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 19,58347.4%−2.6 ptsElected
2Jacqueline Cameron Scottish National Party 13,05631.6%
3Jim McIlroy Reform UK 2,9567.2%
4Alec Leishman Conservative Party 2,2195.4%
5Athol Bond Green Party (Scottish Green Party)1,7244.2%
6Jack Clark Liberal Democrats 1,3153.2%
7Paul Mack Independent 3170.8%
8Mark Turnbull Freedom Alliance 1130.3%

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.