UK general elections2019 › Paisley and Renfrewshire North

Paisley and Renfrewshire North — 2019

Gavin Newlands (Scottish National Party) was elected with 23,353 votes47.0% of 49,682 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. 47.0% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −3.0 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 49,682

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
1Gavin Newlands Scottish National Party 23,35347.0%−3.0 ptsElected
2Alison Taylor Labour Party 11,45123.0%
3Julie Pirone Conservative Party 11,21722.6%
4Ross Stalker Liberal Democrats 3,6617.4%

Electorate 72,007 · Turnout 69.0% · Majority 11,902 · Back to 2019 overview

Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2019, retrieved 2026-05-19, generated 2026-05-19 (Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.