Paisley East and Central (ward)
Paisley East and Central is one of the twelve wards used to elect members of the Renfrewshire Council. It elects three Councillors. The ward was created in 2017 as the result of a boundary review, in which it was decided to remove part of the territory and one seat each from the existing four-member wards of Paisley East and Ralston (between Seedhill Road / the Paisley Canal line railway tracks and the A726 Barrhead Road – primarily Blackhall and Seedhill – as well as most of the town centre between the Inverclyde Line railway tracks to the  north, the line of Storie Street to the west and Mill Street to the east) and Paisley South (between Rowan Street / Dykebar Hospital and Barrhead Road, i.e the Charleston, Dykebar, Hawkhead and Hunterhill neighbourhoods) and form an additional ward. Landmarks within the ward include Paisley Abbey, Paisley Town Hall and the Russell Institute. In 2020, its population was 12,218. Election Results. 2017 Election. 2017 Renfrewshire Council election