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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		30,022/36,890	81.38
Colin Norman Thornton-Kemsley	National Liberal and Conservative Party	15,485	51.58
James Robertson Justice	Labour Party	8,304	27.66
Thomas Adam	Liberal Party	6,233	20.76
Majority		7,181	23.92

25 October 1951		28,871/37,836	76.31
Colin Norman Thornton-Kemsley	National Liberal and Conservative Party	18,515	64.13
John Mackie	Labour Party	10,356	35.87
Majority		8,159	28.26

26 May 1955		26,839/37,146	72.25
Colin Norman Thornton-Kemsley	National Liberal and Conservative Party	18,516	68.99
Charles Buick	Labour Party	8,323	31.01
Majority		10,193	37.98

8 October 1959		26,022/36,513	71.27
Sir Colin Norman Thornton-Kemsley	National Liberal and Conservative Party	17,536	67.39
Robert Hughes	Labour Party	8,486	32.61
Majority		9,050	34.78

15 October 1964		27,182/35,324	76.95
Hon Alick Laidlaw Buchanan-Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,401	49.30
Kenneth Alfred John Barton	Liberal Party	9,268	34.10
Katherine Mary Jennifer Klopper	Labour Party	4,513	16.60
Majority		4,133	15.20

31 March 1966		26,360/34,583	76.22
Hon Alick Laidlaw Buchanan-Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,286	50.40
Kenneth Alfred John Barton	Liberal Party	7,756	29.42
Christopher Thomas Walker	Labour Party	5,318	20.17
Majority		5,530	20.98

18 June 1970		27,668/37,058	74.66
Hon Alick Laidlaw Buchanan-Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,687	53.08
James Gourlay	Labour Party	5,092	18.40
James Andrew McGugan	Scottish National Party	4,677	16.90
John Grimond	Liberal Party	3,212	11.61
Majority		9,595	34.68

Minor Boundary Change
28 February 1974		29,282/37,250	78.61
Hon Alick Laidlaw Buchanan-Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,288	48.79
Harry Cunison Deans Rankin	Scottish National Party	6,837	23.35
John Clifford Hall	Liberal Party	4,412	15.07
Alexander Arnold Charles Stanley	Labour Party	3,745	12.79
Majority		7,451	25.45

10 October 1974		27,173/37,604	72.26
Hon Alick Laidlaw Buchanan-Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,835	43.55
Iain McDonald Murray	Scottish National Party	9,284	34.17
James Norman Stewart MacEwan	Labour Party	3,354	12.34
Malcolm Gray Bruce	Liberal Party	2,700	9.94
Majority		2,551	9.39

3 May 1979		31,821/43,122	73.79
Rt Hon Alick Laidlaw Buchanan-Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,302	57.52
Iain McDonald Murray	Scottish National Party	7,387	23.21
Hugh Robertson McMahon	Labour Party	6,132	19.27
Majority		10,915	34.30