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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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6 May 1999
Jack Wilson McConnell	Labour Party	13,925	45.91
James A McGuigan	Scottish National Party	8,879	29.27
William Gibson	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,694	12.18
John Milligan	Socialist Labour	1,941	6.40
Rodger Joseph Spillane	Liberal Democrats	1,895	6.25
Majority		5,046	16.63

1 May 2003
Jack Wilson McConnell	Labour Party	13,739	54.12
Lloyd John Quinan	Scottish National Party	4,480	17.65
Mark Nolan	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,542	10.01
John Milligan	Scottish Socialist	1,961	7.72
John Swinburne	Senior Citizens Unity	1,597	6.29
Keith Michael Legg	Liberal Democrats	1,069	4.21
Majority		9,259	36.47

3 May 2007
Jack Wilson McConnell	Labour Party	12,574	48.08
Marion Fellows	Scottish National Party	6,636	25.38
Diane Huddlestone	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,990	7.61
John Swinburne	Scottish Senior Citizens Unity	1,702	6.51
Stuart Douglas	Liberal Democrats	1,570	6.00
Tom Selfridge	Scottish Christian	1,491	5.70
Richard Leat	Anti-Trident	187	0.72
Majority		5,938	22.71

Boundary Change
5 May 2011		24,451/53,610	45.61
John Williamson Pentland	Labour Party	10,713	43.81
Clare Anne Adamson	Scottish National Party	10,126	41.41
Bob Burgess	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,753	7.17
John Swinburne	All Scotland Pensioners	945	3.86
Tom Selfridge	Scottish Christian	547	2.24
Beverley Hope	Liberal Democrats	367	1.50
Majority		587	2.40

5 May 2016		29,111/57,062	51.02
Clare Anne Adamson	Scottish National Party	15,291	52.53
John Williamson Pentland	Labour Party	9,068	31.15
Meghan Gallacher	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,991	13.71
Yvonne Finlayson	Liberal Democrats	761	2.61
Majority		6,223	21.38

6 May 2021		34,149/58,160	58.72
Clare Anne Adamson	Scottish National Party	18,156	53.17
Martine Nolan	Labour and Co-operative Party	10,343	30.29
Nathan Wilson	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,472	13.10
Martin Veart	Liberal Democrats	557	1.63
Mark Meechan	Libertarian	254	0.74
Daniel Gerarde Lambe	Communist Party	194	0.57
Neil Wilson	UK Independence Party	173	0.51
Majority		7,813	22.88