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Renfrewshire

Shows the general election results for Renfrewshire, which is a county in Scotland. It is comprised of 2 constituencies (showhide). In 2015 it had a total electorate of 127,487 and a turnout of 75.8%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2015 general election.

Electorate
127,487
Turnout
75.8%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2015
SNP 50.8%
Lab 35.6%
Con 10.0%
LD 2.1%
Green 0.7%
Others 0.7%

Party results and changes 2010 - 2015

Results for each party with number of votes, percentage share of the vote and changes since last election.

Party SNP Lab Con LD Green Others Total
Seats won 2 0 0 0 0 0 2
Change +2 -2 0 0 0 0 0%
Votes (000s) 49 34 10 2 1 1 97
% vote 50.8% 35.6% 10.0% 2.1% 0.7% 0.7% 100.0%
Change +32.2% -21.1% -2.3% -7.9% +0.7% -1.6% 0%
Candidates 2 2 2 2 1 3 12
Deposits lost 0 0 0 2 1 3 6

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2015

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year SNP Lab Con LD Green UKIP Others
2005 18.2% 49.0% 11.1% 18.0% 0.0% 0.5% 3.2%
2010 18.6% 56.7% 12.4% 10.0% 0.0% 0.0% 2.3%
2015 50.8% 35.6% 10.0% 2.1% 0.7% 0.0% 0.7%

Seats won by party 2005 - 2015

The number of seats won by parties by election year.

Year SNP Lab Con LD Green UKIP Others
2005 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2010 0 2 0 0 0 0 0
2015 2 0 0 0 0 0 0

Highest and lowest 2015

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 15.3%
1 Paisley and Renfrewshire North 18.0%
2 Paisley and Renfrewshire South 12.3%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Most marginal seats by majority (%) Average: 15.3%
1 Paisley and Renfrewshire South 12.3%
2 Paisley and Renfrewshire North 18.0%

Majority is calculated as the difference between the winning % share of the vote and second place % share of the vote.

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Highest winning vote share % Average: 50.8%
1 Paisley and Renfrewshire South 50.9%
2 Paisley and Renfrewshire North 50.7%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Lowest winning vote share % Average: 50.8%
1 Paisley and Renfrewshire North 50.7%
2 Paisley and Renfrewshire South 50.9%

Share of the vote is calculated as the percentage of valid votes cast for each party.

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Highest % turnout Average: 75.8%
1 Paisley and Renfrewshire North 76.2%
2 Paisley and Renfrewshire South 75.4%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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Lowest % turnout Average: 75.8%
1 Paisley and Renfrewshire South 75.4%
2 Paisley and Renfrewshire North 76.2%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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