UK Polling History: Election of 6 November 1997 – Paisley South
Result summary
| Parties | |||||
| Labour | SNP | Liberal Democrat |
Conservative | Others | |
| Votes | 10,346 | 7,615 | 2,582 | 1,643 | 1,249 |
| Votes gained | -11,136 | -1,117 | -918 | -1,594 | – |
| Share of votes | 44.1% | 32.5% | 11.0% | 7.0% | 5.3% |
| Share of eligible voters | 18.9% | 13.9% | 4.7% | 3.0% | 2.3% |
| Gain in share of votes | -13.4% | +9.1% | +1.6% | -1.7% | – |
| Gain in share of eligible voters | -20.8% | -2.2% | -1.8% | -3.0% | – |
| Total votes: | 23,435 | |
| Electorate: | 54,627 | |
| Turnout: | 42.9% | |
| Outcome: | Labour hold | |
| Swing: | 11.2% | SNP from Labour |
Polling history
List of contests
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Constituency formed from East Renfrewshire, Paisley, West Renfrewshire 9 June 1983 |
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Constituency succeeded by Paisley and Renfrewshire North, Paisley and Renfrewshire South 5 May 2005 |
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| Date | Type | Parties | |||||||
| Labour | SNP | Conservative | Liberal Democrat |
Alliance | Other | Others | Green | ||
| Date | Type | Parties | |||||||
| Labour | SNP | Conservative | Liberal Democrat |
Alliance | Other | Others | Green | ||
| 7 June 2001 | General Election | 17,830 | 5,920 | 2,301 | 3,178 | 1,307 | 0 | ||
| 6 November 1997 | By Election | 10,346 | 7,615 | 1,643 | 2,582 | 1,249 | |||
| 1 May 1997 | General Election | 21,482 | 8,732 | 3,237 | 3,500 | 400 | 0 | ||
| 9 April 1992 | General Election | 18,202 | 8,653 | 5,703 | 3,271 | 93 | 0 | ||
| 29 November 1990 | By Election | 12,485 | 7,455 | 3,627 | 2,660 | 0 | 835 | ||
| 11 June 1987 | General Election | 21,611 | 5,398 | 5,644 | 5,826 | 0 | |||
| 9 June 1983 | General Election | 15,633 | 4,918 | 7,819 | 9,104 | 271 | 0 | ||