Paisley (UK Parliament constituency)
Paisley | |
---|---|
Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
Major settlements | Paisley |
1832–1983 | |
Number of members | One |
Replaced by | Paisley North Paisley South |
Created from | Renfrewshire[1] |
Paisley was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1983, when it was divided into Paisley North and Paisley South. These two constituencies were in turn amalgamated into Paisley and Renfrewshire South and Paisley and Renfrewshire North in 2005.
Boundaries[]
The constituency covered the burgh of Paisley.
The boundaries of the constituency, as set out in the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832, were-
- "From the Summit of Byres Hill, on the North-east of the Town, in a straight Line to the Point near Knock Hill at which the Renfrew Road is joined by a Road from Glasgow; thence in a straight Line to the Summit of Knock Hill; thence in a straight Line to the Northern Gable of the Moss Toll House on the Greenock Road; thence in a straight Line in the Direction of the Chimney of Linwood Cotton Mill to the Point at which such straight Line cuts the Candren Burn; thence up the Candren Burn to the Point at which the same is joined by the Braidiland Burn at the Bridge over the same on the Johnstone Road; thence up the Braidiland Burn to a Point which is distant Five hundred Yards (measured along the Braidiland Burn) above the said Bridge; thence in a straight Line to Meikleridge Bridge over the Candren Burn; thence in a straight Line to the Point at which the old Neilston Road leaves the new Neilston Road; thence in a straight Line to the Summit of Dykebar Hill; thence in a straight Line to a Point which is One hundred Yards due North-east of the Summit of Bathgo Hill; thence in a straight Line to the Point first described."[2]
Members of Parliament[]
Election | Member | Party | |
---|---|---|---|
1832 | Sir John Maxwell | Whig[3] | |
Sir Daniel Sandford | Whig[3] | ||
1835 | Alexander Speirs | Whig[3] | |
Archibald Hastie | Radical[4][5][6] | ||
Humphrey Crum-Ewing | Whig[7] | ||
1859 | Liberal | ||
1874 | William Holms | Liberal | |
1884 by-election | Stewart Clark | Liberal | |
1885 | William Barbour | Liberal | |
1891 by-election | Sir William Dunn | Liberal | |
1906 | Sir John McCallum | Liberal | |
1920 by-election | H. H. Asquith | Liberal | |
1924 | Edward Mitchell | Labour | |
1929 | James Welsh | Labour | |
1931 | Joseph Maclay | Liberal | |
1945 | Oliver Baldwin | Labour | |
1948 by-election | Douglas Johnston | Labour | |
1961 by-election | John Robertson | Labour | |
1976 | Scottish Labour Party (1976) | ||
1979 | Allen Adams | Labour | |
1983 | constituency abolished |
Election results[]
Elections in the 1830s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | John Maxwell | 775 | 81.2 | ||
Tory | John McKerrell | 180 | 18.8 | ||
Majority | 595 | 62.4 | |||
Turnout | 955 | 76.9 | |||
Registered electors | 1,242 | ||||
Whig win (new seat) |
Maxwell resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Daniel Sandford | 542 | 50.2 | −31.0 | |
Radical | John Crawfurd | 509 | 47.1 | N/A | |
Tory | James Edward Gordon (MP) | 29 | 2.7 | −16.1 | |
Majority | 33 | 3.1 | −59.3 | ||
Turnout | 1,080 | 85.6 | +8.7 | ||
Registered electors | 1,261 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −7.5 |
- Gordon retired in favour of Sandford
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Alexander Graham Speirs | 661 | 58.1 | −23.1 | |
Conservative | Horatio Ross | 477 | 41.9 | +23.1 | |
Majority | 184 | 16.2 | −46.2 | ||
Turnout | 1,138 | 75.4 | −1.5 | ||
Registered electors | 1,510 | ||||
Whig hold | Swing | −23.1 |
Speirs resigned, causing a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Archibald Hastie | 680 | 56.2 | N/A | |
Radical | James Aytoun | 529 | 43.8 | N/A | |
Majority | 151 | 12.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 1,209 | 82.5 | +7.1 | ||
Registered electors | 1,465 | ||||
Radical gain from Whig | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Archibald Hastie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,610 | ||||
Radical gain from Whig |
Elections in the 1840s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Archibald Hastie | 157 | 100.0 | N/A | |
Chartist | William Thomason[9] | 0 | 0.0 | N/A | |
Majority | 157 | 100.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 157 | 11.9 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,324 | ||||
Radical hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Archibald Hastie | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,060 | ||||
Radical hold |
Elections in the 1850s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Archibald Hastie | 406 | 52.1 | N/A | |
Radical | William Taylor Haly[10] | 374 | 47.9 | N/A | |
Majority | 32 | 4.2 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 780 | 58.1 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 1,342 | ||||
Radical hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Radical | Archibald Hastie | 611 | 53.6 | +1.5 | |
Whig | Humphrey Crum-Ewing | 524 | 46.0 | N/A | |
Chartist | Charles Favell Forth Wordsworth[11] | 4 | 0.4 | New | |
Majority | 87 | 7.6 | +3.4 | ||
Turnout | 1,139 | 87.3 | +29.2 | ||
Registered electors | 1,305 | ||||
Radical hold | Swing | N/A |
Hastie's death caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Whig | Humphrey Crum-Ewing | 767 | 88.7 | +42.7 | |
Radical | William Taylor Haly[12] | 98 | 11.3 | −42.3 | |
Majority | 669 | 77.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 865 | 64.1 | −23.2 | ||
Registered electors | 1,349 | ||||
Whig gain from Radical | Swing | +42.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Humphrey Crum-Ewing | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,370 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1860s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Humphrey Crum-Ewing | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 1,361 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Humphrey Crum-Ewing | 1,576 | 54.0 | N/A | |
Conservative | Archibald Campbell[14] | 921 | 31.6 | New | |
Liberal | Archibald Kintrea | 421 | 14.4 | N/A | |
Majority | 655 | 22.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 2,918 | 89.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 3,264 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Elections in the 1870s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Holms | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 5,083 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Elections in the 1880s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Holms | Unopposed | |||
Registered electors | 4,979 | ||||
Liberal hold |
Holms' resignation caused a by-election.
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Stewart Clark | 3,049 | 62.8 | N/A | |
Conservative | Ernest Hamilton | 1,806 | 37.2 | New | |
Majority | 1,243 | 25.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 4,855 | 85.4 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 5,688 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Barbour | 3,390 | 57.3 | N/A | |
Conservative | Robert Mure McKerrell | 2,523 | 42.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 867 | 14.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 5,913 | 87.0 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 6,794 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Barbour | 3,057 | 55.1 | -2.2 | |
Liberal Unionist | James Smith | 2,491 | 44.9 | +2.2 | |
Majority | 566 | 10.2 | −4.4 | ||
Turnout | 5,548 | 81.7 | −5.3 | ||
Registered electors | 6,794 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.2 |
Elections in the 1890s[]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Dunn | 4,145 | 59.6 | +4.5 | |
Conservative | Robert Mure McKerrell | 2,807 | 40.4 | -4.5 | |
Majority | 1,338 | 19.2 | +9.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,952 | 85.8 | +4.1 | ||
Registered electors | 8,107 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Dunn | 4,262 | 63.6 | +8.5 | |
Conservative | Christopher Nicholson Johnston[16] | 2,441 | 36.4 | −8.5 | |
Majority | 1,821 | 27.2 | +17.0 | ||
Turnout | 6,703 | 81.5 | −0.2 | ||
Registered electors | 8,223 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +8.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Dunn | 4,404 | 59.0 | -4.6 | |
Conservative | Alexander Moffat | 3,062 | 41.0 | +4.6 | |
Majority | 1,342 | 18.0 | −9.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,466 | 82.0 | +0.5 | ||
Registered electors | 9,105 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −4.6 |
Elections in the 1900s[]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | William Dunn | 4,532 | 56.6 | −2.4 | |
Conservative | George Swinton | 3,474 | 43.4 | +2.4 | |
Majority | 1,058 | 13.2 | −4.8 | ||
Turnout | 8,006 | 74.4 | −7.6 | ||
Registered electors | 10,758 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −2.4 |
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John McCallum | 5,664 | 52.7 | −3.9 | |
Liberal Unionist | James MacKean | 2,594 | 24.2 | −19.2 | |
Scottish Workers | Robert Smillie | 2,482 | 23.1 | New | |
Majority | 3,070 | 28.5 | +15.3 | ||
Turnout | 10,740 | 88.2 | +13.8 | ||
Registered electors | 12,179 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +7.7 |
Elections in the 1910s[]
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John McCallum | 6,812 | 63.7 | +11.0 | |
Conservative | Duncan Campbell | 3,890 | 36.3 | +12.1 | |
Majority | 2,922 | 27.4 | −1.1 | ||
Turnout | 10,702 | 86.8 | −1.4 | ||
Registered electors | 12,331 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | −0.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John McCallum | 6,039 | 64.3 | +0.6 | |
Conservative | Alfred Jephcott | 3,350 | 35.7 | −0.6 | |
Majority | 2,689 | 28.6 | +1.2 | ||
Turnout | 9,389 | 74.9 | −11.9 | ||
Registered electors | 12,541 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.6 |
General Election 1914/15: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: John McCallum
- Unionist:
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | John McCallum | 7,542 | 34.0 | −30.3 | |
Co-operative Party | John Biggar | 7,436 | 33.5 | New | |
C | National Democratic | John Taylor | 7,201 | 32.5 | New |
Majority | 106 | 0.5 | −28.1 | ||
Turnout | 22,179 | 57.6 | -17.3 | ||
Registered electors | 38,508 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Elections in the 1920s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | H. H. Asquith | 14,736 | 48.4 | +14.4 | |
Labour | John Biggar | 11,902 | 39.1 | +5.6 | |
C | Unionist | James Anderson Dunlop MacKean | 3,795 | 12.5 | New |
Majority | 2,834 | 9.3 | +8.8 | ||
Turnout | 30,433 | 77.6 | +20.0 | ||
Registered electors | 39,235 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +4.4 | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | H. H. Asquith | 15,005 | 50.5 | +16.5 | |
Labour | John Biggar | 14,689 | 49.5 | +16.0 | |
Majority | 316 | 1.0 | +0.5 | ||
Turnout | 29,694 | 78.0 | +22.4 | ||
Registered electors | 38,093 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +0.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | H H Asquith | 9,723 | 33.4 | −17.1 | |
Labour | John Biggar | 7,977 | 27.4 | −22.1 | |
Unionist | McInnes Shaw | 7,758 | 26.6 | New | |
Independent Labour | D.D. Cormack* | 3,685 | 12.6 | New | |
Majority | 1,746 | 6.0 | +5.0 | ||
Turnout | 29,143 | 77.1 | −0.9 | ||
Registered electors | 37,792 | ||||
Liberal hold | Swing | +2.5 |
* Cormack was the nominee of the local branch of the Labour party, which did not accept Biggar as the official candidate.
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Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Edward Mitchell | 17,057 | 53.5 | +26.1 | |
Liberal | H H Asquith | 14,829 | 46.5 | +13.1 | |
Majority | 2,228 | 7.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 31,886 | 84.1 | +7.0 | ||
Registered electors | 37,901 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +6.5 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | James C. Welsh | 22,425 | 55.8 | +2.3 | |
Liberal | James McCulloch | 10,640 | 26.5 | −20.0 | |
Unionist | Minna Cowan | 7,094 | 17.7 | New | |
Majority | 11,785 | 29.3 | +22.3 | ||
Turnout | 40,159 | 78.2 | −5.9 | ||
Registered electors | 51,385 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +11.2 |
Elections in the 1930s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Maclay | 26,187 | 61.8 | +35.3 | |
Labour | James C. Welsh | 16,183 | 38.2 | -17.6 | |
Majority | 10,004 | 23.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 42,370 | 79.4 | +1.2 | ||
Liberal gain from Labour | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Joseph Maclay | 22,466 | 50.4 | -11.4 | |
Labour | Oliver Baldwin | 22,077 | 49.6 | +11.4 | |
Majority | 389 | 0.8 | -22.8 | ||
Turnout | 44,543 | 79.7 | +0.3 | ||
Liberal hold | Swing |
General Election 1939/40: Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal National: Joseph Maclay
- Labour: Oliver Baldwin[20]
Election in the 1940s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Oliver Baldwin | 25,156 | 55.6 | +6.0 | |
Unionist | Tam Galbraith | 14,826 | 32.7 | New | |
Liberal | Louise Glen-Coats | 4,532 | 10.0 | -40.4 | |
Independent | Allan Richard Eagles | 765 | 1.7 | New | |
Majority | 10,330 | 22.9 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 45,279 | 74.1 | -5.6 | ||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Douglas Johnston | 27,213 | 56.8 | +1.2 | |
Independent | John MacCormick | 20,668 | 43.2 | New | |
Majority | 6,545 | 13.6 | -9.3 | ||
Turnout | 47,881 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Douglas Johnston | 29,204 | 56.12 | +0.5 | |
Unionist | H Black | 19,001 | 36.52 | +4.2 | |
Liberal | Vaughan M Shaw | 3,830 | 7.36 | -2.6 | |
Majority | 10,203 | 19.60 | -3.3 | ||
Turnout | 52,035 | 84.10 | +10.0 | ||
Registered electors | 61,874 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.85 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Douglas Johnston | 29,570 | 55.37 | -0.75 | |
Unionist | John F Wilson | 16,545 | 30.98 | -5.54 | |
Liberal | Vaughan M Shaw | 7,291 | 13.65 | +6.29 | |
Majority | 13,025 | 24.39 | +4.79 | ||
Turnout | 53,406 | 84.40 | +0.30 | ||
Registered electors | 63,281 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +2.40 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Douglas Johnston | 26,723 | 56.41 | +1.04 | |
Unionist | Robert D Kernohan | 20,725 | 43.59 | +12.61 | |
Majority | 6,098 | 12.82 | -11.57 | ||
Turnout | 47,548 | 76.23 | -8.17 | ||
Registered electors | 62,376 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -5.79 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Douglas Johnston | 28,519 | 57.30 | +0.89 | |
Unionist | Geoffrey R Rickman | 21,250 | 42.70 | -0.89 | |
Majority | 7,269 | 14.60 | +1.78 | ||
Turnout | 49,769 | 78.88 | +2.65 | ||
Registered electors | 63,097 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.89 |
Election in the 1960s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Robertson | 19,200 | 45.35 | -11.95 | |
Liberal | John Bannerman | 17,542 | 41.43 | New | |
Unionist | Geoffrey R. Rickman | 5,597 | 13.22 | -29.48 | |
Majority | 1,658 | 3.92 | -10.69 | ||
Turnout | 42,339 | 68.1 | =10.8 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -26.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Robertson | 26,318 | 52.91 | -4.39 | |
Liberal | John Bannerman | 16,837 | 33.85 | N/A | |
Unionist | Maurice Crichton | 6,583 | 13.24 | -29.46 | |
Majority | 9,481 | 19.06 | +4.46 | ||
Turnout | 49,738 | 79.79 | +0.91 | ||
Registered electors | 62,336 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -19.12 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Robertson | 28,074 | 59.97 | +7.06 | |
Conservative | Maurice Crichton | 10,871 | 23.22 | +9.98 | |
Liberal | Vaughan M Shaw | 7,871 | 16.81 | -17.04 | |
Majority | 17,203 | 36.75 | +17.69 | ||
Turnout | 46,816 | 76.29 | -3.50 | ||
Registered electors | 61,363 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | -1.46 |
Elections in the 1970s[]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Robertson | 25,429 | 54.09 | -5.88 | |
Conservative | John Cooperwhite Workman | 15,232 | 32.40 | +9.18 | |
SNP | Margo MacDonald | 3,432 | 7.30 | New | |
Liberal | Alan Sked | 2,918 | 6.21 | -10.60 | |
Majority | 10,197 | 21.69 | -15.06 | ||
Turnout | 47,011 | 71.44 | -4.9 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Robertson | 23,820 | 48.42 | -5.67 | |
Conservative | John Cooperwhite Workman | 14,923 | 30.33 | -2.07 | |
SNP | David Rollo | 10,455 | 21.25 | +13.95 | |
Majority | 8,897 | 18.09 | -3.60 | ||
Turnout | 49,198 | 75.16 | +3.72 | ||
Labour hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | John Robertson | 21,368 | 44.79 | -3.63 | |
SNP | David Rollo | 15,778 | 33.08 | +11.83 | |
Conservative | Ian Robertson | 7,440 | 15.60 | -14.73 | |
Liberal | Donald Thompson | 3,116 | 6.53 | New | |
Majority | 5,590 | 11.71 | -6.34 | ||
Turnout | 47,702 | 72.21 | -2.95 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | -7.72 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Allen Adams | 25,894 | 55.79 | +11.00 | |
Conservative | George Wills | 12,139 | 26.15 | +10.55 | |
SNP | David Rollo | 7,305 | 15.74 | -17.34 | |
SLP | Brian Monaghan | 811 | 1.75 | New | |
Communist | June Janette Tait | 145 | 0.31 | New | |
Workers Revolutionary | Thomas White | 122 | 0.26 | New | |
Majority | 13,755 | 29.64 | +17.93 | ||
Turnout | 46,416 | 72.79 | +0.58 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +0.22 |
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