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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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5 May 2005		43,261/73,998	58.46
Rt Hon Thomas McLaughlin McAvoy	Labour and Co-operative Party	24,054	55.60
Ian Robertson	Liberal Democrats	7,942	18.36
Margaret Elizabeth Park	Scottish National Party	6,023	13.92
Peter Ian Charles Crerar	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,621	8.37
William Bonnar	Scottish Socialist	1,164	2.69
Janice Elizabeth Murdoch	UK Independence Party	457	1.06
Majority		16,112	37.24

6 May 2010		46,981/77,171	60.88
Thomas James Greatrex	Labour Party	28,566	60.80
Graeme Horne	Scottish National Party	7,564	16.10
Ian Robertson	Liberal Democrats	5,636	12.00
Malcolm R Macaskill	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,540	9.66
Janice Elizabeth Murdoch	UK Independence Party	675	1.44
Majority		21,002	44.70

7 May 2015		57,615/82,701	69.67
Margaret Ferrier	Scottish National Party	30,279	52.55
Thomas James Greatrex	Labour Party	20,304	35.24
Taylor Muir	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,350	7.55
Janice Elizabeth MacKay	UK Independence Party	1,301	2.26
Tony Hughes	Liberal Democrats	1,045	1.81
Yvonne Maclean	CISTA	336	0.58
Majority		9,975	17.31

8 June 2017		50,872/80,089	63.52
Gerard Killen	Labour and Co-operative Party	19,101	37.55
Margaret Ferrier	Scottish National Party	18,836	37.03
Ann le Blond	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,941	19.54
Robert Edward Brown	Liberal Democrats	2,158	4.24
Caroline Teresa Santos	UK Independence Party	465	0.91
Andy Dixon	Independent	371	0.73
Majority		265	0.52

12 December 2019		53,794/80,918	66.48
Margaret Ferrier	Scottish National Party	23,775	44.20
Gerard Killen	Labour and Co-operative Party	18,545	34.47
Lynne Nailon	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,054	14.97
Mark McGeever	Liberal Democrats	2,791	5.19
Janice Elizabeth Mackay	UK Independence Party	629	1.17
Majority		5,230	9.72

1 October 2020 The SNP whip was removed from Margaret Ferrier after she admitted breaching coronavirus regulations in order to travel to and speak in the House of Commons.

1 August 2023 11,896 voters (14.66% of the electorate of 81,124) signed the petition to require Margaret Ferrier to vacate the seat.

5 October 2023		30,477/82,046	37.15
Michael Graeme Shanks	Labour Party	17,845	58.55
Katherine Jane Loudon	Scottish National Party	8,399	27.56
Thomas Jordan Kerr	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,192	3.91
Otito Gloria Adebo	Liberal Democrats	895	2.94
Cameron Eadie	Green Party	601	1.97
Thomas David Stark	Reform UK	403	1.32
Niall Fraser	Scottish Family	319	1.05
William Bonnar	Scottish Socialist	271	0.89
Colette Walker	ISP	207	0.68
Christopher Anthony Sermanni	TUSC	178	0.58
Andrew Vincent Daly	Independent	81	0.27
Ewan Hoyle	Volt UK	46	0.15
Ankit Love	Independent	34	0.11
Garry Patrick Cooke	Independent	6	0.02
Majority		9,446	30.99