Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley
Constituency of the Scottish Parliament
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Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley is a county constituency of the Scottish Parliament covering parts of the council areas of Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire.[2] Under the additional-member electoral system used for elections to the Scottish Parliament, it elects one Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) by the first past the post method of election. It is also one of ten constituencies in the West Scotland electoral region, which elects seven additional members, in addition to the ten constituency MSPs, to produce a form of proportional representation for the region as a whole.[3]
| Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley | |
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| County constituency for the Scottish Parliament | |
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 Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley shown within the West Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland | |
| Electoral region | West Scotland |
| Electorate | 63,548 (2026)[1] |
| Major settlements | Johnstone, Barrhead |
| Current constituency | |
| Created | 2026 |
| Party | Scottish National Party |
| MSP | Tom Arthur |
| Council area | Renfrewshire East Renfrewshire |
| Created from | Renfrewshire South, Renfrewshire North and West, Paisley |
The seat was created for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election, mostly replacing the abolished Renfrewshire South constituency. It also includes some areas from the abolished Renfrewshire North and West and redrawn Paisley constituencies.[4][5] At the 2026 election, the previous SNP MSP for Renfrewshire South, Tom Arthur, was elected as its first representative.
Electoral region
The other nine constituencies of the West Scotland region are: Cunninghame North, Cunninghame South, Clydebank and Milngavie, Dumbarton, Eastwood, Inverclyde, Paisley, Renfrewshire North and Cardonald, and Strathkelvin and Bearsden.[3] The region covers the whole of the council areas of East Dunbartonshire, East Renfrewshire, Inverclyde, North Ayrshire, Renfrewshire, and West Dunbartonshire; and parts of the council areas of Argyll and Bute, East Ayrshire, and Glasgow.[6]
Boundaries
The constituency covers a wide area lying to the south and west of Paisley, containing settlements from both the Renfrewshire and East Renfrewshire council areas. The largest settlements are the towns of Johnstone, Barrhead and Linwood; the seat also covers the villages of Elderslie, Neilston, Houston, Bridge of Weir, Lochwinnoch, Howwood, Brookfield and Uplawmoor. The constituency is formed of the following electoral wards of Renfrewshire Council and East Renfrewshire Council:[2]
- East Renfrewshire:
- Barrhead, Liboside and Uplawmoor (entire ward)
- Newton Mearns North and Neilston (shared with Eastwood)
- Renfrewshire:
- Johnstone North, Kilbarchan, Howwood and Lochwinnoch (entire ward)
- Johnstone South and Elderslie (entire ward)
- Houston, Crosslee and Linwood (entire ward)
- Bishopton, Bridge of Weir and Langbank (shared with Renfrewshire North and Cardonald)
Member of the Scottish Parliament
| Election | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | Tom Arthur | SNP | |
