Inverclyde and Renfrewshire West.
Labour Party MP Martin McCluskey holds the seat on 46.9% of the vote — a split-council geography across 2 councils.
2 Jun 2026
McCluskey's most distinctive moves in this parliament have been on assisted dying. On 20 June 2025, he voted against his party on five separate divisions of the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill -- supporting amendments to close the voluntary starvation loophole and backing procedural votes Labour opposed. His overall party alignment sits at 97%, so these deviations stand out sharply. His stance profile also shows him running 20 percentage points above the Labour average on both end-of-life autonomy and assisted dying safeguards, suggesting a considered position rather than a one-off break. On constituency matters, he secured government approval for a £20 million Greenock regeneration plan in March 2026 and has pressed ministers over stalled repairs to the Inverclyde Royal Hospital building.
At Westminster, McCluskey votes in 78% of divisions -- slightly below the Commons average -- and follows his party 97% of the time on most issues. His 254 contributions across 50 debates lean heavily on energy and cost-of-living, which together account for nearly a third of his speeches. His voting record places him firmly behind workers' rights and progressive taxation, and he has voted with the government on every Lords amendment division in the data, putting him at 0% alignment with the pro-Lords-scrutiny position. He sits on no select committees.
Two notable deviations from party colleagues are worth flagging: he votes 24 percentage points below the Labour average on armed forces welfare, and 21 points below on football regulation. Local news coverage over the past 90 days -- 39 articles, predominantly on cost-of-living -- is broadly neutral (average score 0.50). Casework claims suggest active local engagement: his office reported recovering over £164,000 for constituents by late 2025.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line. Each ward links to the council that runs it.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bishopton Bridge Of Weir Langbank(3 seats) | McCulloch · Airlie-Nicolson · MacLaren | 5,271 | Renfrewshire Ind | May 2022 |
| Houston Crosslee Linwood(4 seats) | Dowling · Doig · McGonigle · Innes | 5,094 | Renfrewshire Ind | May 2022 |
| Inverclyde Central(3 seats) | Jackson · McCormick · Armstrong | 2,320 | Inverclyde Ind | May 2022 |
| Inverclyde East(3 seats) | Curley · Wilson · McCabe | 3,914 | Inverclyde Ind | May 2017 |
| Inverclyde East Central(3 seats) | McKenzie · Law · Moran | 2,279 | Inverclyde Ind | May 2022 |
| Inverclyde North(4 seats) | Robertson · Brennan · Brooks · Clocherty | 3,693 | Inverclyde Ind | May 2022 |
| Inverclyde South(3 seats) | Crowther · McGuire · McVey | 2,593 | Inverclyde Ind | May 2022 |
| Inverclyde South West(3 seats) | Nelson · Daisley · Cassidy | 2,987 | Inverclyde Ind | May 2022 |
| Inverclyde West(3 seats) | Quinn · McCluskey · Reynolds | 3,958 | Inverclyde Ind | May 2022 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Headline indicators.
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Ethnicity.
Source · Census 2021
Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band
Income tax contribution.
| Total income tax | £252m |
| Taxpayers | 46,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £2,730 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £5,480 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
This constituency is served by Inverclyde and Renfrewshire. Each council’s service spend, peer rank and supplier list lives on its own page — open from the meta block above or the compass strip below.
Move the income slider on My place to see income tax, NI, VAT and council tax against your earnings — the household lens.
2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Martin McCluskeyWON | Lab | 18,931 | 46.9 |
| Ronnie Cowan | SNP | 12,560 | 31.1 |
| Ted Runciman | Con | 2,863 | 7.1 |
| Simon Moorehead | Ref | 2,476 | 6.1 |
| Ross Stalker | LD | 1,259 | 3.1 |
| Iain Hamilton | Ind | 1,173 | 2.9 |
| Christopher McEleny | Ind | 723 | 1.8 |
| John Burleigh | Ind | 365 | 0.9 |
Turnout 40,350
Prior contests.
Created on the 2023 boundary review. 2024 General Election was the first contest on these boundaries.
Sources, methods & last update
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo