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14 December 1918 | 10,805/21,237 | 50.88 | |
Liberal Party - Coalition | 6,769 | 62.65 | |
Liberal Party | 4,036 | 37.35 | |
Majority | 2,733 | 25.29 | |
15 November 1922 | 13,518/22,501 | 60.08 | |
National Liberal Party | 7,715 | 57.07 | |
Liberal Party | 5,803 | 42.93 | |
Majority | 1,912 | 14.14 | |
6 December 1923 | 22,864 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
29 October 1924 | 23,030 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
30 May 1929 | 18,214/27,399 | 66.48 | |
Liberal Party | 13,462 | 73.91 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 3,041 | 16.70 | |
Independent Labour | 1,711 | 9.39 | |
Majority | 10,421 | 57.21 | |
Charles Oman was the nominee of the Wick branch of the Independent Labour Party. The Labour Party did not, however, endorse his candidature. | |||
27 October 1931 | 28,383 | ||
Liberal Party | Unopposed |   | |
14 November 1935 | 16,692/27,811 | 60.02 | |
Liberal Party | 12,071 | 72.32 | |
Nationalist | 4,621 | 27.68 | |
Majority | 7,450 | 44.63 | |
5 July 1945 | 16,625/25,989 | 63.97 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 5,564 | 33.47 | |
Labour Party | 5,558 | 33.43 | |
Liberal Party | 5,503 | 33.10 | |
Majority | 6 | 0.04 | |
3 October 1948 Eric Gander-Dower resigns the Conservative whip. | |||
23 February 1950 | 19,436/25,400 | 76.52 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 6,969 | 35.86 | |
Liberal Party | 6,700 | 34.47 | |
Labour Party | 5,767 | 29.67 | |
Majority | 269 | 1.38 | |
25 October 1951 | 19,912/27,097 | 73.48 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 9,814 | 49.29 | |
Labour Party | 6,799 | 34.15 | |
Liberal Party | 3,299 | 16.57 | |
Majority | 3,015 | 15.14 | |
26 May 1955 | 18,491/26,619 | 69.47 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 10,453 | 56.53 | |
Labour Party | 5,364 | 29.01 | |
Liberal Party | 2,674 | 14.46 | |
Majority | 5,089 | 27.52 | |
January 1959 Sir David Robertson resigns the Conservative whip. | |||
8 October 1959 | 18,601/26,716 | 69.62 | |
Independent Conservative | 12,163 | 65.39 | |
Labour Party | 6,438 | 34.61 | |
Majority | 5,725 | 30.78 | |
15 October 1964 | 21,858/27,291 | 80.09 | |
Liberal Party | 7,894 | 36.11 | |
Labour Party | 6,619 | 30.28 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 4,550 | 20.82 | |
Independent Conservative | 2,795 | 12.79 | |
Majority | 1,275 | 5.83 | |
John Young was supported by Sir David Robertson, the retiring MP, and a breakaway Conservative Association formed when Sir David Robertson relinquished the Conservative whip in January 1959. | |||
31 March 1966 | 21,214/26,776 | 79.23 | |
Labour Party | 8,308 | 39.16 | |
Liberal Party | 8,244 | 38.86 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 4,662 | 21.98 | |
Majority | 64 | 0.30 | |
18 June 1970 | 23,855/28,709 | 83.09 | |
Labour Party | 8,768 | 36.76 | |
Liberal Party | 6,063 | 25.42 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 5,334 | 22.36 | |
Scottish National Party | 3,690 | 15.47 | |
Majority | 2,705 | 11.34 | |
28 February 1974 | 23,714/28,577 | 82.98 | |
Labour Party | 8,574 | 36.16 | |
Liberal Party | 6,222 | 26.24 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 5,104 | 21.52 | |
Scottish National Party | 3,814 | 16.08 | |
Majority | 2,352 | 9.92 | |
10 October 1974 | 22,511/28,837 | 78.06 | |
Labour Party | 7,941 | 35.28 | |
Scottish National Party | 5,381 | 23.90 | |
Liberal Party | 4,949 | 21.98 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 4,240 | 18.84 | |
Majority | 2,560 | 11.37 | |
3 May 1979 | 23,174/29,564 | 78.39 | |
Labour Party | 9,613 | 41.48 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 7,074 | 30.53 | |
Scottish National Party | 6,487 | 27.99 | |
Majority | 2,539 | 10.96 | |
2 March 1981 Robert Maclennan resigns the Labour whip to join the Social Democratic Party. | |||
9 June 1983 | 23,288/31,201 | 74.64 | |
Social Democratic Party in Alliance | 12,119 | 52.04 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 5,276 | 22.66 | |
Labour Party | 3,325 | 14.28 | |
Scottish National Party | 2,568 | 11.03 | |
Majority | 6,843 | 29.38 | |
11 June 1987 | 23,009/31,519 | 73.00 | |
Social Democratic Party in Alliance | 12,338 | 53.62 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 3,844 | 16.71 | |
Labour Party | 3,437 | 14.94 | |
Scottish National Party | 2,371 | 10.30 | |
Independent Liberal | 686 | 2.98 | |
Green Party | 333 | 1.45 | |
Majority | 8,494 | 36.92 | |
29 August 1987 Robert Maclennan elected leader of the SDP. | |||
9 April 1992 | 22,231/30,905 | 71.93 | |
Liberal Democrats | 10,032 | 45.13 | |
Conservative & Unionist Party | 4,667 | 20.99 | |
Scottish National Party | 4,049 | 18.21 | |
Labour Party | 3,483 | 15.67 | |
Majority | 5,365 | 24.13 | |