Scotland, 1931 vs 1935: seat-by-seat change

Every constituency in Scotland compared between the 1931 and 1935 general elections: which seats changed hands and how far each swung.

Constituency	1931	1935	Majority	Con–Lab swing
Aberdeen North	Con	Lab gain	8.5%	+24.1
Aberdeen South	Con	Con	36.3%	+15.5
Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Central	Con	Con	32.1%	+12.2
Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Eastern	Con	Con	14.0%	+15.3
Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Kincardine and Western	Con	Con	11.8%	+2.9
Argyll	Con	Con	7.2%	−26.8
Ayr District of Burghs	Con	Con	32.2%	+7.8
Ayrshire and Bute Bute and Northern	Con	Con	25.3%	+22.6
Ayrshire and Bute Kilmarnock	Nat Lab	Nat Lab	17.4%	+16.7
Ayrshire and Bute South Ayrshire	Con	Lab gain	15.2%	+12.5
Banffshire	Lib	Con gain	2.6%	−25.7
Berwickshire and Haddingtonshire	Con	Con	16.2%	+15.4
Caithness and Sutherland	Lib	Lib	44.6%	0
Dumbarton District of Burghs	Ind Lab	Lab gain	30.3%	+39.4
Dumfriesshire	Lib	Nat Lib gain	30.7%	+6.2
Dunbartonshire	Con	Con	8.3%	+9.4
Dunfermline District of Burghs	Nat Lib	Lab gain	4.6%	+5.1
Edinburgh Central	Con	Con	12.6%	+5.2
Edinburgh East	Lib	Lab gain	3.6%	−15.0
Edinburgh North	Con	Con	38.8%	+5.6
Edinburgh South	Con	Con	67.1%	−33.6
Edinburgh West	Con	Con	34.0%	+4.2
Fife Eastern	Nat Lab	Nat Lib gain	64.5%	+8.9
Fife Western	Con	Oth gain	1.7%	+7.6
Forfarshire	Con	Con	20.4%	+0.6
Galloway	Con	Con	—	+23.8
Glasgow Bridgeton	ILP	ILP	32.1%	+5.6
Glasgow Camlachie	Con	ILP gain	2.8%	+9.5
Glasgow Cathcart	Con	Con	24.3%	+12.4
Glasgow Central	Con	Con	11.8%	+9.4
Glasgow Gorbals	ILP	ILP	55.9%	+10.4
Glasgow Govan	Lab	Lab	18.0%	+8.0
Glasgow Hillhead	Con	Con	36.4%	+5.6
Glasgow Kelvingrove	Con	Con	0.5%	+31.4
Glasgow Maryhill	Con	Lab gain	10.1%	+10.5
Glasgow Partick	Con	Con	8.0%	+8.7
Glasgow Pollok	Con	Con	44.2%	+9.4
Glasgow Shettleston	ILP	ILP	13.2%	+4.0
Glasgow Springburn	Con	Lab gain	26.2%	+13.2
Glasgow St Rollox	Lab	Lab	23.2%	+10.3
Glasgow Tradeston	Con	Lab gain	7.3%	+6.2
Greenock	Nat Lib	Nat Lib	8.7%	+6.6
Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Inverness	Nat Lib	Nat Lib	29.0%	+3.4
Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Ross and Cromarty	Nat Lib	Nat Lib	53.4%	+11.7
Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Western Isles	Nat Lib	Lab gain	10.2%	+43.2
Kirkcaldy District of Burghs	Con	Lab gain	12.7%	+13.2
Lanarkshire Bothwell	Con	Lab gain	20.6%	+13.5
Lanarkshire Coatbridge	Con	Lab gain	14.4%	+9.6
Lanarkshire Hamilton	Lab	Lab	31.5%	+11.9
Lanarkshire Lanark	Con	Con	21.8%	+20.9
Lanarkshire Motherwell	Con	Lab gain	1.5%	+2.1
Lanarkshire Northern	Con	Con	10.9%	+10.9
Lanarkshire Rutherglen	Con	Con	1.4%	+6.1
Leith	Nat Lib	Nat Lib	15.5%	+3.6
Linlithgowshire	Con	Lab gain	8.2%	+8.8
Midlothian and Peeblesshire Northern	Con	Con	25.9%	+9.4
Midlothian and Peeblesshire Peebles and Southern	Con	Con	5.7%	+12.7
Montrose District of Burghs	Nat Lib	Nat Lib	39.2%	+3.7
Moray and Nairnshire	Con	Con	26.9%	−13.5
Orkney and Shetland	Lib	Con gain	15.3%	−28.8
Paisley	Lib	Lib	0.9%	+5.7
Perthshire and Kinross Shire Kinross and Western	Con	Con	20.4%	+0.2
Perthshire and Kinross Shire Perth	Con	Con	47.4%	+1.4
Renfrewshire Eastern	Con	Con	21.6%	+5.5
Renfrewshire Western	Con	Con	11.0%	+5.5
Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire	Con	Con	16.6%	+10.9
Stirling and Falkirk District of Burghs	Con	Lab gain	2.5%	+14.9
Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire Clackmannan and Eastern	Con	Lab gain	3.2%	+11.5
Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire Western	Con	Lab gain	10.2%	+8.4

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