UK general elections › 2010 › Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Paisley and Renfrewshire South — 2010
Douglas Alexander (Labour Party) was elected with 23,842 votes— 59.6% of 39,998 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 59.6% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +9.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 39,998
| 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 | Douglas Alexander | Labour Party | 23,842 | 59.6% | +9.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Andrew Doig | Scottish National Party | 7,228 | 18.1% | — | |
| 3 | Gordon McCaskill | Conservative Party | 3,979 | 9.9% | — | |
| 4 | Ashay Ghai | Liberal Democrats | 3,812 | 9.5% | — | |
| 5 | Paul Mack | Independent | 513 | 1.3% | — | |
| 6 | Jimmy Kerr | Scottish Socialist Party | 375 | 0.9% | — | |
| 7 | William Hendry | Independent | 249 | 0.6% | — |
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.