Paisley And Renfrewshire South (UK Parliament Constituency)
Coordinates: 55°48′50″N 4°29′06″W / 55.814°N 4.485°W / 55.814; -4.485
| Paisley and Renfrewshire South County constituency |
|
|---|---|
| Paisley and Renfrewshire South shown within Scotland | |
| Created: | 2005 |
| MP: | Douglas Alexander |
| Party: | Labour |
| Type: | House of Commons |
| Council areas: | Renfrewshire |
| EP constituency: | Scotland |
Paisley and Renfrewshire South is a constituency of the British House of Commons, located in Renfrewshire, Scotland to the southwest of Glasgow. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) at least once every five years using the first-past-the-post system of voting.
The seat was formed in 2005, and is a safe seat for the Labour Party, who currently have a majority of over 16,000. Its current MP is Douglas Alexander, who has been the constituency's MP since 2005 (and for the predecessor seat of Paisley South since 1997). Alexander is the current Shadow Foreign Secretary, and has previously held cabinet posts such as Transport Secretary and Scottish Secretary (2006-07; joint), and International Development Secretary (2007-10).
Within the constituency, is the southern and town centre areas of Paisley and the other towns of Glenburn, Johnstone and Kilbarchan.
Read more about Paisley And Renfrewshire South (UK Parliament Constituency): Boundaries, Members of Parliament
Famous quotes containing the words south and/or parliament:
“We have heard all of our lives how, after the Civil War was over, the South went back to straighten itself out and make a living again. It was for many years a voiceless part of the government. The balance of power moved away from it—to the north and the east. The problems of the north and the east became the big problem of the country and nobody paid much attention to the economic unbalance the South had left as its only choice.”
—Lyndon Baines Johnson (1908–1973)
“What is the historical function of Parliament in this country? It is to prevent the Government from governing.”
—George Bernard Shaw (1856–1950)