UK general elections2015 › Paisley and Renfrewshire South

Paisley and Renfrewshire South — 2015

Mhairi Black (Scottish National Party) was elected with 23,548 votes50.9% of 46,226 valid votes.

Result · single-seat

Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 50.9% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. +0.9 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,226

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
1Mhairi Black Scottish National Party 23,54850.9%+0.9 ptsElected
2Douglas Alexander Labour Party 17,86438.6%
3Fraser Galloway Conservative Party 3,5267.6%
4Eileen McCartin Liberal Democrats 1,0102.2%
5Sandra Webster Scottish Socialist Party 2780.6%

Electorate 61,281 · Turnout 75.4% · Majority 5,684 · Back to 2015 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.