UK Elections Info

Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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7 June 1979		176,459/495,799	35.59
Adam Dugdale Fergusson	Conservative & Unionist Party	65,608	37.18
Valerie Anne Friel	Labour Party	63,781	36.14
Dr Charles George Malcolm Slesser	Scottish National Party	29,115	16.50
Thomas Ronald Leslie Fraser	Liberal Party	17,955	10.18
Majority		1,827	1.04

14 June 1984		172,251/499,162	34.51
Hugh Robertson McMahon	Labour Party	70,234	40.77
Jacqueline Anne Harkness Lait	Conservative & Unionist Party	47,196	27.40
Jennifer Margaret Herriot	Scottish National Party	28,866	16.76
Douglas John Herbison	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	25,955	15.07
Majority		23,038	13.37

15 June 1989		210,094/493,067	42.61
Hugh Robertson McMahon	Labour Party	89,627	42.66
Colin McIver Campbell	Scottish National Party	50,036	23.82
S J Robin	Conservative & Unionist Party	45,872	21.83
George Gordon Campbell	Green Party	16,461	7.84
Douglas John Herbison	Liberal Democrats	8,098	3.85
Majority		39,591	18.84

9 June 1994		195,881/489,129	40.05
Hugh Robertson McMahon	Labour Party	86,957	44.39
Colin McIver Campbell	Scottish National Party	61,934	31.62
John Patrick Godfrey	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,414	14.51
Douglas John Herbison	Liberal Democrats	14,772	7.54
Kay M Allan	Green Party	2,886	1.47
S Gilmour	Natural Law Party	918	0.47
Majority		25,023	12.77