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 Results of the Oct. 1974 election in Scotland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
A general election was held in the United Kingdom on Thursday 10 October 1974 and all 71 seats in Scotland were contested. [1]
List of MPs for constituencies in Scotland (October 1974–1979)
| Party | Seats | Seats change | Votes | % | % change | |
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| Labour | 41 |  1 | 1,000,581 | 36.3 | 0.3 | |
| Conservative | 16 | 5 | 681,327 | 24.7 | 8.2 | |
| SNP | 11 | 4 | 839,617 | 30.4 | 8.5 | |
| Liberal | 3 |  | 228,855 | 8.3 | 0.4 | |
| Other | 0 | | 7,721 | 0.28 | 0.4 | |
| Turnout: | 2,758,101 | 74.81 | ||||
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