UK general elections › 2017 › Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Paisley and Renfrewshire South — 2017
Mhairi Black (Scottish National Party) was elected with 16,964 votes— 40.7% of 41,712 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. 40.7% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −9.3 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,712
| 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 | Mhairi Black | Scottish National Party | 16,964 | 40.7% | −9.3 pts | Elected |
| 2 | Alison Dowling | Labour Party | 14,423 | 34.6% | — | |
| 3 | Amy Thomson | Conservative Party | 8,122 | 19.5% | — | |
| 4 | Eileen McCartin | Liberal Democrats | 1,327 | 3.2% | — | |
| 5 | Paul Mack | Independent | 876 | 2.1% | — |
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.