Renfrewshire North and West

During the period Renfrewshire North and West was in existence, the other nine constituencies of the West Scotland region were: Clydebank and Milngavie, Cunninghame North, Cunninghame South, Dumbarton, Eastwood, Greenock and Inverclyde, Paisley, Renfrewshire South and Strathkelvin and Bearsden. During this period, the region covered all of the East Dunbartonshire, the East Renfrewshire, the Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, Renfrewshire, and West Dunbartonshire council areas, and part of the Argyll and Bute council area.

During the period Renfrewshire North and West was in existence, Renfrewshire was represented in the Scottish Parliament by three constituencies: Paisley, Renfrewshire North and West, and Renfrewshire South.

The Renfrewshire North and West constituency overlapped with the Inverclyde council area. When created in 2011 it was defined using the following electoral wards:

• Renfrewshire Council wards:
  • Renfrew North and Braehead (entire ward)
  • Renfrew South and Gallowhill (entire ward)
  • Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank (entire ward)
  • Erskine and Inchinnan (entire ward)
  • Paisley Northwest (shared with Paisley constituency)
  • Houston, Crosslee and Linwood (shared with Renfrewshire South constituency)
• Inverclyde Council wards:
  • Inverclyde East (shared with Greenock and Inverclyde constituency)

The constituency covers the area on south bank of the River Clyde including and to the west of the historic burgh of Renfrew. Besides Renfrew, other settlements in the constituency included Bishopton, Bridge of Weir, Erskine and Kilmacolm. Bishopton was the site of a major munitions factory, ROF Bishopton, which has since begun to redeveloped for housing. The constituency also included the large shopping centre and leisure facilities of Braehead, near Renfrew, and Glasgow Airport.^[5]