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Data Last Updated: 7 August 2025
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		41,460/49,010	84.59
Sir Arthur Stewart Leslie Young, Bt	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,294	46.54
William Bargh	Labour and Co-operative Party	19,055	45.96
William Ferguson	Liberal Party	2,023	4.88
Robert McIlhone	Communist Party	1,088	2.62
Majority		239	0.58

14 August 1950 Death of Sir Arthur Young, Bt.

25 October 1950		36,349/49,321	73.70
James Riley Holt Hutchison	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,494	50.88
William Bargh	Labour and Co-operative Party	17,175	47.25
David Wylie Gibson	Independent Labour Party	680	1.87
Majority		1,319	3.63

25 October 1951		42,369/49,814	85.05
James Riley Holt Hutchison	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,497	50.74
John Robertson	Labour Party	20,872	49.26
Majority		625	1.48

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		36,880/46,370	79.53
James Riley Holt Hutchison	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,654	50.58
Howell James	Labour and Co-operative Party	18,226	49.42
Majority		428	1.16

8 October 1959		46,010/56,278	81.75
William Watson Small	Labour Party	24,690	53.66
James Bias	Conservative & Unionist Party	21,320	46.34
Majority		3,370	7.32

15 October 1964		43,892/56,819	77.25
William Watson Small	Labour Party	27,036	61.60
Ronald Bernard Anderson	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,856	38.40
Majority		10,180	23.19

31 March 1966		44,208/59,478	74.33
William Watson Small	Labour Party	27,320	61.80
Anna S Douglas	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,493	32.78
Hugh David Boyd	Communist Party	2,395	5.42
Majority		12,827	29.02

18 June 1970		46,138/65,436	70.51
William Watson Small	Labour Party	26,492	57.42
Norman John Mountney	Conservative & Unionist Party	14,487	31.40
Alexander Mitchell	Scottish National Party	4,313	9.35
Hugh David Boyd	Communist Party	846	1.83
Majority		12,005	26.02