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Instruction
Answer the question based on the provided table.


Table
Table Title: '' regarding '1948 Paisley by-election'
Table Content:
| Party | Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ± |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| - | Labour | Douglas Johnston | 27,213 | 56.8 | +1.2 |
| - | Independent Nationalist | John MacCormick | 20,668 | 43.2 | N/A |
| Majority | Majority | Majority | 6,545 | 13.7 | 9.1 |
| Turnout | Turnout | Turnout | 47,881 | - | - |
| - | Labour hold | Labour hold | Swing | - | - |


Question
In terms of majority of votes and total number of votes, how did Douglas Johnson and John MacCormick comparatively perform in the 1948 Paisley by-election?


Answer Format
The final answer should be a sentence and use the following format:
```json
{
    "answer": "your_generated_sentence_here"
}
```
rule
["The 1948 Paisley by-election was a fight between Douglas Johnston, representing Labour, and John MacCormick, who was a nationalist candidate, with Johnston emerging the winner by 6,545 votes: Johnston received 27,213 votes to McCormick's 20,668."]