UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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Renamed with Minor Boundary Change
28 February 1974		51,799/63,772	81.23
Henry Ewing	Labour Party	21,685	41.86
Dr Robert Douglas McIntyre	Scottish National Party	17,886	34.53
Geoffrey Alexander Campbell	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,228	23.61
Majority		3,799	7.33

10 October 1974		51,077/64,362	79.36
Henry Ewing	Labour Party	22,090	43.25
Dr Robert Douglas McIntyre	Scottish National Party	20,324	39.79
Geoffrey Alexander Campbell	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,186	14.07
John David Angles	Liberal Party	1,477	2.89
Majority		1,766	3.46

3 May 1979		52,236/66,164	78.95
Henry Ewing	Labour Party	29,499	56.47
William Dunn Boyles	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,881	26.57
John Archibald Donachy	Scottish National Party	8,856	16.95
Majority		15,618	29.90