Paisley and Renfrewshire South: MP, 2024 result and local figures
Johanna Baxter (Labour) is the MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South, elected at the general election of 4 July 2024. On 4 July 2024 Johanna Baxter (Labour) won 19,583 votes, 47.4% of the valid vote; Jacqueline Cameron (Scottish National Party) came second with 13,056. Turnout, counted as valid votes over the electorate, was 57.7% (41,283 of 71,574); the winning margin was 6,527 votes.
Key figures
What the figures show
2,805 business sites were registered in Paisley and Renfrewshire South in March 2026 (2,745 a year before), and employed 37,000 people in 2024.
In 2024/25, 14.5% of children under 16 in Paisley and Renfrewshire South (2,063) lived in relative low income families once housing costs are taken off, says the DWP; the UK figure is 26.0%. Before housing costs the share was 12.2% in 2024/25, from 15.1% in 2021/22.
69.3% of residents aged 16 to 64 were in work in April 2025 to March 2026, on the Annual Population Survey estimate (95% confidence interval ±6.7 points). The economically inactive share was 26.1%.
Full-time employees living in Paisley and Renfrewshire South had median pay of £37,896 a year in April 2025; for jobs based in the constituency the median was £39,933. A year before, the residents' median was £35,548. The residents' figure ranks 295th lowest of 632 constituencies with an estimate. The latest year is provisional.
1,945 people were claiming unemployment-related benefits in September 2026, 3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64. That is up from 1,800 twelve months before.
MP
Johanna Baxter, Labour
- MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South since 4 July 2024
Official UK Parliament page · Statements by Johanna Baxter on this site
In Parliament
The 5 most recent spoken contributions by Johanna Baxter in Hansard, from 10 September 2026 to 26 October 2026, quoted from the official report. Hansard search returns 253 spoken contributions by Johanna Baxter since 4 July 2024.
It is a pleasure to serve under your chairmanship, Mr Vickers. I thank the hon. Member for Newton Abbot (Martin Wrigley) for opening this debate.
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Last month I visited Save Ukraine’s hope and healing centre in Irpin to see the incredible work it is doing to rehabilitate children who have been rescued following abduction by Russia.
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The SNP wasted more than £28 million of taxpayers’ money on social care plans that went nowhere: no improvement to outcomes, no improvement to the terms and conditions of social care workers in Scotland.
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I welcome my right hon. Friend’s statement. He may be aware that the Ukraine Solidarity Campaign is today protesting outside the US embassy in London against President Trump’s diesel deal, which will directly fund Putin’s war machine: a war machine that broke its promise to stop …
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I welcome my right hon. Friend to his place. I am very pleased that he has now seen for himself, as I have, the reality of Russia’s illegal war on the ground in Ukraine.
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Read from the Hansard API on 28 October 2026. Up to two items per debate; remarks under 40 characters are left out. All contributions in Hansard.
General election, 4 July 2024
| Candidate | Party | Votes | Share | Change in share |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Johanna Baxter | Labour | 19,583 | 47.4% | +21.6 |
| Jacqueline Cameron | Scottish National Party | 13,056 | 31.6% | −18.1 |
| Jim McIlroy | Reform UK | 2,956 | 7.2% | |
| Alec Leishman | Conservative | 2,219 | 5.4% | −12.8 |
| Athol Bond | Scottish Green Party | 1,724 | 4.2% | |
| Jack Clark | Liberal Democrat | 1,315 | 3.2% | −3.0 |
| Paul Mack | Independent | 317 | 0.8% | |
| Mark Turnbull | Freedom Alliance | 113 | 0.3% |
Result summary as published: Lab gain from SNP. Change in share is in percentage points against the notional 2019 result on the new boundaries. Source: House of Commons Library, election results (data, read 14 October 2026).
Results on these boundaries
| Date | Election | First | Second | Majority | Turnout |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 July 2024 | General election | Labour 47.4% | Scottish National Party 31.6% | 6,527 | 57.7% |
| 12 December 2019 | General election (notional result on these boundaries) | Scottish National Party 49.8% | Labour 25.9% | 11,023 | 66.0% |
Only results on the constituency boundaries first used at the 2024 general election are shown. The 2019 figures are the House of Commons Library's notional estimates of how votes cast in 2019 would have fallen on these boundaries, not a result that was declared. Source: House of Commons Library, constituency results.
Councils
Paisley and Renfrewshire South lies within Renfrewshire.
- Renfrewshire S12000038
Who has power over Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Every body that makes decisions for Paisley and Renfrewshire South, from the street up to the G20. Each one links to its page on the official record. How the ten levels work.
Level 1: Neighbourhood and community power
Residents' and tenants' groups, neighbourhood forums and local policing panels.
Level 2: Parish, town and community councils
Community councils, where the area has them, sit below the council.
Level 5: Devolved and state governments
- Scottish Parliament and Scottish Government makes law for Scotland on devolved subjects
Level 6: National government
- Paisley and Renfrewshire South this page: Johanna Baxter (Labour) MP
- All 650 MPs votes, interests and costs
- UK government and Parliament official figures and sources
Level 7: Regional blocs and supranational bodies
- Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights (CoE / ECtHR) The UK Government says the United Kingdom was one of the Council of Europe's founding members.
Level 8: The UN and global treaty bodies
- United Nations (General Assembly and Security Council) The UN lists the United Kingdom as a member admitted on 24 October 1945.
- United Nations Security Council (UNSC) The UK is one of the five permanent members of the Security Council and holds the veto, according to the UN.
- NATO NATO lists the United Kingdom among its 12 founding members, which signed the North Atlantic Treaty in Washington, D.C.
- World Health Organization (WHO) WHO's list of member states includes the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
- World Trade Organization (WTO) The WTO says the United Kingdom has been a WTO member since 1 January 1995 and a member of GATT since 1 January 1948.
- Commonwealth of Nations The UK is one of the 56 members, one of three European members with Cyprus and Malta, and the Commonwealth Secretariat is headquartered at Marlborough House in London.
Level 9: The IMF, World Bank and global finance
- International Monetary Fund (IMF) The UK has been a member since 27 December 1945 and has a quota of SDR 20,155.1 million (IMF country page for the United Kingdom).
- World Bank Group (WBG) The UK holds 3.75% of voting power in the IBRD (data as of 30 June 2026) and 6.92% in IDA (as of 30 June 2026), according to the World Bank's voting tables.
Level 10: G7, G20, Davos and global forums
Sources
| Figure | Period | Publisher | Read | Links |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Claimants as a share of residents aged 16 to 64 | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Claimant count | September 2026 | ONS | 29 October 2026 | data · area |
| Employment rate, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of residents | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Median full-time pay of people working here | April 2025 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Children in relative low income families, after housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Children in relative low income families, before housing costs | 2024/25 | DWP | 14 October 2026 | data · release |
| Business sites (local units) | March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| People employed by businesses here | 2024 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
| Economically inactive, aged 16 to 64 | April 2025 to March 2026 | ONS | 14 October 2026 | data · area |
"Data" is the file or query each figure was read from (its SHA-256 is in the link title); "area" shows the same table for this constituency alone.
Common questions
Who is the MP for Paisley and Renfrewshire South?
UK Parliament lists Johanna Baxter, Labour, as the Member of Parliament for Paisley and Renfrewshire South since the July 2024 general election.
What was the 2024 general election result in Paisley and Renfrewshire South?
Johanna Baxter (Labour) won with 19,583 votes, a majority of 6,527, on a turnout of 57.7% (House of Commons Library).
What is the unemployment claimant rate in Paisley and Renfrewshire South?
3.2% of residents aged 16 to 64 in September 2026, 1,945 people, on the ONS claimant count.
What is the average salary in Paisley and Renfrewshire South?
Median full-time pay of residents was £37,896 a year in April 2025 (ONS Annual Survey of Hours and Earnings).
How many children in Paisley and Renfrewshire South live in low income families?
DWP counts 2,063 (14.5% of under-16s) in relative low income after housing costs for 2024/25.
Built 14 October 2026 from official records; how these pages are compiled. This page lists what the record shows and gives no verdict on the MP or the area. Link moved or figure wrong? Tell us.