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🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 Scotland
72,959 electors
Active Seat

East Renfrewshire

Current MP
Blair McDougall
Blair McDougall

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
75.8%
Avg Turnout
4
Times Changed
2010
Current Party Since
Labour Blair McDougall Gain from Scottish National Party
Majority 8,421
Turnout 67.3% ↓9.3pp
Total Votes 50,227
Winner Swing ↓1.3pp
✓ Blair McDougall
Labour
21,935 43.7%
↑31.3pp
Kirsten Oswald
Scottish National Party
13,514 26.9%
↓18.0pp
Sandesh Gulhane
Conservative
8,494 16.9%
↓18.2pp
Matt Alexander
Reform UK
2,360 4.7%
—
Karen Sharkey
—
1,510 3.0%
—
Alan Grant
Liberal Democrats
1,150 2.3%
↓5.3pp
Maria Reid
—
487 1.0%
—
Allan Steele
Liberal
481 1.0%
—
Colette Walker
—
296 0.6%
—
Scottish National Party Kirsten Oswald Gain from Conservative
Majority 5,426
Turnout 76.6% ↓0.1pp
Total Votes 55,357
Winner Swing ↑4.9pp
✓ Kirsten Oswald
Scottish National Party
24,877 44.9%
↑13.7pp
Paul Masterton
Conservative
19,451 35.1%
↓4.9pp
Carolann Davidson
Labour
6,855 12.4%
↓14.3pp
Andrew McGlynn
Liberal Democrats
4,174 7.5%
↑5.5pp
Conservative Paul Masterton Gain from Scottish National Party
Majority 4,712
Turnout 76.7% ↓4.4pp
Total Votes 53,738
Winner Swing ↓0.6pp
✓ Paul Masterton
Conservative
21,496 40.0%
↑18.0pp
Kirsten Oswald
Labour (Co-op)
16,784 31.2%
↓9.3pp
Blair McDougall
Labour
14,346 26.7%
↓7.3pp
Aileen Morton
Liberal Democrats
1,112 2.1%
↑0.2pp
Scottish National Party Kirsten Oswald Gain from Labour
Majority 3,718
Turnout 81.1% ↑3.8pp
Total Votes 56,730
Winner Swing ↓10.2pp
✓ Kirsten Oswald
Scottish National Party
23,013 40.6%
↑31.7pp
Jim Murphy
Labour
19,295 34.0%
↓16.8pp
David Montgomery
Conservative
12,465 22.0%
↓8.4pp
Graeme Cowie
Liberal Democrats
1,069 1.9%
↓7.3pp
Robert Malyn
—
888 1.6%
↑0.8pp
Labour Jim Murphy Hold
Majority 10,420
Turnout 77.3%
Total Votes 51,181
✓ Jim Murphy
Labour
25,987 50.8%
↑6.9pp
Richard Cook
Conservative
15,567 30.4%
↑0.5pp
Gordon Macdonald
Liberal Democrats
4,720 9.2%
↓9.0pp
Gordon Archer
Labour (Co-op)
4,535 8.9%
↑2.0pp
Donald MacKay
—
372 0.7%
—

Turnout Trend

77.3%
'10
81.1%
'15
76.7%
'17
76.6%
'19
67.3%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
0 to 17
22.6%
65 and over
21.7% ▲3.8pp
50 to 64
21.0%
35 to 49
19.3%
25 to 34
8.6%
18 to 24
6.8%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
87.5%
Asian or Asian British
9.5%
Other
1.3%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
1.2%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.5%
📊 Age
Under 18
22.6%
65 and over
21.7%
45 to 64
21.0%
30 to 44
19.3%
18 to 29
15.3%
⛪ Religion
Christian
45.6%
No religion
38.0%
Not answered
6.9%
Muslim
5.5%
Jewish
1.6%
Hindu
1.3%
Sikh
0.6%
Other religion
0.3%
Buddhist
0.3%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
94.1%
Asian or Asian British
5.0%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
0.4%
Other ethnic group
0.3%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.2%
📊 Age
45 to 64
29.3%
Under 18
22.6%
30 to 44
18.0%
65 and over
18.0%
18 to 29
12.0%
⛪ Religion
Christian
59.8%
No religion
26.5%
Religion not stated
6.3%
Muslim
3.3%
Jewish
2.6%
Sikh
0.6%
Hindu
0.4%
Buddhist
0.2%
Other religion
0.2%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Kirsten Oswald Scottish National Party 2019-12-12 2024-05-30
Paul Masterton Conservative 2017-06-08 2019-11-06
Mr Jim Murphy Labour 1997-05-01 2015-03-30