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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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21 December 1832		423/498	84.94
George Ferguson	Tory	295	69.74
John Gordon	Whig	128	30.26
Majority		167	39.48

13 January 1835		525
George Ferguson	Conservative Party	Unopposed

10 August 1837		506/685	73.87
James Duff	Whig	292	57.71
George Ferguson	Conservative Party	214	42.29
Majority		78	15.42

16 July 1841
James Duff	Whig	316	53.65
John Charles Ogilvy-Grant, Viscount Reidhaven	Conservative Party	273	46.35
Majority		43	7.30

7 August 1847		833
James Duff	Whig	Unopposed

17 July 1852		628/813	77.24
James Duff	Whig	327	52.07
Hay Macdowall-Grant	Conservative Party	301	47.93
Majority		26	4.14

9 March 1857 James Duff succeeds as the 5th Earl of Fife.

30 March 1857		927
James Duff, Earl of Fife	Whig	Unopposed

10 June 1857 Resignation of the Earl of Fife. (Hempholme)

30 June 1857
Lachlan Duff Gordon	Whig	Unopposed

6 May 1859		905
Lachlan Duff Gordon-Duff	Liberal Party	Unopposed

22 April 1861 Resignation of Lachlan Gordon-Duff. (Chiltern Hundreds)

1 May 1861
Robert William Duff Abercromby	Liberal Party	Unopposed

15 July 1865		1,062
Robert William Duff	Liberal Party	Unopposed

19 November 1868		2,291
Robert William Duff	Liberal Party	Unopposed

5 February 1874		2,418
Robert William Duff	Liberal Party	Unopposed

2 April 1880		2,649
Robert William Duff	Liberal Party	Unopposed

June 1882 Resignation of Robert Duff on appointment as a Lord of the Treasury.

19 June 1882
Robert William Duff	Liberal Party	Unopposed

28 November 1885		5,748/7,013	81.96
Robert William Duff	Liberal Party	3,740	65.07
Moir Tod Stormonth-Darling	Conservative Party	2,008	34.93
Majority		1,732	30.13

7 February 1886 Appointment of Robert Duff as the Civil Lord of the Admiralty.

13 February 1886		7,013
Robert William Duff	Liberal Party	Unopposed

8 July 1886		3,977/7,013	56.71
Robert William Duff	Liberal Party	2,583	64.95
Sir Charles Grant	Liberal Unionist Party	1,394	35.05
Majority		1,189	29.90

11 July 1892		3,717/7,185	51.73
Robert William Duff	Liberal Party	2,293	61.69
Michael Maltman Barry	Independent Conservative	1,424	38.31
Majority		869	23.38

1893 Resignation of Robert Duff on appointment as the Governor of New South Wales.

15 March 1893		5,561/7,241	76.80
Sir William Wedderburn, Bt	Liberal Party	3,166	56.93
James Augustus Grant	Conservative Party	2,395	43.07
Majority		771	13.86

22 July 1895		5,444/7,520	72.39
Sir William Wedderburn, Bt	Liberal Party	2,977	54.68
James Augustus Grant	Conservative Party	2,467	45.32
Majority		510	9.37

8 October 1900		5,238/8,156	64.22
Alexander William Black	Liberal Party	2,768	52.84
George Watt	Liberal Unionist Party	2,470	47.16
Majority		298	5.69

20 January 1906		6,002/8,118	73.93
Alexander William Black	Liberal Party	4,101	68.33
James Augustus Grant	Conservative Party	1,901	31.67
Majority		2,200	36.65

29 December 1906 Death of Alexander Black.

15 February 1907		5,793/8,179	70.83
Walter Waring	Liberal Party	3,901	67.34
William Whitelaw	Conservative Party	1,892	32.66
Majority		2,009	34.68

24 January 1910		6,119/8,181	74.80
Walter Waring	Liberal Party	4,066	66.45
James Crabb Watt	Conservative Party	2,053	33.55
Majority		2,013	32.90

9 December 1910		8,206
Walter Waring	Liberal Party	Unopposed

14 December 1918
Charles Coupar Barrie	Liberal Party - Coalition	Unopposed

15 November 1922		28,045
Sir Charles Coupar Barrie	Liberal Party	Unopposed

6 December 1923		28,262
Sir Charles Coupar Barrie	Liberal Party	Unopposed

29 October 1924		15,977/28,855	55.37
William Paterson Templeton	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,829	42.74
Sir Charles Coupar Barrie	Liberal Party	5,426	33.96
Rev Alexander William Groundwater	Labour Party	3,722	23.30
Majority		1,403	8.78

30 May 1929		20,980/32,868	63.83
Murdoch McKenzie Wood	Liberal Party	9,278	44.22
William Paterson Templeton	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,720	32.03
Alasdair Alpin MacGregor	Labour Party	4,982	23.75
Majority		2,558	12.19

27 October 1931		35,427
Murdoch McKenzie Wood	Liberal Party	Unopposed

14 November 1935		22,939/32,518	70.54
Sir John Edmund Ritchie Findlay, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,771	51.31
Sir Murdoch McKenzie Wood	Liberal Party	11,168	48.69
Majority		603	2.63

5 July 1945		21,614/32,483	66.54
William Smith Duthie	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,689	49.45
Ian Alistair Duncan Millar	Liberal Party	6,401	29.62
Donald Macpherson	Labour Party	4,524	20.93
Majority		4,288	19.84

23 February 1950		23,994/32,359	74.15
William Smith Duthie	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,952	58.15
John Brown	Labour Party	6,303	26.27
Sir Gordon James Letham	Liberal Party	3,739	15.58
Majority		7,649	31.88

25 October 1951		23,368/35,643	65.56
William Smith Duthie	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,562	70.87
Alexander Smith Flett	Labour Party	6,806	29.13
Majority		9,756	41.75

26 May 1955		20,980/38,378	54.67
William Smith Duthie	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,643	69.80
William Paterson	Labour Party	6,337	30.20
Majority		8,306	39.59

8 October 1959		20,351/32,129	63.34
Sir William Smith Duthie	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,359	70.56
Robert William Irvine	Labour Party	5,992	29.44
Majority		8,367	41.11

October 1961 The Conservative whip was withdrawn from Sir William Duthie after his opposition to the Sea Fish Industry Bill.

November 1963 The Conservative whip was restored to Sir William Duthie.

15 October 1964		20,923/30,880	67.76
Wilfrid Harold Kerton Baker	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,995	47.77
Henry Dickson	Labour Party	5,574	26.64
Thomas Alexander MacNair	Liberal Party	5,354	25.59
Majority		4,421	21.13

31 March 1966		19,676/30,216	65.12
Wilfrid Harold Kerton Baker	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,139	41.37
Basil Ferguson Wishart	Liberal Party	6,762	34.37
Robert Middleton	Labour Party	4,775	24.27
Majority		1,377	7.00

18 June 1970		21,847/31,705	68.91
Wilfrid Harold Kerton Baker	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,457	38.71
I Hamish Watt	Scottish National Party	5,006	22.91
Thomas Ronald Leslie Fraser	Liberal Party	4,589	21.01
Andrew Finlay Walls	Labour Party	3,795	17.37
Majority		3,451	15.80