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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		45,722/55,754	82.01
Lord John Adrian Louis Hope	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,107	50.54
Thomas Alexander MacNair	Labour Party	17,912	39.18
Charlotte Reid McNee	Liberal Party	4,703	10.29
Majority		5,195	11.36

25 October 1951		48,209/57,843	83.34
Lord John Adrian Louis Hope	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,804	57.67
David Connell	Labour Party	20,405	42.33
Majority		7,399	15.35

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		39,507/51,119	77.28
Lord John Adrian Louis Hope	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,496	59.47
David Connell	Labour Party	16,011	40.53
Majority		7,485	18.95

8 October 1959		42,692/53,178	80.28
Lord John Adrian Louis Hope	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,742	60.30
John Pitcairn Mackintosh	Labour Party	16,950	39.70
Majority		8,792	20.59

16 July 1964 Elevation of Lord John Hope to the Peerage - Baron Glendevon.

Boundary Change
15 October 1964		43,837/53,743	81.57
Norman Russell Wylie	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,181	46.04
Magnus Johnston Williamson	Labour Party	17,794	40.59
Charles Lindsay Abernethy	Liberal Party	5,862	13.37
Majority		2,387	5.45

31 March 1966		42,671/53,020	80.48
Norman Russell Wylie	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,176	44.94
William Wallace	Labour Party	19,132	44.84
Dr Donald Clarke	Liberal Party	4,363	10.22
Majority		44	0.10

18 June 1970		47,344/61,498	76.98
Norman Russell Wylie	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,829	46.11
Ewan George Francis Stewart	Labour Party	18,646	39.38
Dr Donald Clarke	Liberal Party	4,055	8.56
Alexander William Stephen Rae	Scottish National Party	2,814	5.94
Majority		3,183	6.72

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		44,083/54,503	80.88
Malcolm Leslie Rifkind	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,162	41.20
John David McWilliam	Labour Party	13,560	30.76
Stanley Patrick Ross-Smith	Liberal Party	6,870	15.58
Thomas Taylor Forrest	Scottish National Party	5,491	12.46
Majority		4,602	10.44

10 October 1974		41,509/54,955	75.53
Malcolm Leslie Rifkind	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,083	33.93
George Foulkes	Labour and Co-operative Party	12,826	30.90
James Brown Hutchison	Scottish National Party	10,189	24.55
Stanley Patrick Ross-Smith	Liberal Party	4,411	10.63
Majority		1,257	3.03

3 May 1979		45,023/58,652	76.76
Malcolm Leslie Rifkind	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,684	39.28
Arthur James Johnstone	Labour Party	16,486	36.62
Colin Ralph Percival Luckhurst	Liberal Party	5,919	13.15
John Stephen Maxwell	Scottish National Party	4,934	10.96
Majority		1,198	2.66

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		43,512/59,881	72.66
Malcolm Leslie Rifkind	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,051	39.19
Keith Anthony Smith	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	12,742	29.28
Eric Milligan	Labour Party	10,390	23.88
Donald Neil MacCormick	Scottish National Party	2,642	6.07
Alistair Thomas Nicol Smith	Ecology Party	687	1.58
Majority		4,309	9.90

11 June 1987		45,147/58,649	76.98
Rt Hon Malcolm Leslie Rifkind	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,278	38.27
Marek Jerzy Lazarowicz	Labour Party	13,533	29.98
Keith Anthony Smith	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	11,072	24.52
Donald Neil MacCormick	Scottish National Party	3,264	7.23
Majority		3,745	8.30

9 April 1992		44,556/55,567	80.18
Rt Hon Malcolm Leslie Rifkind	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,128	40.69
Marek Jerzy Lazarowicz	Labour Party	13,838	31.06
Kathleen Margaret Caskie	Scottish National Party	6,882	15.45
Keith Anthony Smith	Liberal Democrats	5,597	12.56
David Claek Rae	Natural Law Party	111	0.25
Majority		4,290	9.63

1 May 1997		45,742/59,635	76.70
Dr Lynda Margaret Clark	Labour Party	19,675	43.01
Rt Hon Malcolm Leslie Rifkind	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,813	32.38
Stewart Gibb	Scottish National Party	5,952	13.01
Dr Jennifer Ann Dawe	Liberal Democrats	4,575	10.00
Malcolm McDonald	Referendum Party	422	0.92
Robin Charles Morton Harper	Green Party	224	0.49
Alistair David McConnachie	UK Independence Party	81	0.18
Majority		4,862	10.63

7 June 2001		38,932/59,841	65.06
Dr Lynda Margaret Clark	Labour Party	15,797	40.58
Rt Hon Sir Malcolm Leslie Rifkind	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,055	36.10
Stewart Gibb	Scottish National Party	4,210	10.81
David John Walker	Liberal Democrats	4,210	10.81
James Angus Mearns	Scottish Socialist	555	1.43
William McMurdo	UK Independence Party	105	0.27
Majority		1,742	4.47