UK general elections › 2017 › Paisley and Renfrewshire North
Paisley and Renfrewshire North — 2017
Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party) was elected with 17,455 votes— 37.4% of 46,615 valid votes. Under First Past the Post, a plurality is enough; a majority is not required.
Result · single-seat
Marginal winner Winning candidate's share of valid votes. 37.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −12.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 46,615
| 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 | 17,455 | 37.4% | −12.6 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Alison Taylor | Labour Party | 14,842 | 31.8% | — | |
| 3 | David Gardiner | Conservative Party | 12,842 | 27.5% | — | |
| 4 | John Boyd | Liberal Democrats | 1,476 | 3.2% | — |
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.