Scottish Westminster constituencies 2005 to 2024

Overview

1708 to 1832

1832 to 1868

1868 to 1885

1885 to 1918

1918 to 1950

1950 to 1955

1955 to 1974

1974 to 1983

1983 to 1997

1997 to 2005

2005 to 2024

since 2024

As a result of the Fifth Periodical Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland, Scotland was covered by 59 constituencies of the House of Commons of the United Kingdom Parliament: 19 burgh constituencies and 40 county constituencies. These constituencies were used from the 2005 to the 2019 general elections, and were replaced by new constituencies at the 2024 election.

Name	Boundaries
Aberdeen North  BC Aberdeen South  BC Airdrie and Shotts  CC* Angus  CC Argyll and Bute  CC Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock  CC Banff and Buchan  CC Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk  CC Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross  CC Central Ayrshire  CC* Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill  BC* Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East  CC* Dumfries and Galloway  CC Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale  CC Dundee East  BC Dundee West  BC Dunfermline and West Fife  CC East Dunbartonshire  CC* East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow  CC* East Lothian  CC East Renfrewshire  CC* Edinburgh East  BC* Edinburgh North and Leith  BC* Edinburgh South  BC* Edinburgh South West  BC* Edinburgh West  BC* Falkirk  CC* Glasgow Central  BC* Glasgow East  BC* Glasgow North  BC* Glasgow North East  BC* Glasgow North West  BC* Glasgow South  BC* Glasgow South West  BC* Glenrothes  CC* Gordon  CC Inverclyde  CC* Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey  CC Kilmarnock and Loudoun  CC* Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath  CC* Lanark and Hamilton East  CC* Linlithgow and East Falkirk  CC* Livingston  CC* Midlothian  CC* Moray  CC Motherwell and Wishaw  BC* Na h-Eileanan an Iar  CC North Ayrshire and Arran  CC North East Fife  CC Ochil and South Perthshire  CC Orkney and Shetland  CC Paisley and Renfrewshire North  CC* Paisley and Renfrewshire South  CC* Perth and North Perthshire  CC Ross, Skye and Lochaber  CC Rutherglen and Hamilton West  BC * Stirling  CC West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine  CC West Dunbartonshire  CC*	Parliamentary constituencies in Scotland

Constituencies and council areas

The Fifth Review of the Boundary Commission for Scotland related the boundaries of new constituencies to those of Scottish local government council areas and to local government wards. Apart from a few minor adjustments, the council area boundaries dated from 1996 and the ward boundaries dated from 1999. Some council areas were grouped to form larger areas and, within these larger areas, some constituencies straddle council area boundaries.

The same council area and ward boundaries were in use when the new constituencies were first used in 2005, but ward boundaries have changed since then. New wards were introduced for the 2007 Scottish local government elections.

Council areas	Constituencies
Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire	Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Banff and Buchan Gordon West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
Angus and Dundee	Angus Dundee East Dundee West
Argyll and Bute	Argyll and Bute
Edinburgh	Edinburgh East Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh South Edinburgh South West Edinburgh West
Clackmannanshire and Perth and Kinross	Ochil and South Perthshire Perth and North Perthshire
Dumfries and Galloway, Scottish Borders and South Lanarkshire	Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk Dumfries and Galloway Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow Lanark and Hamilton East Rutherglen and Hamilton West
East Ayrshire, North Ayrshire and South Ayrshire	Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Central Ayrshire Kilmarnock and Loudoun North Ayrshire and Arran
East Dunbartonshire and North Lanarkshire	Airdrie and Shotts Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East East Dunbartonshire Motherwell and Wishaw
East Lothian	East Lothian
East Renfrewshire	East Renfrewshire
Falkirk and West Lothian	Falkirk Linlithgow and East Falkirk Livingston
Fife	Dunfermline and West Fife Glenrothes Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath North East Fife
Glasgow	Glasgow Central Glasgow East Glasgow North Glasgow North East Glasgow North West Glasgow South Glasgow South West
Highland	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey Ross, Skye and Lochaber
Inverclyde	Inverclyde
Midlothian	Midlothian
Moray	Moray
Na h-Eileanan Siar	Na h-Eileanan an Iar
Orkney Islands and Shetland Islands	Orkney and Shetland
Renfrewshire	Paisley and Renfrewshire North Paisley and Renfrewshire South
Stirling	Stirling
West Dunbartonshire	West Dunbartonshire

MPs

The following section relates to MPs at the dissolution of Parliament on 30 May 2024.

   Scottish National Party    Conservative    Labour    Liberal Democrats    Alba

Name	Electorate [1]	Majority [2]	Member of Parliament [2]		Nearest opposition [2]
Aberdeen North  BC	62,489	12,670		Kirsty Blackman		Ryan Houghton
Aberdeen South  BC	65,719	3,990		Stephen Flynn		Douglas Lumsden
Airdrie and Shotts  CC	64,011	1,757		Anum Qaisar		Kenneth Stevenson
Angus  CC	63,952	3,795		Dave Doogan		Kirstene Hair
Argyll and Bute  CC	66,525	4,110		Brendan O'Hara		Gary Mulvaney
Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock  CC	71,970	2,329		Allan Dorans		Martin Dowey
Banff and Buchan  CC	66,655	4,118		David Duguid		Paul Robertson
Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk  CC	74,518	5,148		John Lamont		Calum Kerr
Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross  CC	46,930	204		Jamie Stone		Karl Rosie
Central Ayrshire  CC	69,742	5,304		Philippa Whitford		Derek Stillie
Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill  BC	72,943	5,624		Steven Bonnar		Hugh Gaffney
Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East  CC	66,079	12,976		Stuart McDonald		James McPhilemy
Dumfries and Galloway  CC	74,580	1,805		Alister Jack		Richard Arkless
Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale  CC	68,330	3,781		David Mundell		Amanda Burgauer
Dundee East  BC	66,210	13,375		Stewart Hosie		Phillip Scott
Dundee West  BC	64,431	12,259		Chris Law		Jim Malone
Dunfermline and West Fife  CC	76,652	10,669		Douglas Chapman		Cara Hilton
East Dunbartonshire  CC	66,075	149		Amy Callaghan		Jo Swinson
East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow  CC	81,224	13,322		Lisa Cameron [n 1]		Monique McAdams
East Lothian  CC	81,600	3,886		Kenny MacAskill [n 2]		Martin Whitfield
East Renfrewshire  CC	72,232	5,425		Kirsten Oswald		Paul Masterton
Edinburgh East  BC	69,424	10,417		Tommy Sheppard		Sheila Gilmore
Edinburgh North and Leith  BC	81,336	12,808		Deidre Brock		Gordon Munro
Edinburgh South  BC	66,188	11,095		Ian Murray		Catriona McDonald
Edinburgh South West  BC	73,501	11,982		Joanna Cherry		Callum Laidlaw
Edinburgh West  BC	72,507	3,769		Christine Jardine		Sarah Masson
Falkirk  CC	84,472	14,948		John McNally		Lynn Munro
Glasgow Central  BC	69,230	6,474		Alison Thewliss		Faten Hameed
Glasgow East  BC	67,381	5,556		David Linden		Kate Watson
Glasgow North  BC	57,130	5,601		Patrick Grady		Pam Duncan-Glancy
Glasgow North East  BC	61,075	2,458		Anne McLaughlin		Paul Sweeney
Glasgow North West  BC	63,402	8,359		Carol Monaghan		Patricia Ferguson
Glasgow South  BC	70,891	9,005		Stewart McDonald		Johann Lamont
Glasgow South West  BC	64,575	4,900		Chris Stephens		Matt Kerr
Glenrothes  CC	65,762	11,757		Peter Grant		Pat Egan
Gordon  CC	79,629	819		Richard Thomson		Colin Clark
Inverclyde  CC	60,622	7,512		Ronnie Cowan		Martin McCluskey
Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey  CC	78,059	10,440		Drew Hendry		Fiona Fawcett
Kilmarnock and Loudoun  CC	74,517	12,659		Alan Brown		Caroline Hollins
Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath  CC	72,853	1,243		Neale Hanvey [n 3]		Lesley Laird
Lanark and Hamilton East  CC	77,659	5,187		Angela Crawley		Shona Haslam
Linlithgow and East Falkirk  CC	87,044	11,266		Martyn Day		Charles Kennedy
Livingston  CC	82,285	13,435		Hannah Bardell		Damian Timson
Midlothian  CC	70,544	5,705		Owen Thompson		Danielle Rowley
Moray  CC	71,035	413		Douglas Ross		Laura Mitchell
Motherwell and Wishaw  BC	68,856	6,268		Marion Fellows		Angela Feeney
Na h-Eileanan an Iar  CC	21,106	2,538		Angus MacNeil [n 4]		Alison McCorquodale
North Ayrshire and Arran	73,534	8,521		Patricia Gibson		David Rocks
North East Fife  CC	60,905	1,316		Wendy Chamberlain		Stephen Gethins
Ochil and South Perthshire  CC	78,776	4,498		John Nicolson		Luke Graham
Orkney and Shetland  CC	34,211	2,507		Alistair Carmichael		Robert Leslie
Paisley and Renfrewshire North  CC	72,007	11,902		Gavin Newlands		Alison Taylor
Paisley and Renfrewshire South  CC	64,385	10,679		Mhairi Black		Moira Ramage
Perth and North Perthshire  CC	72,600	7,550		Pete Wishart		Angus Forbes
Ross, Skye and Lochaber  CC	54,230	9,443		Ian Blackford		Craig Harrow
Rutherglen and Hamilton West  BC	80,918	9,446		Michael Shanks		Katy Loudon
Stirling  CC	68,473	9,254		Alyn Smith		Stephen Kerr
West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine  CC	72,640	843		Andrew Bowie		Fergus Mutch
West Dunbartonshire  CC	66,517	9,553		Martin Docherty-Hughes		Jean-Anne Mitchell

List of constituencies by party

Party		Constituency
	Alba	East Lothian Kirkcaldy and Cowdenbeath
	Conservative	Banff and Buchan Berwickshire, Roxburgh and Selkirk Dumfries and Galloway Dumfriesshire, Clydesdale and Tweeddale East Kilbride, Strathaven and Lesmahagow Moray West Aberdeenshire and Kincardine
	Labour	Edinburgh South Rutherglen and Hamilton West
	Liberal Democrats	Caithness, Sutherland and Easter Ross Edinburgh West North East Fife Orkney and Shetland
	SNP	Aberdeen North Aberdeen South Airdrie and Shotts Angus Argyll and Bute Ayr, Carrick and Cumnock Central Ayrshire Coatbridge, Chryston and Bellshill Cumbernauld, Kilsyth and Kirkintilloch East Dundee East Dundee West Dunfermline and West Fife East Dunbartonshire East Renfrewshire Edinburgh East Edinburgh North and Leith Edinburgh South West Falkirk Glasgow Central Glasgow East Glasgow North Glasgow North East Glasgow North West Glasgow South Glasgow South West Glenrothes Gordon Inverclyde Inverness, Nairn, Badenoch and Strathspey Kilmarnock and Loudoun Lanark and Hamilton East Linlithgow and East Falkirk Livingston Midlothian Motherwell and Wishaw North Ayrshire and Arran Ochil and South Perthshire Paisley and Renfrewshire North Paisley and Renfrewshire South Perth and North Perthshire Ross, Skye and Lochaber Stirling West Dunbartonshire
	Independent	Na h-Eileanan an Iar

2019 general election

The aggregate votes of all Scottish constituencies for the 2019 general election are as follows:

Party	Votes	%	Change from 2017	Seats	Change from 2017
Scottish National Party	1,242,380	45.0%	8.1%	48	13
Conservative	692,939	25.1%	3.5%	6	7
Labour	511,838	18.6%	8.5%	1	6
Liberal Democrats	263,417	9.5%	2.7%	4	0
Greens	28,122	1.0%	0.8%	0	0
Brexit	13,243	0.5%	new	0	0
Others	7,122	0.3%	0.4%	0	0
Total	2,759,061	100.0		59

See also

• List of Great Britain and UK Parliament constituencies in Scotland from 1707 for graphical representation by party
• Scottish Parliament constituencies and electoral regions for seats in the Scottish Parliament
• Scottish Westminster constituencies 1918 to 1950

Footnotes

1. Cameron defected to the Scottish Conservatives from the SNP on 12 October 2023.
2. MacAskill defected to the Alba Party from the SNP on 27 March 2021.
3. Hanvey defected to the Alba Party from the SNP on 27 March 2021.
4. MacNeil was suspended from the SNP in July 2023 and expelled in August.

References

1. Baker, Carl; Uberoi, Elise; Cracknell, Richard (28 January 2020). "General Election 2019: full results and analysis".
2. "Constituencies A-Z – Election 2019". BBC News. Retrieved 25 April 2020.