Paisley (Scottish Parliament constituency)
| Paisley | |
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| county constituency for the Scottish Parliament |
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Paisley shown within the West Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
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| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2011 |
| Party | Scottish National Party |
| MSP | George Adam |
| Council area | Renfrewshire |
Paisley 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 ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.
The constituency includes Scotland's largest town, Paisley (excluding Gallowhill), the village of Ralston and the Gleniffer Braes.
The other nine constituencies of the West Scotland region are Clydebank and Milngavie, Cunninghame North, Cunninghame South, Dumbarton, Eastwood, Greenock and Inverclyde, Renfrewshire North and West, Renfrewshire South and Strathkelvin and Bearsden.
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