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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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26 December 1832		663/780	85.00
Laurence Oliphant	Whig	458	69.08
Lord James Stuart	Whig	205	30.92
Majority		253	38.16

13 January 1835		874
Laurence Oliphant	Whig	Unopposed

29 July 1837		543/900	60.33
Hon Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird	Whig	355	65.38
Sir Patrick Murray Threipland, bt	Conservative Party	188	34.62
Majority		167	30.76

August 1839 Resignation of Hon Arthur Kinnaird. (Chiltern Hundreds)

19 August 1839
David Greig	Whig	9	100.00
Laurence Oliphant	Whig
Majority		9	100.00

2 July 1841		583/1,082	53.88
Rt Hon Fox Maule	Whig	356	61.06
William Fechney Black	Conservative Party	227	38.94
Majority		129	22.13

July 1846 Resignation of Rt Hon Fox Maule on appointment as Secretary at War.

11 July 1846
Rt Hon Fox Maule	Whig	Unopposed

30 July 1847		1,030
Rt Hon Fox Maule	Whig	Unopposed

5 February 1852 Resignation of Rt Hon Fox Maule on appointment as President of the Board of Control.

9 February 1852		1,034
Rt Hon Fox Maule	Whig	Unopposed

13 April 1852 Succession of Rt Hon Fox Maule to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Panmure.

15 May 1852		550/1,034	53.19
Hon Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird	Whig	325	59.09
Charles Gilpin	Radical	225	40.91
Majority		100	18.18

9 July 1852		1,034
Hon Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird	Whig	Unopposed

26 March 1857		947
Hon Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird	Whig	Unopposed

28 April 1859		966
Hon Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird	Liberal Party	Unopposed

11 July 1865		982
Hon Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird	Liberal Party	Unopposed

17 November 1868		2,801
Hon Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird	Liberal Party	Unopposed

4 February 1874		2,588/3,863	66.99
Hon Arthur Fitzgerald Kinnaird	Liberal Party	1,648	63.68
Charles Scott	Conservative Party	940	36.32
Majority		708	27.36

7 January 1878 Succession of Hon Arthur Kinnaird to the Peerage - 2nd Baron Kinnaird.

29 January 1878		3,061/4,224	72.47
Charles Stuart Parker	Liberal Party	2,206	72.07
Dr Alexander Mackie	Conservative Party	855	27.93
Majority		1,351	44.14

1 April 1880		3,089/4,000	77.22
Charles Stuart Parker	Liberal Party	2,315	74.94
David Robertson Williamson	Conservative Party	774	25.06
Majority		1,541	49.89

24 November 1885		3,718/4,369	85.10
Charles Stuart Parker	Independent Liberal	1,652	44.43
John Chisholm	Conservative Party	1,099	29.56
Alexander McDougall	Liberal Party	967	26.01
Majority		553	14.87

2 July 1886		2,693/4,369	61.64
Charles Stuart Parker	Liberal Party	1,573	58.41
William Fowler	Liberal Unionist Party	1,120	41.59
Majority		453	16.82

5 July 1892		3,476/4,184	83.08
William Whitelaw	Conservative Party	1,398	40.22
Charles Stuart Parker	Liberal Party	1,171	33.69
James Woollen	Independent Liberal	907	26.09
Majority		227	6.53

July 1892 J Woollen was the nominee of the Perth Liberal and Radical Association, a body formed around 1891 with the object of opposing Charles Parker who had been in frequent conflict with local Liberals since 1885.

13 July 1895		3,900/4,456	87.52
Robert Wallace	Liberal Party	2,137	54.79
William Whitelaw	Conservative Party	1,763	45.21
Majority		374	9.59

4 October 1900		3,998/4,873	82.04
Robert Wallace	Liberal Party	2,171	54.30
William Whitelaw	Conservative Party	1,827	45.70
Majority		344	8.60

13 January 1906		4,742/5,398	87.85
Robert Wallace	Liberal Party	2,875	60.63
Samuel Chapman	Conservative Party	1,867	39.37
Majority		1,008	21.26

1907 Resignation of Robert Wallace on appointment as Chairman of the County of London Sessions.

12 February 1907
Sir Robert Pullar	Liberal Party	Unopposed

17 January 1910		4,944/5,433	91.00
Alexander Frederick Whyte	Liberal Party	2,841	57.46
Samuel Chapman	Conservative Party	2,103	42.54
Majority		738	14.93

3 December 1910		4,730/5,514	85.78
Alexander Frederick Whyte	Liberal Party	2,852	60.30
Charles Edward Drummond Telfer-Smollett	Conservative Party	1,878	39.70
Majority		974	20.59

14 December 1918		37,263
William Young	Liberal Party - Coalition	Unopposed

15 November 1922		24,601/34,590	71.12
Archibald Noel Skelton	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,387	46.29
William Henderson	Liberal Party	5,874	23.88
William Westwood	Labour Party	4,651	18.91
William Robert Gourlay	National Liberal Party	2,689	10.93
Majority		5,513	22.41

6 December 1923		23,789/34,635	68.68
Robert Macgregor Mitchell	Liberal Party	12,655	53.20
Archibald Noel Skelton	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,134	46.80
Majority		1,521	6.39

29 October 1924		26,336/34,992	75.26
Archibald Noel Skelton	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,022	49.45
Robert Macgregor Mitchell	Liberal Party	7,998	30.37
Cameron Roberts	Labour Party	5,316	20.19
Majority		5,024	19.08

30 May 1929		35,219/45,923	76.69
Archibald Noel Skelton	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,229	40.40
Francis Norie-Miller	Liberal Party	12,699	36.06
Helen Eaton Gault	Labour Party	8,291	23.54
Majority		1,530	4.34

27 October 1931		38,355/47,145	81.36
Mungo David Malcolm Murray, Lord Scone	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,254	50.20
Francis Norie-Miller	Liberal Party	15,396	40.14
Helen Eaton Gault	Independent Labour Party	3,705	9.66
Majority		3,858	10.06

14 March 1935 Succession of Lord Scone to the Peerage - 7th Earl of Mansfield and Mansfield.

16 April 1935		25,500/48,160	52.95
Francis Norie-Miller	National Liberal Party	17,516	68.69
Adam Storey McKinlay	Labour Party	7,984	31.31
Majority		9,532	37.38

14 November 1935		31,220/48,815	63.96
Thomas Hunter	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,011	73.71
Robert Gunn	Labour Party	8,209	26.29
Majority		14,802	47.41

5 July 1945		35,648/54,558	65.34
Alan Gomme Gomme-Duncan	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,484	63.07
William Hughes	Labour Party	11,617	32.59
James Blair Brown	Scottish National Party	1,547	4.34
Majority		10,867	30.48

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1 May 1997		44,551/60,313	73.87
Roseanna Cunningham	Scottish National Party	16,209	36.38
John Patrick Godfrey	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,068	29.33
Douglas Garven Alexander	Labour Party	11,036	24.77
Charles Gilchrist Brodie	Liberal Democrats	3,583	8.04
Robert James MacAuley	Referendum Party	366	0.82
Matthew McLaren Henderson	UK Independence Party	289	0.65
Majority		3,141	7.05

7 June 2001		37,816/61,497	61.49
Annabelle Janet Ewing	Scottish National Party	11,237	29.71
Elizabeth Jane Smith	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,189	29.59
Marion Dingwall	Labour Party	9,638	25.49
Vicki Sian Harris	Liberal Democrats	4,853	12.83
Frank Byrne	Scottish Socialist	899	2.38
Majority		48	0.13