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Data Last Updated: 27 August 2024
Application Last Amended: 20 July 2024
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23 February 1950		35,076/43,728	80.21
William Gordon Bennett	Conservative & Unionist Party	17,075	48.68
William Leonard	Labour and Co-operative Party	15,996	45.60
Thomas Leadbetter Woodside	Liberal Party	2,005	5.72
Majority		1,079	3.08

25 October 1951		34,763/42,950	80.94
William Gordon Bennett	Conservative & Unionist Party	18,553	53.37
Richard McCutcheon	Labour and Co-operative Party	16,210	46.63
Majority		2,343	6.74

Major Boundary Change
26 May 1955		35,389/48,632	72.77
William Grant	Conservative & Unionist Party	19,846	56.08
John McGinley	Labour Party	15,543	43.92
Majority		4,303	12.16

8 October 1959		33,633/44,746	75.16
Rt Hon William Grant	Conservative & Unionist Party	16,567	49.26
John McGinley	Labour Party	14,483	43.06
George Vincent McLaughlin	Liberal Party	2,583	7.68
Majority		2,084	6.20

August 1962 Appointment of Rt Hon William Grant as Lord Justice Clerk - Lord Grant.

22 November 1962		23,017/42,111	54.66
Neil George Carmichael	Labour Party	8,303	36.07
Norman Macleod Glen	Conservative & Unionist Party	6,935	30.13
John House	Liberal Party	5,000	21.72
A Niven	Scottish National Party	2,562	11.13
Guy Alfred Aldred	Independent Socialist	134	0.58
Robert Vallar	Socialist Party of Great Britain	83	0.36
Majority		1,368	5.94

15 October 1964		29,606/40,035	73.95
Neil George Carmichael	Labour Party	13,521	45.67
Norman Macleod Glen	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,954	40.38
John House	Liberal Party	2,443	8.25
Dr David John Douglas Stevenson	Scottish National Party	1,600	5.40
Robert Vallar	Socialist Party of Great Britain	88	0.30
Majority		1,567	5.29

31 March 1966		26,780/36,678	73.01
Neil George Carmichael	Labour Party	13,540	50.56
Norman Macleod Glen	Conservative & Unionist Party	11,202	41.83
Robert Charles Fairlie	Scottish National Party	1,916	7.15
Robert Vallar	Socialist Party of Great Britain	122	0.46
Majority		2,338	8.73

18 June 1970		22,768/35,676	63.82
Neil George Carmichael	Labour Party	10,785	47.37
Victor John MacColl	Conservative & Unionist Party	9,457	41.54
David Robert Rollo	Scottish National Party	1,912	8.40
George Ross McKay	Independent Conservative	614	2.70
Majority		1,328	5.83

George McKay was opposed to Britain entering the Common Market and advocated the re-introduction of capital punishment.