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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		32,020
Gilbert McMicking	Liberal Party - Coalition	Unopposed

15 November 1922		22,963/29,645	77.46
Cecil Randolph Dudgeon	Liberal Party	12,406	54.03
Rt Hon William Watson	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,557	45.97
Majority		1,849	8.05

6 December 1923		29,838
Cecil Randolph Dudgeon	Liberal Party	Unopposed

29 October 1924		23,120/30,107	76.79
Sir Arthur John Henniker-Hughan, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,268	53.06
Cecil Randolph Dudgeon	Liberal Party	10,852	46.94
Majority		1,416	6.12

4 October 1925 Death of Sir Arthur Henniker-Hughan, Bt.

17 November 1925		24,971/29,992	83.26
Sidney Richard Streatfeild	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,846	43.43
Cecil Randolph Dudgeon	Liberal Party	9,918	39.72
J Mitchell	Labour Party	4,207	16.85
Majority		928	3.72

30 May 1929		31,724/39,621	80.07
Cecil Randolph Dudgeon	Liberal Party	13,461	42.43
Sidney Richard Streatfeild	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,360	42.11
Hector McNeill	Labour Party	4,903	15.46
Majority		101	0.32

8 October 1931 Immediately after the Dissolution, Cecil Dudgeon resigned from the Liberal Party and joined the New Party.

27 October 1931		32,483/40,312	80.58
John Hamilton Mackie	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,903	58.19
Edward Maitland Campbell	Liberal Party	9,176	28.25
Hector McNeill	Labour Party	3,418	10.52
Cecil Randolph Dudgeon	New Party	986	3.04
Majority		9,727	29.94

14 November 1935		42,079
John Hamilton Mackie	Conservative & Unionist Party	Unopposed

5 July 1945		33,501/47,922	69.91
John Hamilton Mackie	Independent Conservative	13,647	40.74
Robert Neale Hales	Labour Party	11,822	35.29
Bernard Edward Fergusson	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,032	23.98
Majority		1,825	5.45

John Mackie had been refused readoption by the local Conservative Assocation, and he decided to contest the election as an Independent Conservative.

March 1948 The Conservative Whip was restored to John Mackie.

23 February 1950		29,192/46,338	63.00
John Hamilton Mackie	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,136	65.55
Alan Eric Thompson	Labour Party	10,056	34.45
Majority		9,080	31.10

25 October 1951		26,384/34,896	75.61
John Hamilton Mackie	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,261	61.63
Alan Eric Thompson	Labour Party	6,949	26.34
Robert Tordiff Johnston	Liberal Party	3,174	12.03
Majority		9,312	35.29

26 May 1955		23,772/34,396	69.11
John Hamilton Mackie	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,893	66.86
William Stevenson Gray	Labour Party	7,879	33.14
Majority		8,014	33.71

29 December 1958 Death of John Mackie.

9 April 1959		26,175/35,980	72.75
Henry John Beverley Brewis	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,204	50.45
Hon Simon Brooke Mackay	Liberal Party	6,721	25.68
W Cross	Labour Party	6,250	23.88
Majority		6,483	24.77

8 October 1959
Henry John Beverley Brewis	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,454	56.29
Hon Simon Brooke Mackay	Liberal Party	6,412	23.35
James Pickett	Labour Party	5,590	20.36
Majority		9,042	32.93

15 October 1964		27,550/37,331	73.80
Henry John Beverley Brewis	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,530	52.74
Hon Simon Brooke Mackay	Liberal Party	6,619	24.03
James Philip Gordon	Labour Party	6,401	23.23
Majority		7,911	28.72

31 March 1966		24,420/36,683	66.57
Henry John Beverley Brewis	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,137	61.99
David Douglas	Labour Party	9,283	38.01
Majority		5,854	23.97

18 June 1970		27,852/38,669	72.03
Henry John Beverley Brewis	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,003	50.28
Arthur William Donaldson	Scottish National Party	5,723	20.55
David Douglas	Labour Party	5,665	20.34
Christopher Bartle Hugh Scott	Liberal Party	2,461	8.84
Majority		8,280	29.73

28 February 1974		30,358/39,043	77.76
Henry John Beverley Brewis	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,316	43.86
George Henry Thompson	Scottish National Party	9,308	30.66
Dr David Rainsford Hannay	Liberal Party	4,643	15.29
Helen Wilson Chalmers	Labour Party	3,091	10.18
Majority		4,008	13.20

10 October 1974		30,377/39,407	77.09
George Henry Thompson	Scottish National Party	12,242	40.30
Kenneth Alexander Ross	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,212	40.20
Dr David Rainsford Hannay	Liberal Party	3,181	10.47
Thomas Graham Fulton	Labour Party	2,742	9.03
Majority		30	0.10

3 May 1979		33,383/41,110	81.20
Ian Bruce Lang	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,306	45.85
George Henry Thompson	Scottish National Party	12,384	37.10
Dr David Rainsford Hannay	Liberal Party	2,852	8.54
Derek Douglas Johnston	Labour Party	2,841	8.51
Majority		2,922	8.75