1970 United Kingdom general election in Scotland

1970 United Kingdom general election

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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 2 3 Popular vote 1,197,068 1,020,674 Percentage 44.5% 38.0% Swing 5.4% 0.4%   Third party Fourth party   Lib SNP Leader Jeremy Thorpe William Wolfe Party Liberal SNP Last election 5 seats, 6.8% 0 seats, 5.0% Seats won 3 1 Seat change 2 1 Popular vote 147,667 306,802 Percentage 5.5% 11.4% Swing 1.3% 6.4%
Results of the 1970 election in Scotland

Main article: 1970 United Kingdom general election

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]

MPs

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

Results

Party		Seats	Seats change	Votes	%	% change
	Labour	44	2	1,197,068	44.5	5.4
	Conservative	23	3	1,020,674	38.0	0.4
	SNP	1	1	306,802	11.4	6.4
	Liberal	3	2	147,667	5.5	1.3
	Other	0		16,024	0.6
Turnout:				2,688,235

Votes summary

Popular vote Labour   44.53% Conservative   37.97% SNP   11.41% Liberal   5.49% Other   0.60%

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. 18 (3): 342–363. doi:10.1057/s41293-022-00215-w. ISSN   1746-918X. PMC   9561324 . PMID   38625219.