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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		35,974/42,462	84.72
Sir Thomas Cecil Russell Moore	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,094	58.64
John Pollock	Labour Party	14,880	41.36
Majority		6,214	17.27

25 October 1951		37,687/43,574	86.49
Sir Thomas Cecil Russell Moore	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,985	58.34
Janet Montgomerie Jardine Auld	Labour Party	15,702	41.66
Majority		6,283	16.67

26 May 1955		33,872/43,931	77.10
Sir Thomas Cecil Russell Moore	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,006	59.06
Janet Montgomerie Jardine Auld	Labour Party	13,866	40.94
Majority		6,140	18.13

8 October 1959		35,962/45,444	79.13
Sir Thomas Cecil Russell Moore, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,659	54.67
Alexander Eadie	Labour Party	16,303	45.33
Majority		3,356	9.33

15 October 1964		38,393/46,269	82.98
Hon George Kenneth Hotson Younger	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,047	52.22
Alexander Eadie	Labour Party	18,346	47.78
Majority		1,701	4.43

31 March 1966		39,492/46,285	85.32
Hon George Kenneth Hotson Younger	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,988	50.61
Charles Ernest O'Halloran	Labour Party	19,504	49.39
Majority		484	1.23

18 June 1970		42,176/51,691	81.59
Hon George Kenneth Hotson Younger	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,220	52.68
James Mark Craigen	Labour Party	17,770	42.13
Leslie Anderson	Scottish National Party	2,186	5.18
Majority		4,450	10.55

28 February 1974		42,860/51,575	83.10
Hon George Kenneth Hotson Younger	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,626	50.46
Jean Alexandra McFadden	Labour Party	16,528	38.56
Charles Duncan Calman	Scottish National Party	4,706	10.98
Majority		5,098	11.89

10 October 1974		41,268/51,976	79.40
Hon George Kenneth Hotson Younger	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,487	42.37
Robin Stirling Stewart	Labour and Co-operative Party	14,268	34.57
Elizabeth Ann Robinson	Scottish National Party	6,902	16.72
Neil Murray Tosh	Liberal Party	2,611	6.33
Majority		3,219	7.80

3 May 1979		43,700/54,753	79.81
George Kenneth Hotson Younger	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,907	43.27
Keith MacDonald	Labour Party	16,139	36.93
Richard MacDougall Mabon	Liberal Party	4,656	10.65
John McGill	Scottish National Party	3,998	9.15
Majority		2,768	6.33

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		49,834/65,822	75.71
Rt Hon George Kenneth Hotson Younger	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,325	42.79
Keith MacDonald	Labour Party	13,338	26.76
Charles Gilchrist Brodie	Liberal Party in Alliance	12,740	25.56
Ian Roy Goldie	Scottish National Party	2,431	4.88
Majority		7,987	16.03

11 June 1987		53,109/67,224	79.00
Rt Hon George Kenneth Hotson Younger	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,942	39.43
Keith MacDonald	Labour Party	20,760	39.09
Keith William Moody	Liberal Party in Alliance	7,859	14.80
Colin Traynor Weir	Scottish National Party	3,548	6.68
Majority		182	0.34

9 April 1992		54,407/65,481	83.09
Philip Roy Gallie	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,172	40.75
Alastair George Osborne	Labour Party	22,087	40.60
Barbara Anne Mullin	Scottish National Party	5,949	10.93
John Alan Boss	Liberal Democrats	4,067	7.48
Richard Blain Scott	Natural Law Party	132	0.24
Majority		85	0.16

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		44,756/55,829	80.17
Sandra Currie Osborne	Labour Party	21,679	48.44
Philip Roy Gallie	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,136	33.82
Ian Blackford	Scottish National Party	5,625	12.57
Clare Alison Hamblen	Liberal Democrats	2,116	4.73
John Charles Enos	Referendum Party	200	0.45
Majority		6,543	14.62

7 June 2001		38,560/55,630	69.32
Sandra Currie Osborne	Labour Party	16,801	43.57
Philip Roy Gallie	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,256	36.97
James Stuart Mather	Scottish National Party	4,621	11.98
Stuart David Ritchie	Liberal Democrats	2,089	5.42
James Scott Stewart	Scottish Socialist	692	1.79
Joseph William Smith	UK Independence Party	101	0.26
Majority		2,545	6.60