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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		36,798/45,594	80.71
James Hutchinson Hoy	Labour Party	18,111	49.22
Eoin Cameron Mekie	National Liberal and Conservative Party	15,841	43.05
Thomas McGill Frew	Liberal Party	2,846	7.73
Majority		2,270	6.17

25 October 1951		38,544/45,859	84.05
James Hutchinson Hoy	Labour Party	19,308	50.09
Eoin Cameron Mekie	National Liberal and Conservative Party	19,236	49.91
Majority		72	0.19

26 May 1955		33,085/42,531	77.79
James Hutchinson Hoy	Labour Party	16,337	49.38
Janet Sutherland Shearer	National Liberal and Conservative Party	10,693	32.32
Sir Andrew Hunter Arbuthnot Murray	Independent Conservative	6,055	18.30
Majority		5,644	17.06

8 October 1959		31,585/39,750	79.46
James Hutchinson Hoy	Labour Party	15,092	47.78
Gershom Stewart	National Liberal and Conservative Party	12,018	38.05
Sir Andrew Hunter Arbuthnot Murray	Liberal Party	4,475	14.17
Majority		3,074	9.73

15 October 1964		28,714/36,877	77.86
James Hutchinson Hoy	Labour Party	15,937	55.50
Gershom Stewart	National Liberal and Conservative Party	12,777	44.50
Majority		3,160	11.01

31 March 1966		27,129/35,652	76.09
James Hutchinson Hoy	Labour Party	15,407	56.79
Walter Archibald Elliott	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,443	42.18
Honor Morfydd Arundel	Communist Party	279	1.03
Majority		3,964	14.61

18 June 1970		26,065/35,614	73.19
Ronald King Murray	Labour Party	12,066	46.29
Walter Archibald Elliott	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,682	40.98
Mary Gibson Thomson	Scottish National Party	1,827	7.01
Joyce Shien	Liberal Party	1,490	5.72
Majority		1,384	5.31

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		31,056/39,158	79.31
Ronald King Murray	Labour Party	12,604	40.58
William Robert Victor Percy	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,883	38.26
Hugh Miller	Scottish National Party	6,569	21.15
Majority		721	2.32

10 October 1974		29,495/39,407	74.85
Rt Hon Ronald King Murray	Labour Party	11,708	39.69
William Robert Victor Percy	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,263	28.01
Robert John Dinwoodie Scott	Scottish National Party	7,688	26.07
Arthur John Heley Squair	Liberal Party	1,836	6.22
Majority		3,445	11.68

3 May 1979		27,993/37,204	75.24
Ronald Duncan McLaren Brown	Labour Party	12,961	46.30
Aidan Joseph McLernan	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,944	31.95
Keith Graeme Aitken	Liberal Party	3,382	12.08
William Richard Platt	Scottish National Party	2,706	9.67
Majority		4,017	14.35

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		40,733/61,029	66.74
Ronald Duncan McLaren Brown	Labour Party	16,177	39.71
David Allan Graham	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	11,204	27.51
Brian David Cooklin	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,706	26.28
John Young	Scottish National Party	2,646	6.50
Majority		4,973	12.21

11 June 1987		42,769/60,687	70.47
Ronald Duncan McLaren Brown	Labour Party	21,104	49.34
Duncan Adam Young Menzies	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,777	22.86
Sheila Rose Wells	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	7,843	18.34
William Scott Morrison	Scottish National Party	4,045	9.46
Majority		11,327	26.48

19 May 1988 The Labour whip is withdrawn from Ron Brown.

18 August 1988 The Labour whip is restored to Ron Brown.

9 April 1992		40,304/56,520	71.31
Malcolm George Richardson Chisholm	Labour Party	13,790	34.21
Fiona Jane Hyslop	Scottish National Party	8,805	21.85
Mohammed Bin Ashiq Rizvi	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,496	21.08
Hilary Clare Campbell	Liberal Democrats	4,975	12.34
Ronald Duncan McLaren Brown	Independent Labour	4,142	10.28
Alan James Swan	Natural Law Party	96	0.24
Majority		4,985	12.37