Scotland, 1950 vs 1951: seat-by-seat change

Every constituency in Scotland compared between the 1950 and 1951 general elections: which seats changed hands and how far each swung.

Constituency	1950	1951	Majority	Con–Lab swing
Aberdeen North	Lab	Lab	29.5%	−0.5
Aberdeen South	Con	Con	17.5%	+0.3
Aberdeenshire East	Con	Con	36.1%	−2.1
Aberdeenshire West	Con	Con	32.6%	−0.1
Angus and Kincardinshire North Angus and Mearns	Nat Lib	Nat Lib	28.3%	+4.1
Angus and Kincardinshire South Angus	Nat Lib	Nat Lib	41.9%	+1.7
Argyll	Con	Con	36.2%	−0.8
Ayrshire and Bute Ayr	Con	Con	16.7%	+0.3
Ayrshire and Bute Bute and North Ayrshire	Con	Con	28.3%	+0.1
Ayrshire and Bute Central Ayrshire	Lab	Lab	4.2%	−0.5
Ayrshire and Bute Kilmarnock	Lab	Lab	21.4%	+0.3
Ayrshire and Bute South Ayrshire	Lab	Lab	21.0%	+0.3
Banffshire	Con	Con	41.8%	−4.9
Berwickshire and East Lothian	Lab	Con gain	5.5%	−4.8
Caithness and Sutherland	Con	Con	15.1%	−4.5
Coatbridge and Airdrie	Lab	Lab	14.7%	−0.9
Dumfriesshire	Nat Lib	Nat Lib	22.6%	−1.0
Dunbartonshire East	Lab	Lab	6.6%	−1.4
Dunbartonshire West	Lab	Lab	5.9%	+2.2
Dundee East	Lab	Lab	7.7%	+0.3
Dundee West	Lab	Lab	5.9%	−0.9
Dunfermline Burghs	Lab	Lab	22.1%	−0.1
Edinburgh Central	Lab	Lab	4.5%	−2.0
Edinburgh East	Lab	Lab	8.2%	−3.2
Edinburgh Leith	Lab	Lab	0.2%	+0.4
Edinburgh North	Con	Con	17.6%	−2.8
Edinburgh Pentlands	Con	Con	15.4%	−2.0
Edinburgh South	Con	Con	45.2%	−2.4
Edinburgh West	Con	Con	31.9%	−1.9
Fife East	Nat Lib	Nat Lib	41.2%	+1.5
Fife West	Lab	Lab	40.4%	−2.5
Glasgow Bridgeton	Lab	Lab	32.6%	+2.8
Glasgow Camlachie	Lab	Lab	2.5%	−0.3
Glasgow Cathcart	Con	Con	41.1%	−1.8
Glasgow Central	Lab	Lab	18.1%	+3.5
Glasgow Gorbals	Lab	Lab	29.9%	+1.6
Glasgow Govan	Con	Con	0.6%	+0.2
Glasgow Hillhead	Con	Con	29.7%	−1.4
Glasgow Kelvingrove	Con	Con	4.7%	−0.4
Glasgow Maryhill	Lab	Lab	27.1%	−1.0
Glasgow Pollok	Con	Con	10.8%	+3.4
Glasgow Scotstoun	Con	Con	1.5%	−0.5
Glasgow Shettleston	Lab	Lab	22.4%	+1.2
Glasgow Springburn	Lab	Lab	24.7%	−1.6
Glasgow Tradeston	Lab	Lab	26.2%	+0.2
Glasgow Woodside	Con	Con	6.7%	−1.8
Greenock	Lab	Lab	14.2%	−18.2
Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Inverness	Con	Con	29.1%	−7.7
Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Ross and Cromarty	Nat Lib	Nat Lib	28.5%	−0.8
Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Western Isles	Lab	Lab	8.1%	−2.2
Kirkcaldy Burghs	Lab	Lab	21.2%	+20.3
Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire Galloway	Con	Con	35.3%	−2.1
Lanarkshire Bothwell	Lab	Lab	12.6%	−0.4
Lanarkshire Hamilton	Lab	Lab	37.4%	−1.3
Lanarkshire Lanark	Con	Con	4.4%	−1.3
Lanarkshire Motherwell	Lab	Lab	14.5%	+1.5
Lanarkshire North	Lab	Lab	16.5%	−1.4
Lanarkshire Rutherglen	Lab	Con gain	0.9%	−1.4
Midlothian and Peeblesshire	Lab	Lab	10.6%	−1.8
Moray and Nairnshire	Con	Con	20.5%	−0.4
Orkney and Shetland	Lib	Lib	31.3%	+0.3
Paisley	Lab	Lab	24.4%	+2.4
Perthshire and Kinross Shire Kinross and West Perthshire	Con	Con	52.4%	−7.8
Perthshire and Kinross Shire Perth and East Perthshire	Con	Con	33.7%	−2.0
Renfrewshire East	Con	Con	31.6%	−0.4
Renfrewshire West	Nat Lib	Nat Lib	7.6%	+0.1
Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire	Lib	Con gain	2.1%	−3.8
Stirling and Falkirk District of Burghs	Lab	Lab	4.5%	+0.5
Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire	Lab	Lab	17.5%	−2.8
Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire West Stirlingshire	Lab	Lab	12.1%	+0.4
West Lothian	Lab	Lab	21.1%	−2.0

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