1970 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 18 June 1970 and all 71 seats in Scotland were contested.[1] The Labour Party won the most seats for the fourth consecutive election, whilst the Scottish National Party won a seat for the first time in a general election, having won their first ever Westminster seat at the 1945 Motherwell by-election and another shock victory in the Hamilton by-election in 1967.[2]

1970 United Kingdom general election
All 71 Scottish seats to the House of Commons
  First party Second party
 
Leader Harold Wilson Edward Heath
Party Labour Conservative
Last election 46 seats, 49.9% 20 seats, 37.6%
Seats won 44 23
Seat change Decrease2 Increase3
Popular vote 1,197,068 1,020,674
Percentage 44.5% 38.0%
Swing Decrease5.4% Increase0.4%
  Third party Fourth party
 
Lib
Leader Jeremy Thorpe William Wolfe
Party Liberal SNP
Last election 5 seats, 6.8% 0 seats, 5.0%
Seats won 3 1
Seat change Decrease2 Increase1
Popular vote 147,667 306,802
Percentage 5.5% 11.4%
Swing Decrease1.3% Increase6.4%
Results of the 1970 election in Scotland
Main article: 1970 United Kingdom general election

MPs

List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1970–February 1974)

Results
Party Seats Seats
change		 Votes % %
change
Labour 44 Decrease 2 1,197,068 44.5 Decrease 5.4
Conservative 23 Increase3 1,020,674 38.0 Increase 0.4
SNP 1 Increase 1 306,802 11.4 Increase 6.4
Liberal 3 Decrease2 147,667 5.5 Decrease1.3
Other 0 Steady 16,024 0.6 Steady
Turnout: 2,688,235

Votes summary
Popular vote
Labour
 
 44.5%
Conservative
 
 38.0%
SNP
 
 11.4%
Liberal
 
 5.5%
Other
 
 0.6%
Parliament seats
Labour
 
 61.97%
Conservative
 
 32.39%
Liberal
 
 4.22%
SNP
 
 1.40%

References
  1. "Commons results report" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 12 November 2020.
  2. Baldi, Gregory (14 October 2022). "Politics without society: explaining the rise of the Scottish National Party". British Politics. doi:10.1057/s41293-022-00215-w. ISSN 1746-918X. PMC 9561324.
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