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14 December 1918		7,949/18,236	43.59
Dr Donald Murray	Liberal Party	3,765	47.36
William Dingwall Mitchell Cotts	Liberal Party - Coalition	3,375	42.46
Hugh McCowan	Highland Land League	809	10.18
Majority		390	4.91

15 November 1922		11,415/12,089	94.42
Sir William Dingwall Mitchell Cotts, Bt	National Liberal Party	6,177	54.11
Dr Donald Murray	Liberal Party	5,238	45.89
Majority		939	8.23

6 December 1923		8,560/21,359	40.08
Alexander Mackenzie Livingstone	Liberal Party	3,391	39.61
William Shepherd Morrison	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,158	36.89
Hugh McCowan	Independent Labour	2,011	23.49
Majority		233	2.72

Hugh McCowan was the nominee of the Stornoway branch of the Independent Labour Party. However, his candidature was not endorsed by the Labour Party.

29 October 1924		8,451/21,604	39.12
Alexander Mackenzie Livingstone	Liberal Party	4,579	54.18
William Shepherd Morrison	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,418	28.61
Alexander Galloway Burns	Labour Party	1,454	17.21
Majority		2,161	25.57

30 May 1929		11,059/27,284	40.53
Thomas Bridgehill Wilson Ramsay	Liberal Party	4,877	44.10
John MacKinnon MacDiarmid	Labour Party	3,589	32.45
Ian McAllister Moffat-Pender	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,593	23.45
Majority		1,288	11.65

27 October 1931		10,578/28,720	36.83
Thomas Bridgehill Wilson Ramsay	National Liberal Party	5,793	54.76
Ian McAllister Moffat-Pender	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,785	45.24
Majority		1,008	9.53

14 November 1935		13,201/28,195	46.82
Malcolm Kenneth Macmillan	Labour Party	5,421	41.07
Thomas Bridgehill Wilson Ramsay	National Liberal Party	4,076	30.88
Sir Alexander Malcolm MacEwen	Scottish National Party	3,704	28.06
Majority		1,345	10.19

5 July 1945		12,947/24,311	53.26
Malcolm Kenneth Macmillan	Labour Party	5,914	45.68
Huntly McDonald Sinclair	Liberal Party	4,277	33.03
Iain Norman Macleod	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,756	21.29
Majority		1,637	12.64

23 February 1950		15,762/28,290	55.72
Malcolm Kenneth Macmillan	Labour Party	8,387	53.21
Huntly MacDonald Sinclair	Liberal Party	6,950	44.09
David Murray	Hearth & Home	425	2.70
Majority		1,437	9.12

David Murray sought election as a "Hearth & Home" candidate, and advocated a policy of Scottish nationalism.

25 October 1951		16,484/27,263	60.46
Malcolm Kenneth Macmillan	Labour Party	8,039	48.77
John Mitchell	National Liberal and Conservative Party	6,709	40.70
David Murray	Liberal Party	916	5.56
Malcolm Ian MacLean	Scottish National Party	820	4.97
Majority		1,330	8.07

26 May 1955		14,802/24,856	59.55
Malcolm Kenneth Macmillan	Labour Party	8,487	57.34
John Campbell Frame	National Liberal and Conservative Party	6,315	42.66
Majority		2,172	14.67

8 October 1959		16,159/25,178	64.18
Malcolm Kenneth Macmillan	Labour Party	8,663	53.61
Donald Macleod	National Liberal and Conservative Party	7,496	46.39
Majority		1,167	7.22

15 October 1964		15,851/23,699	66.88
Malcolm Kenneth Macmillan	Labour Party	8,740	55.14
Donald Macleod	Liberal Party	4,894	30.88
Charles Alexander Cameron	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,217	13.99
Majority		3,846	24.26

31 March 1966		14,035/22,821	61.50
Malcolm Kenneth Macmillan	Labour Party	8,565	61.03
Charles Alexander Cameron	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,832	20.18
John Francis Matheson Macleod	Liberal Party	2,638	18.80
Majority		5,733	40.85

18 June 1970		15,232/23,518	64.77
Donald James Stewart	Scottish National Party	6,568	43.12
Malcolm Kenneth Macmillan	Labour Party	5,842	38.35
Roderick Murray Macleod	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,822	18.53
Majority		726	4.77

28 February 1974		15,031/22,304	67.39
Donald James Stewart	Scottish National Party	10,079	67.05
Andrew Whiteside Wilson	Labour Party	2,879	19.15
John Jackson MacKay	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,042	6.93
Malcolm Kenneth Macmillan	Independent Labour	1,031	6.86
Majority		7,200	47.90

Malcolm Macmillan sought election for the Western Isles United Labour Party.

10 October 1974		14,253/22,477	63.41
Donald James Stewart	Scottish National Party	8,758	61.45
Mary Doig	Labour Party	3,526	24.74
Norman Key Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,180	8.28
Neil MacMillan	Liberal Party	789	5.54
Majority		5,232	36.71

3 May 1979		15,119/22,393	67.52
Rt Hon Donald James Stewart	Scottish National Party	7,941	52.52
Alexander Matheson	Labour Party	4,878	32.26
Murdo Morrison	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,600	10.58
Neil Munro MacLeod	Liberal Party	700	4.63
Majority		3,063	20.26

9 June 1983		15,168/23,020	65.89
Rt Hon Donald James Stewart	Scottish National Party	8,272	54.54
Brian David Henderson Wilson	Labour Party	4,560	30.06
Murdo Morrison	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,460	9.63
Neil Munro Macleod	Liberal Party in Alliance	876	5.78
Majority		3,712	24.47

11 June 1987		16,497/23,685	69.65
Calum Alasdair MacDonald	Labour Party	7,041	42.68
Ian Smith	Scottish National Party	4,701	28.50
Kenneth Angus MacIver	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	3,419	20.72
Murdo Morrison	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,336	8.10
Majority		2,340	14.18

9 April 1992		16,030/22,784	70.36
Calum Alasdair MacDonald	Labour Party	7,664	47.81
Frances Marion MacFarlane	Scottish National Party	5,961	37.19
Robert James Heany	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,362	8.50
Murray Neil Mitchison	Liberal Democrats	552	3.44
Andrew Robert Price	Independent	491	3.06
Majority		1,703	10.62

1 May 1997		16,106/22,983	70.08
Calum Alasdair Macdonald	Labour Party	8,955	55.60
Dr Anne Lorne Gillies	Scottish National Party	5,379	33.40
James Angus Roderick Neil McGrigor	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,071	6.65
Murray Neil Mitchison	Liberal Democrats	495	3.07
Ralph Grayham Lionel	Referendum Party	206	1.28
Majority		3,576	22.20

7 June 2001		13,159/21,807	60.34
Calum Alasdair MacDonald	Labour Party	5,924	45.02
Alasdair Nicholson	Scottish National Party	4,850	36.86
Douglas Samuel Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,250	9.50
John Horne	Liberal Democrats	849	6.45
Joanne Lindsay Telfer	Scottish Socialist	286	2.17
Majority		1,074	8.16