East Renfrewshire (known as Eastwood from 1983 to 2005) is a constituency of the House of Commons, to the south of Glasgow, Scotland. It elects one Member of Parliament (MP) using the first-past-the-post system of voting.
East Renfrewshire | |
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County constituency for the House of Commons | |
![]() Boundary of East Renfrewshire in Scotland | |
Local government in Scotland | East Renfrewshire |
Electorate | 69,982 (2015)[1] |
Major settlements | Barrhead, Busby, Clarkston, Eaglesham, Giffnock, Neilston, Netherlee, Newton Mearns, Thornliebank, Uplawmoor, Waterfoot |
Current constituency | |
Created | 2005 |
Member of Parliament | Blair McDougall (Labour) |
Seats | One |
Created from | Eastwood[2] |
1885–1983 | |
Seats | One |
Type of constituency | County constituency |
Created from | Renfrewshire |
Replaced by | Eastwood[3] |
Until 1997, the constituency was the safest Conservative seat in Scotland.[4][5] At the 1997 general election, which was a landslide victory for Labour, it was won by future Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy who held the seat until being defeated by Kirsten Oswald of the Scottish National Party at the 2015 general election. In 2017, the constituency returned to Conservative control for the first time in twenty years, when it was won by Conservative candidate Paul Masterton. However, at the 2019 general election, Oswald regained the seat for the SNP once again, and in the 2024 Labour landslide, it again returned to the Labour party.
The constituency has a mostly middle-class electorate and includes affluent areas.[6][7]
History
editThe constituency was created by the Redistribution of Seats Act 1885 for the 1885 general election. It was abolished for the 1983 general election, when it was partially replaced by the new Eastwood constituency.
The East Renfrewshire constituency was re-established for the 2005 general election, with the same boundaries as the previous Eastwood constituency. Despite the change of name, it is the only constituency in mainland Scotland whose boundaries were unchanged by the 2005 revision of Scottish constituencies.
Boundaries and local government areas
editAs created in 1885, the constituency was one of four covering the area of the county of Renfrewshire (except the burgh of Renfrew and the burgh of Port Glasgow, which were components of Kilmarnock Burghs until 1918). The four constituencies were: East Renfrewshire, West Renfrewshire, Paisley and Greenock. Greenock was enlarged and renamed Greenock and Port Glasgow in 1974.
From 1885, the constituency consisted of the parishes of Eastwood, Cathcart, Mearns and Eaglesham, and part of the parish of Govan.[8]
From 1918, the constituency consisted of "The Upper County District, inclusive of all burghs situated therein, except the burghs of Paisley and Johnstone, together with so much of the burgh of Renfrew as is contained within the parish of Govan in the county of Lanark."
The constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election, eight years after the creation of local government regions and districts in 1975. The new constituency, with revised boundaries, was called Eastwood.
In 1996, the area of the Eastwood constituency became, also, the East Renfrewshire unitary council area.
In 1999, a Scottish Parliament constituency was created with the name and boundaries of the Eastwood Westminster constituency.
In the widespread redistribution of Scottish seats for the 2005 general election, the name of the Eastwood Westminster constituency was changed back to East Renfrewshire.
Constituency profile and voting patterns
editAn outer suburban part of the Greater Glasgow conurbation and the rural hinterland to the south-west of the city, East Renfrewshire is predominantly an affluent, middle-class commuter area with a high proportion of owner-occupiers and professionals. East Renfrewshire has the largest Jewish population of any constituency in Scotland, with almost half of Scotland's Jewish population living in that area.
At the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, East Renfrewshire returned a significant majority against Scottish independence; with a voter turnout of 90.4%, 41,690 votes were cast for "No" (63.2%) and 24,287 for "Yes" (36.8%). At the 2016 European Union membership referendum, a substantial majority of votes were cast in favour of the United Kingdom remaining in the European Union in East Renfrewshire, with a turnout of 76.1% there were 39,345 "Remain" votes (74.3%) to 13,596 "Leave" votes (25.7%).[9]
The area was looked on as a safely Conservative seat before Jim Murphy of the Labour Party gained the seat (then known as Eastwood) during their landslide victory in 1997. East Renfrewshire was then subsequently viewed as a relatively safe Labour seat until the SNP gained the seat in their 2015 landslide victory.
In 2017, during what would prove to be their best performance at a general election in Scotland for 34 years, the Conservatives subsequently gained the East Renfrewshire seat at the 2017 snap general election; with Paul Masterton being elected with a majority of 4,712 (8.8%) votes over Kirsten Oswald of the Scottish National Party. However, at the 2019 general election; Oswald regained the seat for the SNP with a majority of 5,426 or 9.8%, establishing the seat as an SNP-Conservative marginal battleground.
In the 2024 Labour landslide, Labour retook the seat from the SNP, along with most other seats in Scotland.
Members of Parliament
editElection results
editElections in the 2020s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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Labour | Blair McDougall | 21,935 | 43.7 | +31.3 | |
SNP | Kirsten Oswald | 13,514 | 26.9 | −18.0 | |
Conservative | Sandesh Gulhane | 8,494 | 16.9 | −18.2 | |
Reform UK | Matt Alexander | 2,360 | 4.7 | New | |
Scottish Green | Karen Sharkey | 1,510 | 3.0 | New | |
Liberal Democrats | Alan Grant | 1,150 | 2.3 | −5.2 | |
Scottish Family | Maria Reid | 487 | 1.0 | New | |
Liberal | Allan Steele | 481 | 1.0 | New | |
ISP | Colette Walker | 296 | 0.6 | New | |
Majority | 8,421 | 16.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 50,227 | 68.4 | −7.5 | ||
Registered electors | 73,380 | ||||
Labour gain from SNP | Swing | +24.7 |
Elections in the 2010s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Kirsten Oswald | 24,877 | 44.9 | +13.7 | |
Conservative | Paul Masterton | 19,451 | 35.1 | –4.9 | |
Labour | Carolann Davidson | 6,855 | 12.4 | –14.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Andrew McGlynn | 4,174 | 7.5 | +5.4 | |
Majority | 5,426 | 9.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 55,357 | 76.6 | –0.2 | ||
SNP gain from Conservative | Swing | +9.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Paul Masterton | 21,496 | 40.0 | +18.0 | |
SNP | Kirsten Oswald | 16,784 | 31.2 | –9.4 | |
Labour | Blair McDougall | 14,346 | 26.7 | –7.3 | |
Liberal Democrats | Aileen Morton | 1,112 | 2.1 | +0.2 | |
Majority | 4,712 | 8.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 53,805 | 76.8 | –4.3 | ||
Conservative gain from SNP | Swing | +13.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
SNP | Kirsten Oswald[17] | 23,013 | 40.6 | +31.7 | |
Labour | Jim Murphy[18] | 19,295 | 34.0 | –16.8 | |
Conservative | David Montgomery[19] | 12,465 | 22.0 | –8.4 | |
Liberal Democrats | Graeme Cowie[20] | 1,069 | 1.9 | –7.3 | |
UKIP | Robert Malyn[21] | 888 | 1.6 | +0.9 | |
Majority | 3,718 | 6.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 56,730 | 81.1 | +3.8 | ||
SNP gain from Labour | Swing | +24.3 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jim Murphy | 25,987 | 50.8 | +6.9 | |
Conservative | Richard Cook | 15,567 | 30.4 | +0.5 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gordon MacDonald | 4,720 | 9.2 | –9.1 | |
SNP | Gordon Archer | 4,535 | 8.9 | +2.1 | |
UKIP | Donald McKay | 372 | 0.7 | New | |
Majority | 10,420 | 20.4 | +6.4 | ||
Turnout | 51,181 | 77.3 | +5.2 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | +3.2 |
Elections in the 2000s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Jim Murphy | 20,815 | 43.9 | –3.7 | |
Conservative | Richard Cook | 14,158 | 29.9 | +1.1 | |
Liberal Democrats | Gordon MacDonald | 8,659 | 18.3 | +5.4 | |
SNP | Osama Bhutta | 3,245 | 6.8 | –1.7 | |
Scottish Socialist | Ian Henderson | 528 | 1.1 | –0.6 | |
Majority | 6,657 | 14.0 | –4.9 | ||
Turnout | 47,405 | 72.1 | +1.4 | ||
Labour hold | Swing | –2.4 |
Elections in the 1970s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Allan Stewart | 25,910 | 49.89 | +8.54 | |
Labour | E Sullivan | 12,672 | 24.40 | +4.57 | |
Liberal | WGA Craig | 9,366 | 18.03 | +3.41 | |
SNP | J Pow | 3,989 | 7.68 | −15.52 | |
Majority | 13,238 | 25.49 | +7.34 | ||
Turnout | 51,937 | 80.58 | +2.93 | ||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Betty Harvie Anderson | 19,847 | 41.35 | ||
SNP | I Jenkins | 11,137 | 23.20 | ||
Labour | CJ Roberts | 9,997 | 20.83 | ||
Liberal | WGA Craig | 7,015 | 14.62 | ||
Majority | 8,710 | 18.15 | |||
Turnout | 47,996 | 77.65 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Betty Harvie Anderson | 25,713 | 50.62 | ||
Labour | RS Stewart | 10,227 | 20.13 | ||
Liberal | WGA Craig | 9,588 | 18.88 | ||
SNP | S Watterson | 5,268 | 10.37 | ||
Majority | 15,486 | 30.49 | |||
Turnout | 50,796 | 80.66 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Betty Harvie Anderson | 29,163 | 52.07 | ||
Labour | Jessie Carnegie | 16,062 | 28.68 | ||
Liberal | Olivia Watt | 7,053 | 12.59 | ||
SNP | John M. Buchanan | 3,733 | 6.66 | New | |
Majority | 13,101 | 23.39 | |||
Turnout | 56,011 | 76.16 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1960s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Betty Harvie Anderson | 28,017 | 53.17 | ||
Labour | Robert Lochrie | 17,426 | 33.07 | ||
Liberal | James W McHardy | 7,252 | 13.76 | ||
Majority | 10,591 | 20.10 | |||
Turnout | 52,695 | 79.88 | |||
Conservative hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Betty Harvie Anderson | 27,846 | 52.54 | ||
Labour | James Gordon | 16,503 | 31.14 | ||
Liberal | Derek M H Starforth | 8,655 | 16.33 | ||
Majority | 11,343 | 21.40 | |||
Turnout | 53,004 | 82.63 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1950s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Betty Harvie Anderson | 29,672 | 58.65 | ||
Labour | Arthur J Houston | 14,579 | 28.82 | ||
Liberal | Derek M H Starforth | 6,339 | 12.53 | New | |
Majority | 15,093 | 29.83 | |||
Turnout | 50,590 | 82.85 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Guy Lloyd | 30,959 | 68.30 | ||
Labour | David J Phillips | 14,371 | 31.70 | ||
Majority | 16,588 | 36.60 | |||
Turnout | 45,330 | 78.12 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Guy Lloyd | 31,908 | 65.80 | ||
Labour | David J Phillips | 16,588 | 34.20 | ||
Majority | 15,320 | 31.60 | |||
Turnout | 48,496 | 81.74 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Guy Lloyd | 31,650 | 65.44 | ||
Labour | William L Taylor | 16,716 | 34.56 | ||
Majority | 14,934 | 30.88 | |||
Turnout | 48,366 | 78.87 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1940s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Guy Lloyd | 42,310 | 53.6 | −2.0 | |
Labour Co-op | D. McArthur | 36,634 | 46.4 | +12.4 | |
Majority | 5,676 | 7.2 | −14.4 | ||
Turnout | 78,944 | 67.2 | −8.7 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Guy Lloyd | 34,316 | 80.7 | +25.1 | |
Ind. Labour Party | Annie Maxton | 8,206 | 19.3 | New | |
Majority | 26,110 | 61.4 | +39.8 | ||
Turnout | 42,522 | 43.4 | −32.5 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1930s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Douglas Douglas-Hamilton | 35,121 | 55.6 | −3.8 | |
Labour Co-op | James Barr | 21,475 | 34.0 | +7.3 | |
SNP | Oliver Brown | 6,593 | 10.4 | −3.5 | |
Majority | 13,646 | 21.6 | −11.1 | ||
Turnout | 63,189 | 75.9 | −4.8 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing | −6.6 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Douglas Douglas-Hamilton | 27,740 | 59.38 | ||
Labour Co-op | James Strain | 12,477 | 26.71 | ||
National (Scotland) | Oliver Brown | 6,498 | 13.91 | ||
Majority | 15,263 | 32.67 | |||
Turnout | 46,715 | 80.67 | |||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Douglas Douglas-Hamilton | 19,753 | 53.6 | +1.4 | |
Ind. Labour Party | Thomas Irwin | 12,293 | 33.3 | New | |
National (Scotland) | William Brown | 4,818 | 13.1 | New | |
Majority | 7,460 | 20.3 | +15.9 | ||
Turnout | 36,864 | 69.0 | −17.8 | ||
Unionist hold | Swing |
Elections in the 1920s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Alexander Munro MacRobert | 18,487 | 52.2 | −3.5 | |
Labour | John Martin Munro | 16,924 | 47.8 | +3.5 | |
Majority | 1,563 | 4.4 | −7.0 | ||
Turnout | 35,411 | 77.8 | −5.7 | ||
Registered electors | 45,525 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −3.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Alexander Munro MacRobert | 11,817 | 52.0 | −3.7 | |
Labour | John Martin Munro | 10,889 | 48.0 | +3.7 | |
Majority | 928 | 4.0 | −7.4 | ||
Turnout | 22,706 | 75.2 | −8.3 | ||
Registered electors | 30,211 | ||||
Unionist hold | Swing | −3.7 |
Alexander Munro MacRobert was appointed Solicitor General for Scotland on 31 December 1925.[28]
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Unionist | Alexander Munro MacRobert | 13,716 | 55.7 | +13.4 | |
Labour | Robert Nichol | 10,903 | 44.3 | −0.3 | |
Majority | 2,813 | 11.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 24,619 | 83.5 | +7.6 | ||
Registered electors | 29,493 | ||||
Unionist gain from Labour | Swing | +6.9 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Nichol | 9,857 | 44.6 | +2.1 | |
Unionist | Frederick Lobnitz | 9,349 | 42.3 | +2.3 | |
Liberal | William Crawford | 2,887 | 13.1 | −4.4 | |
Majority | 508 | 2.3 | −0.2 | ||
Turnout | 22,093 | 75.9 | −4.7 | ||
Registered electors | 29,095 | ||||
Labour hold | Swing | −0.1 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Labour | Robert Nichol | 9,708 | 42.5 | +14.7 | |
Unionist | Frederick Lobnitz | 9,158 | 40.0 | New | |
Liberal | Joseph Johnstone | 4,013 | 17.5 | −54.7 | |
Majority | 550 | 2.5 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 22,879 | 80.6 | +15.9 | ||
Registered electors | 28,394 | ||||
Labour gain from Liberal | Swing | +34.7 |
Elections in the 1910s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
C | Liberal | Joseph Johnstone | 13,107 | 72.2 | +25.3 |
Labour | Robert Spence | 5,048 | 27.8 | New | |
Majority | 8,059 | 44.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 18,155 | 64.7 | −24.2 | ||
Registered electors | 28,066 | ||||
Liberal gain from Unionist | Swing | N/A | |||
C indicates candidate endorsed by the coalition government. |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Gilmour | 10,063 | 53.1 | +0.7 | |
Liberal | Ian Macpherson | 8,883 | 46.9 | −0.7 | |
Majority | 1,180 | 6.2 | +1.4 | ||
Turnout | 18,946 | 88.9 | +1.0 | ||
Registered electors | 21,314 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | +0.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | John Gilmour | 9,645 | 52.4 | +2.7 | |
Liberal | Robert Laidlaw | 8,771 | 47.6 | −2.7 | |
Majority | 874 | 4.8 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 18,416 | 87.9 | +6.4 | ||
Registered electors | 20,947 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +2.7 |
Elections in the 1900s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | Robert Laidlaw | 6,896 | 50.3 | New | |
Conservative | Hugh Shaw-Stewart | 6,801 | 49.7 | N/A | |
Majority | 95 | 0.6 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 13,697 | 81.5 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 16,797 | ||||
Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | N/A |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugh Shaw-Stewart | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Elections in the 1890s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugh Shaw-Stewart | Unopposed | |||
Conservative hold |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugh Shaw-Stewart | 4,484 | 56.9 | −4.1 | |
Liberal | John Gloag Murdoch[37] | 3,397 | 43.1 | +4.1 | |
Majority | 1,087 | 13.8 | −8.2 | ||
Turnout | 7,881 | 80.5 | +5.2 | ||
Registered electors | 9,792 | ||||
Conservative hold | Swing | −4.1 |
Elections in the 1880s
editParty | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Conservative | Hugh Shaw-Stewart | 3,806 | 61.0 | +14.7 | |
Lib-Lab | James Samuelson | 2,438 | 39.0 | −14.7 | |
Majority | 1,368 | 22.0 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,244 | 75.3 | −6.5 | ||
Registered electors | 8,295 | ||||
Conservative gain from Liberal | Swing | +14.7 |
Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Liberal | James Finlayson | 3,642 | 53.7 | N/A | |
Conservative | Allan Gilmour, jun | 3,144 | 46.3 | N/A | |
Majority | 498 | 7.4 | N/A | ||
Turnout | 6,786 | 81.8 | N/A | ||
Registered electors | 8,295 | ||||
Liberal win (new seat) |
See also
editReferences
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External links
edit- East Renfrewshire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries April 2005 – May 2024) at MapIt UK
- East Renfrewshire UK Parliament constituency (boundaries from June 2024) at MapIt UK