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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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| 5 December 1868 | 4,389/4,880 | 89.94 | |
| Liberal Party | 2,322 | 52.90 | |
| Conservative Party | 2,067 | 47.10 | |
| Majority | 255 | 5.81 | |
| 18 November 1873 Resignation of Prof Lyon Playfair on appointment as Postmaster-General. | |||
| 4 December 1873 | |||
| Liberal Party | Unopposed | ||
| 31 January 1874 | 4,861 | ||
| Liberal Party | Unopposed | ||
| 16 April 1880 | 4,970/5,966 | 83.31 | |
| Liberal Party | 2,522 | 50.74 | |
| Conservative Party | 2,448 | 49.26 | |
| Majority | 74 | 1.49 | |
| 18 December 1885 | 5,293/6,860 | 77.16 | |
| Conservative Party | 2,840 | 53.66 | |
| Liberal Party | 2,453 | 46.34 | |
| Majority | 387 | 7.31 | |
| 2 July 1886 | 6,860 | ||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| August 1886 Resignation of Rt Hon John Macdonald on appointment as Lord Advocate. | |||
| 18 August 1886 | 6,860 | ||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 1888 Resignation of Rt Hon John Macdonald on appointment as Lord Justice Clerk - Lord Kingsburgh. | |||
| 6 November 1888 | |||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 1890 Resignation of Moir Stormonth Darling on appointment as a Senator of the College of Justice - Lord Stormonth-Darling. | |||
| 12 November 1890 | |||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 4 July 1892 | 8,403 | ||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 15 July 1895 | 9,195 | ||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 11 May 1896 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Charles Pearson on appointment as a Senator of the College of Justice - Lord Pearson. | |||
| 12 May 1896 | 9,736 | ||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 12 April 1900 Death of Sir William Priestley. | |||
| 3 May 1900 | |||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 2 October 1900 | |||
| Conservative Party | Unopposed | ||
| 9 February 1906 | 7,203/11,131 | 64.71 | |
| Conservative Party | 4,893 | 67.93 | |
| Free Trade | 2,310 | 32.07 | |
| Majority | 2,583 | 35.86 | |
| 10 February 1910 | 7,898/11,319 | 69.78 | |
| Liberal Unionist Party | 5,205 | 65.90 | |
| Liberal Party | 2,693 | 34.10 | |
| Majority | 2,512 | 31.81 | |
| 5 December 1910 | 11,319 | ||
| Liberal Unionist Party | Unopposed | ||
| 11 December 1916 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir Robert Finlay on appointment as Lord Chancellor and elevation to the Peerage - Baron Finlay. | |||
| 29 December 1916 | |||
| Conservative & Unionist Party | Unopposed | ||
| 1917 Resignation of Christopher Johnston on appointment as a Senator of the College of Justice - Lord Sands. | |||
| 10 August 1917 | |||
| Conservative & Unionist Party | Unopposed | ||