Greenock_(UK_Parliament_constituency)
Greenock (UK Parliament constituency)
Parliamentary constituency in the United Kingdom, 1832–1974
Greenock was a burgh constituency represented in the House of Commons of the Parliament of the United Kingdom from 1832 until 1974, when it was abolished and its area was merged into the new Greenock and Port Glasgow constituency.
Quick Facts 1832–1974 (1974), Seats ...
| Greenock | |
|---|---|
| Former Burgh constituency for the House of Commons | |
| 1832–1974 (1974) | |
| Seats | One |
| Created from | Renfrewshire[1] |
| Replaced by | Greenock & Port Glasgow |
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The boundaries of the constituency, as set out in the Representation of the People (Scotland) Act 1832, were-
- "From the Point, on the West of the Town, at which the Shore of the Firth of Clyde is met by the March between the Parishes of Greenock and Innerkip, up the said March to that Point thereof which is nearest to the Southern Point of the Ridge of Bow Hill; thence in a straight Line to the said Point on Bow Hill; thence in a straight Line to the Southern End of the Upper East Reservoir for supplying Greenock with Water; thence in a straight Line, in the Direction of the highest projecting Point of Knocknair Hill, to the Point near Woodhead Quarry, at which such straight Line cuts the Easternmost of the Two Rivulets which form the Lady Burn; thence down such Rivulet and the Lady Burn to the Point at which the same joins the Firth of Clyde; thence along the Shore of the Firth of Clyde to the Point first described."[2]
1885-1918: The existing parliamentary borough, and so much of the municipal borough of Greenock as was not already included in the parliamentary borough.[3]
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Elections in the 1830s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Robert Wallace | 493 | 65.3 | ||
| Tory | John Fairrie | 262 | 34.7 | ||
| Majority | 231 | 30.6 | |||
| Turnout | 755 | 76.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 985 | ||||
| Whig win (new seat) | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Robert Wallace | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,170 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Robert Wallace | 401 | 66.5 | ||
| Conservative | James Smith | 202 | 33.5 | ||
| Majority | 199 | 33.0 | |||
| Turnout | 603 | 56.6 | |||
| Registered electors | 1,065 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
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Elections in the 1840s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Robert Wallace | 406 | 56.8 | −9.7 | |
| Conservative | Thomas John Cochrane | 309 | 43.2 | +9.7 | |
| Majority | 97 | 13.6 | −19.4 | ||
| Turnout | 715 | 64.2 | +7.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,113 | ||||
| Whig hold | Swing | −9.7 | |||
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Wallace resigned, causing a by-election.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Walter Baine | 350 | 50.4 | N/A | |
| Whig | Alexander Murray-Dunlop | 344 | 49.6 | N/A | |
| Majority | 6 | 0.8 | −12.8 | ||
| Turnout | 694 | 59.6 | −4.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,165 | ||||
| Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | William Elliot-Murray-Kynynmound | 456 | 59.1 | N/A | |
| Whig | Alexander Murray-Dunlop | 315 | 40.9 | N/A | |
| Majority | 141 | 18.2 | +4.6 | ||
| Turnout | 771 | 70.8 | +6.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,089 | ||||
| Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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Elections in the 1850s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Whig | Alexander Murray-Dunlop | 470 | 64.9 | +24.0 | |
| Conservative | James Dalrymple-Horn-Elphinstone | 254 | 35.1 | New | |
| Majority | 216 | 29.8 | +11.6 | ||
| Turnout | 724 | 62.2 | −8.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 1,164 | ||||
| Whig hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Whig | Alexander Murray-Dunlop | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,405 | ||||
| Whig hold | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | Alexander Murray-Dunlop | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,524 | ||||
| Liberal hold | |||||
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Elections in the 1860s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Alexander Murray-Dunlop | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 1,871 | ||||
| Liberal hold | |||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liberal | James Grieve | 2,962 | 58.6 | N/A | |
| Independent Liberal | William Dougal Christie[14] | 2,092 | 41.4 | New | |
| Majority | 870 | 17.2 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 5,054 | 81.2 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 6,223 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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Elections in the 1870s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | James Grieve | Unopposed | |||
| Registered electors | 6,330 | ||||
| Liberal hold | |||||
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Grieve resigned, causing a by-election.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | James Stewart | 2,183 | 36.0 | N/A | |
| Conservative | James Fergusson | 2,124 | 35.0 | New | |
| Liberal | Donald Currie[15] | 1,648 | 27.2 | N/A | |
| Independent Liberal | William Dundas Scott Moncrieff[16][17] | 108 | 1.8 | New | |
| Majority | 59 | 1.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 6,063 | 81.4 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 7,446 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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Elections in the 1880s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | James Stewart | 3,351 | 60.8 | N/A | |
| Conservative | John Scott | 2,162 | 39.2 | N/A | |
| Majority | 1,189 | 21.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 5,513 | 76.5 | N/A | ||
| Registered electors | 7,203 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | N/A | |||
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Stewart's resignation caused a by-election.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Thomas Sutherland | 3,548 | 59.5 | −1.3 | |
| Conservative | John Scott | 2,417 | 40.5 | +1.3 | |
| Majority | 1,131 | 19.0 | −2.6 | ||
| Turnout | 5,965 | 78.1 | +1.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,203 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −1.3 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Thomas Sutherland | 3,057 | 50.3 | −10.5 | |
| Conservative | John Scott | 2,954 | 48.6 | +9.4 | |
| Scottish Land Restoration | John Morrison Davidson | 65 | 1.1 | New | |
| Majority | 103 | 1.7 | −19.9 | ||
| Turnout | 6,076 | 85.2 | +8.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,131 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −10.0 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Unionist | Thomas Sutherland | 2,905 | 56.8 | +8.2 | |
| Liberal | Harold Wright | 2,208 | 43.2 | −7.1 | |
| Majority | 697 | 13.6 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 5,113 | 71.7 | −13.5 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,131 | ||||
| Liberal Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | +7.7 | |||
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Elections in the 1890s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Unionist | Thomas Sutherland | 2,942 | 50.5 | -6.3 | |
| Liberal | John Bruce | 2,887 | 49.5 | +6.3 | |
| Majority | 55 | 1.0 | -12.6 | ||
| Turnout | 5,829 | 83.4 | +11.7 | ||
| Registered electors | 6,992 | ||||
| Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | -6.3 | |||
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- The original count gave a majority of 44 for Bruce; after an election petition and recount, this was revised to a majority of 55 for Sutherland. See the list of election petitions for details.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal Unionist | Thomas Sutherland | 3,571 | 56.5 | +6.0 | |
| Lib-Lab | Alfred Fletcher | 2,753 | 43.5 | -6.0 | |
| Majority | 818 | 13.0 | +12.0 | ||
| Turnout | 6,324 | 83.5 | +0.1 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,570 | ||||
| Liberal Unionist hold | Swing | +6.0 | |||
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Elections in the 1900s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Conservative | James Reid | 3,165 | 52.3 | −4.2 | |
| Liberal | John Maconie | 2,886 | 47.7 | +4.2 | |
| Majority | 279 | 4.6 | −8.4 | ||
| Turnout | 6,051 | 79.7 | −3.8 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,590 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | −4.2 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Halley Stewart | 3,596 | 52.5 | +4.8 | |
| Conservative | James Reid | 3,254 | 47.5 | −4.8 | |
| Majority | 342 | 5.0 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 6,850 | 87.6 | +7.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 7,821 | ||||
| Liberal gain from Conservative | Swing | +4.8 | |||
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Elections in the 1910s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Godfrey Collins | 4,233 | 61.7 | +9.2 | |
| Liberal Unionist | James Parker Smith | 2,632 | 38.3 | -9.2 | |
| Majority | 1,601 | 23.4 | +18.4 | ||
| Turnout | 6,855 | 87.4 | -0.2 | ||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +9.2 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Godfrey Collins | 4,338 | 59.8 | -1.9 | |
| Conservative | Samuel Chapman | 2,913 | 40.2 | +1.9 | |
| Majority | 1,425 | 19.6 | -2.8 | ||
| Turnout | 7,251 | 88.9 | +1.5 | ||
| Liberal hold | Swing | -1.9 | |||
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General Election 1914–15:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1915. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place and by July 1914, the following candidates had been selected;
- Liberal: Godfrey Collins
- Unionist: Samuel Chapman[24]
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Godfrey Collins | 10,933 | 48.0 | −11.8 | |
| Unionist | * Samuel Chapman | 7,246 | 31.8 | −8.4 | |
| Labour | Fred Shaw | 2,542 | 11.2 | New | |
| Independent Labour | ** Neal Haughey | 2,050 | 9.0 | New | |
| Majority | 3,687 | 16.2 | −3.4 | ||
| Turnout | 22,771 | 66.6 | −22.3 | ||
| Registered electors | 34,182 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −1.7 | |||
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* Chapman was included on the final list of Coalition Coupon candidates, despite it having been agreed there would be no coupon in this constituency. Immediately after the list was published, a telegram was sent to Collins to make it clear there was no official Coalition candidate.
** Haughey was the nominee of the Greenock and District Dockers' Union.
Elections in the 1920s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Godfrey Collins | 10,520 | 36.6 | −11.4 | |
| Communist | * Alec Geddes | 9,776 | 34.1 | New | |
| Unionist | John Denholm | 8,404 | 29.3 | −2.5 | |
| Majority | 744 | 2.5 | −13.7 | ||
| Turnout | 28,700 | 84.8 | +18.2 | ||
| Registered electors | 33,835 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −4.5 | |||
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* Geddes sought the election as a Labour candidate, despite being an official Communist candidate and having no Labour endorsement.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Godfrey Collins | 16,337 | 61.3 | +24.7 | |
| Communist | * Alec Geddes | 10,335 | 38.7 | +4.6 | |
| Majority | 6,002 | 22.6 | +20.1 | ||
| Turnout | 26,672 | 78.4 | −6.4 | ||
| Registered electors | 34,006 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | +10.1 | |||
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* Geddes sought the election as a Labour candidate, despite being an official Communist candidate and having no Labour endorsement.
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Godfrey Collins | 12,752 | 48.6 | −12.7 | |
| Communist | Alec Geddes | 7,590 | 29.0 | −9.7 | |
| Labour | S. Kelly | 5,874 | 22.4 | New | |
| Majority | 5,162 | 19.6 | −3.0 | ||
| Turnout | 26,216 | 77.8 | −0.6 | ||
| Registered electors | 33,693 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −1.5 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Liberal | Godfrey Collins | 11,190 | 32.5 | −16.1 | |
| Labour Co-op | William Leonard | 9,697 | 28.2 | +5.8 | |
| Communist | Alec Geddes | 7,005 | 20.4 | −8.6 | |
| Unionist | Andrew Dewar Gibb | 6,517 | 18.9 | New | |
| Majority | 1,493 | 4.3 | −15.3 | ||
| Turnout | 34,409 | 78.7 | +0.9 | ||
| Registered electors | 43,720 | ||||
| Liberal hold | Swing | −11.0 | |||
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Elections in the 1930s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| National Liberal | Godfrey Collins | 18,013 | 51.1 | +18.6 | |
| Labour | Thomas Irwin | 10,850 | 30.7 | +2.5 | |
| Communist | Aitken Ferguson | 6,440 | 18.2 | -2.2 | |
| Majority | 7,163 | 20.4 | +16.1 | ||
| Turnout | 35,303 | 80.3 | +1.6 | ||
| National Liberal hold | Swing | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| National Liberal | Godfrey Collins | 20,299 | 52.7 | +1.6 | |
| Labour | Thomas Irwin | 16,945 | 44.0 | +13.3 | |
| SNP | John L. Kinloch | 1,286 | 3.3 | New | |
| Majority | 3,354 | 8.7 | −15.7 | ||
| Turnout | 38,530 | 84.4 | +4.1 | ||
| National Liberal hold | Swing | −5.9 | |||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Robert Gibson | 20,594 | 53.4 | +9.4 | |
| National Liberal | Vivian Emery Cornelius | 17,990 | 46.6 | −6.1 | |
| Majority | 2,604 | 6.8 | N/A | ||
| Turnout | 38,584 | 83.3 | −1.1 | ||
| Labour gain from National Liberal | Swing | +7.85 | |||
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Elections in the 1940s
General Election 1939–40:
Another General Election was required to take place before the end of 1940. The political parties had been making preparations for an election to take place from 1939 and by the end of this year, the following candidates had been selected;
- Labour: Robert Gibson
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Hector McNeil | Unopposed | N/A | N/A | |
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Hector McNeil | 16,186 | 47.1 | +3.1 | |
| Unionist | Malcolm Douglas-Hamilton | 8,097 | 23.6 | -27.1 | |
| Communist | J. R. Campbell | 5,900 | 17.2 | New | |
| Liberal | George Gordon Honeyman | 4,180 | 12.2 | New | |
| Majority | 8,089 | 23.54 | +14.8 | ||
| Turnout | 34,363 | 68.42 | -16.0 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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Elections in the 1950s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Hector McNeil | 20,548 | 50.6 | +2.9 | |
| Liberal | Ian McColl | 11,638 | 28.7 | +16.5 | |
| Independent Labour | John S. Thomson | 6,458 | 15.9 | New | |
| Communist | J. R. Campbell | 1,228 | 3.0 | -14.2 | |
| Anti-Partition | Oliver Brown | 718 | 1.8 | New | |
| Majority | 8,910 | 21.9 | -1.6 | ||
| Turnout | 40,590 | 83.2 | +14.8 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Hector McNeil | 23,452 | 57.1 | +6.5 | |
| Unionist | W Ross Maclean | 17,615 | 42.9 | New | |
| Majority | 5,837 | 14.2 | -7.7 | ||
| Turnout | 41,067 | 83.0 | -0.2 | ||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour | Hector McNeil | 19,378 | 51.4 | -5.7 | |
| Unionist | Ian MacArthur | 18,345 | 48.6 | +5.7 | |
| Majority | 1,033 | 2.8 | -11.4 | ||
| Turnout | 37,723 | ||||
| Labour hold | Swing | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour Co-op | Dickson Mabon | 19,698 | 53.7 | +2.3 | |
| Unionist | Ian MacArthur | 17,004 | 46.3 | -2.3 | |
| Majority | 2,694 | 7.4 | +4.6 | ||
| Turnout | 36,702 | ||||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour Co-op | Dickson Mabon | 19,320 | 50.6 | -3.1 | |
| Liberal | William T C Riddell | 10,238 | 26.8 | New | |
| Unionist | Leonard Mackenzie Turpie | 8,616 | 22.6 | -23.7 | |
| Majority | 9,082 | 23.8 | +16.5 | ||
| Turnout | 38,174 | ||||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
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Elections in the 1960s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
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| Labour Co-op | Dickson Mabon | 19,627 | 55.1 | +4.5 | |
| Liberal | Campbell M Barclay | 9,055 | 25.4 | -1.4 | |
| Unionist | Duncan Robert Gordon Sillars | 6,473 | 18.2 | -4.4 | |
| Independent Labour | John Stevenson Thomson | 458 | 1.3 | New | |
| Majority | 10,572 | 29.7 | +5.9 | ||
| Turnout | 35,613 | ||||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Dickson Mabon | 18,988 | 57.1 | +2.0 | |
| Liberal | Iain M Will | 7,727 | 23.2 | -2.2 | |
| Conservative | Ronald Edgar Dundas | 5,835 | 17.5 | -0.7 | |
| Communist | William Dunn | 702 | 2.1 | New | |
| Majority | 11,261 | 33.9 | +4.2 | ||
| Turnout | 33,252 | 73.6 | |||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
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Elections in the 1970s
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| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour Co-op | Dickson Mabon | 19,334 | 53.7 | -3.4 | |
| Liberal | William T C Riddell | 16,100 | 44.7 | +21.5 | |
| Communist | Alex Murray | 559 | 1.6 | -0.5 | |
| Majority | 3,234 | 9.0 | -24.9 | ||
| Turnout | 35,993 | 75.0 | +1.4 | ||
| Labour Co-op hold | Swing | ||||
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