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Renfrewshire Council is the local authority for Renfrewshire, one of the 32 council areas of Scotland. It consists of 43 councillors who elect from among their number a provost to serve as the council's convener and ceremonial head and a leader of the council who is typically the head of the largest political group.
Renfrewshire is represented in the Scottish Parliament by three constituencies: Paisley, Renfrewshire North and West, and Renfrewshire South. The Renfrewshire North and West constituency overlaps with the Inverclyde council area and uses the following electoral wards: In full: Renfrew North and Braehead; Renfrew South and Gallowhill
The current council area of Renfrewshire was established in 1996. The term Renfrewshire may also be used to refer to the larger historic county, which was established in the fifteenth century. The three council areas of Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, and East Renfrewshire together form the Renfrewshire lieutenancy area. The same area also has a ...
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 ...
It is also one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole. The seat has been held by Stuart McMillan of the Scottish National Party since the 2016 Scottish Parliament election.
Renfrewshire South is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering parts of the council areas of Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire. It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election.
The district was abolished in 1996 under the Local Government etc. (Scotland) Act 1994 which replaced regions and districts with unitary council areas. Renfrewshire council area was created covering most of the Renfrew District, but the Barrhead electoral division (roughly corresponding to the pre-1975 burgh of Barrhead and parish of Neilston ...
The coat of arms of Renfrew. Although the town gives its name to the council area of Renfrewshire and the larger county of the same name which was used for local government before 1975, the administrative functions of both have in modern times been operated from the considerably larger neighbouring town of Paisley.