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2017 general election results

Paisley and Renfrewshire South

Shows the general election results for Paisley and Renfrewshire South, which is a constituency in Renfrewshire. In 2017 it had a total electorate of 61,344 and a turnout of 68%.

Summary

Summary of the key information for the 2017 general election.

SNP
Scottish National Party Hold
Mhairi Black
Majority
2,541
Electorate
61,344
Turnout
68%
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Share of the vote

Distribution of party votes by percentages.

Party Name Share of the vote: 2017
SNP 40.7%
Lab 34.6%
Con 19.5%
LD 3.2%
Ind 2.1%

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 (%)
Mhairi Black  SNP 16,964 40.7 -10.3
Alison Dowling  Lab 14,423 34.6 -4.1
Amy Thomson  Con 8,122 19.5 11.8
Eileen McCartin * LD 1,327 3.2 1.0
Paul Mack * Ind 876 2.1 2.1
* 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 Ind SSP Oth
2005 17.6% 52.6% 8.4% 17.6% 0.0% 2.1% 1.7%
2010 18.1% 59.6% 9.9% 9.5% 1.3% 0.9% 0.0%
2015 50.9% 38.6% 7.6% 2.2% 0.0% 0.6% 0.0%
2017 40.7% 34.6% 19.5% 3.2% 2.1% 0.0% 0.0%

Highest and lowest 2017

Safest seats by majority (%) Average: 24.3%
1 Liverpool, Walton 77.1%
538 Paisley and Renfrewshire South 6.1%
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%
609 Paisley and Renfrewshire South 40.7%
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%
372 Paisley and Renfrewshire South 68.0%
650 Glasgow North East 53.0%

Turnout is calculated as the percentage of electorate who voted.

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