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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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2 December 1885		6,598/7,746	85.18
Sir Archibald Campbell Campbell, Bt	Conservative Party	3,618	54.83
Harry Smith	Liberal Party	2,980	45.17
Majority		638	9.67

10 July 1886		6,315/7,746	81.53
Sir Archibald Campbell Campbell, Bt	Conservative Party	3,434	54.38
William Dunn	Liberal Party	2,881	45.62
Majority		553	8.76

11 July 1892		7,095/8,192	86.61
Charles Bine Renshaw	Conservative Party	3,773	53.18
Robert Wallace	Liberal Party	3,322	46.82
Majority		451	6.36

23 July 1895		7,215/8,386	86.04
Charles Bine Renshaw	Conservative Party	3,909	54.18
Duncan Vernon Pirie	Liberal Party	3,306	45.82
Majority		603	8.36

10 October 1900		8,376/9,861	84.94
Charles Bine Renshaw	Conservative Party	4,323	51.61
Sir Thomas Glen Glen-Coats, Bt	Liberal Party	4,053	48.39
Majority		270	3.22

19 January 1906		10,348/12,079	85.67
Sir Thomas Glen Glen-Coats, Bt	Liberal Party	5,858	56.61
John Charles Cunninghame	Conservative Party	4,490	43.39
Majority		1,368	13.22

21 January 1910		12,111/13,900	87.13
James William Greig	Liberal Party	6,480	53.51
John Charles Cunninghame	Conservative Party	5,631	46.49
Majority		849	7.01

14 December 1910		12,448/14,363	86.67
James William Greig	Liberal Party	6,366	51.14
Henry Mechan	Conservative Party	6,082	48.86
Majority		284	2.28

14 December 1918		18,650/28,542	65.34
James William Greig	Liberal Party - Coalition	11,524	61.79
Robert Murray	Labour Party	7,126	38.21
Majority		4,398	23.58

15 November 1922		21,838/28,868	75.65
Robert Murray	Labour Party	11,787	53.97
Sir James William Greig	National Liberal Party	10,051	46.03
Majority		1,736	7.95

6 December 1923		22,655/29,426	76.99
Robert Murray	Labour Party	10,904	48.13
Alexander Thomson Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,602	33.56
James Scott	Liberal Party	4,149	18.31
Majority		3,302	14.58

29 October 1924		24,519/29,029	84.46
Archibald Douglas MacInnes Shaw	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,267	54.11
Robert Murray	Labour Party	11,252	45.89
Majority		2,015	8.22

30 May 1929		30,951/37,947	81.56
Dr Robert Forgan	Labour Party	14,419	46.59
Alexander Thomson Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,183	39.36
Francis Sheed Anderson	Liberal Party	2,682	8.67
Roland Eugene Muirhead	Scottish National Party	1,667	5.39
Majority		2,236	7.22

27 October 1931		32,372/38,894	83.23
Henry James Scrymgeour-Wedderburn	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,318	53.50
Jean Mann	Labour Party	10,203	31.52
Roland Eugene Muirhead	Scottish National Party	3,547	10.96
Dr Robert Forgan	New Party	1,304	4.03
Majority		7,115	21.98

14 November 1935		31,922/39,396	81.03
Henry James Scrymgeour-Wedderburn	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,906	49.83
Jean Mann	Labour Party	12,407	38.87
Roland Eugene Muirhead	Scottish National Party	3,609	11.31
Majority		3,499	10.96

5 July 1945		30,841/43,940	70.19
Thomas Scollan	Labour Party	15,050	48.80
Henry James Scrymgeour-Wedderburn	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,836	44.86
Robert Blair Wilkie	Scottish National Party	1,955	6.34
Majority		1,214	3.94