UK general elections2010 › Paisley and Renfrewshire North

Paisley and Renfrewshire North — 2010

Jim Sheridan (Labour Party) was elected with 23,613 votes54.0% of 43,707 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 54.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +4.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 43,707

RankCandidatePartyVotesShare of votes Candidate votes ÷ valid votes in this constituency. Matches the share the returning officer publishes.Below quota Elected candidate's share of valid votes minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = won the seat below the quota; positive = cleared it.Elected
1Jim Sheridan Labour Party 23,61354.0%+4.0 ptsElected
2Margaret MacLaren Scottish National Party 8,33319.1%
3Alistair Campbell Conservative Party 6,38114.6%
4Ruaraidh Dobson Liberal Democrats 4,59710.5%
5Gary Pearson Independent 5501.3%
6Chris Rollo Scottish Socialist Party 2330.5%

Electorate 63,704 · Turnout 68.6% · Majority 15,280 · Back to 2010 overview

Source data: UK Parliament psephology database, retrieved 2026-05-19, generated 2026-05-19 (Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl-psephology@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.