Previous Cornet Elections
1920
W. A. Lightbody – 251
William Ross – 88
Foster Jackson – 13
Total Votes – 352
Winning Margin – 163
1921
Alfred A. Bell – Unopposed
1922
Arthur W. Bell – Unopposed
1923
Robert Fletcher – 607
Foster Jackson – 32
3 ruined papers
Total Votes – 642
Winning Margin – 575
1924
Gilbert F. Bell – Unopposed
1925
James Laidlaw – 200
Robert Irving – 147
Jos Turnbull – 119
Total Votes – 466
Winning Margin – 53
1926
Robert Irving – Unopposed
1927
N. H. Copeland – 181
Andrew Farish – 120
Andrew Johnstone – 107
James Borthwick – 22
Robert Martin – 13
Total Votes – 443
Winning Margin – 61
1928
John Goodfellow – 232
Andrew Johnstone – 86
Andrew Farish – 39
Andrew Jeffrey – 32
Total Votes – 389
Winning Margin – 61
1929
Alex McVittie – 398
James Armstrong – 263
Andrew Hounam – 9
Douglas Ellis – 8
Total Votes – 678
Winning Margin – 146
1930
Lawrence Ewart – 360
James T. Armstrong – 276
Total Votes – 571
Winning Margin – 19
1931
James Ewart – 360
Andrew Beattie – 328
Total Votes – 688
Winning Margin – 32
1932
Andrew Beattie – 420
Andrew Hounam – 130
Total Votes – 550
Winning Margin – 290
1933
James Telford Armstrong – Unopposed
1934
Robert Graham – 235
C. Stewart Paisley – 212
Andrew Hounam – 100
Christopher Ellis – 42
1 spoilt vote
Total Votes – 590
Winning Margin – 23
1935
C. Stewart Paisley – 299
Andrew Hounam – 292
Total Votes – 591
Winning Margin – 7
1936
Robert I. Borthwick – 376
Walter W. Robinson – 257
William Tait – 161
Total Votes – 794
Winning Margin – 119
1937
Walter W. Robinson – 543
Charles Paisley – 305
Total Votes – 848
Winning Margin – 238
1938
W. Noel Caldwell – 579
Archibald Irving – 360
Total Votes – 939
Winning Margin – 219
1939
Archibald Irving – 464
James Harkness – 177
Total Votes – 641
Winning Margin – 287
1940-1945
1946
John Murray – 256
James Patterson – 204
Walter Richardson – 95
Total Votes – 555
Winning Margin – 52
1947
Alexander Scott Morrison – unopposed
1948
Edgar Morrison – unopposed
1949
James Robinson – unopposed
1950
John Maxwell Young – 443
Ian Murray – 203
Walter Richardson – 123
William Park – 107
Gavin Ritchie – 56
Total Votes – 932
Winning Margin – 241
1951
William Park – 503
Harry Erskin – 153
John Fleming – 135
Gavin Ritchie – 21
Total Votes – 812
Winning Margin – 350
1952
John Patterson – 398
William H. McCracken (Reid) – 314
William W. Barrow – 145
Baillie Richardson – 89
Total Votes – 946
Winning Margin – 85
*Common Riding curtailed to Foot & Mouth – ex-Cornet James J. Patterson carried the flag
1953
John Patterson
*Winning candidate from previous year
1954
William H. M. Reid – 616
James M. Maxwell – 270
Total Votes – 886
Winning Margin – 346
1955
James M. Maxwell – 632
Joseph T. Donaldson – 355
John M. Storey – 15
Total Votes – 1002
Winning Margin – 277
1956
Joseph T. Donaldson – unopposed
1957
Ian Murray – 414
William Park Bell – 349
Total Vote – 763
Winning Margin – 65
1958
William Park Bell – 595
Andrew G. Morgan – 219
Arthur N. Elliot – 100
Total Votes – 914
Winning Margin – 376
1959
Andrew Johnstone Jeffrey – 550
Andrew Gillespie Morgan – 464
1 spoilt vote
Total Votes – 1015
Winning Margin – 86
1960
Andrew Gillespie Morgan – 762
John C. Anderson – 93
William H. Harkness – 92
Total Votes – 947
Winning Margin – 669
*Morgan & Anderson submitted their names after deadline
1961
George Ian McVittie – 531
William Hyslop Harkness – 381
William McMillan Hotson – 115
Total Votes – 1027
Winning Margin – 150
1962
William Hyslop Harkness – 613
George Ellwood – 202
Robert Irving Edgar – 155
Total Votes – 970
Winning Margin – 411
1963
George Ellwood – 426
David Park McVittie – 288
Robert Irving Edgar – 191
John Beattie – 119
2 spoilt papers
Total Votes – 1007
Winning Margin – 57
1964
Robert Irving Edgar – 440
David Park McVittie – 288
Ronald Hudson – 163
Alistair Graham – 108
John Ewart – 100
Billy Laidlaw – 54
Total Votes – 1153
Winning Margin – 152
1965
David Park McVittie – 460
Ronald Hudson – 352
John Ewart – 149
George Beattie – 92
Total Votes – 1053
Winning Margin – 108
1966
Ronald Hudson – 595
George Beattie – 203
Total Votes – 798
Winning Margin – 392
1967
Colin Barnfather – 289
James G. Hotson – 260
George Beattie – 254
Robert K. Jackson – 57
Total Vote – 860
Winning Margin – 29
1968
Cyril Johnstone – 717
Brian Welsh – 224
Total Vote – 941
Winning Margin – 493
1969
William Cotter Laidlaw – 462
Neil Davidson – 356
John Irving – 71
Total Votes – 889
Winning Margin – 106
1970
Neil Davidson – unopposed
1971
Robert Scott Nixon – 545
Scott Haldane Morrison – 244
Graham Cubbon – 154
Total Vote – 943
Winning Margin – 301
1972
Scott Haldane Morrison – 549
Michael Bell – 213
Graham Cubbon – 152
2 spoilt and 2 blank papers
Total Vote – 918
Winning Margin – 336
1973
Michael Bell – 379
Graham Cubbon – 202
Leslie Richardson – 190
Total Vote – 771
Winning Margin – 177
1974
Graham Cubbon – 651
John Richardson Reid – 207
Total Vote – 858
Winning Margin – 444
1975
John Richardson Reid – unopposed
1976
John Elliot Murray – unopposed
1977
Charles John Erskine – 794
Martin Thomas Borthwick – 190
Total Vote – 984
Winning Margin – 604
1978
Martin Thomas Borthwick – 385
Thomas Morrison – 380
David Hyslop Pool – 192
Total Vote – 957
Winning Margin – 5
1979
Thomas Morrison – 516
David Hyslop Pool – 409
Alan Roddick Currie – 140
Total Vote – 1065
Winning Margin – 107
1980
David Hyslop Pool – 565
Alan Roddick Currie – 376
Total Vote – 941
Winning Margin – 189
1981
Alan Roddick Currie – 856
Roger J. M. Maxwell – 130
Total Vote – 986
Winning Margin – 726
1982
Roger J. M. Maxwell – 500
Colin Alexander Irving – 436
Total Vote – 936
Winning Margin – 64
1983
Colin Alexander Irving – 530
William Scott Young – 441
Total Vote – 971
Winning Margin – 89
1984
William Scott Young – 542
Joseph Kenneth Donaldson – 357
Iain Campbell Park – 169
Total Vote – 1068
Winning Margin – 185
1985
Joseph Kenneth Donaldson – 604
Geoffrey William Maxwell – 263
Iain Campbell Park – 154
Alisdair Armstrong Bell – 109
Total Vote – 1130
Winning Margin – 341
1986
Iain Campbell Park – 627
Geoffrey William Maxwell – 335
Andrew Johnstone – 128
Total Vote – 1090
Winning Margin – 292
1987
Robert John Rae – 636
Andrew Johnstone – 437
Total Vote – 1073
Winning Margin – 199
1988
Andrew Johnstone Jeffrey – 595
Andrew Johnstone – 531
Total Vote – 1126
Winning Margin – 64
1989
Andrew Johnstone – unopposed
1990
Kevan James Hotson – 506
Alan Donaldson – 274
Stephen Rae – 165
Gordon Johnstone – 162
Total Vote – 1107
Winning Margin – 232
1991
Alan Donaldson – 377
Stephen Rae – 359
Gordon W. Johnstone – 230
Total Vote – 966
Winning Margin – 18
1992
Stephen Rae – unopposed
1993
Andrew Walton – 833
Craig Richardson – 128
Antony Hutton – 47
Total Vote – 1008
Winning Margin – 705
1994
Ian Lawrence Ewart – 760
Steven Ellwood – 408
Total Vote – 1168
Winning Margin – 352
1995
Steven Ellwood – unopposed
1996
David John McVittie – 644
Simon Patrick Wood – 215
Total Vote – 859
Winning Margin – 429
1997
Simon Patrick Wood – 594
Malcolm Morgan Devlin – 300
Darren Graham Irving – 171
Total Vote – 1065
Winning Margin – 294
1998
Malcolm Morgan Devlin – 670
Darren Grahm Irving – 255
Total Vote – 925
Winning Margin – 415
1999
Darren Graham Irving – 478
Steven Hotson – 411
Roy Gregor Park – 220
Total Vote – 1109
Winning Margin – 67
2000
Steven Hotson – 508
Roy Gregor Park – 469
Total Vote – 977
Winning Margin – 39
2001
*Common Riding curtailed due to Foot & Mouth – Semi-Jubilee Cornet John Elliot Murray carried the flag
2002
Roy Gregor Park – 455
Ian Earsman – 424
Total Vote – 879
Winning Margin – 31
2003
Ian Earsman – 637
Wayne Irving – 292
Total Vote – 929
Winning Margin – 345
2004
Wayne Irving – 523
Duncan Nawrocki – 394
Total Vote – 917
Winning Margin – 129
2005
James Ritchie – 343
Kevan Grieve – 332
W. Andrew Johnstone – 287
Simon Richardson – 222
Total Vote – 1184
Winning Margin – 11
2006
Kevan Grieve – 469
W. Andrew Johnstone – 269
Simon Richardson – 171
Graeme Murray – 159
Total Vote – 1068
Winning Margin – 200
2007
W. Andrew Johnstone – 701
Simon Richardson – 170
Graeme Murray – 130
Keith Davidson – 129
Total Vote – 1130
Winning Margin – 531
2008
Simon Richardson – 449
Derek Hogg – 302
Keith Davidson – 232
Graeme Murray – 156
Total Vote – 1139
Winning Margin – 147
2009
Derek Hogg – 438
Graeme Murray – 300
Keith Davidson – 295
Total Vote – 1033
Winning Margin – 138
2010
Graeme Murray – 673
Alasdair Elliot Cavers – 320
Total Vote – 993
Winning Margin – 353
2011
Lee William Earsman – 559
Alasdair Elliot Cavers – 348
Total Vote – 907
Winning Margin – 211
2012
Andrew Douglas Elliot – 345
Simon Jack Tweddle – 306
Alasdair Elliot Davers – 213
Stephen Thomas Devlin – 156
Total Vote – 1020
Winning Margin – 39
2013
Alasdair Elliot Cavers – 427
Simon Jack Tweddle – 317
Stephen Thomas Devlin – 133
Total Vote – 877
Winning Margin – 110
2014
Dale Kenneth Irving – 614
Simon Jack Tweddle – 232
Stephen Thomas Devlin – 142
Total Vote – 988
Winning Margin – 382
2015
Jamie Fletcher – 347
Simon Jack Tweddle – 336
Stephen Thomas Devlin – 219
Jamie Gormley – 103
Total Vote – 1016
Winning Margin – 11
2016
Simon J. Tweddle – 535
Stuart T. Murray – 279
Iain R. Little – 272
Total Votes – 1086
Winning Margin – 256
2017
Stuart Thomas Murray – 682
Iain Ross Little – 358
Total Vote – 1040
Winning Margin – 324
2018
Iain Ross Little – 727
Henry W. Jeffrey – 306
Total Votes – 1033
Winning Margin – 421
2019
Henry W. Jeffrey – 521
Lawrence Ewart – 401
Lloyd Johnstone – 78
Total Votes – 1000
Winning Margin – 120
2022
Ruairi C. Hotson – 491
Stuart J. A. Tedham – 425
Ewan A. Patterson – 180
Total Votes – 1096
Winning Margin – 66
2023
Christopher W. Tait – 470
Stuart J. A. Tedham – 419
Lloyd Johnstone – 149
Ewan A. Patterson – 147
Total Votes – 1185
Winning Margin – 51
2024
Bailey K. Donaldson – 327
Ewan A. Patterson – 279
Lloyd Johnstone – 190
Jamie Gormley – 171
Thomas D. Hope – 111
Callum T. Henderson – 102
Total Votes – 1180
Winning Margin – 48