Riding profile

Paisley and Renfrewshire North

UK constituency — Scotland · Mixed · scotland

The question

Paisley and Renfrewshire North: will Labour lose this seat to SNP?

Current forecast

SNP

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
11.6
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • SNP 34.3%
  • Reform UK 22.7%
  • Labour 21.9%
  • Green 8.3%
  • Conservative 6.4%
  • Lib Dems 4.8%
  • Other 1.2%

Watch list

The tightest races

Smallest projected margin. Open one for the numbers.

  1. Birmingham ErdingtonReform UK60 %0.5 pt margin
  2. Derby NorthLabour62 %0.5 pt margin
  3. Middlesbrough and Thornaby EastReform UK62 %0.5 pt margin

In context

How this riding stacks up

SNP Reform UK Labour Green
HerePaisley and Renfrewshire North 34.3%22.7%21.9%8.3%
National averageUnited Kingdom 2.8% +31.6 25.4% −2.7 21.8% +0.1 10.8% −2.5

Nationwide averages computed across the 650 riding-level projections (unweighted mean).

Editorial read

Paisley and Renfrewshire North, a mixed constituency in Scotland, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 15-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the SNP ahead at 34% vote share, against 23% for Reform UK, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Alison Taylor

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Previous election · 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
15.3 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-3.6 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Alison Taylor Elected Labour 19,561 47.1
Gavin Newlands SNP 13,228 31.9
Andrew Scott Reform UK 3,228 7.8
David McGonigle Conservative 2,659 6.4
Jen Bell Green 1,469 3.5
Grant Toghill Lib Dems 1,374 3.3

Demographics

Who lives here

Employment rate
68.9%

Data source : ONS mid-2022 population + Jan 2026 labour market

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029