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Kenneth Speirs

SNP romps home in Renfrewshire

The SNP's Mhairi Black and Gavin Newlands have been re-elected to the UK Parliament after yesterday's General Election.

Ms Black, who represents Paisley & Renfrewshire South, won 21,637 votes, while Paisley & Renfrewshire North's Gavin Newlands received 23,353.

There was a huge upset in East Renfrewshire, however, with sitting Conservative MP Paul Masterton losing his seat to the SNP.

The Nationalists' Kirsten Oswald got 24,877 votes.

For Mr Masterton, a former chairman of Paisley's Ralston Community Council, the vote was 19,451.

Coming second to Ms Black in Paisley & Renfrewshire South was Labour's Moira Ramage with 10,958 votes, followed by the Tory Mark Dougan on 7571, and by Jack Clark, of the LibDems with 2918 votes.

In Paisley & Renfrewshire North, Alison Taylor came second for Labour with 11,451 votes, closely followed by the Conservative Julie Pirone on 11,217. Ross Stalker won 3661 votes for the LibDems.

In East Renfrewshire, Labour's Carolann Davidson received 6855 votes, and the LibDem's Andrew McGlynn came last with 4174.

In Paisley and Renfrewshire South, there were 43,217 votes cast - a 67.1 per cent turnout.

And in Paisley and Renfrewshire North, 49,835 votes were cast - a 69.2 per cent turnout.

In East Renfrewshire, the turnout was 76.9 per cent from an electorate of 72,232.

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