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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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24 December 1832		858/967	88.73
Matthew Sharpe	Whig	488	56.88
David Hannay	Whig	370	43.12
Majority		118	13.75

22 January 1835		792/999	79.28
Matthew Sharpe	Whig	422	53.28
David Hannay	Whig	370	46.72
Majority		52	6.57

25 July 1837		1,050
Matthew Sharpe	Whig	Unopposed

3 July 1841
William Ewart	Radical	402	54.03
Sir Alexander Johnstone	Whig	342	45.97
Majority		60	8.06

2 August 1847		892
William Ewart	Radical	Unopposed

10 July 1852		881
William Ewart	Radical	Unopposed

31 March 1857		691/882	78.34
William Ewart	Radical	506	73.23
James Hannay	Conservative Party	185	26.77
Majority		321	46.45

4 May 1859		835/966	86.44
William Ewart	Liberal Party	432	51.74
George Gustavus Walker	Conservative Party	403	48.26
Majority		29	3.47

15 July 1865		924/1,124	82.21
William Ewart	Liberal Party	540	58.44
John Clark Kennedy	Independent Liberal	384	41.56
Majority		156	16.88

18 November 1868		2,208/2,353	93.84
Robert Jardine	Liberal Party	1,125	50.95
Ernest Noel	Independent Liberal	1,083	49.05
Majority		42	1.90

5 February 1874		2,542/2,833	89.73
Ernest Noel	Liberal Party	1,420	55.86
Morden Carthew Yorsburn	Conservative Party	1,122	44.14
Majority		298	11.72

6 April 1880		2,626/2,931	89.59
Ernest Noel	Liberal Party	1,700	64.74
William Gordon	Conservative Party	872	33.21
Theodore Edgar Dickson Byrne	Conservative Party	54	2.06
Majority		828	31.53

28 November 1885		2,909/3,147	92.44
Ernest Noel	Liberal Party	1,546	53.15
Miles Walker Mattinson	Conservative Party	1,363	46.85
Majority		183	6.29

1886 Ernest Noel joins the Liberal Unionists.

8 July 1886		2,764/3,147	87.83
Robert Threshie Reid	Liberal Party	1,547	55.97
Miles Walker Mattinson	Conservative Party	1,217	44.03
Majority		330	11.94

11 July 1892		2,864/3,325	86.14
Robert Threshie Reid	Liberal Party	1,698	59.29
Sir Andrew Noel Agnew, Bt	Liberal Unionist Party	1,166	40.71
Majority		532	18.58

3 May 1894 Appointment of Robert Reid as Solicitor-General.

7 May 1894
Robert Threshie Reid	Liberal Party	Unopposed

22 July 1895		2,970/3,456	85.94
Sir Robert Threshie Reid	Liberal Party	1,785	60.10
William Murray	Conservative Party	1,185	39.90
Majority		600	20.20

6 October 1900		3,147/3,717	84.67
Sir Robert Threshie Reid	Liberal Party	1,847	58.69
William Murray	Conservative Party	1,300	41.31
Majority		547	17.38

17 January 1906		3,437/3,790	90.69
John William Gulland	Liberal Party	2,035	59.21
Joseph Johnstone Glover	Conservative Party	1,402	40.79
Majority		633	18.42

8 July 1909 Resignation of John Gulland on appointment as a Lord Commissioner of the Treasury.

20 July 1909		3,462/3,984	86.90
John William Gulland	Liberal Party	1,877	54.22
John Bryce Duncan	Conservative Party	1,585	45.78
Majority		292	8.43

24 January 1910		4,033/4,307	93.64
John William Gulland	Liberal Party	2,303	57.10
John Bryce Duncan	Conservative Party	1,730	42.90
Majority		573	14.21

13 December 1910		3,911/4,294	91.08
John William Gulland	Liberal Party	2,315	59.19
John Buchanan Pollok-McCall	Conservative Party	1,596	40.81
Majority		719	18.38