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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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6 May 1999
James Robert Wallace	Liberal Democrats	6,010	67.39
Christopher Anderson Zawadski	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,391	15.60
John Ross Mowat	Scottish National Party	917	10.28
Angus MacLeod	Labour Party	600	6.73
Majority		4,619	51.79

1 May 2003
Rt Hon James Robert Wallace	Liberal Democrats	3,659	45.71
Christopher Anderson Zawadski	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,904	23.79
John Ross Mowat	Scottish National Party	1,056	13.19
John Henry Aberdein	Scottish Socialist	914	11.42
Richard Simon Meade	Labour Party	471	5.88
Majority		1,755	21.93

3 May 2007
Liam Scott McArthur	Liberal Democrats	4,113	47.53
John Ross Mowat	Scottish National Party	1,637	18.92
Helen Gardiner	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,632	18.86
Iain MacDonald	Labour Party	1,134	13.11
Barrie Johnson	Independent	137	1.58
Majority		2,476	28.61

5 May 2011		8,152/16,406	49.69
Liam Scott McArthur	Liberal Democrats	2,912	35.72
James Wilson Stockan	Independent	2,052	25.17
Donna Christina Heddle	Scottish National Party	2,044	25.07
James William Halcro Johnston	Conservative & Unionist Party	686	8.42
William Sharkey	Labour Party	458	5.62
Majority		860	10.55

5 May 2016		10,534/16,997	61.98
Liam Scott McArthur	Liberal Democrats	7,096	67.36
Donna Christina Heddle	Scottish National Party	2,562	24.32
James William Halcro Johnston	Conservative & Unionist Party	435	4.13
Gerard Joseph McGarvey	Labour Party	304	2.89
Paul Dawson	Independent	137	1.30
Majority		4,534	43.04

6 May 2021		11,596/17,728	65.41
Liam Scott McArthur	Liberal Democrats	7,238	62.42
Robert Fraser Leslie	Scottish National Party	3,369	29.05
Samuel Anthony John Bown	Conservative & Unionist Party	699	6.03
Coilla Anne Drake	Labour Party	290	2.50
Majority		3,869	33.36