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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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New
14 December 1918		21,400/37,518	57.04
Adam Keir Rodger	Liberal Party - Coalition	12,641	59.07
William Regan	Labour Party	8,759	40.93
Majority		3,882	18.14

15 November 1922		25,469/32,487	78.40
William Wright	Labour Party	14,029	55.08
John Train	National Liberal Party	11,440	44.92
Majority		2,589	10.17

6 December 1923		23,874/33,007	72.33
William Wright	Labour Party	13,021	54.54
Robert McLaren	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,652	32.05
John Taylor	Liberal Party	3,201	13.41
Majority		5,369	22.49

29 October 1924		26,503/33,081	80.12
William Wright	Labour Party	13,796	52.05
Robert McLaren	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,707	47.95
Majority		1,089	4.11

30 May 1929		33,574/44,378	75.65
William Wright	Labour Party	17,538	52.24
Arthur Paterson Duffes	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,249	36.48
James Dunlop MacDougall	Liberal Party	2,945	8.77
Alexander Bennett Moffat	Communist Party	842	2.51
Majority		5,289	15.75

9 April 1931 Death of William Wright.

21 May 1931		32,589/46,804	69.63
David Hardie	Labour Party	16,736	51.35
Herbert James Moss	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,853	48.65
Majority		883	2.71

27 October 1931		39,051/47,848	81.61
Herbert James Moss	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,185	56.81
David Hardie	Labour Party	16,866	43.19
Majority		5,319	13.62

14 November 1935		40,843/51,063	79.99
Allan Chapman	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,712	50.71
David Hardie	Labour Party	20,131	49.29
Majority		581	1.42

5 July 1945		41,474/54,280	76.41
Gilbert McAllister	Labour Party	24,738	59.65
Allan Chapman	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,736	40.35
Majority		8,002	19.29

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		37,918/44,044	86.09
Gilbert McAllister	Labour Party	18,779	49.53
Richard Charles Brooman-White	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,084	47.69
Christian Beveridge Goodfellow	Liberal Party	1,055	2.78
Majority		695	1.83

25 October 1951		38,756/44,167	87.75
Richard Charles Brooman-White	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,554	50.45
Gilbert McAllister	Labour Party	19,202	49.55
Majority		352	0.91

26 May 1955		36,181/43,016	84.11
Richard Charles Brooman-White	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,141	52.90
Gilbert McAllister	Labour Party	17,040	47.10
Majority		2,101	5.81

8 October 1959		36,770/42,833	85.85
Richard Charles Brooman-White	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,146	52.07
Edward James Milne	Labour Party	17,624	47.93
Majority		1,522	4.14

25 January 1964 Death of Richard Brooman-White.

14 May 1964		34,023/41,511	81.96
James Gregor MacKenzie	Labour Party	18,885	55.51
Iain MacDonald Sproat	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,138	44.49
Majority		3,747	11.01

15 October 1964		35,931/41,769	86.02
James Gregor MacKenzie	Labour Party	18,892	52.58
Iain MacDonald Sproat	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,391	42.83
Robert Nixon Armstrong	Scottish National Party	1,648	4.59
Majority		3,501	9.74

31 March 1966		34,422/40,870	84.22
James Gregor MacKenzie	Labour Party	18,621	54.10
John Henderson Young	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,607	39.53
Andrew Peacock	Scottish National Party	2,194	6.37
Majority		5,014	14.57

18 June 1970		33,951/42,607	79.68
James Gregor MacKenzie	Labour Party	17,751	52.28
Peter Craft Hutchison	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,710	43.33
David Naismith Livingstone	Independent	1,490	4.39
Majority		3,041	8.96

David Livingstone advocated a policy of Scottish nationalism.

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		39,946/48,351	82.62
James Gregor MacKenzie	Labour Party	19,005	47.58
John Thomson	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,852	37.18
Louisa Leslie	Scottish National Party	6,089	15.24
Majority		4,153	10.40

10 October 1974		38,492/48,824	78.84
James Gregor MacKenzie	Labour Party	17,088	44.39
Ian Ogilvie Bayne	Scottish National Party	9,732	25.28
John Thomson	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,248	24.03
Robert Edward Brown	Liberal Party	2,424	6.30
Majority		7,356	19.11

3 May 1979		39,709/49,979	79.45
Rt Hon James Gregor MacKenzie	Labour Party	18,546	46.70
Paul Burns	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,523	26.50
Robert Edward Brown	Liberal Party	7,315	18.42
James Michael Trevlyn Grieve	Scottish National Party	3,325	8.37
Majority		8,023	20.20

New
4 July 2024		42,484/72,674	58.46
Michael Graeme Shanks	Labour Party	21,460	50.51
Katherine Jane Loudon	Scottish National Party	12,693	29.88
Thomas David Stark	Reform UK	2,685	6.32
Gary Burns	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,420	5.70
Otito Gloria Adebo	Liberal Democrats	1,714	4.03
William Bonnar	Scottish Socialist	541	1.27
James Eadie	Alba	497	1.17
John Paul McArthur	Scottish Family	321	0.76
Andrew Vincent Daly	Independent	153	0.36
Majority		8,767	20.64