secretary, and has previously held Cabinet posts such as Transport Secretary and Scottish Secretary (2006–07; joint), and International Development Secretary (2007–10).
The Scottish Parliament (Constituencies) Act 2004 required the commission to review boundaries of all constituencies except Orkney and Shetland (which cover, respectively, the Orkney Islands council area and the Shetland Islands council area) so that the area covered by the reviewed constituencies continues to be covered by a total of 71 ...
South Yorkshire Doncaster Doncaster East and the Isle of Axholme CC: 70,113 Lincolnshire / South Yorkshire Doncaster / North Lincolnshire: Doncaster North CC: 71,739 South Yorkshire Doncaster Goole and Pocklington CC: 76,337 East Riding of Yorkshire East Riding of Yorkshire Great Grimsby and Cleethorpes BC: 77,050 Lincolnshire North East ...
Ochil & South Perthshire CC: Scotland: 2005 Current Orkney & Shetland CC: Orkney: 1708 Current Paisley BC: Renfrewshire: 1832 1983 Paisley & Renfrewshire North CC: Scotland: 2005 Current Paisley & Renfrewshire South CC: Scotland: 2005 Current Paisley North BC: Strathclyde: 1983 2005 Paisley South BC: Strathclyde: 1983 2005 Peebles & Southern ...
This category is for constituencies in the Scottish Parliament since 1999. See also Category:Constituencies of the Parliament of Scotland (to 1707) Category:Westminster Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland
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Renfrewshire (/ ˈ r ɛ n f r uː ʃ ɪər,-ʃ ər /) (Scots: Renfrewshire; Scottish Gaelic: Siorrachd Rinn Friù) is one of the 32 council areas of Scotland.. The council area has the same name as the historic county of Renfrewshire, which had been abolished for local government purposes in 1975, but the modern council area only covers the central part of the historic county.