List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (October 1974–1979)

List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (October 1974–1979)

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Colours on map indicate the party allegiance of each constituency's MP.

This is a list of the 71 members of Parliament (MPs) elected to the House of Commons of the United Kingdom by Scottish constituencies for the Forty-seventh parliament of the United Kingdom (Oct. 1974 to 1979) at the October 1974 United Kingdom general election.

Composition

Affiliation		Members
	Labour Party	41
	Conservative Party	16
	Liberal	3
	Scottish National Party	11
Total		71

List

Constituency	MP	Party	Notes
Aberdeen North	Robert Hughes [1]	Labour
Aberdeen South	Ian Sproat [2]	Conservative
Argyll	Iain MacCormick	SNP
Ayr	George Younger	Conservative
Banffshire	Hamish Watt	SNP
Berwick and East Lothian	John Mackintosh	Labour	1978 By-election
Bothwell	James Hamilton	Labour
Bute and North Ayrshire	John Corrie	Conservative
Caithness and Sutherland	Robert Maclennon	Labour
Central Ayrshire	David Lambie	Labour
Central Dunbartonshire	Hugh McCartney	Labour
Central Fife	Willie Hamilton	Labour
Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire	George Reid	SNP
Coatbridge and Airdrie	James Dempsey	Labour
Dumfriesshire	Sir Hector Munro	Conservative
Dundee East	Gordon Wilson	SNP
Dundee West	Peter Doig	Labour
Dunfermline	Adam Hunter	Labour
East Aberdeenshire	Douglas Henderson	SNP
East Dunbartonshire	Margaret Bain	SNP
East Fife	John Gilmour	Conservative
East Kilbride	Maurice Miller	Labour
East Renfrewshire	Betty Harvie Anderson	Conservative
Edinburgh Central	Robin Cook	Labour
Edinburgh East	Gavin Strang	Labour
Edinburgh Leith	Ronald King Murray	Labour
Edinburgh North	Alex Fletcher	Conservative
Edinburgh Pentlands	Malcolm Rifkind	Conservative
Edinburgh South	Michael Clark Huchison	Conservative
Edinburgh West	James Douglas-Hamilton	Conservative
Galloway	George Thompson	SNP
Glasgow Cathcart	Teddy Taylor	Conservative
Glasgow Central	Thomas McMillan	Labour
Glasgow Craigton	Bruce Millan	Labour
Glasgow Garscadden	Willie Small	Labour	1978 By-election
Glasgow Govan	Harry Selby	Labour
Glasgow Hillhead	Tam Galbraith	Conservative
Glasgow Kelvingrove	Neil Carmichael	Labour
Glasgow Maryhill	Jim Craigen	Labour Co-operative
Glasgow Pollok	James White	Labour
Glasgow Provan	Hugh Brown	Labour
Glasgow Queen's Park	Frank McElhone	Labour
Glasgow Shettleston	Myer Galpern	Labour
Glasgow Springburn	Dick Buchanan	Labour
Greenock and Port Glasgow	Dickson Mabon	Labour Co-operative
Hamilton	Alex Wilson	Labour	1978 By-election
Inverness	Russell Johnston	Liberal
Kilmarnock	William Ross	Labour
Kinross and West Perthshire	Nicholas Fairbarn	Conservative
Kirkcaldy	Harry Gourley	Labour
Lanark	Judith Hart	Labour
Midlothian	Alex Eadie	Labour
Moray and Nairn	Winnie Ewing	SNP
Motherwell and Wishaw	Jeremy Bray	Labour
North Angus and Mearns	Alick Buchanan-Smith	Conservative
North Lanarkshire	John Smith	Labour
Orkney and Zetland	Jo Grimond	Liberal
Paisley	John Robertson	Labour
Perth and East Perthshire	Douglas Crawford	SNP
Ross and Cromarty	Hamish Grey	Conservative
Roxburgh Selkirk and Peebles	David Steel	Liberal
Rutherglen	Gregor Mackenzie	Labour
South Angus	Andrew Welsh	SNP
South Ayrshire	Jim Sillars	Labour
Stirling Falkirk and Grangemouth	Harry Ewing	Labour
West Aberdeenshire	Russell Fairgrieve	Conservative
West Dunbartonshire	Ian Campbell	Labour
West Lothian	Tom Dalyell	Labour
West Renfrewshire	Norman Buchan	Labour
West Stirlingshire	Dennis Canavan	Labour
Na h-Eileanan an lar	Donald Stewart	SNP

By-elections

• 1978 Glasgow Garscadden By-election, Donald Dewar, Labour
• 1978 Hamilton By-election, George Robertson, Labour
• 1978 Berwick and East Lothian By-election, John Home Robertson, Labour

References

1. "Parliamentary career for Lord Hughes of Woodside - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2025.
2. "Parliamentary career for Mr Iain Sproat - MPs and Lords - UK Parliament". members.parliament.uk. Retrieved 25 September 2025.

See also

• Lists of MPs for constituencies in Scotland