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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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9 June 1983		44,454/62,008	71.69
Nicholas Hardwick Fairbairn	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,888	40.24
George Douglas Crawford	Scottish National Party	11,155	25.09
John Barnaby Coutts	Liberal Party in Alliance	10,997	24.74
Alistair John Stuart	Labour Party	4,414	9.93
Majority		6,733	15.15

11 June 1987		47,215/63,965	73.81
Nicholas Hardwick Fairbairn	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,716	39.64
James McGregor Fairlie	Scottish National Party	13,040	27.62
Stewart Donaldson	Liberal Party in Alliance	7,969	16.88
Jack Wilson McConnell	Labour Party	7,490	15.86
Majority		5,676	12.02

9 April 1992		50,277/65,410	76.86
Sir Nicholas Hardwick Fairbairn	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,195	40.17
Roseanna Cunningham	Scottish National Party	18,101	36.00
Mervyn James Rolfe	Labour Party	6,267	12.46
Malcolm Black	Liberal Democrats	5,714	11.37
Majority		2,094	4.16

19 February 1995 Death of Sir Nicholas Fairbairn.

25 May 1995		41,948/67,983	61.70
Roseanna Cunningham	Scottish National Party	16,931	40.36
Douglas Garven Alexander	Labour Party	9,620	22.93
John Patrick Godfrey	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,990	21.43
Veronica Linklater	Liberal Democrats	4,952	11.81
David Edward Sutch	Monster Raving Loony Party	586	1.40
Vivian Thornton Linacre	UK Independence Party	504	1.20
Robin Charles Morton Harper	Green Party	223	0.53
Michael Anthony Halford	Conservatory	88	0.21
Gary Douglas Black	Natural Law Party	54	0.13
Majority		7,311	17.43

Michael Halford sought election as a "Scottish Conservatory and Unionist Candidate" in an attempt to confuse voters who intended to vote for John Godfrey who was nominated as a "Scottish Conservative and Unionist" candidate.