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Data Last Updated: 13 February 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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New
23 February 1950		49,262/57,309	85.96
Rt Hon David Kirkwood	Labour Party	25,943	52.66
William Stephen Ian Whitelaw	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,367	43.37
Charles Edward Forrester	Liberal Party	1,952	3.96
Majority		4,576	9.29

Boundary Change
25 October 1951		52,088/60,136	86.62
Cyril Raymond Bence	Labour Party	26,678	51.22
William Stephen Ian Whitelaw	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,252	44.64
Arnold Ewart Henderson	Communist Party	2,158	4.14
Majority		3,426	6.58

26 May 1955		49,750/61,003	81.55
Cyril Raymond Bence	Labour Party	24,216	48.68
Norman Macleod Glen	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,086	46.40
Arnold Ewart Henderson	Communist Party	2,448	4.92
Majority		1,130	2.27

8 October 1959		54,695/64,961	84.20
Cyril Raymond Bence	Labour Party	27,942	51.09
David Colville Anderson	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,553	44.89
Arnold Ewart Henderson	Communist Party	2,200	4.02
Majority		3,389	6.20

15 October 1964		59,857/72,528	82.53
Cyril Raymond Bence	Labour Party	32,949	55.05
Timothy Warren Strachan	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,137	42.00
James Reid	Communist Party	1,771	2.96
Majority		7,812	13.05

31 March 1966		63,249/78,453	80.62
Cyril Raymond Bence	Labour Party	32,985	52.15
Kenneth Bruce Miller	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,001	36.37
Willie Johnston	Scottish National Party	5,715	9.04
James Reid	Communist Party	1,548	2.45
Majority		9,984	15.79

18 June 1970		72,872/93,683	77.79
Hugh McCartney	Labour Party	32,527	44.64
James Stewart Barry Henderson	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,972	37.01
Gordon Stewart Murray	Scottish National Party	8,257	11.33
James Grant Brown	Liberal Party	3,460	4.75
James Reid	Communist Party	1,656	2.27
Majority		5,555	7.62

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		52,079/61,287	84.98
James Stewart Barry Henderson	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,092	36.66
Edward Francis McGarry	Labour Party	15,416	29.60
Margaret Anne Bain	Scottish National Party	11,635	22.34
James Edward Cameron	Liberal Party	5,936	11.40
Majority		3,676	7.06

10 October 1974		49,838/61,779	80.67
Margaret Anne Bain	Scottish National Party	15,551	31.20
James Stewart Barry Henderson	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,529	31.16
Edward Francis McGarry	Labour Party	15,122	30.34
James Alan Thompson	Liberal Party	3,636	7.30
Majority		22	0.04

3 May 1979		61,466/73,261	83.90
Norman Hogg	Labour Party	23,268	37.86
Michael William Hirst	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,944	34.07
Margaret Anne Bain	Scottish National Party	12,654	20.59
Ronald Muir Waddell	Liberal Party	4,600	7.48
Majority		2,324	3.78

New
5 May 2005		46,724/64,763	72.15
Joanne Kate Swinson	Liberal Democrats	19,533	41.81
John Lyons	Labour Party	15,472	33.11
David Robert Jack	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,708	16.50
Christopher Zygmunt Sagan	Scottish National Party	2,716	5.81
James Stuart Callison	Green Party	876	1.87
Pamela Page	Scottish Socialist	419	0.90
Majority		4,061	8.69

6 May 2010		47,948/64,361	74.50
Joanne Kate Swinson	Liberal Democrats	18,551	38.69
Mary Galbraith	Labour Party	16,367	34.13
Mark Nolan	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,431	15.50
Iain R White	Scottish National Party	5,054	10.54
James Malcolm Beeley	UK Independence Party	545	1.14
Majority		2,184	4.55

7 May 2015		54,871/66,966	81.94
John MacKenzie Nicolson	Scottish National Party	22,093	40.26
Joanne Kate Swinson	Liberal Democrats	19,926	36.31
Amanjit Singh Jhund	Labour Party	6,754	12.31
Andrew Polson	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,727	8.61
Ross Greer	Green Party	804	1.47
Wilfred Arasaratnam	UK Independence Party	567	1.03
Majority		2,167	3.95

8 June 2017		51,801/66,300	78.13
Joanne Kate Swinson	Liberal Democrats	21,023	40.58
John MacKenzie Nicolson	Scottish National Party	15,684	30.28
Sheila Mechan	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,563	14.60
Callum McNally	Labour Party	7,531	14.54
Majority		5,339	10.31

22 July 2019 Jo Swinson is elected the Leader of the Liberal Democrats, beating Rt Hon Sir Ed Davey by 47,997 to 28,021.

12 December 2019		54,931/66,075	83.13
Amy Callaghan	Scottish National Party	19,672	35.81
Joanne Kate Swinson	Liberal Democrats	19,523	35.54
Pam Gosal	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,455	13.57
Callum McNally	Labour Party	4,839	8.81
Carolynn Scrimgeour	Green Party	916	1.67
Rosie Dickson	Independent	221	0.40
Donald Murdo MacKay	UK Independence Party	2,108	3.84
Liam McKechnie	Scottish Family	197	0.36
Majority		149	0.27