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Paisley and Renfrewshire North

Shows the general election results for Paisley and Renfrewshire North, which is a constituency in Renfrewshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 67,436 and a turnout of 69.1%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

SNP
Scottish National Party Hold
Gavin Newlands
Majority
2,613
Electorate
67,436
Turnout
69.1%

Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
SNP 37.4%
Lab 31.8%
Con 27.5%
LD 3.2%

Party results and changes 2015 - 2017

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

Candidate Party Votes Vote (%) Change (%)
Gavin Newlands  SNP 17,455 37.4 -13.3
Alison Taylor  Lab 14,842 31.8 -0.9
David Gardiner  Con 12,842 27.5 15.3
John Boyd * LD 1,476 3.2 1.1
* Candidate lost their deposit

Share of the vote by party 2005 - 2017

The percentage share of the party vote by election year.

Year SNP Lab Con LD Green CISTAP TUSC Ind SSP Oth UKIP
2005 18.8% 45.7% 13.6% 18.3% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.6% 1.1% 0.9%
2010 19.1% 54.0% 14.6% 10.5% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 1.3% 0.5% 0.0% 0.0%
2015 50.7% 32.7% 12.3% 2.1% 1.4% 0.4% 0.4% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%
2017 37.4% 31.8% 27.5% 3.2% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
546 Paisley and Renfrewshire North 5.6%
650 North East Fife 0.0%

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: 55.9%
1 Liverpool, Walton 85.7%
634 Paisley and Renfrewshire North 37.4%
650 Ceredigion 29.2%

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

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Highest % turnout Average: 68.8%
1 Twickenham 79.5%
320 Paisley and Renfrewshire North 69.1%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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