List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1983–1987)

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List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (1983–1987)
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This is a list of the 72 members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by Scottish constituencies for the Forty-Ninth parliament of the United Kingdom (1983 to 1987) at the 1983 United Kingdom general election.

Contents

Composition

AffiliationMembers
Labour Party 41
Alliance 8
Scottish National Party 2
Conservative Party 21
 Total72

List

ConstituencyMPPartyNotes
Aberdeen North Robert Hughes Labour
Aberdeen South Gerry Malone Conservative
Argyll and Bute John Mackay Conservative
Ayr George Younger Conservative
Banff and Buchan Albert McQuarrie Conservative
Caithness and Sutherland Robert Maclennan Alliance (SDP)
Carrick, Cumnock and Doon Valley George Foulkes Labour Co-operative
Central Fife Willie Hamilton Labour
Clackmannan Martin O'Neill Labour
Clydebank and Milngavie Hugh McCartney Labour
Clydesdale Judith Hart Labour
Cumbernauld and Kilsyth Norman Hogg Labour
Cunninghame North John Corrie Conservative
Cunninghame South David Lambie Labour
Dumbarton Ian Campbell Labour
Dumfries Hector Monro Conservative
Dundee East Gordon Wilson SNP
Dundee West Ernie Ross Labour
Dunfermline East Gordon Brown Labour
Dunfermline West Dick Douglas Labour Co-operative
East Angus Peter Fraser Conservative
East Kilbride Maurice Miller Labour
East Lothian John Home Robertson Labour
Eastwood Allan Stewart Conservative
Edinburgh Central Alex Fletcher Conservative
Edinburgh East Gavin Strang Labour
Edinburgh Leith Ron Brown Labour
Edinburgh Pentlands Malcolm Rifkind Conservative
Edinburgh South Michael Ancram Conservative
Edinburgh West James Douglas-Hamilton Conservative
Falkirk East Harry Ewing Labour
Falkirk West Dennis Canavan Labour
Galloway and Upper Nithsdale Ian Lang Conservative
Glasgow Cathcart John Maxton Labour
Glasgow Central Bob Mctaggart Labour
Glasgow Garscadden Donald Dewar Labour
Glasgow Govan Bruce Millan Labour
Glasgow Hillhead Roy Jenkins Alliance (SDP)
Glasgow Maryhill Jim Craigen Labour Co-operative
Glasgow Pollok James White Labour
Glasgow Provan Hugh Brown Labour
Glasgow Rutherglen Gregor Mackenzie Labour
Glasgow Shettleston David Marshall Labour
Glasgow, Springburn Michael Martin Labour
Gordon Malcolm Bruce Alliance (Liberal)
Greenock and Port Glasgow Norman Godman Labour
Hamilton George Robertson Labour
Inverness, Nairn and Lochaber Russell Johnston Alliance (Liberal)
Kilmarnock and Loudoun Willie McKelvey Labour
Kincardine and Deeside Alick Buchanan-Smith Conservative
Kirkcaldy Harry Gourley Labour
Linlithgow Sir Tam Dalyell Labour
Livingston Robin Cook Labour
Midlothian Alex Eadie Labour
Monklands East John Smith Labour
Monklands West Tom Clarke Labour
Moray Alex Pollock Conservative
Motherwell North Jimmy Hamilton Labour
Motherwell South Jeremy Bray Labour
North East Fife Barry Henderson Conservative
North Tayside Bill Walker Conservative
Orkney and Shetland Jim Wallace Alliance (Liberal)
Paisley North Allen Adams Labour
Paisley South Norman Buchan Labour
Perth and Kinross Nicholas Fairbairn Conservative
Renfrew West and Inverclyde Anna McCurley Conservative
Ross, Cromarty and Skye Charles Kennedy Alliance (SDP)
Roxburgh and Berwickshire Archy Kirkwood Alliance (Liberal)
Stirling Michael Forsyth Conservative
Strathkelvin and Bearsden Michael Hirst Conservative
Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale David Steel Alliance (Liberal)
Western Isles Donald Stewart SNP

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