Paisley North (Scottish Parliament Constituency)
Paisley North is a constituency of the Scottish Parliament (Holyrood). It elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. Also, however, it is one of nine constituencies in the West of Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to nine constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
From the Scottish Parliament election, 2011, the city of Paisley will be split between two new constituencies. Paisley will largely replace Paisley North and Paisley South. Renfrewshire North and West will take some parts of the north west of Paisley.
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