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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		37,001/43,346	85.36
Emrys Hughes	Labour Party	22,284	60.23
John Clarke George	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,717	39.77
Majority		7,567	20.45

25 October 1951		37,316/44,999	82.93
Emrys Hughes	Labour Party	22,576	60.50
Derek Matthew Hutchison Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,740	39.50
Majority		7,836	21.00

23 November 1954 The Labour Whip was withdrawn from Emrys Hughes.

April 1955 The Labour Whip was restored to Emrys Hughes.

26 May 1955		35,347/46,007	76.83
Emrys Hughes	Labour Party	21,778	61.61
Derek Matthew Hutchison Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,569	38.39
Majority		8,209	23.22

8 October 1959		38,879/49,090	79.20
Emrys Hughes	Labour Party	24,774	63.72
William Hill Hunter	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,105	36.28
Majority		10,669	27.44

March 1961 The Labour Whip was withdrawn from Emrys Hughes.

May 1963 The Labour Whip was restored to Emrys Hughes.

15 October 1964		37,187/47,936	77.58
Emrys Hughes	Labour Party	24,795	66.68
William Hill Hunter	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,392	33.32
Majority		12,403	33.35

31 March 1966		34,937/46,505	75.13
Emrys Hughes	Labour Party	23,495	67.25
Christopher Robin Graves	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,442	32.75
Majority		12,053	34.50

18 October 1969 Death of Emrys Hughes.

19 March 1970		38,227/50,089	76.32
James Sillars	Labour Party	20,664	54.06
Christopher Robin Graves	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,778	25.58
Samuel Hill Purdie	Scottish National Party	7,785	20.37
Majority		10,886	28.48

18 June 1970		38,688/50,324	76.88
James Sillars	Labour Party	23,910	61.80
Norman Dunlop Simpson	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,675	30.18
Samuel Hill Purdie	Scottish National Party	3,103	8.02
Majority		12,235	31.62

Minor Boundary Change
28 February 1974		40,348/50,811	79.41
James Sillars	Labour Party	23,093	57.23
Robert William Colquhoun	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,643	26.38
William Arthur Roger Mullin	Scottish National Party	6,612	16.39
Majority		12,450	30.86

10 October 1974		39,712/51,330	77.37
James Sillars	Labour Party	22,329	56.23
William Arthur Roger Mullin	Scottish National Party	7,851	19.77
Jean Chasney Armstrong	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,402	18.64
Richard MacDougall Mabon	Liberal Party	2,130	5.36
Majority		14,478	36.46

26 July 1976 James Sillars resigns the Labour Whip and founds the Scottish Labour Party.

3 May 1979		40,541/50,727	79.92
George Foulkes	Labour and Co-operative Party	14,271	35.20
James Sillars	Scottish Labour	12,750	31.45
Gordon William Young	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,287	25.37
Colin Cameron	Scottish National Party	3,233	7.97
Majority		1,521	3.75