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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		48,756/55,032	88.60
Thomas Fotheringham Cook	Labour Party	26,005	53.34
James Henderson	National Liberal and Conservative Party	21,658	44.42
David Proctor Bowman	Communist Party	1,093	2.24
Majority		4,347	8.92

25 October 1951		49,531/56,784	87.23
Thomas Fotheringham Cook	Labour Party	26,668	53.84
Janet Sutherland Murray	National Liberal and Conservative Party	22,863	46.16
Majority		3,805	7.68

31 May 1952 Death of Thomas Cook.

7 July 1952		39,417/55,149	71.47
George Morgan Thomson	Labour Party	22,161	56.22
Paul Thomas Cowcher	National Liberal and Conservative Party	14,035	35.61
Donald James Stewart	Scottish National Party	2,931	7.44
Edward Graham Macfarlane	WPP	290	0.74
Majority		8,126	20.62

26 May 1955		47,252/57,403	82.32
George Morgan Thomson	Labour Party	25,646	54.27
Robert Richardson Taylor	National Liberal and Conservative Party	21,606	45.73
Majority		4,040	8.55

8 October 1959		48,345/58,537	82.59
George Morgan Thomson	Labour Party	26,263	54.32
Robert Arthur McCrindle	National Liberal and Conservative Party	22,082	45.68
Majority		4,181	8.65

15 October 1964		47,561/59,451	80.00
George Morgan Thomson	Labour Party	26,062	54.80
John Leslie Marshall	National Liberal and Conservative Party	21,499	45.20
Majority		4,563	9.59

31 March 1966		45,334/57,502	78.84
George Morgan Thomson	Labour Party	25,530	56.32
John Leslie Marshall	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,804	43.68
Majority		5,726	12.63

18 June 1970		46,819/61,553	76.06
Rt Hon George Morgan Thomson	Labour Party	22,630	48.34
John Allan Stewart	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,832	42.36
Ian Macaulay	Scottish National Party	4,181	8.93
Edward Graham Macfarlane	World Government Party	176	0.38
Majority		2,798	5.98

29 December 1972 Resignation of Rt Hon George Thomson on appointment as EEC Commissioner. (Chiltern Hundreds)

1 March 1973		44,014/62,353	70.59
George Machin	Labour Party	14,411	32.74
Robert Gordon Wilson	Scottish National Party	13,270	30.15
William K Fitzgerald	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,089	25.19
Nathaniel Louis Gordon	Liberal Party	3,653	8.30
George McLean	LPS	1,409	3.20
John Stevenson Thomson	Independent	182	0.41
Majority		1,141	2.59

28 February 1974		50,697/62,624	80.95
Robert Gordon Wilson	Scottish National Party	20,006	39.46
George Machin	Labour Party	17,100	33.73
James George Clyde	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,371	26.37
James Gourlay	Christian Dem Soc	220	0.43
Majority		2,906	5.73

James Gourlay sought election for the Christian Democratic Socialist Party.

10 October 1974		46,343/63,152	73.38
Robert Gordon Wilson	Scottish National Party	22,120	47.73
George Machin	Labour Party	15,137	32.66
William Connell Walker	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,784	16.80
Charles Gilchrist Brodie	Liberal Party	1,302	2.81
Majority		6,983	15.07

3 May 1979		49,959/64,330	77.66
Robert Gordon Wilson	Scottish National Party	20,497	41.03
James Reid	Labour Party	17,978	35.99
Brian James Taggart Townsend	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,072	18.16
Charles Gilchrist Brodie	Liberal Party	2,317	4.64
Roy John Battersby	Workers Revolutionary Party	95	0.19
Majority		2,519	5.04

15 September 1979 Gordon Wilson elected National Convenor of the SNP.

9 June 1983		46,254/63,469	72.88
Robert Gordon Wilson	Scottish National Party	20,276	43.84
Charles Bowman	Labour Party	15,260	32.99
Barbara Vaughan	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,172	15.51
Stephen William Rottger	Liberal Party in Alliance	3,546	7.67
Majority		5,016	10.84

11 June 1987		46,144/61,351	75.21
John D McAllion	Labour Party	19,539	42.34
Robert Gordon Wilson	Scottish National Party	18,524	40.14
Paul Stanley Cook	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,938	12.87
Margo Kerr von Romberg	Liberal Party in Alliance	2,143	4.64
Majority		1,015	2.20

9 April 1992		42,514/58,959	72.11
John D McAllion	Labour Party	18,761	44.13
David Martin Coutts	Scottish National Party	14,197	33.39
Stephen Frederick Blackwood	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,549	17.76
Ian Gillan Yuill	Liberal Democrats	1,725	4.06
Shiona Elizabeth Baird	Green Party	205	0.48
Ronald Baxter	Natural Law Party	77	0.18
Majority		4,564	10.74

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		40,528/58,388	69.41
John D McAllion	Labour Party	20,718	51.12
Shona McRory Robison	Scottish National Party	10,757	26.54
Bruce David Mackie	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,397	15.78
Dr Gurudeo Singh Saluja	Liberal Democrats	1,677	4.14
Edward Galloway	Referendum Party	601	1.48
Harvey Duke	Scottish Socialist	232	0.57
Elizabeth Simpson MacKenzie	Natural Law Party	146	0.36
Majority		9,961	24.58

7 June 2001		32,358/56,535	57.24
Iain Malone Luke	Labour Party	14,635	45.23
Stewart Hosie	Scottish National Party	10,160	31.40
James Alan Donnelly	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,900	12.05
Raymond Alexander Lawrie	Liberal Democrats	2,784	8.60
Harvey Duke	Scottish Socialist	879	2.72
Majority		4,475	13.83

Major Boundary Change
5 May 2005		39,540/63,335	62.43
Stewart Hosie	Scottish National Party	14,708	37.20
Iain Malone Luke	Labour Party	14,325	36.23
Christopher Mark Bustin	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,061	12.80
Clive Roderick Sneddon	Liberal Democrats	4,498	11.38
Harvey Duke	Scottish Socialist	537	1.36
Randolph Donald MacKay Low	UK Independence Party	292	0.74
David Alisdair Allison	Independent	119	0.30
Majority		383	0.97

6 May 2010		40,568/65,405	62.03
Stewart Hosie	Scottish National Party	15,350	37.84
Katrina Laidlaw Murray	Labour Party	13,529	33.35
Christopher Mark Bustin	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,177	15.23
Clive Roderick Sneddon	Liberal Democrats	4,285	10.56
Shiona Elizabeth Baird	Green Party	542	1.34
Michael James Arthur	UK Independence Party	431	1.06
Angela Gorrie	Scottish Socialist	254	0.63
Majority		1,821	4.49

7 May 2015		48,185/67,822	71.05
Stewart Hosie	Scottish National Party	28,765	59.70
Lesley McMahon Brennan	Labour Party	9,603	19.93
Bill Bowman	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,206	14.95
Craig Robertson Duncan	Liberal Democrats	1,387	2.88
Helen Elizabeth Grayshan	Green Party	895	1.86
Lesley Helen Parker-Hamilton	CISTA	225	0.47
Carlo Joseph Morelli	Trades Union & Socialist Coalition	104	0.22
Majority		19,162	39.77

8 June 2017		42,928/65,854	65.19
Stewart Hosie	Scottish National Party	18,391	42.84
Eleanor Margaret Louise Price	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,746	27.36
Lesley Brennan	Labour Party	11,176	26.03
Christopher McIntyre	Liberal Democrats	1,615	3.76
Majority		6,645	15.48

12 December 2019		45,277/66,210	68.38
Stewart Hosie	Scottish National Party	24,361	53.80
Philip Duncan Scott	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,986	24.26
Rosalind Erica Garton	Labour Party	6,045	13.35
Michael Crichton	Liberal Democrats	3,573	7.89
George Charles Morton	Independent	312	0.69
Majority		13,375	29.54