UK general elections2024 › Paisley and Renfrewshire South

Paisley and Renfrewshire South — 2024

Johanna Baxter (Labour Party) was elected with 19,583 votes47.4% of 41,283 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. 47.4% Proportional quota 50.0% Below quota Winning candidate's share minus the proportional quota (50% for a single-member seat). Negative = below; positive = above. −2.6 pts Valid ballots Voters who cast a valid ballot in this constituency, from the published source. 41,283

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
1Johanna Baxter Labour Party 19,583−2.6 ptsElected
2Jacqueline Cameron Scottish National Party 13,056
3Jim McIlroy Reform UK 2,956
4Alec Leishman Conservative Party 2,219
5Athol Bond Green Party (Scottish Green Party)1,724
6Jack Clark Liberal Democrats 1,315
7Paul Mack Independent 317
8Mark Turnbull Freedom Alliance 113

Electorate 71,574 · Turnout 57.7% · Majority 6,527 · Back to 2024 overview

Source data: House of Commons Library general election results 2024, retrieved 2026-05-18, generated 2026-05-19 (Open Parliament Licence v3.0). ETL version parliament-etl@1. Methodology: how these numbers are computed.