Scotland, 1929 vs 1931: seat-by-seat change

Every constituency in Scotland compared between the 1929 and 1931 general elections: which seats changed hands and how far each swung.

Constituency	1929	1931	Majority	Con–Lab swing
Aberdeen North	Lab	Con gain	39.8%	−50.3
Aberdeen South	Con	Con	67.4%	−22.8
Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Central	Con	Con	12.8%	−15.2
Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Eastern	Con	Con	44.5%	−15.3
Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Kincardine and Western	Lib	Con gain	23.2%	−6.7
Argyll	Con	Con	—	+10.1
Ayr District of Burghs	Con	Con	47.8%	−19.2
Ayrshire and Bute Bute and Northern	Con	Con	41.0%	−29.1
Ayrshire and Bute Kilmarnock	Lab	Nat Lab gain	19.2%	−8.9
Ayrshire and Bute South Ayrshire	Lab	Con gain	9.7%	−13.0
Banffshire	Lib	Lib	—	+4.1
Berwickshire and Haddingtonshire	Lab	Con gain	46.9%	−24.0
Caithness and Sutherland	Lib	Lib	—	+8.4
Dumbarton District of Burghs	Lab	Ind Lab gain	3.2%	−37.3
Dumfriesshire	Lib	Lib	55.5%	+19.9
Dunbartonshire	Lab	Con gain	27.2%	−15.6
Dunfermline District of Burghs	Lab	Nat Lib gain	15.9%	+9.3
Edinburgh Central	Lab	Con gain	23.1%	−32.4
Edinburgh East	Lab	Lib gain	23.4%	+4.9
Edinburgh North	Con	Con	50.1%	−21.3
Edinburgh South	Con	Con	—	+21.0
Edinburgh West	Lab	Con gain	42.4%	−24.7
Fife Eastern	Lib	Nat Lab gain	—	+12.6
Fife Western	Lab	Con gain	6.2%	−23.4
Forfarshire	Con	Con	22.9%	−22.2
Galloway	Lib	Con gain	29.9%	−10.5
Glasgow Bridgeton	Lab	ILP gain	16.4%	−38.6
Glasgow Camlachie	Lab	Con gain	9.4%	−33.0
Glasgow Cathcart	Con	Con	49.1%	−21.1
Glasgow Central	Con	Con	30.6%	−14.4
Glasgow Gorbals	Lab	ILP gain	24.2%	−41.8
Glasgow Govan	Lab	Lab	2.1%	−6.7
Glasgow Hillhead	Con	Con	47.7%	−10.5
Glasgow Kelvingrove	Con	Con	26.8%	−29.0
Glasgow Maryhill	Lab	Con gain	11.0%	−10.2
Glasgow Partick	Lab	Con gain	25.4%	−13.4
Glasgow Pollok	Con	Con	62.9%	−12.3
Glasgow Shettleston	Lab	ILP gain	2.3%	−30.4
Glasgow Springburn	Lab	Con gain	0.1%	−15.5
Glasgow St Rollox	Lab	Lab	2.7%	−11.4
Glasgow Tradeston	Lab	Con gain	5.2%	−10.5
Greenock	Lib	Nat Lib gain	20.3%	+10.7
Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Inverness	Lib	Nat Lib gain	44.5%	−12.0
Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Ross and Cromarty	Lib	Nat Lib gain	—	−20.6
Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Western Isles	Lib	Nat Lib gain	9.5%	−27.1
Kirkcaldy District of Burghs	Lab	Con gain	13.8%	−16.5
Lanarkshire Bothwell	Lab	Con gain	6.5%	−11.3
Lanarkshire Coatbridge	Lab	Con gain	4.8%	−14.9
Lanarkshire Hamilton	Lab	Lab	7.8%	−14.0
Lanarkshire Lanark	Lab	Con gain	27.3%	−35.7
Lanarkshire Motherwell	Lab	Con gain	2.6%	−17.2
Lanarkshire Northern	Lab	Con gain	10.7%	−33.6
Lanarkshire Rutherglen	Lab	Con gain	13.6%	−14.7
Leith	Lib	Nat Lib gain	29.9%	−4.1
Linlithgowshire	Lab	Con gain	9.4%	−14.4
Midlothian and Peeblesshire Northern	Con	Con	44.6%	−21.6
Midlothian and Peeblesshire Peebles and Southern	Lab	Con gain	31.0%	−22.5
Montrose District of Burghs	Lib	Nat Lib gain	54.0%	−10.7
Moray and Nairnshire	Con	Con	—	+5.7
Orkney and Shetland	Lib	Lib	—	+19.8
Paisley	Lab	Lib gain	23.6%	0
Perthshire and Kinross Shire Kinross and Western	Con	Con	21.3%	−13.6
Perthshire and Kinross Shire Perth	Con	Con	10.1%	−16.7
Renfrewshire Eastern	Con	Con	32.7%	−14.1
Renfrewshire Western	Lab	Con gain	22.0%	−14.6
Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire	Con	Con	10.2%	−22.3
Stirling and Falkirk District of Burghs	Lab	Con gain	27.3%	−21.7
Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire Clackmannan and Eastern	Lab	Con gain	19.8%	−23.3
Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire Western	Lab	Con gain	6.6%	−10.0

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