Mhairi Black and Gavin Newlands have held their seats in Renfrewshire.

Mhairi Black was re-elected for Paisley and Renfrewshire South with a majority of 2,541, down 3,143 on the 2015 result with Labour coming second and the Conservatives third.

Gavin Newlands for Paisley and Renfrewshire North won with a majority of 2,613 also with Labour coming second and the Conservatives third.

Mhairi Black told BBC Scotland she was looking forward to returning to Westminster.

“I’m glad to be re-elected to go back down and continue to batter into whoever is in government that austerity is not working, it’s not benefiting people’s lives whatsoever.

“The people it is benefiting, you could argue, are the one’s who need it least.”

 




In Paisley and Renfrewshire North, 46,666 votes were cast, a 69.2 per cent turnout. In Paisley and Renfrewshire South, there were 41,771 votes cast, a 68.1 per cent turnout.

Returning officer Sandra Black, chief executive of Renfrewshire Council, announced the results in the early hours of Friday morning at the Lagoon Leisure Centre in Paisley.

The count took place at the Lagoon Leisure Centre in Paisley and involved 280 staff, counting the contents of 160 ballot boxes alongside postal votes.

 

Figure Source: Renfrewshire Council / Pie Graphics: Renfrewshire Council / Photo Credits: Renfrewshire News

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