Skip to content

Scotland, 1922 vs 1923: seat-by-seat change

Every constituency in Scotland compared between the 1922 and 1923 general elections: which seats changed hands and how far each swung.

Constituency19221923MajorityCon–Lab swing
Aberdeen NorthLabLab23.9%−15.9
Aberdeen SouthConCon18.3%+19.9
Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire CentralLibLib7.2%−3.3
Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire EasternLibLib11.7%−22.1
Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Kincardine and WesternLibCon gain2.1%−25.5
ArgyllNat LibLib gain5.4%−23.7
Ayr District of BurghsConCon10.1%+4.2
Ayrshire and Bute Bute and NorthernConCon11.1%+5.1
Ayrshire and Bute KilmarnockLibLab gain11.0%−13.4
Ayrshire and Bute South AyrshireLabLab11.8%−21.9
BanffshireLibLib—0
Berwickshire and HaddingtonshireNat LibLab gain0.3%−14.5
Caithness and SutherlandNat LibLib gain—0
Dumbarton District of BurghsLabLab22.5%−20.9
DumfriesshireLibLib7.1%−0.5
DunbartonshireConLab gain7.0%+3.9
Dunfermline District of BurghsLabLab7.1%+1.6
Edinburgh CentralLabLab35.9%+5.0
Edinburgh EastLibLib36.6%−15.8
Edinburgh NorthConLib gain11.5%+8.8
Edinburgh SouthConCon11.4%+5.5
Edinburgh WestLibLib8.4%+20.7
Fife EasternLibLib11.0%−0.2
Fife WesternLabLab30.8%+32.7
ForfarshireLibLib5.9%−0.9
GallowayLibLib—+23.0
Glasgow BridgetonLabLab39.7%−12.0
Glasgow CamlachieLabLab12.4%−0.3
Glasgow CathcartLabCon gain7.6%−4.7
Glasgow CentralConCon1.4%+3.4
Glasgow GorbalsLabLab34.5%−10.0
Glasgow GovanLabLab32.7%+2.0
Glasgow HillheadConCon24.5%+19.1
Glasgow KelvingroveConCon3.9%+5.9
Glasgow MaryhillLabLab8.3%+0.3
Glasgow PartickNat LibLab gain10.9%+5.5
Glasgow PollokConCon34.4%+2.4
Glasgow ShettlestonLabLab19.7%+0.4
Glasgow SpringburnLabLab24.5%+1.8
Glasgow St RolloxLabLab24.7%+2.2
Glasgow TradestonLabLab20.3%+21.8
GreenockLibLib22.5%+17.0
Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty InvernessNat LibLib gain30.9%+17.3
Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Ross and CromartyNat LibLib gain—0
Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Western IslesNat LibLib gain2.7%−18.4
Kirkcaldy District of BurghsNat LibLab gain8.7%+2.9
Lanarkshire BothwellLabLab28.1%+7.1
Lanarkshire CoatbridgeLabLab11.0%+0.8
Lanarkshire HamiltonLabLab16.9%+21.6
Lanarkshire LanarkConLab gain1.0%+5.5
Lanarkshire MotherwellConCon4.6%−4.4
Lanarkshire NorthernLabLab16.1%+2.6
Lanarkshire RutherglenLabLab22.5%−16.3
LeithLibLib29.0%+19.2
LinlithgowshireLabLab19.7%+3.2
Midlothian and Peeblesshire NorthernConLab gain9.7%+6.2
Midlothian and Peeblesshire Peebles and SouthernLabLab9.2%+3.4
Montrose District of BurghsNat LibLib gain10.7%−0.5
Moray and NairnshireNat LibCon gain6.8%−26.7
Orkney and ShetlandLibLib8.6%−22.9
PaisleyLibLib6.0%−24.4
Perthshire and Kinross Shire Kinross and WesternNat LibCon gain0.8%−25.2
Perthshire and Kinross Shire PerthConLib gain6.4%−9.7
Renfrewshire EasternLabLab2.3%−0.1
Renfrewshire WesternLabLab14.6%−19.7
Roxburghshire and SelkirkshireNat LibCon gain12.3%−8.5
Stirling and Falkirk District of BurghsLabLib gain0.7%−1.8
Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire Clackmannan and EasternLabLab2.2%+18.6
Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire WesternLabLab17.2%+6.2

← Whole UK

Official results House of Commons Library and UK Parliament election results data. Contains Parliamentary information licensed under the Open Parliament Licence v3.0. How we use this data