UK general elections › 2015 › Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Paisley and Renfrewshire North — 2015
Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party) was elected with 25,601 votes— 50.7% of 50,462 valid votes.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.7 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 50,462
| 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 | Gavin Newlands | Scottish National Party | 25,601 | +0.7 pts | Elected | |
| 2 | Jim Sheridan | Labour Party | 16,525 | — | ||
| 3 | John Anderson | Conservative Party | 6,183 | — | ||
| 4 | James Speirs | Liberal Democrats | 1,055 | — | ||
| 5 | Ryan Morrison | Green Party (Scottish Green Party) | 703 | — | ||
| 6 | Andy Doyle | Cannabis Is Safer Than Alcohol | 202 | — | ||
| 7 | Jim Halfpenny | Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 193 | — |
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.