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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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6 May 1999
Dennis Andrew Canavan	Independent	18,511	55.01
Ross Martin	Labour Party	6,300	18.72
Michael Stephen Matheson	Scottish National Party	5,986	17.79
Gordon Millar	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,897	5.64
Andrew Smith	Liberal Democrats	954	2.84
Majority		12,211	36.29

1 May 2003
Dennis Andrew Canavan	Independent	14,703	55.69
Michael Stephen Matheson	Scottish National Party	4,703	17.81
Lee Whitehill	Labour Party	4,589	17.38
Iain Grant Mitchell	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,657	6.28
Jacqueline Kelly	Liberal Democrats	748	2.83
Majority		10,000	37.88

3 May 2007
Michael Stephen Matheson	Scottish National Party	12,068	41.92
Dennis Goldie	Labour Party	11,292	39.23
Stephen O'Rourke	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,887	10.03
Callum Chomczuk	Liberal Democrats	2,538	8.82
Majority		776	2.70

Boundary Change
5 May 2011		28,199/55,739	50.59
Michael Stephen Matheson	Scottish National Party	15,607	55.35
Dennis Goldie	Labour Party	9,862	34.97
Allan Finnie	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,086	7.40
Callum Chomczuk	Liberal Democrats	644	2.28
Majority		5,745	20.37

5 May 2016		32,083/59,812	53.64
Michael Stephen Matheson	Scottish National Party	18,260	56.91
Mandy Telford	Labour Party	6,980	21.76
Alison Harris	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,877	18.32
Gillian Cole-Hamilton	Liberal Democrats	966	3.01
Majority		11,280	35.16

6 May 2021		39,603/63,885	61.99
Michael Stephen Matheson	Scottish National Party	21,492	54.27
Monette Gordon	Labour Party	9,653	24.37
Stephen Charles Kerr	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,343	18.54
Austin Reid	Liberal Democrats	1,115	2.82
Majority		11,839	29.89