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West Renfrewshire — UK General Election Results

Compiled by EveryElectionResult.com's data team · Last updated 2026-08-30

West Renfrewshire was won by Labour at the 2001 general election, with a majority of 8,575 votes over SNP. This page covers every general election in West Renfrewshire from 1885 to 2001.

Full Election History, 1885–2001

Election Elected Votes Vote Share Runner-up Majority Turnout
1885 Archibald Campbell (Conservative) 3,618 54.8% Harry Smith (Liberal) 638 (9.7 pts) 85.1%
1886 Archibald Campbell (Conservative) 3,434 54.4% William Dunn (Liberal) 553 (8.8 pts) 81.5%
1892 Charles Bine Renshaw (Conservative) 3,773 53.2% Robert Wallace (Liberal) 451 (6.4 pts) 86.6%
1895 Charles Bine Renshaw (Conservative) 3,909 54.2% Duncan Vernon Pirie (Liberal) 603 (8.4 pts) 86.0%
1900 Charles Bine Renshaw (Conservative) 4,323 51.6% Thomas Glen Glen-Coats (Liberal) 270 (3.2 pts) 84.9%
1906 Thomas Glen Glen-Coats (Liberal) 5,858 56.6% John Charles Cunninghame (Conservative) 1,368 (13.2 pts) 85.7%
Jan 1910 James William Greig (Liberal) 6,480 53.5% John Charles Cuninghame (Conservative) 849 (7.0 pts) 87.1%
Dec 1910 James William Greig (Liberal) 6,366 51.1% Henry Mechan (Conservative) 284 (2.3 pts) 86.7%
1918 James William Greig (Liberal) 11,524 61.8% Robert Murray (Labour) 4,398 (23.6 pts) 65.3%
1922 Robert Murray (Labour) 11,787 54.0% James William Greig (National Liberal) 1,736 (8.0 pts) 75.6%
1923 Robert Murray (Labour) 10,904 48.1% Alexander Thomson Taylor (Unionist) 3,302 (14.6 pts) 77.0%
1924 Archibald Douglas MacInnes Shaw (Unionist) 13,267 54.1% Robert Murray (Labour) 2,015 (8.2 pts) 84.5%
1929 Robert Forgan (Labour) 14,419 46.6% Alexander Thomson Taylor (Unionist) 2,236 (7.2 pts) 81.6%
1931 Henry James Scrymgeour-Wedderburn (Unionist) 17,318 53.5% Jean Mann (Independent Labour) 7,115 (22.0 pts) 83.2%
1935 Henry James Scrymgeour-Wedderburn (Unionist) 15,906 49.7% Jean Mann (Labour) 3,499 (10.9 pts) 81.3%
1945 Thomas Scollan (Labour) 15,050 48.7% Henry James Scrymgeour-Wedderburn (Unionist) 1,214 (3.9 pts) 70.3%
1950 John Scott Maclay (Conservative) 20,810 54.0% Thomas Scollan (Labour) 3,102 (8.1 pts) 77.6%
1951 John Stuart Maclay (Conservative) 21,546 53.9% Bruce Millan (Labour) 3,053 (7.6 pts) 84.9%
1955 John Scott Maclay (Conservative) 21,283 55.2% Jesse Dickson Mabon (Labour) 4,040 (10.5 pts) 83.0%
1959 John Scott Maclay (Conservative) 20,959 53.5% Charles Minihan (Labour) 2,753 (7.0 pts) 82.6%
1964 Norman Findlay Buchan (Labour) 19,518 46.2% Roy Pickering Paton (Unionist) 1,011 (2.4 pts) 82.9%
1966 Norman Buchan (Labour) 23,849 54.3% Roy Paton (Conservative) 3,789 (8.6 pts) 81.6%
1970 Norman Buchan (Labour) 22,999 48.0% Alexander Fletcher (Conservative) 2,304 (4.8 pts) 79.5%
Feb 1974 Norman Buchan (Labour) 22,178 40.2% John Ross-Harper (Conservative) 2,668 (4.8 pts) 82.9%
Oct 1974 Norman Buchan (Labour) 20,674 38.5% Charles David Cameron (SNP) 5,300 (9.9 pts) 80.1%
1979 Norman Buchan (Labour) 28,236 44.5% Walter Boyle (Conservative) 8,572 (13.5 pts) 81.2%
1997 Thomas Graham (Labour) 19,525 47.9% Colin Campbell (SNP) 8,979 (22.0 pts) 77.9%
2001 James Sheridan (Labour) 15,720 46.9% Carol Puthucheary (SNP) 8,575 (25.6 pts) 63.3%

Full Result Breakdown by Election

1885

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Archibald Campbell Conservative 3,61854.8% Yes
Harry Smith Liberal 2,98045.2% No

1886

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Archibald Campbell Conservative 3,43454.4% Yes
William Dunn Liberal 2,88145.6% No

1892

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Bine Renshaw Conservative 3,77353.2% Yes
Robert Wallace Liberal 3,32246.8% No

1895

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Bine Renshaw Conservative 3,90954.2% Yes
Duncan Vernon Pirie Liberal 3,30645.8% No

1900

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Charles Bine Renshaw Conservative 4,32351.6% Yes
Thomas Glen Glen-Coats Liberal 4,05348.4% No

1906

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Glen Glen-Coats Liberal 5,85856.6% Yes
John Charles Cunninghame Conservative 4,49043.4% No

Jan 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James William Greig Liberal 6,48053.5% Yes
John Charles Cuninghame Conservative 5,63146.5% No

Dec 1910

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James William Greig Liberal 6,36651.1% Yes
Henry Mechan Conservative 6,08248.9% No

1918

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James William Greig Liberal 11,52461.8% Yes
Robert Murray Labour 7,12638.2% No

1922

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Murray Labour 11,78754.0% Yes
James William Greig National Liberal 10,05146.0% No

1923

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Murray Labour 10,90448.1% Yes
Alexander Thomson Taylor Unionist 7,60233.6% No
James Scott Liberal 4,14918.3% No

1924

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Archibald Douglas MacInnes Shaw Unionist 13,26754.1% Yes
Robert Murray Labour 11,25245.9% No

1929

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Robert Forgan Labour 14,41946.6% Yes
Alexander Thomson Taylor Unionist 12,18339.4% No
Francis Sheed Anderson Liberal 2,6828.7% No
Roland Eugene Muirhead National Party of Scotland 1,6675.4% No

1931

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry James Scrymgeour-Wedderburn Unionist 17,31853.5% Yes
Jean Mann Independent Labour 10,20331.5% No
Roland Eugene Muirhead National Party of Scotland 3,54711.0% No
Robert Forgan New Party 1,3044.0% No

1935

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Henry James Scrymgeour-Wedderburn Unionist 15,90649.7% Yes
Jean Mann Labour 12,40738.8% No
Roland Eugene Muirhead SNP 3,69711.5% No

1945

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Scollan Labour 15,05048.7% Yes
Henry James Scrymgeour-Wedderburn Unionist 13,83644.8% No
Robert Blair Wilkie SNP 1,9956.5% No

1950

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Scott Maclay Conservative 20,81054.0% Yes
Thomas Scollan Labour 17,70846.0% No

1951

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Stuart Maclay Conservative 21,54653.9% Yes
Bruce Millan Labour 18,49346.3% No

1955

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Scott Maclay Conservative 21,28355.2% Yes
Jesse Dickson Mabon Labour 17,24344.8% No

1959

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
John Scott Maclay Conservative 20,95953.5% Yes
Charles Minihan Labour 18,20646.5% No

1964

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Norman Findlay Buchan Labour 19,51846.2% Yes
Roy Pickering Paton Unionist 18,50743.8% No
Gavin E McFadyean Liberal 4,25310.1% No

1966

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Norman Buchan Labour 23,84954.3% Yes
Roy Paton Conservative 20,06045.7% No

1970

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Norman Buchan Labour 22,99948.0% Yes
Alexander Fletcher Conservative 20,69543.2% No
Alan Macartney SNP 4,1958.8% No

Feb 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Norman Buchan Labour 22,17840.2% Yes
John Ross-Harper Conservative 19,51035.4% No
Charles David Cameron SNP 8,39415.2% No
David Paterson Young Liberal 5,0229.1% No

Oct 1974

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Norman Buchan Labour 20,67438.5% Yes
Charles David Cameron SNP 15,37428.6% No
John Ross-Harper Conservative 14,39926.8% No
Denis Osborne Brown Liberal 3,2716.1% No

1979

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Norman Buchan Labour 28,23644.5% Yes
Walter Boyle Conservative 19,66431.0% No
Charles David Cameron SNP 8,33313.1% No
James Ross Brown Liberal 7,25611.4% No

1997

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
Thomas Graham Labour 19,52547.9% Yes
Colin Campbell SNP 10,54625.9% No
Charles Cormack Conservative 7,38718.1% No
Bruce Macpherson Liberal Democrat 3,0457.5% No
Shaw Lindsay Referendum Party 2830.7% No

2001

CandidatePartyVotesShareElected
James Sheridan Labour 15,72046.9% Yes
Carol Puthucheary SNP 7,14521.3% No
David Sharpe Conservative 5,52216.5% No
Clare Hamblen Liberal Democrat 4,18512.5% No
Arlene Nunnery Scottish Socialist 9252.8% No

Margin Over Time

Winning margin (percentage points) at each election, coloured by the winning party.

1885: Conservative margin 9.7 pts 1886: Conservative margin 8.8 pts 1892: Conservative margin 6.4 pts 1895: Conservative margin 8.4 pts 1900: Conservative margin 3.2 pts 1906: Liberal margin 13.2 pts Jan 1910: Liberal margin 7.0 pts Dec 1910: Liberal margin 2.3 pts 1918: Liberal margin 23.6 pts 1922: Labour margin 8.0 pts 1923: Labour margin 14.6 pts 1924: Unionist margin 8.2 pts 1929: Labour margin 7.2 pts 1931: Unionist margin 22.0 pts 1935: Unionist margin 10.9 pts 1945: Labour margin 3.9 pts 1950: Conservative margin 8.1 pts 1951: Conservative margin 7.6 pts 1955: Conservative margin 10.5 pts 1959: Conservative margin 7.0 pts 1964: Labour margin 2.4 pts 1966: Labour margin 8.6 pts 1970: Labour margin 4.8 pts Feb 1974: Labour margin 4.8 pts Oct 1974: Labour margin 9.9 pts 1979: Labour margin 13.5 pts 1997: Labour margin 22.0 pts 2001: Labour margin 25.6 pts 1885 1886 1892 1895 1900 1906 Jan 1910 Dec 1910 1918 1922 1923 1924 1929 1931 1935 1945 1950 1951 1955 1959 1964 1966 1970 Feb 1974 Oct 1974 1979 1997 2001

Trend

West Renfrewshire has been contested at 28 general elections on record since 1885. Parties that have won a seat here over that span: Conservative, Liberal, Labour, Unionist.

Frequently Asked Questions

Who won West Renfrewshire in the 2001 general election?

Labour won West Renfrewshire in 2001 with 15,720 votes (46.9%), a majority of 8,575 votes over SNP in second place.

Which parties have won West Renfrewshire since 1885?

Since 1885, West Renfrewshire has been won by: Conservative, Labour, Liberal, Unionist.

What was the closest result in West Renfrewshire?

The closest result on record for West Renfrewshire was Dec 1910, when Liberal beat Conservative by just 284 votes (2.3 percentage points).

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