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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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26 May 1955		45,976/56,907	80.79
Charles Edward McArthur Donaldson	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,925	47.69
Stanley Edward Graham	Liberal Party	14,755	32.09
Lawrence Arthur Morrison	Labour Party	9,296	20.22
Majority		7,170	15.60

8 October 1959		44,373/55,459	80.01
Charles Edward McArthur Donaldson	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,275	50.20
John Macdonald MacCormick	Liberal Party	12,762	28.76
Sir Thomas Dalyell, Bt	Labour Party	9,336	21.04
Majority		9,513	21.44

15 October 1964		44,209/53,753	82.24
Charles Edward McArthur Donaldson	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,924	42.81
David Martin Scott Steel	Liberal Party	17,185	38.87
Ronald King Murray	Labour Party	7,007	15.85
Anthony John Crawford Kerr	Scottish National Party	1,093	2.47
Majority		1,739	3.93

11 December 1964 Death of Charles Donaldson.

24 March 1965		43,838/53,310	82.23
David Martin Scott Steel	Liberal Party	21,549	49.16
Robert Lindley McEwen	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,942	38.65
Ronald King Murray	Labour Party	4,936	11.26
Anthony John Crawford Kerr	Independent	411	0.94
Majority		4,607	10.51

Anthony Kerr advocated a policy of Scottish nationalism.

31 March 1966		45,134/53,180	84.87
David Martin Scott Steel	Liberal Party	20,607	45.66
Ian James McIntyre	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,396	40.76
Colin Lindsay	Labour Party	6,131	13.58
Majority		2,211	4.90

18 June 1970		46,202/57,180	80.80
David Martin Scott Steel	Liberal Party	19,524	42.26
Thomas Russell Fairgrieve	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,974	41.07
Lionel Griffiths	Labour Party	4,454	9.64
Hamish Hastie	Scottish National Party	3,147	6.81
William Robert Cassell	Independent	103	0.22
Majority		550	1.19

William Cassell was opposed to the 1967 Abortion Act.

28 February 1974		49,352/57,287	86.15
David Martin Scott Steel	Liberal Party	25,707	52.09
Stuart Thom	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,603	33.64
David Purves	Scottish National Party	3,953	8.01
David Allan Graham	Labour Party	3,089	6.26
Majority		9,104	18.45

10 October 1974		45,791/57,825	79.19
David Martin Scott Steel	Liberal Party	20,006	43.69
Christine Margaret Anderson	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,531	27.37
Angus Edmonds	Scottish National Party	9,178	20.04
David Allan Graham	Labour Party	4,076	8.90
Majority		7,475	16.32

7 July 1976 David Steel elected Leader of the Liberal Party.

3 May 1979		48,948/59,691	82.00
Rt Hon David Martin Scott Steel	Liberal Party	25,993	53.10
Peter Gerald Malone	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,303	31.26
David Albert Heald	Labour Party	4,150	8.48
Angus Stewart	Scottish National Party	3,502	7.15
Majority		10,690	21.84