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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Renamed with no Boundary Change
23 February 1950		44,297/54,296	81.58
Alan Gomme Gomme-Duncan	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,850	56.10
William Hughes	Labour Party	11,706	26.43
Donald Stewart	Scottish National Party	4,118	9.30
John Lamont Wilson	Liberal Party	3,623	8.18
Majority		13,144	29.67

25 October 1951		43,444/55,507	78.27
Alan Gomme Gomme-Duncan	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,798	59.38
Neil McBride	Labour Party	11,167	25.70
Dr Robert Douglas McIntyre	Scottish National Party	6,479	14.91
Majority		14,631	33.68

26 May 1955		40,488/55,054	73.54
Alan Gomme Gomme-Duncan	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,948	56.68
Dr Robert Douglas McIntyre	Scottish National Party	9,227	22.79
John Bruce Urquhart	Labour Party	8,313	20.53
Majority		13,721	33.89

8 October 1959		41,635/55,064	75.61
Ian MacArthur	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,217	58.17
Dr Robert Douglas McIntyre	Scottish National Party	9,637	23.15
Thomas William Moore	Labour Party	7,781	18.69
Majority		14,580	35.02

15 October 1964		41,282/54,582	75.63
Ian MacArthur	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,912	57.92
Frederick Lindsay Forrester	Labour Party	10,184	24.67
Dr Robert Douglas McIntyre	Scottish National Party	7,186	17.41
Majority		13,728	33.25

31 March 1966		39,168/54,159	72.32
Ian MacArthur	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,129	56.50
James Jennings	Labour Party	10,911	27.86
Malcolm Brough Shaw	Scottish National Party	6,128	15.65
Majority		11,218	28.64

18 June 1970		41,955/56,984	73.63
Ian MacArthur	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,860	52.10
Valerie Anne Friel	Labour Party	9,972	23.77
Duncan Cameron Murray	Scottish National Party	7,112	16.95
Richard Arthur Lloyd Livsey	Liberal Party	3,011	7.18
Majority		11,888	28.34

Minor Boundary Change
28 February 1974		44,787/57,201	78.30
Ian MacArthur	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,167	47.26
George Douglas Crawford	Scottish National Party	12,192	27.22
Valerie Anne Friel	Labour Party	6,784	15.15
Kathleen Emily Smith	Liberal Party	4,644	10.37
Majority		8,975	20.04

10 October 1974		42,537/57,646	73.79
George Douglas Crawford	Scottish National Party	17,337	40.76
Ian MacArthur	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,544	38.89
James White	Labour Party	5,805	13.65
Raymond Grierson Duncan	Liberal Party	2,851	6.70
Majority		793	1.86

3 May 1979		48,045/62,142	77.31
William Connell Walker	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,153	41.95
George Douglas Crawford	Scottish National Party	17,050	35.49
William Finlayson McKelvey	Labour Party	6,432	13.39
Britton Thomas James Goudie	Liberal Party	4,410	9.18
Majority		3,103	6.46