Please read the following table in HTML format from a webpage and then answer the question in detail according to the table. Each table cell is defined by a <td> and a </td> tag. Each table row starts with a <tr> and ends with a </tr> tag. 'rowspan=m' and 'colspan=n' represents a cell spaning over 'm' rows and 'n' columns.

Webpage title:
1948 Paisley by-election
Table title:

Table:
<table id='hittask' contenteditable='False'>
<tr> <th colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Party </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Candidate </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Votes </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > % </th><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > ± </th></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Labour </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Douglas Johnston </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 27,213 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 56.8 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > +1.2 </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Independent Nationalist </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > John MacCormick </td><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 20,668 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 43.2 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > N/A </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Majority </th><td class="highlighted"  colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 6,545 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 13.7 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 9.1 </td></tr>
<tr> <th colspan=3 rowspan=1 > Turnout </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 > 47,881 </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
<tr> <td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=2 rowspan=1 > Labour hold </td><th colspan=1 rowspan=1 > Swing </th><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td><td colspan=1 rowspan=1 >  </td></tr>
</table>
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:
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.