Member of Parliament
The constituency has elected only Liberal and Liberal Democrat MPs since 1950, the longest run of any British Parliamentary Constituency. In each general election from 1955 until 1979, in 1987, and again in 2010 it was the safest Liberal seat in Britain.
| Year | Member | Party | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1707 | Sir Alexander Douglas | ||
| 1713 | George Douglas | ||
| 1715 | James Moodie | ||
| 1722 | George Douglas | ||
| 1730 | Robert Douglas | ||
| 1747 | John Halyburton | ||
| 1754 | James Douglas | ||
| 1768 | Thomas Dundas | ||
| 1771 | Thomas Dundas | ||
| 1780 | Robert Baikie | ||
| 1781 | Thomas Dundas | ||
| 1790 | John Balfour | ||
| 1796 | Robert Honyman | ||
| 1806 | Robert Honyman | ||
| 1807 | Malcolm Laing | ||
| 1812 | Richard Bempde Johnstone Honyman | ||
| 1818 | George Heneage Lawrence Dundas | ||
| 1820 | John Balfour | ||
| 1826 | George Heneage Lawrence Dundas | ||
| 1830 | George Traill | Whig | |
| 1835 | Thomas Balfour | Tory | |
| 1837 | Frederick Dundas | Liberal | |
| 1847 | Arthur Anderson | Liberal | |
| 1852 | Frederick Dundas | Liberal | |
| 1873 | Samuel Laing | Liberal | |
| 1885 | Leonard Lyell | Liberal | |
| 1900 | Cathcart Wason | Liberal Unionist | |
| 1902 | Independent Liberal | ||
| 1906 | Liberal | ||
| 1918 | Coalition Liberal | ||
| 1921 | Malcolm Smith | Coalition Liberal | |
| 1922 | Robert Hamilton | Liberal | |
| 1935 | Basil Neven-Spence | Conservative | |
| 1950 | Jo Grimond | Liberal | |
| 1983 | Jim Wallace | Liberal | |
| 1988 | Liberal Democrat | ||
| 2001 | Alistair Carmichael | Liberal Democrat | |
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