Mhairi Black of the SNP wins Paisley and Renfrewshire South against Douglas Alexander.
Gavin Newlands also wins taking Paisley & Renfrewshire North from Jim Sheridan
Black, who’s only 20-year-old is believed to be the youngest MP since 1667.
She has overturned former shadow foreign secretary Mr Alexander’s majority of 16,600 to win by 5,684 votes – a massive swing of 27% from Labour to the SNP.
The humiliating defeat ends the political career of one of Labour’s most senior figures and sums up a terrible night for the party in Scotland.
Mhairi Black wins Paisley and Renfrewshire South against Douglas Alexander #GE2015 pic.twitter.com/QdKQdXGYJY
— Radio Clyde News (@RadioClydeNews) May 8, 2015
UK Parliamentary General Election – May 2015 – FULL RENFREWSHIRE RESULTS
Paisley and Renfrewshire North
| Electorate | 66,206 |
| Total votes cast | 50,522 |
| Percentage of poll | 76.3% |
| Candidate | Description | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| John Anderson | Scottish Conservative and Unionist | 6,183 |
| Andy Doyle | Cannabis is Safer than Alcohol | 202 |
| Jim Halfpenny | Scottish Trade Unionist and Socialist Coalition | 193 |
| Ryan Morrison | Scottish Green Party | 703 |
| Gavin Newlands | Scottish National Party | 25,601 |
| Jim Sheridan | Scottish Labour Party | 16,525 |
| James Speirs | Scottish Liberal Democrats | 1,055 |
| The number of rejected ballot papers was | 60 | |
| Total | 50,522 | |
| Want of official mark | 0 |
| Voting for more than one candidate | 12 |
| Writing or mark by which voter could be identified | 0 |
| Unmarked or void for uncertainty | 48 |
| Total | 60 |
Paisley and Renfrewshire South
| Electorate | 61,281 |
| Total votes cast | 46,295 |
| Percentage of poll | 75.5% |
| Candidate | Description | Votes |
|---|---|---|
| Douglas Alexander | Scottish Labour Party | 17,864 |
| Mhairi Black | Scottish National Party | 23,548 |
| Fraser Galloway | Scottish Conservative and Unionist | 3,526 |
| Eileen McCartin | Scottish Liberal Democrats | 1,010 |
| Sandra Webster | Scottish Socialist Party | 278 |
| The number of rejected ballot papers was | 69 | |
| Total | 46,295 | |
| Want of official mark | 0 |
| Voting for more than one candidate | 9 |
| Writing or mark by which voter could be identified | 1 |
| Unmarked or void for uncertainty | 59 |
| Total | 69 |