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69,941 electors
Active Seat

Paisley and Renfrewshire North

Current MP
Alison Taylor
Alison Taylor

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
68.3%
Avg Turnout
2
Times Changed
2010
Current Party Since
Labour Alison Taylor Gain from Scottish National Party
Majority 6,333
Turnout 58.4% ↓10.6pp
Total Votes 41,519
Winner Swing ↑0.1pp
✓ Alison Taylor
Labour
19,561 47.1%
↑23.4pp
Gavin Newlands
Scottish National Party
13,228 31.9%
↓17.0pp
Andrew Scott
Reform UK
3,228 7.8%
↑7.5pp
David McGonigle
Conservative
2,659 6.4%
↓13.1pp
Jen Bell
—
1,469 3.5%
—
Grant Toghill
Liberal Democrats
1,374 3.3%
↓4.3pp
Scottish National Party Gavin Newlands Hold
Majority 11,902
Turnout 69.0% ↓0.1pp
Total Votes 49,682
Winner Swing ↑9.5pp
✓ Gavin Newlands
Scottish National Party
23,353 47.0%
↑9.6pp
Alison Taylor
Labour
11,451 23.1%
↓8.8pp
Julie Pirone
Conservative
11,217 22.6%
↓5.0pp
Ross Stalker
Liberal Democrats
3,661 7.4%
↑4.2pp
Scottish National Party Gavin Newlands Hold
Majority 2,613
Turnout 69.1% ↓7.1pp
Total Votes 46,615
Winner Swing ↓13.3pp
✓ Gavin Newlands
Scottish National Party
17,455 37.5%
↓13.3pp
Alison Taylor
Labour
14,842 31.8%
↓0.9pp
David Gardiner
Conservative
12,842 27.6%
↑15.3pp
John Boyd
Liberal Democrats
1,476 3.2%
↑1.1pp
Scottish National Party Gavin Newlands Gain from Labour
Majority 9,076
Turnout 76.2% ↑7.6pp
Total Votes 50,462
Winner Swing ↓3.3pp
✓ Gavin Newlands
Scottish National Party
25,601 50.7%
↑31.7pp
Jim Sheridan
Labour
16,525 32.8%
↓21.3pp
John Anderson
Conservative
6,183 12.3%
↓2.4pp
James Speirs
Liberal Democrats
1,055 2.1%
↓8.4pp
Ryan Morrison
—
703 1.4%
—
Andy Doyle
—
202 0.4%
—
Jim Halfpenny
—
193 0.4%
—
Labour Jim Sheridan Hold
Majority 15,280
Turnout 68.6%
Total Votes 43,707
✓ Jim Sheridan
Labour
23,613 54.0%
↑8.3pp
Margaret MacLaren
Labour (Co-op)
8,333 19.1%
↑0.2pp
Alistair Campbell
Conservative
6,381 14.6%
↑1.0pp
Ruaraidh Dobson
Liberal Democrats
4,597 10.5%
↓7.7pp
Gary Pearson
—
550 1.3%
—
Chris Rollo
—
233 0.5%
↓1.0pp

Turnout Trend

68.6%
'10
76.2%
'15
69.1%
'17
69.0%
'19
58.4%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊 Age
50 to 64
21.1%
35 to 49
19.6%
0 to 17
19.3%
65 and over
19.1% ▲2.3pp
25 to 34
13.7%
18 to 24
7.2%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
92.5%
Asian or Asian British
4.3%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
1.4%
Other
0.9%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
0.9%
📊 Age
45 to 64
21.1%
18 to 29
20.9%
30 to 44
19.6%
Under 18
19.3%
65 and over
19.1%
⛪ Religion
No religion
45.8%
Christian
43.6%
Not answered
6.1%
Muslim
2.5%
Sikh
0.7%
Hindu
0.6%
Other religion
0.5%
Buddhist
0.2%
Jewish
0.0%
🌍 Ethnicity
White
97.2%
Asian or Asian British
2.1%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.4%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
0.2%
Other ethnic group
0.2%
📊 Age
45 to 64
28.8%
Under 18
20.6%
30 to 44
19.5%
65 and over
16.8%
18 to 29
14.2%
⛪ Religion
Christian
60.1%
No religion
31.5%
Religion not stated
6.6%
Muslim
0.8%
Sikh
0.4%
Hindu
0.2%
Other religion
0.2%
Buddhist
0.2%
Jewish
0.0%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Gavin Newlands Scottish National Party 2015-05-07 2024-05-30
Jim Sheridan Labour 2001-06-07 2015-03-30