East Renfrewshire (UK Parliament constituency)

East Renfrewshire (known as Eastwood from 1983 to 2005) is a constituency of the UK House of Commons, to the south of Glasgow, Scotland.

[4][5] At the 1997 general election, which was a landslide victory for Labour, it was won by future Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy who held the seat until being defeated by Kirsten Oswald of the Scottish National Party at the 2015 general election.

The constituency was abolished for the 1983 general election, eight years after the creation of local government regions and districts in 1975.

In the widespread redistribution of Scottish seats for the 2005 general election, the name of the Eastwood Westminster constituency was changed back to East Renfrewshire.

Under the 2023 review of Westminster constituencies which came into effect for the 2024 general election, the boundaries were once again unchanged, being coterminous with those of East Renfrewshire Council.

[9][10] An outer suburban part of the Greater Glasgow conurbation and the rural hinterland to the south-west of the city, East Renfrewshire is predominantly an affluent, middle-class commuter area with a high proportion of owner-occupiers and professionals.

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