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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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26 May 1955		43,202/55,307	78.11
David Johnstone Pryde	Labour Party	25,994	60.17
James Anthony Stodart	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,208	39.83
Majority		8,786	20.34

2 August 1959 Death of David Pryde.

8 October 1959		47,254/58,092	81.34
James Meechan Hill	Labour Party	28,457	60.22
William Sawbridge How	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,797	39.78
Majority		9,660	20.44

Boundary Change
15 October 1964		48,681/61,689	78.91
James Meechan Hill	Labour Party	29,820	61.26
Daniel Albert Porteous Buchanan	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,861	38.74
Majority		10,959	22.51

31 March 1966		48,774/62,940	77.49
Alexander Eadie	Labour Party	27,608	56.60
John Lewis George Lamotte	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,192	27.05
Alexander William Stephen Rae	Scottish National Party	7,974	16.35
Majority		14,416	29.56

18 June 1970		58,177/76,931	75.62
Alexander Eadie	Labour Party	30,802	52.95
John Lewis George Lamotte	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,328	31.50
George Park	Scottish National Party	9,047	15.55
Majority		12,474	21.44

28 February 1974		72,148/88,448	81.57
Alexander Eadie	Labour Party	32,220	44.66
Dr David Louis Mowat	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,478	28.38
John Gerard McKinlay	Scottish National Party	19,450	26.96
Majority		11,742	16.27

10 October 1974		69,059/89,191	77.43
Alexander Eadie	Labour Party	28,652	41.49
John Gerard McKinlay	Scottish National Party	24,568	35.58
Alistair D Ballantyne	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,046	16.00
A Philip M Wheeler	Liberal Party	4,793	6.94
Majority		4,084	5.91

3 May 1979		78,919/101,482	77.77
Alexander Eadie	Labour Party	37,733	47.81
Hugh Wallace Mann	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,797	26.35
Glen Anthony Frederick Spiers	Scottish National Party	13,260	16.80
Alexander Paton Brodie	Liberal Party	7,129	9.03
Majority		16,936	21.46

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		45,394/61,143	74.24
Alexander Eadie	Labour Party	19,401	42.74
Alan Robert Dewar	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	13,245	29.18
Duncan Adam Young Menzies	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,922	21.86
Marjory Johnston Hird	Scottish National Party	2,826	6.23
Majority		6,156	13.56

11 June 1987		46,739/61,142	76.44
Alexander Eadie	Labour Party	22,553	48.25
Alan Robert Dewar	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	10,300	22.04
Dr Frank Gordon Riddell	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,527	18.24
Ian MacKay Chisholm	Scottish National Party	4,947	10.58
Ian Alexander Smith	Green Party	412	0.88
Majority		12,253	26.22

9 April 1992		46,925/60,255	77.88
Eric Lionel Clarke	Labour Party	20,588	43.87
Andrew Lumsden	Scottish National Party	10,254	21.85
William Jeffrey Stoddart	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,443	20.12
Paul Leonard Sewell	Liberal Democrats	6,164	13.14
Iain Duncan Morrice	Green Party	476	1.01
Majority		10,334	22.02

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		35,249/47,552	74.13
Eric Lionel Clarke	Labour Party	18,861	53.51
Lawrence Millar	Scottish National Party	8,991	25.51
Anne Courage Harper	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,842	10.90
Richard Francis Pinnock	Liberal Democrats	3,235	9.18
Keith Leslie Docking	Referendum Party	320	0.91
Majority		9,870	28.00

7 June 2001		28,724/48,625	59.07
David Hamilton	Labour Party	15,145	52.73
Ian Roy Goldie	Scottish National Party	6,131	21.34
Jacqueline Dianne Bell	Liberal Democrats	3,686	12.83
Robin James Traquair	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,748	9.57
Robert Paul Goupillot	Scottish Socialist	837	2.91
Terence John Edward Holden	Pro-Life Alliance	177	0.62
Majority		9,014	31.38

Major Boundary Change
5 May 2005		37,704/60,644	62.17
David Hamilton	Labour Party	17,153	45.49
Hugh Frederick Dundas Mackintosh	Liberal Democrats	9,888	26.23
Colin Beattie	Scottish National Party	6,400	16.97
Iain McGill	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,537	9.38
Norman Veitch Gilfillan	Scottish Socialist	726	1.93
Majority		7,265	19.27

6 May 2010		39,242/61,690	63.61
David Hamilton	Labour Party	18,449	47.01
Colin Beattie	Scottish National Party	8,100	20.64
Ross Laird	Liberal Democrats	6,711	17.10
James Callander	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,661	11.88
Ian Gerard Baxter	Green Party	595	1.52
Gordon Norrie	UK Independence Party	364	0.93
George McCleery	Independent	196	0.50
Willie Duncan	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	166	0.42
Majority		10,349	26.37

7 May 2015		48,331/67,875	71.21
Owen George Thompson	Scottish National Party	24,453	50.59
Kenny Young	Labour Party	14,594	30.20
Michelle Lorraine Ballantyne	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,760	11.92
Ian Gerard Baxter	Green Party	1,219	2.52
Gordon Norrie	UK Independence Party	1,173	2.43
Aisha Jawaid Mir	Liberal Democrats	1,132	2.34
Majority		9,859	20.40

8 June 2017		45,273/68,328	66.26
Danielle Rowley	Labour Party	16,458	36.35
Owen George Thompson	Scottish National Party	15,573	34.40
Christopher David Donnelly	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,521	25.45
Ross Laird	Liberal Democrats	1,721	3.80
Majority		885	1.95

12 December 2019		48,221/70,544	68.36
Owen George Thompson	Scottish National Party	20,033	41.54
Danielle Rowley	Labour Party	14,328	29.71
Rebecca Jane Fraser	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,467	21.71
Stephen Philip Arrundale	Liberal Democrats	3,393	7.04
Majority		5,705	11.83

4 July 2024		44,165/73,916	59.75
Kirsty McNeill	Labour and Co-operative Party	21,480	48.64
Owen George Thompson	Scottish National Party	13,313	30.14
Stefan Garbowski	Reform UK	3,276	7.42
Keith Cockburn	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,248	7.35
Ross Laird	Liberal Democrats	2,589	5.86
Daniel Fraser	Libertarian	259	0.59
Majority		8,167	18.49