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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 Fifty-Second Parliament of the United Kingdom (1997 to 2001) at the 1997 United Kingdom general election.
| Affiliation | Members | |
| Labour Party | 56 | |
| Liberal Democrats | 10 | |
| Scottish National Party | 6 | |
| Total | 72 | |
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