East Renfrewshire (UK Parliament constituency)
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| County constituency | |
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| East Renfrewshire shown within Scotland | |
| Created: | 1885, 2005 |
| MP: | Jim Murphy |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Council areas: | East Renfrewshire |
| EP constituency: | Scotland |
- For other things called Renfrewshire East see Renfrewshire East.
From the 1983 general election until the 2005 general election, the constituency was called Eastwood. It is the only constituency in mainland Scotland whose boundaries were unchanged by the 2005 revision of Scottish constituencies.
Boundaries and local government areas
As created in 1885 the constituency was one of four covering the area of the the county of Renfrewshire (except the burgh of Renfrew and the burgh of Port Glasgow, which were components of Kilmarnock Burghs until 1918). The four constituencies were: East Renfrewshire, West Renfrewshire, Paisley and Greenock. Greenock was enlarged and renamed Greenock and Port Glasgow in 1974.
The East Renfrewshire constituency acquired new boundaries in 1983, eight years after the creation of local government regions and districts in 1975, and, at the same time, the name of the constituency was changed to Eastwood.
In 1996 the area of the constituency became, also, the East Renfrewshire unitary council area.
In 1999 a Scottish Parliament constituency was created with the name and boundaries of the Westminster constituency.
In 2005 the name of the Westminster constituency was changed back to ''East Renfrewshire.
Population and politics
The constituency is on the borders of Glasgow, and is mostly middle-class residental territory for Glasgow. The area was looked on as safely Conservative before Labour gained the seat in 1997.
Members of Parliament
- 1886 — 1906: Michael Hugh Shaw-Stewart, Conservative
- 1910 — 1918: John Gilmour, Unionist
- 1922 — 1924: Robert Nichol, Labour
- 1924 — 1930: Alexander Munro MacRobert, Unionist
- 1930 — 1940: Marquess of Clydesdale, Unionist
- 1940 — 1959: Guy Lloyd, Unionist
- 1959 — 1979: Betty Harvie Anderson, Unionist/Conservative
- 1979 — 1997: Allan Stewart, Conservative (from 1983, MP for Eastwood)
- 1997 — present: Jim Murphy, Labour (until 2005, MP for Eastwood)
Election results
See also
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