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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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9 June 1983		47,660/63,264	75.34
John David Home Robertson	Labour Party	20,934	43.92
Michael Richard Goodrich Fry	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,693	30.83
Michael Royston Kibby	Liberal Party in Alliance	9,950	20.88
Roger Thompson Knox	Scottish National Party	2,083	4.37
Majority		6,241	13.09

Minor Boundary Change
11 June 1987		51,168/65,571	78.03
John David Home Robertson	Labour Party	24,583	48.04
Stanley Michael Langdon	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,478	28.30
Andrew William Robinson	Liberal Party in Alliance	7,929	15.50
Alexander Burgon-Lyon	Scottish National Party	3,727	7.28
Angus Eric Marland	Green Party	451	0.88
Majority		10,105	19.75

9 April 1992		54,940/66,699	82.37
John David Home Robertson	Labour Party	25,537	46.48
James Patrick Hepburne-Scott	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,501	28.21
George Ritchie Thompson	Scottish National Party	7,776	14.15
Timothy McKay	Liberal Democrats	6,126	11.15
Majority		10,036	18.27

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		43,432/57,441	75.61
John David Home Robertson	Labour Party	22,881	52.68
Murdo MacKenzie Fraser	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,660	19.94
David Richard McCarthy	Scottish National Party	6,825	15.71
Alison MacAskill	Liberal Democrats	4,575	10.53
Norman Stephen Nash	Referendum Party	491	1.13
Majority		14,221	32.74

7 June 2001		36,871/58,987	62.51
Anne Picking	Labour Party	17,407	47.21
Hamish John Garrow Mair	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,577	17.84
Judith Lynne Hayman	Liberal Democrats	6,506	17.65
Hilary Margaret Brown	Scottish National Party	5,381	14.59
Derrick O'Clancy White	Scottish Socialist	624	1.69
James Hunter Herriot	Socialist Labour	376	1.02
Majority		10,830	29.37

Major Boundary Change
5 May 2005		45,776/70,989	64.48
Anne Picking	Labour Party	18,983	41.47
Christopher Andrew Butler	Liberal Democrats	11,363	24.82
William Combe Forbes Stevenson	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,315	15.98
Paul Stewart McLennan	Scottish National Party	5,995	13.10
Michael Collie	Green Party	1,132	2.47
Gary Galbraith	Scottish Socialist	504	1.10
Eric George Robb	UK Independence Party	306	0.67
William Alexander Thompson	Christian Vote	178	0.39
Majority		7,620	16.65

6 May 2010		49,161/73,758	66.65
Fiona O'Donnell	Labour Party	21,919	44.59
Michael George Veitch	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,661	19.65
Stuart David Ritchie	Liberal Democrats	8,288	16.86
Andrew Sharp	Scottish National Party	7,883	16.04
James Neil Grant Mackenzie	Green Party	862	1.75
Jon Lloyd	UK Independence Party	548	1.11
Majority		12,258	24.93

7 May 2015		59,014/79,481	74.25
George Kerevan	Scottish National Party	25,104	42.54
Fiona O'Donnell	Labour Party	18,301	31.01
David Roach	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,511	19.51
Ettie Spencer	Liberal Democrats	1,517	2.57
Jason Rose	Green Party	1,245	2.11
Oluf George Marshall	UK Independence Party	1,178	2.00
Mike Allan	Independent	158	0.27
Majority		6,803	11.53

8 June 2017		55,878/79,093	70.65
Martin David Whitfield	Labour Party	20,158	36.08
George Kerevan	Scottish National Party	17,075	30.56
Sheila Low	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,540	29.60
Elisabeth Mary Wilson	Liberal Democrats	1,738	3.11
Mike Allan	Independent	367	0.66
Majority		3,083	5.52

12 December 2019		58,513/81,600	71.71
Kenneth Wright MacAskill	Scottish National Party	21,156	36.16
Martin David Whitfield	Labour Party	17,270	29.51
Craig William Hoy	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,523	26.53
Robert James O'Riordan	Liberal Democrats	4,071	6.96
David Henry Alan Sisson	UK Independence Party	493	0.84
Majority		3,886	6.64

27 March 2021 Kenny MacAskill resigns the SNP whip and joins Alba.