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Results for the 2024 and 2019 elections, as well as for all by-elections, are sourced directly from the returning officer's declaration of results. Results for the 2017, 2015, and 2010 elections are sourced from the Greater London Authority.

Candidate names for the 2024 and 2019 elections are sourced directly from each constituency's relevant statement of persons nominated. Candidate names prior to 2019 and results prior to 2010 are sourced from Wikipedia which is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 International license.

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2024 General Election

lab

Ian Murray

24 976

53.34%

snp

Simita Kumar

7 725

16.50%

sgrn

Jo Phillips

4 270

9.12%

con

Christopher Cowdy

4 001

8.54%

ld

Andy Williamson

2 746

5.86%

ref

Cameron Rose

1 845

3.94%

ind

Alex Martin

466

1.00%

alba

Lynne Lyon

454

0.97%

ind_scotfam

Phil Holden

267

0.57%

ind

Mark Rowbotham

76

0.16%

Boundary changes occurred. Its area was enlarged.

2019 General Election

lab

Ian Murray

23 745

47.75%

snp

Catriona MacDonald

12 650

25.44%

con

Nick Cook

8 161

16.41%

ld

Alan Beal

3 819

7.68%

sgrn

Kate Nevens

1 357

2.73%

2017 General Election

lab

Ian Murray

26 269

54.91%

snp

Jim Eadie

10 755

22.48%

con

Stephanie Smith

9 428

19.71%

ld

Alan Beal

1 388

2.90%

2015 General Election

lab

Ian Murray

19 293

39.14%

snp

Neil Hay

16 656

33.79%

con

Miles Briggs

8 626

17.50%

sgrn

Phyl Meyer

2 090

4.24%

ld

Pramod Subbaraman

1 823

3.70%

ukip

Paul Marshall

601

1.22%

ssp

Colin Fox

197

0.40%

2010 General Election

lab

Ian Murray

15 215

34.74%

ld

Fred Mackintosh

14 899

34.02%

con

Neil Hudson

9 452

21.58%

snp

Sandy Howat

3 354

7.66%

sgrn

Steve Burgess

881

2.01%