Paisley and Renfrewshire South

Paisley and Renfrewshire South is a constituency in Scotland. The seat has been held by Johanna Baxter (Labour) since July 2024.

2024 General Election

The 2024 General Election was held on 4 July 2024. A total of 8 candidates ran for election.

Summary

LAB
Labour Gain
Majority
6,527
Electorate
71,574
Turnout
57.7%

You can view more detailed information about this election result on the election result pages.

UK Parliamentary constituency boundaries have changed following a review in 2023. This means that the election history for this constituency began at the last general election on 4 July 2024.

The Library’s election results site shows relationships to previous constituencies and election results for 2010-2024.

Share of the vote

The graph below shows the share of the vote across all the candidates.

Breakdown

The table below shows the individual vote breakdown for each candidate.

Candidate/Party Votes Share Change
Johanna Baxter
Labour
19,583 47.4% 21.6%
Jacqueline Cameron
Scottish National Party
13,056 31.6% -18.1%
Jim McIlroy
Reform UK
2,956 7.2% 7.2%
Alec Leishman
Conservative
2,219 5.4% -12.8%
Athol Bond
Scottish Green Party
1,724 4.2% 4.2%
Jack Clark
Liberal Democrat
1,315 3.2% -3.0%
Paul Mack
Independent
317 0.8% 0.8%
Mark Turnbull
Freedom Alliance
113 0.3% 0.3%