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14 December 1918		30,086
John Gilmour	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	Unopposed

1 April 1921 Resignation of John Gilmour on appointment as a Lord of the Treasury.

14 April 1921
Sir John Gilmour, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	Unopposed

15 November 1922		23,337/29,670	78.66
Sir John Gilmour, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,920	63.93
Alexander Burns Mackay	Labour Party	5,759	24.68
Thomas Randall Anderson	Liberal Party	2,658	11.39
Majority		9,161	39.26

6 December 1923		20,849/31,612	65.95
Rt Hon Sir John Gilmour, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,013	67.21
Jon Rankin	Labour and Co-operative Party	6,836	32.79
Majority		7,177	34.42

29 October 1924		27,371/35,788	76.48
Rt Hon Sir John Gilmour, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,622	75.34
Jon Rankin	Labour and Co-operative Party	6,749	24.66
Majority		13,873	50.69

30 May 1929		32,264/44,945	71.79
Rt Hon Sir John Gilmour, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,328	69.20
Walter Muter	Labour Party	9,936	30.80
Majority		12,392	38.41

27 October 1931		34,095/44,192	77.15
Rt Hon Sir John Gilmour, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	27,772	81.45
Jon Rankin	Labour and Co-operative Party	6,323	18.55
Majority		21,449	62.91

14 November 1935		31,078/44,348	70.08
Rt Hon Sir John Gilmour, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	22,408	72.10
James McInnes	Labour Party	8,670	27.90
Majority		13,738	44.20

30 March 1940 Death of Rt Hon Sir John Gilmour, Bt.

30 April 1940		20,251/45,518	44.49
Thomas Dunlop Galbraith	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,850	88.14
John Nicolson	Independent Labour	2,401	11.86
Majority		15,449	76.29

John Nicolson was the nominee of the local Labour Party which was then disaffiliated by the Labour Party's National Executive Committee for breaking the wartime electoral truce.

5 July 1945		31,634/46,397	68.18
Thomas Dunlop Galbraith	Conservative & Unionist Party	20,072	63.45
Alexander Burns Mackay	Labour Party	10,630	33.60
William John Voisey-Youldon	Common Wealth Movement	932	2.95
Majority		9,442	29.85

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		44,463/54,688	81.30
Thomas Dunlop Galbraith	Conservative & Unionist Party	25,052	56.34
John Smith Clark	Labour Party	17,263	38.83
Alexander Anderson	Liberal Party	2,148	4.83
Majority		7,789	17.52

25 October 1951		51,923/62,961	82.47
Thomas Dunlop Galbraith	Conservative & Unionist Party	28,787	55.44
John Smith Clark	Labour Party	23,136	44.56
Majority		5,651	10.88

4 May 1955 Elevation of Rt Hon Thomas Galbraith to Peerage - Baron Strathclyde.

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		39,105/51,800	75.49
John Clarke George	Conservative & Unionist Party	23,975	61.31
Alexander MacArthur	Labour Party	15,130	38.69
Majority		8,845	22.62

8 October 1959		41,410/52,472	78.92
John Clarke George	Conservative & Unionist Party	24,338	58.77
John Mack Smith	Labour Party	17,072	41.23
Majority		7,266	17.55

15 October 1964		40,552/52,094	77.84
Alexander Garrow	Labour Party	18,089	44.61
Robert Deans Kernohan	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,793	43.88
Roger Norton Straker	Liberal Party	4,670	11.52
Majority		296	0.73

31 March 1966		40,539/51,301	79.02
Alexander Garrow	Labour Party	21,257	52.44
Patrick Tobias Telfer-Smollett	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,282	47.56
Majority		1,975	4.87

16 December 1966 Death of Alexander Garrow.

9 March 1967		38,652/51,088	75.66
Prof Esmond Wright	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,270	36.92
Richard Giles Douglas	Labour Party	12,069	31.22
George Andrew Leslie	Scottish National Party	10,884	28.16
Ian D Miller	Liberal Party	735	1.90
Alexander Cameron Murray	Communist Party	694	1.80
Majority		2,201	5.69

18 June 1970		41,752/57,501	72.61
James White	Labour Party	19,311	46.25
Prof Esmond Wright	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,708	44.81
George Andrew Leslie	Scottish National Party	3,733	8.94
Majority		603	1.44

28 February 1974		45,735/59,040	77.46
James White	Labour Party	21,090	46.11
Ian Bruce Lang	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,684	38.67
Matthew D'Arcy Conyers	Scottish National Party	6,584	14.40
Thomas Biggam	Communist Party	377	0.82
Majority		3,406	7.45

10 October 1974		42,614/59,451	71.68
James White	Labour Party	18,695	43.87
Peter Gerald Malone	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,604	27.23
Donald Paul Macquarrie	Scottish National Party	10,041	23.56
William Clark Todd	Liberal Party	2,274	5.34
Majority		7,091	16.64

3 May 1979		43,495/59,032	73.68
James White	Labour Party	21,420	49.25
David Anderson Roser	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,928	29.72
Angus McIntosh	Scottish National Party	4,187	9.63
George Anthony McKell	Liberal Party	3,946	9.07
Noreen Grizel Armstrong	Independent Labour	869	2.00
Isabella McKenzie Skinner	National Front	104	0.24
Richard Barkley Holton	Independent Democrat	41	0.09
Majority		8,492	19.52

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		36,307/54,083	67.13
James White	Labour Party	18,973	52.26
David Jackson Carlaw	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,441	20.49
George Anthony McKell	Liberal Party in Alliance	6,308	17.37
Frank Hannigan	Scottish National Party	3,585	9.87
Majority		11,532	31.76

11 June 1987		36,830/52,021	70.80
James Francis Dunnachie	Labour Party	23,239	63.10
Gillian Renwick French	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,256	14.27
James Chalmers Shearer	Liberal Party in Alliance	4,445	12.07
Andrew Doig	Scottish National Party	3,528	9.58
Derek Fogg	Green Party	362	0.98
Majority		17,983	48.83

9 April 1992		32,643/46,139	70.75
James Francis Dunnachie	Labour Party	14,170	43.41
Thomas Sheridan	Scottish Militant Labour	6,287	19.26
Russell Gray	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,147	15.77
George Andrew Leslie	Scottish National Party	5,107	15.65
David Mansfield Jago	Liberal Democrats	1,932	5.92
Majority		7,883	24.15

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		32,802/49,284	66.56
Ian Graham Davidson	Labour and Co-operative Party	19,653	59.91
David Logan	Scottish National Party	5,862	17.87
Thomas Sheridan	Scottish Socialist	3,639	11.09
Edwin Stuart Hamilton	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,979	6.03
David Mansfield Jago	Liberal Democrats	1,137	3.47
Monica Gott	Pro-Life Alliance	380	1.16
Derek George Haldane	Referendum Party	152	0.46
Majority		13,791	42.04

7 June 2001		25,277/49,201	51.37
Ian Graham Davidson	Labour and Co-operative Party	15,497	61.31
David Ritchie	Scottish National Party	4,229	16.73
Keith Robert Baldassara	Scottish Socialist	2,522	9.98
Isabella Nelson	Liberal Democrats	1,612	6.38
Rory O'Brien	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,417	5.61
Majority		11,268	44.58