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Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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14 December 1918		21,209/34,293	61.85
John William Pratt	Liberal Party - Coalition	16,310	76.90
Dr Gavin Brown Clark	Labour Party	4,899	23.10
Majority		11,411	53.80

15 November 1922		26,902/33,198	81.04
John Primrose Hay	Labour Party	9,137	33.96
Sir Andrew Rae Duncan	National Liberal Party	9,104	33.84
Robert MacDonald	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,661	32.19
Majority		33	0.12

6 December 1923		25,595/33,040	77.47
Robert MacDonald	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,817	42.26
John Primrose Hay	Labour Party	8,884	34.71
Thomas Graham Robertson	Liberal Party	5,894	23.03
Majority		1,933	7.55

29 October 1924		28,355/35,076	80.84
Robert MacDonald	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,440	65.03
John Primrose Hay	Labour Party	9,915	34.97
Majority		8,525	30.07

30 May 1929		35,806/45,545	78.62
John Train	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,435	43.11
John Primrose Hay	Labour Party	12,983	36.26
James Gray	Liberal Party	7,388	20.63
Majority		2,452	6.85

27 October 1931		36,090/45,398	79.50
John Train	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,642	73.82
Alexander L Ritchie	Labour Party	8,919	24.71
Joseph Mellick	New Party	529	1.47
Majority		17,723	49.11

14 November 1935		34,326/46,172	74.34
John Train	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,331	62.14
Alasdair Alpin MacGregor	Labour Party	12,995	37.86
Majority		8,336	24.28

18 March 1942 Death of Sir John Train.

28 April 1942		18,086/46,239	39.11
Francis Beattie	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,786	59.64
Hon William Douglas-Home	Independent Progressive Party	3,807	21.05
James Carmichael	Independent Labour Party	2,493	13.78
William Whyte	Independent	1,000	5.53
Majority		6,979	38.59

William Whyte advocated a policy of Scottish nationalism.

5 July 1945		31,395/46,442	67.60
Francis Beattie	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,472	58.84
Nathan Jackson	Labour Party	12,923	41.16
Majority		5,549	17.67

28 December 1945 Death of Francis Beattie.

12 February 1946		26,085/46,911	55.61
John Henderson	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,696	52.51
Alexander Burns Mackay	Labour Party	9,689	37.14
Dr William Oswald Gibson Taylor	Scottish National Party	2,700	10.35
Majority		4,007	15.36

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		37,594/44,859	83.80
John Henderson	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,341	64.75
Ian Rosslyn Mitchell	Labour Party	10,269	27.32
Malcolm Irvine Shields	Liberal Party	2,984	7.94
Majority		14,072	37.43

25 October 1951		37,037/44,881	82.52
John Henderson	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,125	70.54
Agnes McKinnon Patrick	Labour Party	10,912	29.46
Majority		15,213	41.08

26 May 1955		34,779/45,969	75.66
John Henderson	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,265	72.64
Leonard Percy Thomas	Labour Party	9,514	27.36
Majority		15,751	45.29

8 October 1959		51,912/64,703	80.23
John Henderson	Conservative & Unionist Party	30,743	59.22
James Jarvie	Labour Party	21,169	40.78
Majority		9,574	18.44

15 October 1964		51,593/65,074	79.28
Edward MacMillan Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,299	52.91
Ellen McCulloch	Labour Party	24,294	47.09
Majority		3,005	5.82

31 March 1966		52,395/65,759	79.68
Edward MacMillan Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	26,549	50.67
Frederick Lindsay Forrester	Labour Party	25,330	48.34
Gabriel Barlow	Independent	516	0.98
Majority		1,219	2.33

Gabriel Barlow was the nominee of the Scottish Anti-Vivisection Society.

18 June 1970		53,700/71,952	74.63
Edward MacMillan Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	29,093	54.18
Donald Colin Hugh Mackay	Labour Party	24,188	45.04
Joseph McDonagh	Independent Labour	419	0.78
Majority		4,905	9.13

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		39,809/49,370	80.63
Edward MacMillan Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,247	45.84
Peter Toland McCann	Labour Party	16,152	40.57
Alexander Ewing	Scottish National Party	5,410	13.59
Majority		2,095	5.26

10 October 1974		38,195/49,826	76.66
Edward MacMillan Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,301	42.68
Jessie Arbuckle Carnegie	Labour Party	14,544	38.08
Alexander Ewing	Scottish National Party	6,292	16.47
Henry Wills	Liberal Party	1,058	2.77
Majority		1,757	4.60

3 May 1979		38,195/48,574	78.63
John Alston Maxton	Labour Party	17,550	45.95
Edward MacMillan Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	15,950	41.76
Alexander Ewing	Scottish National Party	2,653	6.95
Henry Wills	Liberal Party	2,042	5.35
Majority		1,600	4.19

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		38,705/51,675	74.90
John Alston Maxton	Labour Party	16,037	41.43
Douglas James May	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,807	30.51
Keir Bloomer	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	8,710	22.50
William Alexander Steven	Scottish National Party	2,151	5.56
Majority		4,230	10.93

11 June 1987		37,648/49,832	75.55
John Alston Maxton	Labour Party	19,623	52.12
William Andrew Harvey	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,420	22.37
Moira Craig	Social Democratic Party in Alliance	5,722	15.20
William Alexander Steven	Scottish National Party	3,883	10.31
Majority		11,203	29.76

9 April 1992		33,691/44,689	75.39
John Alston Maxton	Labour Party	16,265	48.28
John H Young	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,264	24.53
William Alexander Steven	Scottish National Party	6,107	18.13
George Callan Dick	Liberal Democrats	2,614	7.76
Kay M Allan	Green Party	441	1.31
Majority		8,001	23.75

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		34,110/49,312	69.17
John Alston Maxton	Labour Party	19,158	56.17
Marie Whitehead	Scottish National Party	6,913	20.27
Alistair James Muir	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,248	12.45
George Callan Dick	Liberal Democrats	2,302	6.75
Zofia Indyk	Pro-Life Alliance	687	2.01
James Ronald Stevenson	Scottish Socialist	458	1.34
Strang Williams Slater Haldane	Referendum Party	344	1.01
Majority		12,245	35.90

7 June 2001		27,386/52,094	52.57
Thomas Harris	Labour Party	14,902	54.41
Josephine U Docherty	Scottish National Party	4,086	14.92
Richard Elliot Cook	Conservative & Unionist Party	3,662	13.37
Thomas Henery	Liberal Democrats	3,006	10.98
James Ronald Stevenson	Scottish Socialist	1,730	6.32
Majority		10,816	39.49