East Renfrewshire parliamentary constituency

Member of Parliament

• Blair McDougall

  Labour Party
  

Members of Parliament (MPs) represent your interests and concerns in the House of Commons.

MPs consider and can propose new laws as well as raising issues that matter to you in the House. This includes asking government ministers questions about current issues including those which affect local constituents.

MPs split their time between working in Parliament itself, working in the constituency that elected them and working for their political party.

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The East Renfrewshire Council: Newton Mearns South and Eaglesham ward

Local Councillors

There are four local Councillors representing you.

• Andrew Anderson

  Labour Party
  

• Caroline Bamforth

  Scottish National Party (SNP)
  

• Paul Edlin

  Conservative and Unionist Party
  

• Jim McLean

  Conservative and Unionist Party
  

Unitary authorities are responsible for services like:

• education
• transport
• planning
• fire and public safety
• social care
• libraries
• waste management
• trading standards
• rubbish collection
• recycling
• Council Tax collections
• housing
• planning applications

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Scottish Parliament

Member of the Scottish Parliament for Eastwood

• Jackson Carlaw

  Conservative and Unionist Party
  

Members of the Scottish Parliament for West Scotland

There are seven members of the Scottish Parliament for West Scotland representing you.

• Neil Bibby

  Labour Party
  

• Katy Clark

  Labour Party
  

• Russell Findlay

  Conservative and Unionist Party
  

• Pam Gosal

  Conservative and Unionist Party
  

• Jamie Greene

  Conservative and Unionist Party
  

• Ross Greer

  Scottish Green Party
  

• Paul O'Kane

  Labour Party
  

MSPs take part in examining and passing Bills (proposed laws). They represent you in the Scottish Parliament and your local area and they examine the work of the Scottish Government.

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