Riding profile

Paisley and Renfrewshire South

UK constituency — Scotland · Mixed · scotland

The question

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

Editorial read

Paisley and Renfrewshire South, a mixed constituency in Scotland, elected a member with Labour in the previous cycle, with a 16-point margin. The Vote-Scope model projects the SNP ahead at 31% vote share, against 26% for Labour, and the probability of a close race is negligible.

Sitting member

Johanna Baxter

Sits with Labour

Since
2024-07-04
Parliament
59th

Current forecast

SNP

Safe

Probability
100%
Mean margin (pts)
7.2
P(close race)
0%

Projected vote share

Projection by party

  • SNP 30.5%
  • Labour 25.5%
  • Reform UK 20.8%
  • Green 7.7%
  • Conservative 5.8%
  • Lib Dems 5.2%
  • Other 4.3%

In context

How this riding stacks up

SNP Labour Reform UK Green
HerePaisley and Renfrewshire South 30.5%25.5%20.8%7.7%
National averageUnited Kingdom 2.5% +28.0 21.7% +3.8 25.3% −4.5 11.8% −4.1

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

Previous election · UK 2024

Won by
Labour
Margin
15.8 pts
Margin shift vs current projection
-8.7 pts

Detailed result · UK 2024

Candidates and votes

Candidate Party Votes % Occupation
Johanna Baxter Elected Labour 19,583 47.4
Jacqueline Cameron SNP 13,056 31.6
Jim McIlroy Reform UK 2,956 7.2
Alec Leishman Conservative 2,219 5.4
Athol Bond Green 1,724 4.2
Jack Clark Lib Dems 1,315 3.2
Paul Mack Other 317 0.8
Mark Turnbull Other 113 0.3

Demographics

Who lives here

Employment rate
77.1%

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

Last model run
Cycle
uk_2029