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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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27 November 1885		8,057/10,058	80.11
Edward Richard Russell	Liberal Party	3,601	44.69
Elphinstone Vans Agnew Maitland	Conservative Party	3,478	43.17
William Forsyth	Scottish Land Restoration League	978	12.14
Majority		123	1.53

William Forsyth sought election for the Scottish Land Restoration League.

5 July 1886		7,931/10,058	78.85
Edward Richard Russell	Liberal Party	4,364	55.02
Colin Mackenzie	Conservative Party	3,567	44.98
Majority		797	10.05

24 July 1887 Resignation of Edward Russell. (Northstead)

2 August 1887		7,907/10,095	78.33
Rt Hon Sir George Otto Trevelyan, Bt	Liberal Party	4,654	58.86
Hon Anthony Evelyn Melbourne Ashley	Liberal Unionist Party	3,253	41.14
Majority		1,401	17.72

6 July 1892		8,080/10,512	76.86
Rt Hon Sir George Otto Trevelyan, Bt	Liberal Party	4,729	58.53
William Charles Maughan	Conservative Party	3,351	41.47
Majority		1,378	17.05

18 August 1892 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir George Trevelyan, Bt on appointment as Secretary for Scotland.

24 August 1892		10,512
Rt Hon Sir George Otto Trevelyan, Bt	Liberal Party	Unopposed

17 July 1895		6,489/10,481	61.91
Rt Hon Sir George Otto Trevelyan, Bt	Liberal Party	3,161	48.71
Charles Scott Dickson	Conservative Party	2,719	41.90
Prof James Robert Watson	Independent Labour Party	609	9.39
Majority		442	6.81

2 February 1897 Resignation of Rt Hon Sir George Trevelyan, Bt. (Chiltern Hundreds)

15 February 1897		8,887/11,208	79.29
Sir Charles Cameron, Bt	Liberal Party	4,506	50.70
Charles Scott Dickson	Conservative Party	4,381	49.30
Majority		125	1.41

4 October 1900		9,073/11,706	77.51
Charles Scott Dickson	Conservative Party	5,032	55.46
Prof Alexander Falconer Murison	Liberal Party	4,041	44.54
Majority		991	10.92

18 January 1906		9,604/11,421	84.09
James William Cleland	Liberal Party	5,585	58.15
Rt Hon Charles Scott Dickson	Conservative Party	4,019	41.85
Majority		1,566	16.31

19 January 1910		8,875/10,144	87.49
James William Cleland	Liberal Party	5,336	60.12
Patrick Keith Lang	Conservative Party	3,539	39.88
Majority		1,797	20.25

8 December 1910		8,575/10,014	85.63
Alexander MacCallum Scott	Liberal Party	4,759	55.50
William Hutchison	Conservative Party	3,816	44.50
Majority		943	11.00

14 December 1918		19,738/37,980	51.97
Alexander MacCallum Scott	Liberal Party - Coalition	10,887	55.16
James Maxton	Labour Party	7,860	39.82
Eunice Guthrie Murray	Independent	991	5.02
Majority		3,027	15.34

15 November 1922		28,088/36,627	76.69
James Maxton	Labour Party	17,890	63.69
Alexander MacCallum Scott	National Liberal Party	10,198	36.31
Majority		7,692	27.39

6 December 1923		24,281/36,522	66.48
James Maxton	Labour Party	15,735	64.80
James Buyers Black	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,101	25.13
Thomas Randall Anderson	Liberal Party	2,445	10.07
Majority		9,634	39.68

29 October 1924		27,483/36,571	75.15
James Maxton	Labour Party	16,850	61.31
Maurice James McCracken	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,633	38.69
Majority		6,217	22.62

30 May 1929		31,082/43,421	71.58
James Maxton	Labour Party	21,033	67.67
Maurice James McCracken	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,049	32.33
Majority		10,984	35.34

27 October 1931		28,571/40,340	70.83
James Maxton	Independent Labour Party	16,630	58.21
Dr Catherine Irvine Gavin	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,941	41.79
Majority		4,689	16.41

14 November 1935		27,236/37,537	72.56
James Maxton	Independent Labour Party	17,691	64.95
Archibald Douglas MacInnes Shaw	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,951	32.86
Samuel Paterson McLaren	Labour Party	594	2.18
Majority		8,740	32.09

5 July 1945		19,915/34,217	58.20
James Maxton	Independent Labour Party	13,220	66.38
Richard Charles Brooman-White	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,695	33.62
Majority		6,525	32.76

23 July 1946 Death of James Maxton.

29 August 1946		18,498/34,716	53.28
James Carmichael	Independent Labour Party	6,351	34.33
John Thomas Wheatley	Labour Party	5,180	28.00
Victor Dunn Warren	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,987	21.55
Wendy Wood	Independent	2,575	13.92
Guy Alfred Aldred	Independent Socialist	405	2.19
Majority		1,171	6.33

Guy Aldred was the founder and leader of the United Socialist Movement.

Wendy Wood advocated Scottish nationalism.

November 1947 James Carmichael joins the Labour Party and accepts the Labour Whip.

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		34,125/44,382	76.89
James Carmichael	Labour Party	20,268	59.39
Francis Charles Irwin	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,025	32.31
Robert Duncan	Independent Labour Party	1,974	5.78
Denis Kelly	Communist Party	858	2.51
Majority		9,243	27.09

25 October 1951		33,485/43,570	76.85
James Carmichael	Labour Party	21,307	63.63
Richard Alexander Thomson	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,382	31.00
Robert Duncan	Liberal Party	1,796	5.36
Majority		10,925	32.63

Boundary Change
26 May 1955		35,470/53,733	66.01
James Carmichael	Labour Party	20,476	57.73
Paul Thomas Cowcher	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,375	34.89
George William Stone	Independent Labour Party	2,619	7.38
Majority		8,101	22.84

8 October 1959		33,187/48,473	68.46
James Carmichael	Labour Party	21,048	63.42
Iain Docherty	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,139	36.58
Majority		8,909	26.84

8 June 1961 Resignation of James Carmichael. (Northstead)

16 November 1961		19,000/45,347	41.90
James Bennett	Labour Party	10,930	57.53
M McNeill	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,935	20.71
Ian Cameron Hay MacDonald	Scottish National Party	3,549	18.68
George William Stone	Independent Labour Party	586	3.08
Majority		6,995	36.82

15 October 1964		26,371/41,482	63.57
James Bennett	Labour Party	18,879	71.59
John Hogg	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,492	28.41
Majority		11,387	43.18

31 March 1966		21,838/37,159	58.77
James Bennett	Labour Party	16,219	74.27
John Hogg	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,619	25.73
Majority		10,600	48.54

18 June 1970		17,587/31,239	56.30
James Bennett	Labour Party	11,056	62.86
Robert Gavin	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,801	21.61
Gordon Wallace	Scottish National Party	1,550	8.81
Rev John Thomas Atkinson Glass	Prot	1,180	6.71
Majority		7,255	41.25