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🏴Scotland
69,813 electors
Active Seat

Paisley and Renfrewshire South

Current MP
Johanna Baxter
Johanna Baxter

🗳️ Election History

5
Elections
66.7%
Avg Turnout
2
Times Changed
2010
Current Party Since
Labour Johanna Baxter Gain from Scottish National Party
Majority 6,527
Turnout 57.7% ▼9.2pp
Total Votes 41,283
Winner Swing ▼2.8pp
✓ Johanna Baxter
Labour
19,583 47.4%
▲21.6pp
Jacqueline Cameron
Scottish National Party
13,056 31.6%
▼18.1pp
Jim McIlroy
Reform UK
2,956 7.2%
—
Alec Leishman
Conservative
2,219 5.4%
▼12.8pp
Athol Bond
—
1,724 4.2%
—
Jack Clark
Liberal Democrats
1,315 3.2%
▼3.0pp
Paul Mack
—
317 0.8%
—
Mark Turnbull
—
113 0.3%
—
Scottish National Party Mhairi Black Hold
Majority 10,679
Turnout 66.9% ▼1.1pp
Total Votes 43,084
Winner Swing ▲9.5pp
✓ Mhairi Black
Scottish National Party
21,637 50.2%
▲9.6pp
Moira Ramage
Labour
10,958 25.4%
▼9.1pp
Mark Dougan
Conservative
7,571 17.6%
▼1.9pp
Jack Clark
Liberal Democrats
2,918 6.8%
▲3.6pp
Scottish National Party Mhairi Black Hold
Majority 2,541
Turnout 68.0% ▼7.4pp
Total Votes 41,712
Winner Swing ▼10.3pp
✓ Mhairi Black
Scottish National Party
16,964 40.7%
▼10.3pp
Alison Dowling
Labour
14,423 34.6%
▼4.1pp
Amy Thomson
Conservative
8,122 19.5%
▲11.8pp
Eileen McCartin
Liberal Democrats
1,327 3.2%
▲1.0pp
Paul Mack
—
876 2.1%
—
Scottish National Party Mhairi Black Gain from Labour
Majority 5,684
Turnout 75.4% ▲10.1pp
Total Votes 46,226
Winner Swing ▼8.7pp
✓ Mhairi Black
Scottish National Party
23,548 50.9%
▲32.9pp
Douglas Alexander
Labour
17,864 38.6%
▼21.0pp
Fraser Galloway
Conservative
3,526 7.6%
▼2.3pp
Eileen McCartin
Liberal Democrats
1,010 2.2%
▼7.4pp
Sandra Webster
—
278 0.6%
▼0.3pp
Labour Douglas Alexander Hold
Majority 16,614
Turnout 65.4%
Total Votes 39,998
✓ Douglas Alexander
Labour
23,842 59.6%
▲7.0pp
Andrew Doig
Labour (Co-op)
7,228 18.1%
▲0.5pp
Gordon McCaskill
Conservative
3,979 10.0%
▲1.5pp
Ashay Ghai
Liberal Democrats
3,812 9.5%
▼8.1pp
Paul Mack
—
513 1.3%
—
Jimmy Kerr
—
375 0.9%
▼1.1pp
William Hendry
—
249 0.6%
—

Turnout Trend

65.4%
'10
75.4%
'15
68.0%
'17
66.9%
'19
57.7%
'24

👥 Demographics

▲▼ changes shown vs 2011 Census
📊Age
50 to 64
23.2%
65 and over
19.6% ▲2.7pp
35 to 49
18.0%
0 to 17
17.3%
25 to 34
13.6%
18 to 24
8.3%
🌍Ethnicity
White
95.1%
Asian or Asian British
2.1%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
1.5%
Other ethnic group
1.4%
📊Age
65 and over
19.4%
18 to 24
8.4%
⛪Religion
No religion
47.6%
Christian
44.1%
Muslim
1.2%
Other religion
0.9%
Hindu
0.2%
🎓Education
Level 4 qualifications or above
28.3%
No qualifications
18.1%
🌍Ethnicity
White
97.4%
Asian or Asian British
1.5%
Black, African, Caribbean or Black British
0.7%
Mixed or Multiple ethnic groups
0.3%
Other ethnic group
0.2%
📊Age
45 to 64
27.8%
30 to 44
20.2%
Under 18
19.2%
65 and over
16.9%
18 to 29
15.9%
⛪Religion
Christian
57.6%
No religion
33.9%
Religion not stated
7.1%
Muslim
0.7%
Other religion
0.2%
Sikh
0.2%
Buddhist
0.1%
Hindu
0.1%
Jewish
0.0%

Previous MPs

Historical representatives of this constituency
MP Name Party From To
Mhairi Black Scottish National Party 2015-05-07 2024-05-30