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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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New
23 February 1950		48,366/61,325	78.87
Ernest Guy Richard Lloyd	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,650	65.44
William Leonard Taylor	Labour Party	16,716	34.56
Majority		14,934	30.88

25 October 1951		48,496/59,330	81.74
Ernest Guy Richard Lloyd	Conservative & Unionist Party	31,908	65.80
David John Phillips	Labour Party	16,588	34.20
Majority		15,320	31.59

26 May 1955		45,330/58,024	78.12
Sir Ernest Guy Richard Lloyd	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,959	68.30
David John Phillips	Labour Party	14,371	31.70
Majority		16,588	36.59

8 October 1959		50,590/61,060	82.85
Margaret Betty Harvie Anderson	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,672	58.65
Arthur John Houston	Labour Party	14,579	28.82
Derek Michael Henderson Starforth	Liberal Party	6,339	12.53
Majority		15,093	29.83

15 October 1964		53,004/64,146	82.63
Margaret Betty Harvie Anderson	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,846	52.54
James Stuart Gordon	Labour Party	16,503	31.14
Derek Michael Henderson Starforth	Liberal Party	8,655	16.33
Majority		11,343	21.40

31 March 1966		52,695/65,971	79.88
Margaret Betty Harvie Anderson	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,017	53.17
Robert Lochrie	Labour Party	17,426	33.07
James William McHardy	Liberal Party	7,252	13.76
Majority		10,591	20.10

18 June 1970		56,011/73,510	76.20
Margaret Betty Harvie Anderson	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,163	52.07
Jessie Arbuckle Carnegie	Labour Party	16,062	28.68
Olivia Mary Watt	Liberal Party	7,053	12.59
John MacAlister Buchanan	Scottish National Party	3,733	6.66
Majority		13,101	23.39

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		50,796/61,260	82.92
Margaret Betty Harvie Anderson	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,713	50.62
Robin Stirling Stewart	Labour Party	10,227	20.13
William Gourlay Adam Craig	Liberal Party	9,588	18.88
Sheila Mary Watterson	Scottish National Party	5,268	10.37
Majority		15,486	30.49

10 October 1974		47,996/61,811	77.65
Rt Hon Margaret Betty Harvie Anderson	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,847	41.35
Ian Stewart Jenkins	Scottish National Party	11,137	23.20
Colin James Roberts	Labour Party	9,997	20.83
William Gourlay Adam Craig	Liberal Party	7,015	14.62
Majority		8,710	18.15

3 May 1979		51,937/64,456	80.58
John Allan Stewart	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,910	49.89
Ellen Sullivan	Labour Party	12,672	24.40
William Gourlay Adam Craig	Liberal Party	9,366	18.03
James Bouvaird Pow	Scottish National Party	3,989	7.68
Majority		13,238	25.49

New
5 May 2005		47,405/65,714	72.14
James Murphy	Labour Party	20,815	43.91
Richard Elliot Cook	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,158	29.87
Dr Gordon Findlay Macdonald	Liberal Democrats	8,659	18.27
Osama Saeed Bhutta	Scottish National Party	3,245	6.85
Ian Henderson	Scottish Socialist	528	1.11
Majority		6,657	14.04

6 May 2010		51,181/66,601	76.85
Rt Hon James Murphy	Labour Party	25,987	50.77
Richard Elliot Cook	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,567	30.42
Dr Gordon Findlay Macdonald	Liberal Democrats	4,720	9.22
Gordon Archer	Scottish National Party	4,535	8.86
Donald Murdo MacKay	UK Independence Party	372	0.73
Majority		10,420	20.36

7 May 2015		56,730/69,982	81.06
Kirsten Frances Oswald	Scottish National Party	23,013	40.57
Rt Hon James Murphy	Labour Party	19,295	34.01
David Andrew Montgomery	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,465	21.97
Graeme Strachan Cowie	Liberal Democrats	1,069	1.88
Robert Henry Malyn	UK Independence Party	888	1.57
Majority		3,718	6.55

8 June 2017		53,738/70,067	76.70
Paul Masterton	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,496	40.00
Kirsten Frances Oswald	Scottish National Party	16,784	31.23
Blair George McDougall	Labour Party	14,346	26.70
Aileen Morton	Liberal Democrats	1,112	2.07
Majority		4,712	8.77

12 December 2019		55,357/72,232	76.64
Kirsten Frances Oswald	Scottish National Party	24,877	44.94
Paul Masterton	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,451	35.14
Carolann Davidson	Labour Party	6,855	12.38
Andrew James McGlynn	Liberal Democrats	4,174	7.54
Majority		5,426	9.80

4 July 2024		50,227/73,380	68.45
Blair George McDougall	Labour Party	21,935	43.67
Kirsten Frances Oswald	Scottish National Party	13,514	26.91
Sandesh Gulhane	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,494	16.91
Matthew Alexander	Reform UK	2,360	4.70
Karen Frances Sharkey	Green Party	1,510	3.01
Alan Grant	Liberal Democrats	1,150	2.29
Maria Reid	Scottish Family	487	0.97
Allan Richard Morison Steele	Official Liberal Party	481	0.96
Colette Walker	Independence for Scotland	296	0.59
Majority		8,421	16.77