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25 November 1885		6,003/7,813	76.83
James Bryce	Liberal Party	4,548	75.76
Colin Mackenzie	Conservative Party	1,455	24.24
Majority		3,093	51.52

1 July 1886		7,813
James Bryce	Liberal Party	Unopposed

4 July 1892		6,272/8,876	70.66
James Bryce	Liberal Party	3,513	56.01
James Samuel G McCullagh	Liberal Unionist Party	1,768	28.19
Henry Hyde Champion	Independent Labour	991	15.80
Majority		1,745	27.82

H Champion sought election for the Scottish United Trades Councils' Labour Party.

18 August 1892 Appointment of Rt Hon James Bryce as Chancellor of the Duchy of Lancaster.

23 August 1892		8,876
Rt Hon James Bryce	Liberal Party	Unopposed

15 July 1895		7,106/9,731	73.02
Rt Hon James Bryce	Liberal Party	3,985	56.08
David Stewart	Liberal Unionist Party	3,121	43.92
Majority		864	12.16

2 October 1900		8,068/11,383	70.88
Rt Hon James Bryce	Liberal Party	4,238	52.53
William Charles Smith	Liberal Unionist Party	3,830	47.47
Majority		408	5.06

15 January 1906		9,112/12,980	70.20
Rt Hon James Bryce	Liberal Party	6,780	74.41
William George Black	Liberal Unionist Party	2,332	25.59
Majority		4,448	48.81

12 February 1907 Resignation of Rt Hon James Bryce on appointment as UK Ambassador to the United States of America. (Northstead)

20 February 1907		8,931/13,053	68.42
George Birnie Esslemont	Liberal Party	3,779	42.31
Ronald John McNeill	Conservative Party	3,412	38.20
Fred Bramley	Independent Labour	1,740	19.48
Majority		367	4.11

Fred Bramley was the nominee of the Aberdeen Labour Representation Council.

17 January 1910		11,182/13,496	82.85
George Birnie Esslemont	Liberal Party	6,749	60.36
Ronald John McNeill	Conservative Party	4,433	39.64
Majority		2,316	20.71

6 December 1910		9,859/13,657	72.19
George Birnie Esslemont	Liberal Party	5,862	59.46
William Charles Smith	Liberal Unionist Party	3,997	40.54
Majority		1,865	18.92

23 March 1917 Resignation of George Esslemont. (Northstead)

3 April 1917		5,123/13,791	37.15
Sir John Fleming	Liberal Party	3,283	64.08
Prof James Robert Watson	Independent	1,507	29.42
Frederick William Pethick-Lawrence	Independent	333	6.50
Majority		1,776	34.67

Prof James Watson sought election as a Citizen's Independent candidate.

Frederick Pethick-Lawrence sought election as a Peace by Negotiation candidate and was supported by the Union of Democratic Control.

14 December 1918		17,028/38,800	43.89
Frederick Charles Thomson	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	10,625	62.40
Sir John Fleming	Liberal Party	3,535	20.76
Prof James Robert Watson	Independent	2,868	16.84
Majority		7,090	41.64

15 November 1922		22,781/39,619	57.50
Frederick Charles Thomson	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,208	57.98
Sir Charles Edward Mallet	Liberal Party	9,573	42.02
Majority		3,635	15.96

6 December 1923		23,810/39,229	60.69
Frederick Charles Thomson	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,258	47.28
John Paton	Labour Party	6,911	29.03
Sir Charles Edward Mallet	Liberal Party	5,641	23.69
Majority		4,347	18.26

29 October 1924		26,791/38,958	68.77
Frederick Charles Thomson	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,092	60.06
George Archibald	Labour Party	10,699	39.94
Majority		5,393	20.13

30 May 1929		35,416/52,692	67.21
Sir Frederick Charles Thomson, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,548	60.84
William Henry Porteous Martin	Labour Party	13,868	39.16
Majority		7,680	21.69

27 October 1931		40,615/53,560	75.83
Sir Frederick Charles Thomson, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	33,988	83.68
George Catto	Labour Party	6,627	16.32
Majority		27,361	67.37

21 April 1935 Death of Sir Frederick Thomson, Bt.

21 May 1935		31,685/55,958	56.62
Sir James Douglas Wishart Thomson, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,925	66.04
Joseph Forbes Duncan	Labour Party	10,760	33.96
Majority		10,165	32.08

14 November 1935		37,087/56,319	65.85
Sir James Douglas Wishart Thomson, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,270	68.14
George Rettie McIntosh	Labour Party	11,817	31.86
Majority		13,453	36.27

5 July 1945		41,153/57,200	71.95
Sir James Douglas Wishart Thomson, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,254	46.79
William McLaine	Labour Party	17,398	42.28
James Logie Milne	Liberal Party	4,501	10.94
Majority		1,856	4.51

4 November 1946 Resignation of Sir James Thomson, Bt. (Chiltern Hundreds)

26 November 1946		39,661/60,500	65.56
Lady Priscilla Jane Fortescue Grant of Monymusk	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,750	54.84
Arthur James Irvine	Labour Party	17,911	45.16
Majority		3,839	9.68

1948 Lady Priscilla Grant of Monymusk becomes Priscilla Fortescue, the Lady Tweedsmuir upon her marriage.

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		48,678/57,340	84.89
Priscilla Jane Fortescue, Lady Tweedsmuir	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,128	53.68
Olive Reid Crutchley	Labour Party	17,302	35.54
Richard Thomas Pirie	Liberal Party	5,248	10.78
Majority		8,826	18.13

25 October 1951		49,272/59,589	82.69
Priscilla Jane Fortescue, Lady Tweedsmuir	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,947	58.75
Sinclair Shaw	Labour Party	20,325	41.25
Majority		8,622	17.50

Boundary Change
26 May 1955		46,444/57,921	80.19
Priscilla Jane Fortescue, Lady Tweedsmuir	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,817	57.74
Judith Constance Mary Hart	Labour Party	19,627	42.26
Majority		7,190	15.48

8 October 1959		47,378/58,026	81.65
Priscilla Jane Fortescue, Lady Tweedsmuir	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,471	53.76
Peter Muir Doig	Labour Party	17,349	36.62
Elma Tryphosa Dangerfield	Liberal Party	4,558	9.62
Majority		8,122	17.14

15 October 1964		49,947/61,639	81.03
Priscilla Jane Fortecue, Lady Tweedsmuir	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,824	51.70
Donald Campbell Dewar	Labour Party	21,926	43.90
John Bruce Reid	Scottish National Party	2,197	4.40
Majority		3,898	7.80

31 March 1966		50,580/62,206	81.31
Donald Campbell Dewar	Labour Party	23,291	46.05
Priscilla Jane Fortescue, Lady Tweedsmuir	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,492	42.49
Norman William King	Liberal Party	5,797	11.46
Majority		1,799	3.56

18 June 1970		52,509/68,020	77.20
Iain MacDonald Sproat	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,843	45.41
Donald Campbell Dewar	Labour Party	22,754	43.33
Kenneth John Baillie Stewart MacLeod	Liberal Party	3,135	5.97
Bruce Mavor Cockie	Scottish National Party	2,777	5.29
Majority		1,089	2.07

Boundary Change
28 February 1974		55,364/67,430	82.11
Iain MacDonald Sproat	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,938	39.63
Robert Middleton	Labour Party	18,380	33.20
Alexander Stronach	Scottish National Party	7,599	13.73
Angus Abercrombie Robbie	Liberal Party	7,447	13.45
Majority		3,558	6.43

10 October 1974		52,084/68,241	76.32
Iain MacDonald Sproat	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,475	35.47
Robert Middleton	Labour Party	18,110	34.77
Alexander Stronach	Scottish National Party	10,481	20.12
Angus Abercrombie Robbie	Liberal Party	5,018	9.63
Majority		365	0.70

3 May 1979		51,130/65,090	78.55
Iain MacDonald Sproat	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,820	40.72
Norman Anthony Godman	Labour Party	20,048	39.21
Helen Maude Pitt-Watson	Liberal Party	5,901	11.54
Alexander Stronach	Scottish National Party	4,361	8.53
Majority		772	1.51

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		39,551/58,071	68.11
Peter Gerald Malone	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,393	38.92
Robert Middleton	Labour Party	11,812	29.87
Ian Gordon Philip	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	10,372	26.22
Samuel Coull	Scottish National Party	1,974	4.99
Majority		3,581	9.05

11 June 1987		42,256/63,293	66.76
Frank Doran	Labour Party	15,917	37.67
Peter Gerald Malone	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,719	34.83
Ian Gordon Philip	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	8,844	20.93
Michael Fraser Weir	Scottish National Party	2,776	6.57
Majority		1,198	2.84

9 April 1992		41,089/58,881	69.78
Raymond Scott Robertson	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,808	38.47
Frank Doran	Labour Party	14,291	34.78
James Cameron Davidson	Scottish National Party	6,223	15.15
Irene Keith	Liberal Democrats	4,767	11.60
Majority		1,517	3.69

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		44,062/60,490	72.84
Margaret Anne Begg	Labour Party	15,541	35.27
Nicol Ross Stephen	Liberal Democrats	12,176	27.63
Raymond Scott Robertson	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,621	26.37
James Dirom Towers	Scottish National Party	4,299	9.76
Richard Farrington Wharton	Referendum Party	425	0.96
Majority		3,365	7.64

7 June 2001		36,890/58,907	62.62
Margaret Anne Begg	Labour Party	14,696	39.84
Ian Gillan Yuill	Liberal Democrats	10,308	27.94
Moray Fenton Macdonald	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,098	19.24
Ian James Angus	Scottish National Party	4,293	11.64
David Watt	Scottish Socialist	495	1.34
Majority		4,388	11.89

Major Boundary Change
5 May 2005		41,621/67,012	62.11
Margaret Anne Begg	Labour Party	15,272	36.69
Vicki Sian Harris	Liberal Democrats	13,924	33.45
Stewart Norman Gunn Whyte	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,134	17.14
Maureen Elizabeth Watt	Scottish National Party	4,120	9.90
Rhonda Reekie	Green Party	768	1.85
Donald John Munro	Scottish Socialist	403	0.97
Majority		1,348	3.24

6 May 2010		43,034/64,031	67.21
Margaret Anne Begg	Labour Party	15,722	36.53
John Sleigh	Liberal Democrats	12,216	28.39
Amanda Harvie	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,914	20.71
Mark McDonald	Scottish National Party	5,102	11.86
Susan Ross	British National Party	529	1.23
Rhonda Reekie	Green Party	413	0.96
Robert Green	Independent	138	0.32
Majority		3,506	8.15

7 May 2015		48,551/68,056	71.34
Callum John McCaig	Scottish National Party	20,221	41.65
Dame Margaret Anne Begg	Labour Party	12,991	26.76
Ross Thomson	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,087	22.84
Denis Rixson	Liberal Democrats	2,252	4.64
Dan Yeats	Green Party	964	1.99
Sandra Skinner	UK Independence Party	897	1.85
Christopher Nicholas Gray	Independent	139	0.29
Majority		7,230	14.89

8 June 2017		44,483/64,964	68.47
Ross Thomson	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,746	42.14
Callum John McCaig	Scottish National Party	13,994	31.46
Callum O'Dwyer	Labour Party	9,143	20.55
Jenny Wilson	Liberal Democrats	2,600	5.84
Majority		4,752	10.68

12 December 2019		45,638/65,719	69.44
Stephen Mark Flynn	Scottish National Party	20,388	44.67
Douglas Aaron Lumsden	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,398	35.93
Ian Gillan Yuill	Liberal Democrats	5,018	11.00
Shona Simpson	Labour Party	3,834	8.40
Majority		3,990	8.74

6 December 2022 Stephen Flynn elected leader of the SNP in Westminster.

Major Boundary Change
4 July 2024		46,345/77,328	59.93
Rt Hon Stephen Mark Flynn	Scottish National Party	15,213	32.83
M Tauqeer Malik	Labour Party	11,455	24.72
John Wheeler	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,300	24.38
Michael Pearce	Reform UK	3,199	6.90
Jeff Goodhall	Liberal Democrats	2,921	6.30
Guy Ingerson	Green Party	1,609	3.47
Graeme Craib	Scottish Family	423	0.91
Sophie Molly	Independent	225	0.49
Majority		3,758	8.11