Paisley and Renfrewshire North.
Labour Party MP Alison Taylor holds the seat on 47.1% of the vote.
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.
Ward-level direction-of-travel: who controls what, who flipped recently, who holds the line.
| Ward | Latest winner | Votes | Council | Last cycle |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Erskine Inchinnan(4 seats) | Leishman · Nicolson · Campbell · Mullin | 5,646 | Renfrewshire Ind | May 2022 |
| Paisley Northeast Ralston(3 seats) | Clark · Adam-McGregor · Graham | 4,308 | Renfrewshire Ind | May 2022 |
| Renfrew North Braehead(4 seats) | McGuire · Gray · Shaw · Hughes | 5,018 | Renfrewshire Ind | May 2022 |
| Renfrew South Gallowhill(3 seats) | McEwan · Grady · Paterson | 2,974 | Renfrewshire Ind | May 2022 |
Source · Democracy Club · DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Headline indicators.
| Indicator | Local | National | Δ |
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Ethnicity.
Source · Census 2021
Population by age & sexCensus 2021 · 18 bands · click to expand
Source · Census 2021 (ONS) · % of usual residents; tick marks the median seat per band
Income tax contribution.
| Total income tax | £223m |
| Taxpayers | 49,000 |
| Median per taxpayer | £2,740 |
| Mean per taxpayer | £4,540 |
Source · HMRC SPI · ±8% confidence
Where the money flows back in.
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2024 — full result.
| Candidate | Votes | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alison TaylorWON | Lab | 19,561 | 47.1 |
| Gavin Newlands | SNP | 13,228 | 31.9 |
| Andrew Scott | Ref | 3,228 | 7.8 |
| David McGonigle | Con | 2,659 | 6.4 |
| Jen Bell | Ind | 1,469 | 3.5 |
| Grant Toghill | LD | 1,374 | 3.3 |
Turnout 41,519
Prior contests.
| Year | Winner | % | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2019 | Gavin Newlands | SNP | 47.0 |
| 2017 | Gavin Newlands | SNP | 37.5 |
| 2015 | Gavin Newlands | SNP | 50.7 |
| 2010 | Sheridan, Jim | Lab | 54.0 |
Sources, methods & last update
2023 boundary review
DCLEAPIL v1.0 (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Census 2021
National avg over 575 seats
±8% confidence
LSOA-aggregated · rolling 12mo