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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		37,997/44,863	84.70
Margaret McCrorie Henderson	Labour Party	22,162	58.33
Thomas Douglas Ross	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,812	38.98
Robert Frank Brian Nelson	Liberal Party	1,023	2.69
Majority		7,350	19.34

25 October 1951		38,304/44,855	85.40
Margaret McCrorie Henderson	Labour Party	22,304	58.23
William Sawbridge How	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,000	41.77
Majority		6,304	16.46

26 May 1955		35,091/43,050	81.51
Margaret McCrorie Henderson	Labour Party	20,307	57.87
Alexander Forbes Hendry	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,784	42.13
Majority		5,523	15.74

8 October 1959		36,035/43,505	82.83
Margaret McCrorie Henderson	Labour Party	21,152	58.70
Hon George Kenneth Hotson Younger	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,883	41.30
Majority		6,269	17.40

15 October 1964		38,577/47,032	82.02
Margaret McCrorie Henderson	Labour Party	23,385	60.62
John Alexander Corrie	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,192	39.38
Majority		8,193	21.24

31 March 1966		38,017/47,972	79.25
Margaret McCrorie Henderson	Labour Party	23,160	60.92
Robert Bruce Jackson Dalziel Black	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,857	39.08
Majority		8,303	21.84

18 June 1970		42,431/54,450	77.93
John Smith	Labour Party	21,982	51.81
Robert Bruce Jackson Dalziel Black	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,963	39.98
James Brown Hutchison	Scottish National Party	3,486	8.22
Majority		5,019	11.83

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		44,299/53,546	82.73
John Smith	Labour Party	21,448	48.42
Alan Michael Stanley Pickering	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,664	33.10
Phyllis Watt	Scottish National Party	8,187	18.48
Majority		6,784	15.31

10 October 1974		43,027/54,147	79.46
John Smith	Labour Party	19,902	46.25
Phyllis Watt	Scottish National Party	11,561	26.87
John Crichton	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,665	22.46
Alexander Paton Brodie	Liberal Party	1,899	4.41
Majority		8,341	19.39

3 May 1979		45,097/56,565	79.73
Rt Hon John Smith	Labour Party	25,015	55.47
Grant James Robertson	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,195	31.48
John Ernest Victor Ralston	Scottish National Party	5,887	13.05
Majority		10,820	23.99