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Scotland, 1923 vs 1924: seat-by-seat change

Every constituency in Scotland compared between the 1923 and 1924 general elections: which seats changed hands and how far each swung.

Constituency19231924MajorityCon–Lab swing
Aberdeen NorthLabLab21.6%−1.2
Aberdeen SouthConCon20.1%−0.9
Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire CentralLibCon gain7.3%+10.2
Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire EasternLibCon gain16.8%+11.2
Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Kincardine and WesternConCon9.1%−1.7
ArgyllLibCon gain15.2%+11.9
Ayr District of BurghsConCon24.5%−7.2
Ayrshire and Bute Bute and NorthernConCon23.3%−6.1
Ayrshire and Bute KilmarnockLabCon gain4.3%−11.4
Ayrshire and Bute South AyrshireLabLab0.8%−5.5
BanffshireLibCon gain8.8%−9.7
Berwickshire and HaddingtonshireLabCon gain11.2%−5.7
Caithness and SutherlandLibLib—0
Dumbarton District of BurghsLabLab18.4%−2.0
DumfriesshireLibCon gain15.4%+11.7
DunbartonshireLabCon gain11.5%−9.3
Dunfermline District of BurghsLabLab15.7%+2.1
Edinburgh CentralLabLab21.0%−23.5
Edinburgh EastLibLab gain15.3%+23.5
Edinburgh NorthLibCon gain21.4%+11.4
Edinburgh SouthConCon28.7%−4.4
Edinburgh WestLibCon gain3.5%+1.9
Fife EasternLibCon gain6.0%−4.2
Fife WesternLabLab41.9%−11.8
ForfarshireLibCon gain21.1%+10.4
GallowayLibCon gain6.1%−26.5
Glasgow BridgetonLabLab22.6%−8.5
Glasgow CamlachieLabLab0.7%−5.8
Glasgow CathcartConCon30.1%−11.3
Glasgow CentralConCon18.3%−8.4
Glasgow GorbalsLabLab31.8%−1.4
Glasgow GovanLabLab26.4%−20.0
Glasgow HillheadConCon35.4%−5.4
Glasgow KelvingroveConCon16.8%+13.0
Glasgow MaryhillLabCon gain5.2%−6.7
Glasgow PartickLabCon gain15.6%−13.3
Glasgow PollokConCon50.7%−8.1
Glasgow ShettlestonLabLab2.5%−28.7
Glasgow SpringburnLabLab13.0%−5.8
Glasgow St RolloxLabLab18.4%+17.2
Glasgow TradestonLabLab11.9%−2.1
GreenockLibLab gain2.7%+6.3
Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty InvernessLibLib25.1%+1.4
Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Ross and CromartyLibLib—0
Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Western IslesLibLib25.6%+12.7
Kirkcaldy District of BurghsLabLab5.4%−0.8
Lanarkshire BothwellLabLab12.7%−7.7
Lanarkshire CoatbridgeLabLab0.2%−5.4
Lanarkshire HamiltonLabLab21.7%−18.4
Lanarkshire LanarkLabCon gain4.9%−3.0
Lanarkshire MotherwellConLab gain4.2%+23.1
Lanarkshire NorthernLabCon gain7.9%−12.0
Lanarkshire RutherglenLabLab4.1%−9.2
LeithLibLib19.1%+2.5
LinlithgowshireLabCon gain2.2%−11.0
Midlothian and Peeblesshire NorthernLabCon gain10.5%−10.1
Midlothian and Peeblesshire Peebles and SouthernLabLab5.6%−1.8
Montrose District of BurghsLibLib14.3%−0.9
Moray and NairnshireConCon23.8%+14.8
Orkney and ShetlandLibLib—+22.9
PaisleyLibLab gain7.0%+26.4
Perthshire and Kinross Shire Kinross and WesternConCon43.9%+3.2
Perthshire and Kinross Shire PerthLibCon gain19.1%+8.8
Renfrewshire EasternLabCon gain11.4%−6.9
Renfrewshire WesternLabCon gain8.2%−11.4
Roxburghshire and SelkirkshireConCon17.9%−1.3
Stirling and Falkirk District of BurghsLibLab gain7.7%+2.1
Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire Clackmannan and EasternLabLab5.2%+0.7
Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire WesternLabCon gain1.5%−9.3

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