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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		18,865/35,611	52.98
Rt Hon James Avon Clyde	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	11,879	62.97
James Johnston	Liberal Party	6,986	37.03
Majority		4,893	25.94

25 March 1920 Resignation of Rt Hon James Clyde on appointment as Lord Justice General and the Lord President of the Court of Session - Lord Clyde. (Chiltern Hundreds)

9 April 1920		22,221/35,663	62.31
Patrick Johnstone Ford	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	9,944	44.75
Rt Hon Walter Runciman	Liberal Party	8,469	38.11
David Graham Pole	Labour Party	3,808	17.14
Majority		1,475	6.64

15 November 1922		23,970/36,038	66.51
Patrick Johnstone Ford	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,805	61.76
Peter Harvey Allan	Liberal Party	9,165	38.24
Majority		5,640	23.53

6 December 1923		24,653/37,202	66.27
Peter Wilson Raffan	Liberal Party	13,744	55.75
Patrick Johnstone Ford	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,909	44.25
Majority		2,835	11.50

29 October 1924		29,322/37,599	77.99
Patrick Johnstone Ford	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,461	49.32
Eleanor Stewart	Labour Party	8,192	27.94
Peter Wilson Raffan	Liberal Party	6,669	22.74
Majority		6,269	21.38

30 May 1929		35,210/47,728	73.77
Sir Patrick Johnstone Ford	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,993	39.74
Eleanor Stewart	Labour Party	11,340	32.21
William Mitchell	Liberal Party	9,877	28.05
Majority		2,653	7.53

27 October 1931		35,132/47,234	74.38
Sir Patrick Johnstone Ford, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,361	75.03
Robert Gibson	Labour Party	8,771	24.97
Majority		17,590	50.07

14 November 1935		31,228/46,786	66.75
Alexander Galloway Erskine Hill	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,776	66.53
Gerald Walker Crawford	Labour Party	8,654	27.71
Chrystal Macmillan	Liberal Party	1,798	5.76
Majority		12,122	38.82

5 July 1945		28,439/44,039	64.58
Eustace George Willis	Labour Party	12,825	45.10
Sir Alexander Galloway Erskine-Hill, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,270	43.14
Charles Hampton Johnston	Liberal Party	3,344	11.76
Majority		555	1.95

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		34,811/44,226	78.71
James Latham McDiarmid Clyde	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,826	51.21
Eustace George Willis	Labour Party	13,683	39.31
Iain Padruig Crawford	Liberal Party	3,302	9.49
Majority		4,143	11.90

25 October 1951		35,440/44,294	80.01
James Latham McDiarmid Clyde	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,836	58.79
Eustace George Willis	Labour Party	14,604	41.21
Majority		6,232	17.58

December 1954 Resignation of Rt Hon James Clyde on appointment as Lord President of the Court of Session -Lord Clyde.

27 January 1955		19,212/41,446	46.35
Rt Hon William Rankine Milligan	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,413	59.41
George Scott	Labour Party	7,799	40.59
Majority		3,614	18.81

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		33,089/45,952	72.01
Rt Hon William Rankine Milligan	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,425	61.73
George Scott	Labour Party	12,664	38.27
Majority		7,761	23.45

8 October 1959		31,226/42,270	73.87
Rt Hon William Rankine Milligan	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,991	64.02
George Gordon Stott	Labour Party	11,235	35.98
Majority		8,756	28.04

April 1960 Resignation of Rt Hon William Milligan on appointment as a Judge of the Court of Session - Lord Milligan.

19 May 1960		22,342/41,546	53.78
Walter Francis John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Earl of Dalkeith	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,109	54.20
Ronald King Murray	Labour Party	6,775	30.32
Richard T McPake	Liberal Party	3,458	15.48
Majority		5,334	23.87

15 October 1964		29,358/39,888	73.60
Walter Francis John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Earl of Dalkeith	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,094	58.23
Alexander Donald Reid	Labour Party	12,264	41.77
Majority		4,830	16.45

31 March 1966		27,366/37,056	73.85
Walter Francis John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Earl of Dalkeith	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,765	50.30
Walter Scott Dalgleish	Labour Party	10,730	39.21
Lawrence William Oliver	Liberal Party	2,871	10.49
Majority		3,035	11.09

18 June 1970		24,607/35,099	70.11
Walter Francis John Montagu-Douglas-Scott, Earl of Dalkeith	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,005	52.85
Robert Finlayson Cook	Labour Party	9,127	37.09
Charles Alastair Dow	Liberal Party	2,475	10.06
Majority		3,878	15.76

4 October 1973 Succession of the Earl of Dalkeith to the Peerage - 9th Duke of Buccleuch and Queensberry.

8 November 1973		18,632/34,277	54.36
Alexander MacPherson Fletcher	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,208	38.69
Robert Cairns	Labour Party	4,467	23.97
William Cuthbertson Wolfe	Scottish National Party	3,526	18.92
Ronald Harrower Guild	Liberal Party	3,431	18.41
Majority		2,741	14.71

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		35,858/46,932	76.40
Alexander MacPherson Fletcher	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,417	45.78
Robert Cairns	Labour Party	9,404	26.23
Ronald Harrower Guild	Liberal Party	5,487	15.30
James Lynch	Scottish National Party	4,550	12.69
Majority		7,013	19.56

10 October 1974		32,679/47,215	69.21
Alexander MacPherson Fletcher	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,856	39.34
Martin John O'Neill	Labour Party	8,465	25.90
James Lynch	Scottish National Party	7,681	23.50
Murdoch MacDonald	Liberal Party	3,677	11.25
Majority		4,391	13.44

3 May 1979		32,509/45,303	71.76
Alexander MacPherson Fletcher	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,170	43.59
Neil Lindsay	Labour Party	9,773	30.06
Ronald Harrower Guild	Liberal Party	5,045	15.52
Donald Neil MacCormick	Scottish National Party	3,521	10.83
Majority		4,397	13.53