The placeConstituency · Scotland · Electorate 71,103 · 2023 boundaries

Paisley and Renfrewshire North.

Labour Party MP Alison Taylor holds the seat on 47.1% of the vote.

Member of ParliamentAlison Taylor · Labour Party
CouncilRenfrewshire
Boundary set2023
ONS codeS14000101
Electorate · 2024
71.1k
Registered to vote
2024 GE — winner
47.1%
Labour Party · +15.3pp over SNP
Settlements
0
Named built-up areas
Crime · per 1k pop · 3mo
data.police.uk · 12mo rolling
Dispatch
2 Jun 2026

Taylor's most notable recent action was breaking with Labour on assisted dying. On 20 June 2025, she voted against the Terminally Ill Adults (End of Life) Bill at Third Reading and opposed two amendments aimed at tightening eligibility criteria -- while also backing procedural moves to allow further scrutiny of the bill. Her voting pattern on that day reflects a position more cautious about the bill's final form than her party's majority, and her stance scores show she sits notably higher than the Labour average on both end-of-life autonomy and assisted dying safeguards -- suggesting concern about the bill's detail rather than outright opposition to the principle. Outside that cluster, she votes with Labour in almost every other area.

Her participation rate of 45% -- well below the Commons average of roughly 60--65% -- is the most striking feature of her broader record. When she does vote, she is a 94.8% party-line voter. Her speeches, spread across 59 contributions in 40 debates, concentrate heavily on economy and jobs, local government, and fiscal policy, with a secondary thread running through defence and environment. She deviates from her Labour peers most sharply on parliamentary scrutiny -- scoring 67% aligned against Labour's average of 6% -- suggesting she is more inclined than most colleagues to back measures that increase oversight of the executive.

Taylor won the Paisley and Renfrewshire North seat from the SNP at the 2024 general election. The news coverage available relates almost entirely to her predecessor, Gavin Newlands, so there is no meaningful local press record against which to assess her constituency work. She holds no select committee positions. The low participation rate may partly reflect the demands of a newly won Scottish seat, but no explanation is on record.

47.1%
Lab vote · 2024 GE
1
Council overlapping the seat
4
Wards · 14 councillors
§ 01The local picture — wards.4 wards · 14 councillors

Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.

WardLatest winnerVotesCouncilLast cycle
Erskine Inchinnan(4 seats)Leishman · Nicolson · Campbell · Mullin5,646Renfrewshire IndMay 2022
Paisley Northeast Ralston(3 seats)Clark · Adam-McGregor · Graham4,308Renfrewshire IndMay 2022
Renfrew North Braehead(4 seats)McGuire · Gray · Shaw · Hughes5,018Renfrewshire IndMay 2022
Renfrew South Gallowhill(3 seats)McEwan · Grady · Paterson2,974Renfrewshire IndMay 2022

Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)

§ 03Demographics.Census 2021 · vs national avg

Headline indicators.

IndicatorLocalNationalΔ

Ethnicity.

Source · Census 2021

Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Male 48.1% Female 51.9% Median seat
MaleAgeFemale
85+
80-84
75-79
70-74
65-69
60-64
55-59
50-54
45-49
40-44
35-39
30-34
25-29
20-24
16-19
10-15
5-9
0-4

Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band

§ 04Local economy.Income · tax · businesses · schools
Median income
£27,600
HMRC SPI · 2024
Mean income
£33,000
HMRC SPI · 2024
Businesses
2,425
VAT/PAYE-registered

Income tax contribution.

Total income tax£223m
Taxpayers49,000
Median per taxpayer£2,740
Mean per taxpayer£4,540

Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence

Where the money flows back in.

For council finance & suppliers

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§ 06Election history.5 contests · created on 2023 boundaries

2024 — full result.

CandidateVotes%
Alison TaylorWONLab19,56147.1
Gavin NewlandsSNP13,22831.9
Andrew ScottRef3,2287.8
David McGonigleCon2,6596.4
Jen BellInd1,4693.5
Grant ToghillLD1,3743.3

Turnout 41,519

Prior contests.

YearWinner%
2019Gavin NewlandsSNP47.0
2017Gavin NewlandsSNP37.5
2015Gavin NewlandsSNP50.7
2010Sheridan, JimLab54.0
Sources, methods & last update
Method The dispatch paragraphs are AI-generated from the public sources listed below. Every figure links to its source. If we’re wrong, please tell us — corrections within 48 hours.
BoundariesONS Open Geography Portal
2023 boundary review
Wards & councilsLGBCE · Democracy Club
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
SettlementsONS Built-Up Areas
Census 2021
DemographicsONS · Nomis · Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
Income & taxHMRC SPI
±8% confidence
Crimedata.police.uk
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo
ElectionsElectoral Commission