Donald James Stewart (17 October 1920 – 23 August 1992) was Scottish National Party (SNP) Member of Parliament (MP) from 1970 to 1987 for the Western Isles.
[4] Stewart was the SNP's sole Westminster representative from 1970 until he was joined by Margo MacDonald who won Glasgow Govan in the by-election of 1973.
[2]: 437 [3] When Robin Cook MP moved an amendment to legalise homosexual acts to the Bill which became the Criminal Justice (Scotland) Act 1980, he stated "The clause bears the names of hon.
I am pleased to see both representatives of that party in their place, and I hope to convert them in the remainder of my remarks.
In March 1985 Stewart announced he would retire from front-line politics at the next election,[12] although continued to represent the Western Isles until 1987.
The SNP vote dropped by 26% and the constituency saw an SNP to Labour swing of 19.6% in what was included by election analysts David Butler and Robert Waller as among the "exceptional results" seen in "individual constituencies" in that election.
[13][14] Labour held it until the 2005 general election when it was regained by the SNP's Angus MacNeil.