# Paisley South (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Paisley South was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elected one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It was also one of nine constituencies in the West of Scotland electoral region, which elected seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
Paisley South was replaced by Paisley for the Scottish Parliament election, 2011.

## Electoral region

    See also West of Scotland (Scottish Parliament electoral region)
The other eight constituencies of the West of Scotland region were: Dumbarton, Clydebank and Milngavie, Cunninghame North, Eastwood, Greenock and Inverclyde, Paisley North, Strathkelvin and Bearsden and West Renfrewshire.
The region covers the West Dunbartonshire council area, the East Renfrewshire council area, the Inverclyde council area, most of the Renfrewshire council area, most of the East Dunbartonshire council area, part of the Argyll and Bute council area and part of the North Ayrshire council area.

## Constituency boundaries

The Paisley South constituency was created at the same time as the Scottish Parliament, in 1999, with the name and boundaries of an existing Westminster constituency. In 2005, however, the Westminster (House of Commons) constituency was abolished in favour of new constituencies.

### Council areas

The Holyrood constituency was entirely within the Renfrewshire council area. The rest of the Renfrewshire area was covered by the Paisley North and West Renfrewshire.
The West Renfrewshire constituency also covered a portion of the Inverclyde council area.

## Member of the Scottish Parliament

| Election | Election | Member | Party |
| | 1999 | Hugh Henry | Labour |
| | 2011 | constituency abolished: replaced by Paisley | constituency abolished: replaced by Paisley |

## Election results

2007 Scottish Parliament election: Paisley South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hugh Henry | 12,123 | 47.5 | +6.7 |
| | SNP | Fiona McLeod | 7,893 | 30.9 | −0.1 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eileen McCartin | 3,434 | 13.4 | −0.7 |
| | Conservative | Tom Begg | 2,077 | 8.1 | +1.0 |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,230 | 16.6 | +6.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 25,527 | 52.7 | +2.6 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | +3.4 | |
2003 Scottish Parliament election: Paisley South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hugh Henry | 10,190 | 40.8 | −4.5 |
| | SNP | Bill Martin | 7,737 | 31.0 | +0.3 |
| | Liberal Democrats | Eileen McCartin | 3,517 | 14.1 | +4.4 |
| | Conservative | Mark Jones | 1,775 | 7.1 | −0.9 |
| | Scottish Socialist | Frances Curran | 1,765 | 7.1 | New |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 2,453 | 9.8 | −4.8 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 24,984 | 50.1 | −7.0 |
| | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | | |
1999 Scottish Parliament election: Paisley South :
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% |
| | Labour | Hugh Henry | 13,899 | 45.3 | N/A |
| | SNP | Bill Martin | 9,404 | 30.7 | N/A |
| | Liberal Democrats | Stuart Callison | 2,974 | 9.7 | N/A |
| | Conservative | Sheila Laidlaw | 2,433 | 7.9 | N/A |
| | Independent | Paul Mack | 1,273 | 4.2 | N/A |
| | Socialist Workers | Jackie Forrest | 673 | 2.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 4,495 | 14.6 | N/A |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 30,656 | 57.1 | N/A |
| | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) | Labour win (new seat) |