East Renfrewshire (UK Parliament constituency)
East Renfrewshire (UK Parliament constituency) From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to navigation Jump to search East Renfrewshire County constituency for the House of Commons Boundary of East Renfrewshire in Scotland. Electorate 69,982 (2015) [1] Current constituency Created 2005 Member of parliament Paul Masterton (Conservative) Number of members One Created from Eastwood [2] 1885–1983 Number of members One Type of constituency County constituency Replaced by Eastwood, Paisley South and Paisley North [3] Created from Renfrewshire Overlaps European Parliament constituency Scotland East Renfrewshire (known as Eastwood from 1983 until 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. Before 1997, it was the safest Conservative seat in Scotland, [4] however in the 1997 Labour landslide, it was won by Jim Murp...