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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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28 February 1974		39,225/50,934	77.01
George McArthur Lawson	Labour Party	18,310	46.68
James William Ballantyne Caldwell	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,997	30.59
George Nicholson	Scottish National Party	7,852	20.02
James Wotherspoon Sneddon	Communist Party	1,066	2.72
Majority		6,313	16.09

10 October 1974		38,817/51,506	75.36
Dr Jeremy William Bray	Labour Party	17,319	44.62
James Mackay	Scottish National Party	12,357	31.83
James Grant Rae	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,069	18.21
David Peter Young	Liberal Party	1,126	2.90
James Wotherspoon Sneddon	Communist Party	946	2.44
Majority		4,962	12.78

3 May 1979		39,146/50,317	77.80
Dr Jeremy William Bray	Labour Party	22,263	56.87
John Thompson	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,326	28.93
James Mackay	Scottish National Party	4,817	12.31
James Wotherspoon Sneddon	Communist Party	740	1.89
Majority		10,937	27.94

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1 May 1997		36,619/52,252	70.08
Frank Roy	Labour Party	21,020	57.40
James A McGuigan	Scottish National Party	8,229	22.47
Scott Dickson	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,024	10.99
Alexander George Mackie	Liberal Democrats	2,331	6.37
Christopher Herriot	Socialist Labour	797	2.18
Thomas Russell	Referendum Party	218	0.60
Majority		12,791	34.93

7 June 2001		29,673/52,418	56.61
Frank Roy	Labour Party	16,681	56.22
James A McGuigan	Scottish National Party	5,725	19.29
Mark Nolan	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,155	10.63
R Iain F Brown	Liberal Democrats	2,791	9.41
Stephen Smellie	Scottish Socialist	1,260	4.25
Claire Watt	Socialist Labour	61	0.21
Majority		10,956	36.92

Major Boundary Change
5 May 2005		37,109/66,987	55.40
Frank Roy	Labour Party	21,327	57.47
Ian MacQuarrie	Scottish National Party	6,105	16.45
Conor Snowden	Liberal Democrats	4,464	12.03
Peter Weldon Llewelyn Finnie	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,440	9.27
Gregor John MacEwan	Scottish Socialist	1,019	2.75
Dallas Evelyn Carter	Free Scotland	384	1.03
Coral Gwendolyn Thompson	Christian Vote	370	1.00
Majority		15,222	41.02

6 May 2010		39,123/67,707	57.78
Frank Roy	Labour Party	23,910	61.11
Marion Fellows	Scottish National Party	7,104	18.16
Stuart Douglas	Liberal Democrats	3,840	9.82
Patsy Gilroy	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,660	9.36
Ray Gunnon	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	609	1.56
Majority		16,806	42.96

7 May 2015		48,237/70,283	68.63
Marion Fellows	Scottish National Party	27,275	56.54
Frank Roy	Labour Party	15,377	31.88
Meghan Gallacher	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,695	7.66
Neil Wilson	UK Independence Party	1,289	2.67
Ross Laird	Liberal Democrats	601	1.25
Majority		11,898	24.67

8 June 2017		41,926/68,215	61.46
Marion Fellows	Scottish National Party	16,150	38.52
Angela Feeney	Labour Party	15,832	37.76
Meghan Gallacher	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,490	20.25
Yvonne Finlayson	Liberal Democrats	920	2.19
Neil Wilson	UK Independence Party	534	1.27
Majority		318	0.76

12 December 2019		44,420/68,856	64.51
Marion Fellows	Scottish National Party	20,622	46.43
Angela Feeney	Labour Party	14,354	32.31
Meghan Gallacher	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,150	16.10
Christopher Wilson	Liberal Democrats	1,675	3.77
Neil Wilson	UK Independence Party	619	1.39
Majority		6,268	14.11