Election of 9th Jun, 1983
Party	Votes	Outcome
Labour	18358	Elected
Conservative	8559
Liberal	5721
Scottish National Party	3185

More information about the 1983 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 11th Jun, 1987
Party	Votes	Outcome
Labour	22649	Elected
Conservative	6260
Scottish National Party	4790
Liberal	3442

More information about the 1987 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 9th Apr, 1992
Party	Votes	Outcome
Labour	22266	Elected
Scottish National Party	6554
Conservative	5830
Liberal Democrat	1679

More information about the 1992 General Election is available here.

This was a General Election

Election of 30th Jun, 1994
Party	Votes	Outcome
Labour	16960	Elected
Scottish National Party	15320
Liberal Democrat	878
Conservative	799
Independent	69
Natural Law	58

This was a by-election.