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14 December 1918		20,451/33,599	60.87
Frederick Alexander Macquisten	Conservative & Unionist Party - Coalition	10,786	52.74
George Downie Blyth Crookston Hardie	Labour Party	7,996	39.10
William Mather Rutherford Pringle	Liberal Party	1,669	8.16
Majority		2,790	13.64

15 November 1922		26,082/33,230	78.49
George Downie Blyth Crookston Hardie	Labour Party	15,771	60.47
Frederick Alexander Macquisten	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,311	39.53
Majority		5,460	20.93

6 December 1923		26,578/34,277	77.54
George Downie Blyth Crookston Hardie	Labour Party	14,535	54.69
David Alexander Guild	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,043	45.31
Majority		2,492	9.38

29 October 1924		27,678/34,907	79.29
George Downie Blyth Crookston Hardie	Labour Party	15,635	56.49
David Alexander Guild	Conservative & Unionist Party	12,043	43.51
Majority		3,592	12.98

30 May 1929		32,189/43,757	73.56
George Downie Blyth Crookston Hardie	Labour Party	21,079	65.49
John McSkimming	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,110	34.51
Majority		9,969	30.97

27 October 1931		34,147/45,268	75.43
Charles Ernest George Campbell Emmott	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,092	47.13
George Downie Blyth Crookston Hardie	Labour Party	16,058	47.03
Adam Haimes	Communist Party	1,997	5.85
Majority		34	0.10

14 November 1935		32,145/45,190	71.13
George Downie Blyth Crookston Hardie	Labour Party	20,286	63.11
John McNicol	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,859	36.89
Majority		8,427	26.22

26 July 1937 Death of George Hardie.

7 September 1937		23,740/46,684	50.85
Agnes Hardie	Labour Party	14,859	62.59
Archibald Douglas MacInnes Shaw	Conservative & Unionist Party	8,881	37.41
Majority		5,978	25.18

5 July 1945		33,388/52,532	63.56
John Calder Forman	Labour and Co-operative Party	21,698	64.99
Robert Henry Sherwood Calver	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,690	35.01
Majority		10,008	29.97

Boundary Change
23 February 1950		42,886/55,756	76.92
John Calder Forman	Labour and Co-operative Party	25,603	59.70
John McNicol	Conservative & Unionist Party	13,666	31.87
David Woodburn Campbell	Liberal Party	1,853	4.32
Robert Francis Horne	Communist Party	1,764	4.11
Majority		11,937	27.83

25 October 1951		44,497/57,019	78.04
John Calder Forman	Labour and Co-operative Party	27,749	62.36
Walter Henderson Bennett	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,748	37.64
Majority		11,001	24.72

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		28,021/40,537	69.12
John Calder Forman	Labour and Co-operative Party	16,131	57.57
James Angus Young	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,358	36.97
Finlay Hart	Communist Party	1,532	5.47
Majority		5,773	20.60

8 October 1959		27,699/38,147	72.61
John Calder Forman	Labour Party	16,297	58.84
Edward MacMillan Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	10,167	36.71
Finlay Hart	Communist Party	1,235	4.46
Majority		6,130	22.13

15 October 1964		25,776/37,248	69.20
Richard Buchanan	Labour Party	16,828	65.29
Robert Bruce Jackson Dalziel Black	Conservative & Unionist Party	5,632	21.85
Angus McIntosh	Scottish National Party	2,366	9.18
Neil McLellan	Communist Party	950	3.69
Majority		11,196	43.44

31 March 1966		23,586/35,428	66.57
Richard Buchanan	Labour Party	15,998	67.83
Douglas Hogg Heatrie	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,499	19.07
William James Morton	Scottish National Party	2,222	9.42
Neil McLellan	Communist Party	867	3.68
Majority		11,499	48.75

18 June 1970		23,288/37,986	61.31
Richard Buchanan	Labour Party	14,968	64.27
John Sorbie	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,574	19.64
William James Morton	Scottish National Party	3,323	14.27
Neil McLellan	Communist Party	423	1.82
Majority		10,394	44.63

Major Boundary Change
28 February 1974		33,669/47,804	70.43
Richard Buchanan	Labour Party	18,067	53.66
William James Morton	Scottish National Party	7,672	22.79
Norman Morrison McCune	Conservative & Unionist Party	7,452	22.13
Neil McLellan	Communist Party	478	1.42
Majority		10,395	30.87

10 October 1974		31,955/48,066	66.48
Richard Buchanan	Labour Party	17,444	54.59
William James Morton	Scottish National Party	9,049	28.32
Stewart Taylor	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,245	13.28
Thomas Marshall	Liberal Party	865	2.71
Neil McLellan	Communist Party	352	1.10
Majority		8,395	26.27

3 May 1979		28,558/42,116	67.81
Michael John Martin	Labour Party	18,871	66.08
George Ross McKay	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,100	21.36
William James Morton	Scottish National Party	3,587	12.56
Majority		12,771	44.72

Major Boundary Change
9 June 1983		34,732/54,118	64.18
Michael John Martin	Labour Party	22,481	64.73
Jim Kelly	Liberal Party in Alliance	4,882	14.06
David Tweedie	Conservative & Unionist Party	4,565	13.14
John Francis McLaughlin	Scottish National Party	2,804	8.07
Majority		17,599	50.67

11 June 1987		34,787/52,164	66.69
Michael John Martin	Labour Party	25,617	73.64
Brendan O'Hara	Scottish National Party	3,554	10.22
Mark Call	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,870	8.25
David Rennie	Liberal Party in Alliance	2,746	7.89
Majority		22,063	63.42

9 April 1992		30,099/45,842	65.66
Michael John Martin	Labour Party	20,369	67.67
Stuart Miller	Scottish National Party	5,863	19.48
Andrew C R Barnett	Conservative & Unionist Party	2,625	8.72
Rodney Ackland	Liberal Democrats	1,242	4.13
Majority		14,506	48.19

Major Boundary Change
1 May 1997		31,575/53,473	59.05
Michael John Martin	Labour Party	22,534	71.37
John Roderick Brady	Scottish National Party	5,206	16.49
Mark Benedict Holdsworth	Conservative & Unionist Party	1,893	6.00
James Alexander	Liberal Democrats	1,349	4.27
John Lawson	Scottish Socialist	407	1.29
Andrew James Keating	Referendum Party	186	0.59
Majority		17,328	54.88

23 October 2000 Election of Rt Hon Michael Martin as Speaker of the House of Commons.

7 June 2001		24,104/55,192	43.67
Rt Hon Michael John Martin	Speaker of the House of Commons	16,053	66.60
Sandy Bain	Scottish National Party	4,675	19.40
Carolyn Leckie	Scottish Socialist	1,879	7.80
Daniel Houston	Scottish Unionist	1,289	5.35
Richard Edward Warner Silvester	Independent	208	0.86
Majority		11,378	47.20