UK general elections › 2010 › Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Paisley and Renfrewshire North — 2010
Jim Sheridan (Labour Party) was elected with 23,613 votes— 54.0% 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
| Rank | Candidate | Party | Votes | Share 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Jim Sheridan | Labour Party | 23,613 | 54.0% | +4.0 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Margaret MacLaren | Scottish National Party | 8,333 | 19.1% | — | |
| 3 | Alistair Campbell | Conservative Party | 6,381 | 14.6% | — | |
| 4 | Ruaraidh Dobson | Liberal Democrats | 4,597 | 10.5% | — | |
| 5 | Gary Pearson | Independent | 550 | 1.3% | — | |
| 6 | Chris Rollo | Scottish Socialist Party | 233 | 0.5% | — |
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.