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Paisley (UK Parliament constituency)

Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1983

Field	Value
name	Paisley
parliament	uk
image
caption	Paisley within Scotland, showing boundaries used from 1918 to 1950.
year	1832
abolished	1983
type	Burgh
elects_howmany	One
previous	Renfrewshire
next	Paisley North
Paisley South
region	Scotland
towns	Paisley

Paisley South

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."

Members of Parliament

Election	Member	Party
Whigs (British political party)}}"		1832	Sir John Maxwell
Whigs (British political party)}}"		1834 by-election	Sir Daniel Sandford
Whigs (British political party)}}"		1835	Alexander Speirs
Radicals (UK)}}"		1836 by-election	Archibald Hastie
Whigs (British political party)}}"		1857 by-election	Humphrey Crum-Ewing
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		1859	Liberal
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		1874	William Holms
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		1884 by-election	Stewart Clark
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		1885	William Barbour
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		1891 by-election	Sir William Dunn
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		1906	Sir John McCallum
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		1920 by-election	H. H. Asquith
Labour Party (UK)}}"		1924	Edward Mitchell
Labour Party (UK)}}"		1929	James Welsh
Liberal Party (UK)}}"		1931	Joseph Maclay
Labour Party (UK)}}"		1945	Oliver Baldwin
Labour Party (UK)}}"		1948 by-election	Douglas Johnston
Labour Party (UK)}}"		1961 by-election	John Robertson
Scottish Labour Party (1976)}}"		1976	Scottish Labour Party (1976)
Labour Party (UK)}}"		1979	Allen Adams
1983	constituency abolished

Election results

Elections in the 1830s

|reg. electors = 1,242

Maxwell resigned, causing a by-election.

|reg. electors = 1,261

Gordon retired in favour of Sandford

|reg. electors = 1,510

Speirs resigned, causing a by-election.

|reg. electors = 1,465

|reg. electors = 1,610

Elections in the 1840s

|reg. electors = 1,324

|reg. electors = 1,060

Elections in the 1850s

|reg. electors = 1,342

|reg. electors = 1,305

Hastie's death caused a by-election.

|reg. electors = 1,349

|reg. electors = 1,370

Elections in the 1860s

|reg. electors = 1,361

|reg. electors = 3,264

Elections in the 1870s

|reg. electors = 5,083

Elections in the 1880s

|reg. electors = 4,979

Holms' resignation caused a by-election.

|reg. electors = 5,688 |reg. electors = 6,794 |reg. electors = 6,794

Elections in the 1890s

|reg. electors = 8,107 |reg. electors = 8,223 |reg. electors = 9,105

Elections in the 1900s

|reg. electors = 10,758

|reg. electors = 12,179

Elections in the 1910s

|reg. electors = 12,331 |reg. electors = 12,541 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 July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;

Liberal: John McCallum
Unionist: |reg. electors = 38,508

Elections in the 1920s

|reg. electors = 39,235

|reg. electors = 38,093 |reg. electors = 37,792 Cormack was the nominee of the local branch of the Labour party, which did not accept Biggar as the official candidate.

|reg. electors = 37,901 |reg. electors = 51,385

Elections in the 1930s

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

Election in the 1940s

Elections in the 1950s

|reg. electors = 61,874 |reg. electors = 63,281 |reg. electors = 62,376 |reg. electors = 63,097

Election in the 1960s

|reg. electors = 62,336 |reg. electors = 61,363

Elections in the 1970s

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