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Renfrew West and Inverclyde (UK Parliament constituency)

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Renfrew West and Inverclyde
Former county constituency
for the House of Commons
Subdivisions of ScotlandRenfrewshire
19831997
SeatsOne
Created fromWest Renfrewshire
Replaced byWest Renfrewshire

Renfrew West and Inverclyde was a constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1983 to 1997.

The constituency was created out of, and merged back into, the West Renfrewshire constituency.

Boundaries

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The Renfrew District electoral divisions of Bargarran and Gryffe, and the Inverclyde District wards of Cardwell Bay, Firth, Gourock, and Kilmacolm.

Members of Parliament

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Election Member[1] Party
1983 Anna McCurley Conservative
1987 Tommy Graham Labour
1997 constituency abolished. See West Renfrewshire

Politics and history of the constituency

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Election results

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Elections of the 1980s

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General election 1983: Renfrew West and Inverclyde[2]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Conservative Anna McCurley 13,669 32.7 +0.5
SDP Dickson Mabon 12,347 29.5 +11.2
Labour George Doherty 12,139 29.0 −7.7
SNP William Taylor 3,653 8.8 −4.0
Majority 1,322 3.2
Turnout 41,808 78.1
Conservative win (new seat)
General election 1987: Renfrew West and Inverclyde[3]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tommy Graham 17,525 38.7 +9.7
Conservative Anna McCurley 13,472 29.8 −2.9
SDP Dickson Mabon 9,669 21.4 −8.1
SNP Colin McIver Campbell 4,578 10.1 +1.3
Majority 4,053 8.9 N/A
Turnout 45,244 80.5 +2.4
Labour gain from Conservative Swing +6.3

Elections of the 1990s

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General election 1992: Renfrew West and Inverclyde[4]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Tommy Graham 17,085 36.6 −2.1
Conservative Annabel Goldie 15,341 32.9 +3.1
SNP Colin McIver Campbell 9,444 20.2 +10.1
Liberal Democrats Alexander Nimmo 4,668 10.0 −11.4
Natural Law Duncan Lamont Maltman 149 0.3 New
Majority 1,744 3.7 −5.2
Turnout 46,687 80.3 −0.2
Labour hold Swing −2.6

References

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  1. ^ Leigh Rayment's Historical List of MPs – Constituencies beginning with "C" (part 6)
  2. ^ "Election Data 1983". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  3. ^ "Election Data 1987". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.
  4. ^ "Election Data 1992". Electoral Calculus. Archived from the original on 15 October 2011. Retrieved 28 June 2017.