What is "inverclyde"

Inverclyde (, , "mouth of the Clyde") is one of 32 council areas used for local government in Scotland. Together with the East Renfrewshire and Renfrewshire council areas, Inverclyde forms part of the historic county of Renfrewshire, which currently exists as a registration county and lieutenancy area - located in the west central Lowlands. It borders the North Ayrshire and Renfrewshire council areas, and is otherwise surrounded by the Firth of Clyde.

Inverclyde District was one of nineteen districts within Strathclyde Region, from 1975 until 1996. Prior to 1975, Inverclyde was governed as part of the local government county of Renfrewshire, comprising the burghs of Greenock, Port Glasgow and Gourock, and the former fifth district of the county. Its landward area is bordered by the Kelly, North and South Routen burns to the south west (separating Wemyss Bay and Skelmorlie, North Ayrshire), part of the River Gryfe and the Finlaystone Burn to the south-east.

It is one of the smallest in terms of area (29th) and population (27th) out of the 32 Scottish unitary authorities. Along with the council areas clustered around Glasgow it is considered part of Greater Glasgow in some definitions, although it is physically separated from the city area by open countryside and does not share a border with the city.

The name derives from the extinct barony of Inverclyde (1897) conferred upon Sir John Burns of Wemyss Bay and his heirs.

Inverclyde is a parliamentary constituency of the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom. It replaced Greenock and Inverclyde and the Port Glasgow and Kilmacolm areas from West Renfrewshire for the 2005 general election.

The previous MP, Labour's Iain McKenzie won the ensuing Inverclyde by-election following the death of David Cairns also of the Labour Party. In the 2015 General Election, the constituency was taken by SNP's Ronnie Cowan

Inverclyde is a council area of Scotland. It may also refer to:

• Inverclyde (UK Parliament constituency) — a constituency represented in the House of Commons of the United Kingdom
  • Greenock and Inverclyde (UK Parliament constituency) — predecessor constituency of the above
  • Renfrew West and Inverclyde (UK Parliament constituency) — predecessor constituency of part of the above
• Greenock and Inverclyde (Scottish Parliament constituency) — constituency represented in the Scottish Parliament
• Inverclyde (district) - a former local government district within the Strathclyde region which existed from 1975 until 1996
• Inverclyde Line — a railway branch line serving the southern bank of the River Clyde, Scotland
• Inverclyde National Sports Training Centre — an elite sports training facility in Largs, North Ayrshire operated by sportscotland
• Inverclyde Royal Hospital, a district general hospital in Greenock
• Baron Inverclyde — an extinct barony in the Peerage of the United Kingdom