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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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9 June 1983		40,441/61,190	66.09
Albert McQuarrie	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,072	39.74
Douglas Henderson	Scottish National Party	15,135	37.42
Edward Allport Needham	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	6,084	15.04
Ian Fergus Ross Lloyd	Labour Party	3,150	7.79
Majority		937	2.32

11 June 1987		43,975/62,867	69.95
Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond	Scottish National Party	19,462	44.26
Albert McQuarrie	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,021	38.71
George Milne Burness	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	4,211	9.58
James McFarlane Livie	Labour Party	3,281	7.46
Majority		2,441	5.55

9 April 1992		46,191/64,873	71.20
Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond	Scottish National Party	21,954	47.53
Alexander Philip Manson	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,846	38.64
Brian Robert Balcombe	Labour Party	3,803	8.23
Rhona Cormack Walker Kemp	Liberal Democrats	2,588	5.60
Majority		4,108	8.89

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		40,178/58,493	68.69
Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond	Scottish National Party	22,409	55.77
William Frain-Bell	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,564	23.80
Megan Harris	Labour Party	4,747	11.81
Neil Derek Fletcher	Liberal Democrats	2,398	5.97
Alan Simpson Buchan	Referendum Party	1,060	2.64
Majority		12,845	31.97

7 June 2001		30,806/56,496	54.53
Rt Hon Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond	Scottish National Party	16,710	54.24
Alexander Wallace	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,207	20.15
Edward Murray Harris	Labour Party	4,363	14.16
Douglas John Herbison	Liberal Democrats	2,769	8.99
Alice Janette Gilbertson Rowan	Scottish Socialist	447	1.45
Eric Robert Still Davidson	UK Independence Party	310	1.01
Majority		10,503	34.09

Major Boundary Change
5 May 2005		37,216/65,570	56.76
Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond	Scottish National Party	19,044	51.17
Alexander Wallace	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,207	19.37
Eleanor Anderson	Liberal Democrats	4,952	13.31
Rami Okasha	Labour Party	4,476	12.03
Victor James Ross	Christian Vote	683	1.84
Kathleen Ritchie Kemp	UK Independence Party	442	1.19
Steven Will	Scottish Socialist	412	1.11
Majority		11,837	31.81

6 May 2010		38,466/64,300	59.82
Dr Eilidh Whiteford	Scottish National Party	15,868	41.25
Jimmy Buchan	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,841	30.78
Glen David Reynolds	Labour Party	5,382	13.99
Galen Milne	Liberal Democrats	4,365	11.35
Richard Kenneth Payne	British National Party	1,010	2.63
Majority		4,027	10.47

7 May 2015		45,629/68,609	66.51
Dr Eilidh Whiteford	Scottish National Party	27,487	60.24
Alexander Johnstone	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,148	28.82
Sumon Hoque	Labour Party	2,647	5.80
David Ronald Evans	Liberal Democrats	2,347	5.14
Majority		14,339	31.43

The Labour Party withdrew its endorsement of Sumon Hoque before the poll due to allegations of repeated drink driving.

8 June 2017		41,643/67,601	61.60
David James Duguid	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,976	47.97
Dr Eilidh Whiteford	Scottish National Party	16,283	39.10
Caitlin Margaret Stott	Labour Party	3,936	9.45
Galen Milne	Liberal Democrats	1,448	3.48
Majority		3,693	8.87

12 December 2019		42,260/66,655	63.40
David James Duguid	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,182	50.12
Paul Crombie Robertson	Scottish National Party	17,064	40.38
Alison Fiona Smith	Liberal Democrats	2,280	5.40
Brian Robert Balcombe	Labour Party	1,734	4.10
Majority		4,118	9.74