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The results of the 2024 UK General Election for the Paisley and Renfrewshire North, and Paisley and Renfrewshire South constituencies have been declared.
Alison Suzanne Watt Taylor has been elected as MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire North.
Johanna Baxter has been elected as MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South.
In Paisley and Renfrewshire North, 41,663 votes were cast, a 58.8% per cent turnout.
In Paisley and Renfrewshire South, there were 41,416 votes cast, a 57.9% per cent turnout.
Returning Officer Alan Russell, Chief Executive of Renfrewshire Council, announced the results in the early hours of Friday 5 July at the Lagoon Leisure Centre in Paisley.
The election count involved more than 300 staff who were counting postal votes and the contents of ballot boxes from 135 polling stations.
62 polling places across Renfrewshire had been open from 7am until 10pm and included various venues such as schools, community centres, churches, a bowling club, scout hall, sports pavilions and cultural venues.
For more information, visit www.renfrewshire.gov.uk/general-election-2024
Full results
Paisley and Renfrewshire North constituency
Jen Bell, Scottish Greens – 1,469
David McGonigle, Scottish Conservative and Unionist – 2,659
Gavin Andrew Stuart Newlands, Scottish National Party (SNP) – 13,228
Andrew Scott, Reform UK – 3,228
Alison Suzanne Watt Taylor, Scottish Labour Party – 19,561
Grant Toghill, Scottish Liberal Democrats – 1,374
Ballot papers rejected – 144
Total votes cast – 41,663
Turnout – 58.8%
Paisley and Renfrewshire South constituency
Johanna Baxter, Scottish Labour Party – 19,583
Athol Bond, Scottish Greens – 1,724
Jacqueline Cameron, Scottish National Party (SNP) – 13,056
Jack William George Clark, Scottish Liberal Democrats – 1,315
Alec Leishman, Scottish Conservative and Unionist – 2,219
Paul Mack – 317
Jim McIlroy, Reform UK – 2,956
Mark Niven Turnbull, Freedom Alliance – 113
Ballot papers rejected – 133
Total votes cast – 41,416
Turnout – 57.9%
