Scotland, 1955 vs 1959: seat-by-seat change
Every constituency in Scotland compared between the 1955 and 1959 general elections: which seats changed hands and how far each swung.
| Constituency | 1955 | 1959 | Majority | Con–Lab swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen North | Lab | Lab | 34.7% | +0.4 |
| Aberdeen South | Con | Con | 17.1% | −0.8 |
| Argyll | Con | Con | 32.5% | +1.4 |
| Ayr | Con | Con | 9.3% | +4.4 |
| Banff | Con | Con | 41.1% | −0.8 |
| Berwick and East Lothian | Con | Con | 6.8% | −0.1 |
| Bothwell | Lab | Lab | 9.5% | +0.6 |
| Bute and North Ayrshire | Con | Con | 24.8% | +2.1 |
| Caithness and Sutherland | Con | Oth gain | 30.8% | +31.1 |
| Central Ayrshire | Con | Lab gain | 4.0% | +2.2 |
| Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire | Lab | Lab | 18.7% | +0.6 |
| Coatbridge and Airdrie | Lab | Lab | 1.8% | −5.0 |
| Dumfries | Con | Con | 16.8% | +3.0 |
| Dundee East | Lab | Lab | 8.7% | 0 |
| Dundee West | Lab | Lab | 1.4% | −1.1 |
| Dunfermline Burghs | Lab | Lab | 22.9% | +0.5 |
| East Aberdeenshire | Con | Con | 26.7% | +5.2 |
| East Dunbartonshire | Lab | Lab | 6.2% | +2.0 |
| East Fife | Con | Con | 39.9% | +0.6 |
| East Renfrewshire | Con | Con | 29.8% | +3.4 |
| Edinburgh Central | Lab | Lab | 2.0% | −0.4 |
| Edinburgh East | Lab | Lab | 0.7% | −2.2 |
| Edinburgh Leith | Lab | Lab | 9.7% | −3.7 |
| Edinburgh North | Con | Con | 28.0% | −2.3 |
| Edinburgh Pentlands | Con | Con | 20.6% | −0.8 |
| Edinburgh South | Con | Con | 29.1% | +3.0 |
| Edinburgh West | Con | Con | 26.0% | +4.1 |
| Galloway | Con | Con | 32.9% | −1.1 |
| Glasgow Bridgeton | Lab | Lab | 26.8% | +2.0 |
| Glasgow Cathcart | Con | Con | 18.4% | +13.4 |
| Glasgow Central | Lab | Lab | 29.3% | +2.8 |
| Glasgow Craigton | Con | Lab gain | 1.6% | +1.1 |
| Glasgow Gorbals | Lab | Lab | 32.6% | +1.7 |
| Glasgow Govan | Lab | Lab | 25.6% | +0.8 |
| Glasgow Hillhead | Con | Con | 36.6% | −0.8 |
| Glasgow Kelvingrove | Con | Con | 4.5% | +3.1 |
| Glasgow Maryhill | Lab | Lab | 28.0% | +1.2 |
| Glasgow Pollok | Con | Con | 17.6% | +2.5 |
| Glasgow Provan | Lab | Lab | 11.2% | +5.3 |
| Glasgow Scotstoun | Con | Lab gain | 7.3% | +4.2 |
| Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | Lab | 21.7% | +3.0 |
| Glasgow Springburn | Lab | Lab | 22.1% | +0.8 |
| Glasgow Woodside | Con | Con | 6.2% | +3.0 |
| Greenock | Lab | Lab | 23.8% | +12.7 |
| Hamilton | Lab | Lab | 38.3% | +1.8 |
| Inverness | Con | Con | 11.5% | 0 |
| Kilmarnock | Lab | Lab | 25.4% | +1.8 |
| Kinross and West Perthshire | Con | Con | 51.4% | −0.5 |
| Kirkcaldy Burghs | Lab | Lab | 25.8% | +3.6 |
| Lanark | Con | Lab gain | 1.1% | +1.7 |
| Midlothian | Lab | Lab | 20.4% | 0 |
| Moray and Nairn | Con | Con | 27.6% | −3.2 |
| Motherwell | Lab | Lab | 10.7% | +1.5 |
| North Angus and Mearns | Con | Con | 34.8% | +1.6 |
| North Lanarkshire | Lab | Lab | 17.4% | +0.8 |
| Orkney and Zetland | Lib | Lib | 45.7% | +1.7 |
| Paisley | Lab | Lab | 14.6% | +0.9 |
| Perth and East Perthshire | Con | Con | 35.0% | −1.7 |
| Ross and Cromarty | Con | Con | 18.1% | +3.3 |
| Roxburgh Selkirk and Peebles | Con | Con | 21.4% | −0.8 |
| Rutherglen | Con | Con | 4.1% | +0.8 |
| South Angus | Con | Con | 33.2% | +3.7 |
| South Ayrshire | Lab | Lab | 27.4% | +2.1 |
| Stirling and Falkirk | Lab | Lab | 5.8% | +1.4 |
| West Aberdeenshire | Con | Con | 37.0% | −2.5 |
| West Dunbartonshire | Lab | Lab | 5.1% | +0.2 |
| West Fife | Lab | Lab | 31.4% | −3.2 |
| West Lothian | Lab | Lab | 20.6% | +0.6 |
| West Renfrewshire | Con | Con | 7.0% | +1.7 |
| West Stirlingshire | Lab | Lab | 15.1% | +2.9 |
| Western Isles | Lab | Lab | 7.2% | −3.7 |
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