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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		17,847/27,816	64.16
Robert Frederick William Robertson Nelson	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	6,972	39.07
James Duncan Millar	Liberal Party	4,817	26.99
John Turner Walton Newbold	Labour Party	4,135	23.17
Hugh Ferguson	Independent Conservative	1,923	10.77
Majority		2,155	12.07

Hugh Ferguson was associated with the Orange (Protestant) movement in Lanarkshire.

15 November 1922		24,801/30,443	81.47
John Turner Walton Newbold	Communist Party	8,262	33.31
Hugh Ferguson	Independent Conservative	7,214	29.09
John Maxwell	Liberal Party	5,359	21.61
David John Colville	National Liberal Party	3,966	15.99
Majority		1,048	4.23

Hugh Ferguson was associated with the Orange (Protestant) movement in Lanarkshire.

6 December 1923		23,304/30,109	77.40
Hugh Ferguson	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,793	42.02
John Turner Walton Newbold	Communist Party	8,712	37.38
John Maxwell	Liberal Party	4,799	20.59
Majority		1,081	4.64

29 October 1924		24,592/29,871	82.33
Rev James Barr	Labour Party	12,816	52.11
Hugh Ferguson	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,776	47.89
Majority		1,040	4.23

30 May 1929		28,733/36,094	79.61
Rev James Barr	Labour Party	16,650	57.95
John Ford	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,502	26.11
Henry Archibald	Liberal Party	3,597	12.52
Isabel Brown	Communist Party	984	3.42
Majority		9,148	31.84

27 October 1931		30,227/36,671	82.43
Thomas Ormiston	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,513	51.32
Rev James Barr	Labour Party	14,714	48.68
Majority		799	2.64

14 November 1935		29,080/38,320	75.89
James Walker	Labour Party	14,755	50.74
Thomas Ormiston	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,325	49.26
Majority		430	1.48

5 January 1945 Death of James Walker.

12 April 1945		22,217/41,180	53.95
Dr Robert Douglas McIntyre	Scottish National Party	11,417	51.39
Alexander Anderson	Labour Party	10,800	48.61
Majority		617	2.78

5 July 1945		30,050/41,258	72.83
Alexander Anderson	Labour Party	15,831	52.68
Dr Robert Douglas McIntyre	Scottish National Party	8,022	26.70
John d'Henin Hamilton	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,197	20.62
Majority		7,809	25.99

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		41,690/49,325	84.52
Alexander Anderson	Labour Party	22,608	54.23
Dr Alexander Duff Robertson	National Liberal and Conservative Party	14,183	34.02
Dr Robert Douglas McIntyre	Scottish National Party	3,892	9.34
Robert Brandon Henderson	Communist Party	1,007	2.42
Majority		8,425	20.21

25 October 1951		41,291/48,732	84.73
Alexander Anderson	Labour Party	23,641	57.25
Norman Alexander Sloan	National Liberal and Conservative Party	17,650	42.75
Majority		5,991	14.51

11 February 1954 Death of Alexander Anderson.

14 April 1954		33,954/48,193	70.45
George McArthur Lawson	Labour Party	19,163	56.44
Norman Alexander Sloan	National Liberal and Conservative Party	13,334	39.27
John Gollan	Communist Party	1,457	4.29
Majority		5,829	17.17

26 May 1955		37,409/48,875	76.54
George McArthur Lawson	Labour Party	20,147	53.86
Alan Michael Clark Hutchison	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,262	46.14
Majority		2,885	7.71

8 October 1959		40,953/50,503	81.09
George McArthur Lawson	Labour Party	22,009	53.74
Bernard Brogan	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,613	43.01
David Murray	Independent	1,331	3.25
Majority		4,396	10.73

David Murray advocated a policy of Scottish nationalism. He was a member of the Liberal Party.

15 October 1964		39,635/50,209	78.94
George McArthur Lawson	Labour Party	23,281	58.74
John Joseph Young	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,789	37.31
James Wotherspoon Sneddon	Communist Party	1,565	3.95
Majority		8,492	21.43

31 March 1966		37,266/49,909	74.67
George McArthur Lawson	Labour Party	22,658	60.80
John Joseph Young	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,100	35.15
James Wotherspoon Sneddon	Communist Party	1,508	4.05
Majority		9,558	25.65

18 June 1970		38,882/52,739	73.73
George McArthur Lawson	Labour Party	20,683	53.19
Gertrude Susan Bell	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,509	32.17
Isobel Lindsay	Scottish National Party	3,861	9.93
James Wotherspoon Sneddon	Communist Party	1,829	4.70
Majority		8,174	21.02