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 | ||||
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