Paisley and Renfrewshire North (Constituency) 2017 results - General election results

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%

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

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

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%

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.

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.

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.