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Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley

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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
County constituency
for the Scottish Parliament
Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley shown within the West Scotland electoral region and the region shown within Scotland
Electoral regionWest Scotland
Electorate63,548 (2026)[1]
Major settlementsJohnstone, Barrhead
Current constituency
Created2026
PartyScottish National Party
MSPTom Arthur
Council areaRenfrewshire
East Renfrewshire
Created fromRenfrewshire South, Renfrewshire North and West, Paisley

The seat was created for the 2026 Scottish Parliament election, and largely replaced Renfrewshire South, which has been abolished. It also includes some areas from the Renfrewshire North and West (also abolished) and Paisley (redrawn) constituencies.[4][5] At the 2026 election, the previous SNP MSP for Renfrewshire South, Tom Arthur, was elected as its first representative.

Electoral region

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Boundaries

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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]

Member of the Scottish Parliament

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ElectionMemberParty
2026 Tom Arthur SNP

Election results

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2020s

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2026 Scottish Parliament election: Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley[1][7][a]
Party Candidate Constituency Regional
Votes % ±% Votes % ±%
SNP Tom Arthur[b] 13,819 40.4 Decrease 9.1 9,786 28.5
Labour Co-op Paul O'Kane[c] 10,548 30.8 Increase 0.7 7,959 23.2
Reform Jamie McGuire 5,844 17.1 New 6,113 17.8
Green 4,224 12.3
Conservative Farooq Choudhry 2,016 5.9 Decrease 10.0 2,778 8.1
Liberal Democrats Ross Stalker 1,610 4.7 Increase 2.3 1,452 4.2
Independent Green Voice 300 0.9
AtLS 279 0.8
Socialist Labour 276 0.8
Scottish Family 238 0.7
Liberal 177 0.5
ISP 172 0.5
ADF Ken Thomson 374 1.1 New 146 0.4
Scottish Socialist 110 0.3
Independent William Wallace 110 0.3
Independent Paul Mack 48 0.1
UKIP 37 0.1
Independent Paddy McCarthy 34 0.1
Scottish Common Party 24 0.1
Scottish Libertarian 16 0.0
Majority 3,271 9.6
Valid votes 34,211 34,279
Invalid votes 182 118
Turnout 34,393 54.1 34,397 54.1
SNP win (new boundaries)
Notes
  1. ↑ Note that changes in vote share are shown with respect to the notional result of the 2021 election, calculated to account for boundary changes
  2. ↑ Incumbent member for the Renfrewshire South constituency
  3. ↑ Incumbent member on the party list, or for another constituency

Citations

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  1. 1 2 "Scottish Parliamentary election 2026". Renfrewshire Council. 8 May 2026. Retrieved 12 May 2026.
  2. 1 2 Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 142.
  3. 1 2 Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 29.
  4. ↑ "Boundary Maps". Boundaries Scotland. Retrieved 27 November 2025.
  5. ↑ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 89-97.
  6. ↑ Second Review of Scottish Parliament Boundaries: Report to Scottish Ministers, p 143.
  7. ↑ "Renfrewshire West and Levern Valley". BBC News. 8 May 2026. Retrieved 12 May 2026.

Bibliography

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See also

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