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Location of the Renfrew South and Gallowhill ward. Renfrew South and Gallowhill returns three councillors and has existed since 2007. As its name suggests, its territory covers the southern half of the town of Renfrew and north-eastern parts of the larger town of Paisley between the White Cart Water and the Inverclyde Line railway tracks, primarily the Gallowhill housing scheme; the 2017 re ...
Renfrewshire North and West is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament . It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region , which elects seven additional members , in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of ...
Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West is a constituency of the House of Commons in the UK Parliament. [1] Further to the completion of the 2023 Periodic Review of Westminster constituencies , it was first contested at the 2024 general election .
Bishopton (/bɪʃəptən/) (Scots: Bishoptoun; Scottish Gaelic: Baile an Easbaig) [2] [3] is a village in Renfrewshire, Scotland. It is located around 2 miles (3 km) west of Erskine. [4] Royal Ordnance Factory Bishopton was located on the edge of the village and is now being redeveloped as private housing into a community named Dargavel.
For modern local government purposes, Langbank is part of the Renfrewshire council area. Langbank was previously linked with its nearby and larger neighbour, Houston but is now part of a local council ward with Bishopton and Bridge of Weir (Ward 10 [permanent dead link ]). Langbank has its own community council. [8]
The northern boundary of the constituency is the River Clyde from Braehead in the east to Langbank in the west. The constituency includes the northern part of Paisley , plus the towns and villages of Renfrew , Erskine , Inchinnan , Bishopton , Langbank , Bridge of Weir , Houston , Craigends , Brookfield and Linwood .
West Renfrewshire was a county constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1885 to 1983 and again from 1997 until 2005. In 2005 the constituency was abolished and the area is now represented by Inverclyde , Paisley and Renfrewshire North and Paisley and Renfrewshire South .
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. Renfrewshire is located in the west central Lowlands. It borders East Renfrewshire, Glasgow, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire and West Dunbartonshire, and lies on the southern bank of the River ...