Election Results
| General Election 1979: Kinross and Western Perthshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Sir Nicholas Fairbairn | 15,523 | 50.5 | ||
| SNP | I. Smith | 9,045 | 29.4 | ||
| Liberal | J. Chapman | 3,572 | 11.6 | ||
| Labour | D.R. Macleod | 2,593 | 8.4 | ||
| Majority | 6,478 | 21.1 | |||
| Turnout | 30,733 | 79.5 | |||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election October 1974: Kinross and Western Perthshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Sir Nicholas Fairbairn | 11,034 | 41.68 | ||
| SNP | D. Cameron | 10,981 | 41.48 | ||
| Liberal | D.A. Barrie | 2,427 | 9.17 | ||
| Labour | D.G. Skene | 2,028 | 7.66 | ||
| Majority | 53 | 0.20 | |||
| Turnout | 75.12 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election February 1974: Kinross and Western Perthshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Sir Alec Douglas-Home | 14,356 | 52.91 | ||
| SNP | D.C. Murray | 6,274 | 23.12 | ||
| Liberal | D. Barrie | 3,807 | 14.03 | ||
| Labour | D.G. Skene | 2,694 | 9.93 | ||
| Majority | 8,082 | 29.79 | |||
| Turnout | 77.47 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1970: Kinross and Western Perthshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Sir Alec Douglas-Home | 14,434 | 57.37 | ||
| SNP | E.Y. Whitley | 4,670 | 18.56 | ||
| Labour | D.F. Leach | 3,827 | 15.21 | ||
| Liberal | J.M. Calder | 2,228 | 8.86 | ||
| Majority | 9,764 | 38.81 | |||
| Turnout | 74.05 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1966: Kinross and Western Perthshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Sir Alec Douglas-Home | 14,466 | 60.75 | ||
| SNP | A. Donaldson | 4,884 | 20.51 | ||
| Labour | B.K. Parnell | 4,461 | 18.74 | ||
| Majority | 9,582 | 40.24 | |||
| Turnout | 73.46 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1964: Kinross and Western Perthshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Sir Alec Douglas-Home | 16,659 | 66.65 | ||
| Labour | A. Forrester | 4,687 | 18.75 | ||
| SNP | A. Donaldson | 3,522 | 14.09 | ||
| Communist | C.M. Grieve | 127 | 0.51 | ||
| Majority | 11,972 | 47.90 | |||
| Turnout | 75.91 | ||||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| Kinross and West Perthshire by-election, 1963 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Conservative | Sir Alec Douglas-Home | 14,147 | 57.4 | -10.8 | |
| Liberal | Alistair Duncan Millar | 4,819 | 19.5 | N/A | |
| Labour | Andrew Forrester | 3,752 | 15.2 | -1.6 | |
| SNP | Arthur Donaldson | 1,801 | 7.3 | -7.7 | |
| Independent Unionist | Ian Smith | 78 | 0.3 | N/A | |
| Independent | Willie Rushton | 45 | 0.2 | N/A | |
| Light and Dark Blue Conservative Party | Richard Wort | 23 | 0.1 | N/A | |
| Majority | 9,328 | 37.9 | |||
| Turnout | 24,665 | 76.1 | +5.1 | ||
| Conservative hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1959: Kinross and Western Perthshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Unionist | Gilmour Leburn | 16,256 | 68.21 | ||
| Labour | J.G. Mackenzie | 4,008 | 16.82 | ||
| SNP | A. Donaldson | 3,568 | 14.97 | ||
| Majority | 12,248 | 51.39 | |||
| Turnout | 70.97 | ||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1955: Kinross and Western Perthshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Unionist | Gilmour Leburn | 18,133 | 75.22 | ||
| Labour | J. Bayne | 5,975 | 24.78 | ||
| Majority | 12,158 | ||||
| Turnout | 70.45 | ||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1951: Kinross and Western Perthshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Unionist | William McNair Snadden | 19,625 | 76.22 | ||
| Labour | I. McGregor | 6,124 | 23.78 | ||
| Majority | 13,501 | 52.43 | |||
| Turnout | 73.18 | ||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1950: Kinross and Western Perthshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Unionist | William McNair Snadden | 15,299 | 55.42 | ||
| Liberal | A.D. Millar | 7,183 | 26.02 | ||
| Labour | D. McLaren | 5,124 | 18.56 | ||
| Majority | 8,116 | 29.40 | |||
| Turnout | 76.90 | ||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1945: Kinross and Western Perthshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Unionist | William McNair Snadden | 16,536 | 68.00 | ||
| Labour | C. McKinnon | 7,782 | 32.00 | ||
| Majority | 8,754 | 36.00 | |||
| Turnout | 67.62 | ||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| Kinross and Western Perthshire by-election, 1938 | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Unionist | William McNair Snadden | 11,808 | 52.94 | ||
| Independent | The Duchess of Atholl | 10,495 | 47.06 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1935: Kinross and Western Perthshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Unionist | The Duchess of Atholl | 15,238 | 60.21 | ||
| Liberal | Mrs Coll A. MacDonald | 10,069 | 39.79 | ||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1931: Kinross and Western Perthshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Unionist | The Duchess of Atholl | 16,228 | |||
| Liberal | Thomas Atholl Robertson | 10,553 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1929: Kinross and Western Perthshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Unionist | The Duchess of Atholl | 12,245 | |||
| Liberal | Dr George Freeland Barbour | 9,128 | |||
| Labour | Rev. W.D. Stewart | 3,834 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1924: Kinross and Western Perthshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Unionist | The Duchess of Atholl | 13,565 | |||
| Labour | J. McDiarmid | 5,286 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Unionist hold | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1923: Kinross and Western Perthshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Unionist | The Duchess of Atholl | 9,235 | |||
| Liberal | Percy Alport Molteno | 9,085 | |||
| Majority | |||||
| Turnout | |||||
| Unionist gain from Liberal | Swing | ||||
| General Election 1922: Kinross and Western Perthshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | James Gardiner | unopposed | |||
| General Election 1918: Kinross and Western Perthshire | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Party | Candidate | Votes | % | ±% | |
| Liberal | James Gardiner | 7,579 | |||
| Coalition Conservative | Col. Archibald Stirling | 6,975 | |||
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