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 were in turn amalgamated into Paisley and Renfrewshire South and Paisley and Renfrewshire North in 2005.

Boundaries

The constituency covered the burgh of Paisley.

Members of Parliament

• 1832 – 1834: Sir John Maxwell
• 1834 – 1835: Sir Daniel Keyte Sandford
• 1835 – 1836: Alexander Graham Speirs
• 1836 – 1857: Archibald Hastie
• 1857 – 1874: Humphrey Ewing Crum-Ewing
• 1874 – 1884: William Holms
• 1884 – 1885: Stewart Clark
• 1885 – 1891: William Boyle Barbour
• 1891 – 1906: Sir William Dunn
• 1906 – 1920: Sir John Mills McCallum, Liberal
• 1920 – 1924: Herbert Henry Asquith, Liberal
• 1924 – 1929: Edward Rosslyn Mitchell, Labour
• 1929 – 1931: James Welsh
• 1931 – 1945: Joseph Maclay, Liberal
• 1945 – 1947: Viscount Corvedale, Labour
• 1948 – 1961: Douglas Johnston, Labour
• 1961 – 1979: John Robertson, Labour (1961-76), Scottish Labour Party (1976-79)
• 1979 – 1983: Allen Adams, Labour

Election results

See also

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