Renfrewshire Council

Election results for Ward 7 Paisley Southwest

The councillors elected in Ward 7 Paisley Southwest, the number of votes they got, the number of rejected votes, election results data.

This is the result of the election in Ward 7 Paisley Southwest.

There are four councillors elected.

The percentage poll was 45.0%. There were 5,264 valid papers and 135 rejected papers.

The quota of votes for a candidate to be elected is 1,053.


Who has been elected

The first preference votes received by each candidates and the stage at which any candidate was elected.

Election results for Ward 7 Paisley Southwest
Name of candidateAffiliationNumber of first preference votesStage at which candidate has been elected
BURNS, StephenScottish National Party (SNP)1,2881
CAMERON, LorraineScottish National Party (SNP)1,1201
HANNIGAN, AnneScottish Liberal Democrats7546
KERR, ScottIndependent86 
MONTGOMERY, KevinScottish Labour Party1,3841
SCHMITZ, MarcScottish Conservative and Unionist524 
VASSIE, RichardIndependent108 
 Total5,264 

Rejected votes

These are the number of total ballot papers that were rejected as void and not counted:

Number of total ballot papers that were rejected
Reason for rejectionNumber
Which does not bear a unique identifying mark in a form that is capable of being read by electronic means0
On which the figure '1' standing alone is not placed so as to indicate a first preference for some candidate13
On which the figure '1' standing alone indicating a first preference is set opposite the name of more than one candidate13
On which anything is written or marked by which the voter can be identified except the printed number and other unique identifying mark on the back0
Which is unmarked or void for uncertainty109
Total number of ballot papers rejected135

Election results data