Paisley North (Scottish Parliament Constituency)

Election Results

Scottish Parliament election, 2007: Paisley North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy Alexander	12,111	52.2	+4.3
	SNP	Andrew Doig	6,998	30.2	+1.7
	Conservative	Malcolm MacAskill	1,721	7.4	-1.0
	Liberal Democrats	Angela McGarrigle	1,570	6.8	-0.9
	Scottish Socialist	Iain Hogg	525	2.3	-5.3
	Independent	John Plott	281	1.2	+1.2
Majority			5,113	22.0
Turnout			23,206	53.4
	Labour hold		Swing	1.3

Scottish Parliament election, 2003: Paisley North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy Alexander	10,631	47.87	-0.75
	SNP	George Adam	6,321	28.47	-3.52
	Conservative	Allison Cook	1,871	8.43	+0.35
	Liberal Democrats	Brian O'Malley	2,338	7.68	-0.01
	Scottish Socialist	Sean Hurl	1,678	7.56	+3.93
Majority			4,310	19.41	+2.78
Turnout			22,206	49.35	-7.26
	Labour hold		Swing

Scottish Parliament election, 1999: Paisley North
Party		Candidate	Votes	%	±%
	Labour	Wendy Alexander	13,492	48.62	N/A
	SNP	Ian MacKay	8,876	31.99	N/A
	Conservative	Peter Ramsay	2,242	8.08	N/A
	Liberal Democrats	Tamsin Mayberry	2,133	7.69	N/A
	Scottish Socialist	Fiona Macdonald	1,007	3.63	N/A
Majority			4,616	16.63	N/A
Turnout
	Labour hold		Swing

“What a glorious time they must have in that wilderness, far from mankind and election day!”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)

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—Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)

Paisley North (Scottish Parliament Constituency) - Election Results