Paisley was a parliamentary constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1983, when it was divided into Paisley North and Paisley South. These two constituencies were in turn amalgamated into Paisley and Renfrewshire South and Paisley and Renfrewshire North in 2005.
Boundaries
The constituency covered the burgh of Paisley.
The boundaries of the constituency, as set out in the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832, were-
:"From the Summit of Byres Hill, on the North-east of the Town, in a straight Line to the Point near Knock Hill at which the Renfrew Road is joined by a Road from Glasgow; thence in a straight Line to the Summit of Knock Hill; thence in a straight Line to the Northern Gable of the Moss Toll House on the Greenock Road; thence in a straight Line in the Direction of the Chimney of Linwood Cotton Mill to the Point at which such straight Line cuts the Candren Burn; thence up the Candren Burn to the Point at which the same is joined by the Braidiland Burn at the Bridge over the same on the Johnstone Road; thence up the Braidiland Burn to a Point which is distant Five hundred Yards (measured along the Braidiland Burn) above the said Bridge; thence in a straight Line to Meikleridge Bridge over the Candren Burn; thence in a straight Line to the Point at which the old Neilston Road leaves the new Neilston Road; thence in a straight Line to the Summit of Dykebar Hill; thence in a straight Line to a Point which is One hundred Yards due North-east of the Summit of Bathgo Hill; thence in a straight Line to the Point first described."
Members of Parliament
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|1832
| Sir John Maxwell
| Whig
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|1834 by-election
| Sir Daniel Sandford
| Whig
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|1857 by-election
| rowspan="2" | Humphrey Crum-Ewing
| Whig
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|1859
| Liberal
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|1874
| William Holms
| Liberal
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|1884 by-election
| Stewart Clark
| Liberal
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|1885
|William Barbour
| Liberal
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|1891 by-election
| Sir William Dunn
| Liberal
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|1906
| Sir John McCallum
| Liberal
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|1920 by-election
| H. H. Asquith
| Liberal
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|1924
|Edward Mitchell
| Labour
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|1929
| James Welsh
| Labour
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|1931
| Joseph Maclay
| Liberal
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|1945
| Oliver Baldwin
| Labour
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|1948 by-election
| Douglas Johnston
| Labour
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|1961 by-election
|rowspan="2"| John Robertson
| Labour
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|1976
| Scottish Labour Party (1976)
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|1979
| Allen Adams
| Labour
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| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;"| 1983
|colspan="2"| constituency abolished
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Election results
Elections in the 1830s
- Gordon retired in favour of Sandford
Hastie's death caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1870s
Holms' resignation caused a by-election.
Elections in the 1920s
General Election 1939–40:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by the Autumn of 1939, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal National: Joseph Maclay
- Labour: Oliver Baldwin