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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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9 June 1983		36,075/49,626	72.69
Richard Giles Douglas	Labour and Co-operative Party	12,998	36.03
Dr Peter Sinclair Davison	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,524	29.17
Frank Arnold Moyes	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	9,434	26.15
James McGregor Fairlie	Scottish National Party	2,798	7.76
Stuart James Dobson	Ecology Party	321	0.89
Majority		2,474	6.86

11 June 1987		39,307/51,581	76.20
Richard Giles Douglas	Labour and Co-operative Party	18,493	47.05
Philip Roy Gallie	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,091	23.13
Frank Arnold Moyes	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	8,288	21.09
Gordon John Hughes	Scottish National Party	3,435	8.74
Majority		9,402	23.92

14 March 1990 Dick Douglas resigns the Labour whip.

4 October 1990 Dick Douglas accepts the SNP whip.

9 April 1992		38,949/50,948	76.45
Rachel Anne Squire	Labour Party	16,374	42.04
Michael Dean Anthony Scott-Hayward	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,890	22.82
Jay Smith	Scottish National Party	7,563	19.42
Elizabeth Bruce Anderson Harris	Liberal Democrats	6,122	15.72
Majority		7,484	19.21

Minor Boundary Change
1 May 1997		36,434/52,467	69.44
Rachel Anne Squire	Labour Party	19,338	53.08
John Vincent Lloyd	Scottish National Party	6,984	19.17
Elizabeth Bruce Anderson Harris	Liberal Democrats	4,963	13.62
Kevin Andrew Newton	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,606	12.64
James Bain	Referendum Party	543	1.49
Majority		12,354	33.91

7 June 2001		30,975/54,293	57.05
Rachel Anne Squire	Labour Party	16,370	52.85
Brian John Goodall	Scottish National Party	5,390	17.40
Russell McPhate	Liberal Democrats	4,832	15.60
James Alexander Mackie	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,166	10.22
Catherine Stewart	Scottish Socialist	746	2.41
Alastair Douglas Harper	UK Independence Party	471	1.52
Majority		10,980	35.45