UK general elections2010 › Paisley and Renfrewshire South

Paisley and Renfrewshire South — 2010

Douglas Alexander (Labour Party) was elected with 23,842 votes59.6% 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

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
1Douglas Alexander Labour Party 23,842+9.6 ptsElected
2Andrew Doig Scottish National Party 7,228
3Gordon McCaskill Conservative Party 3,979
4Ashay Ghai Liberal Democrats 3,812
5Paul Mack Independent 513
6Jimmy Kerr Scottish Socialist Party 375
7William Hendry Independent 249

Electorate 61,197 · Turnout 65.4% · Majority 16,614 · 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.