Scotland, 1959 vs 1964: seat-by-seat change
Every constituency in Scotland compared between the 1959 and 1964 general elections: which seats changed hands and how far each swung.
| Constituency | 1959 | 1964 | Majority | Con–Lab swing |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen North | Lab | Lab | 37.8% | +1.6 |
| Aberdeen South | Con | Con | 7.8% | +4.7 |
| Argyll | Con | Con | 18.4% | +7.1 |
| Ayr | Con | Con | 4.4% | +2.5 |
| Banff | Con | Con | 21.1% | +10.0 |
| Berwick and East Lothian | Con | Con | 1.5% | +2.7 |
| Bothwell | Lab | Lab | 20.8% | +5.7 |
| Bute and North Ayrshire | Con | Con | 13.8% | +5.5 |
| Caithness and Sutherland | Oth | Lib gain | 5.8% | −12.6 |
| Central Ayrshire | Lab | Lab | 12.9% | +4.5 |
| Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire | Lab | Lab | 26.6% | +3.9 |
| Coatbridge and Airdrie | Lab | Lab | 24.2% | +11.2 |
| Dumfries | Con | Con | 9.5% | +3.6 |
| Dundee East | Lab | Lab | 9.6% | +0.5 |
| Dundee West | Lab | Lab | 9.1% | +3.9 |
| Dunfermline Burghs | Lab | Lab | 23.1% | +0.1 |
| East Aberdeenshire | Con | Con | 24.7% | +0.6 |
| East Dunbartonshire | Lab | Lab | 13.1% | +3.4 |
| East Fife | Con | Con | 29.0% | +5.4 |
| East Renfrewshire | Con | Con | 21.4% | +4.2 |
| Edinburgh Central | Lab | Lab | 8.0% | +3.0 |
| Edinburgh East | Lab | Lab | 12.3% | +5.8 |
| Edinburgh Leith | Lab | Lab | 11.0% | +0.6 |
| Edinburgh North | Con | Con | 16.5% | +5.8 |
| Edinburgh Pentlands | Con | Con | 5.5% | +7.6 |
| Edinburgh South | Con | Con | 19.5% | +4.8 |
| Edinburgh West | Con | Con | 15.3% | +5.3 |
| Galloway | Con | Con | 28.7% | +3.2 |
| Glasgow Bridgeton | Lab | Lab | 43.2% | +8.2 |
| Glasgow Cathcart | Con | Con | 5.8% | +6.3 |
| Glasgow Central | Lab | Lab | 40.3% | +5.5 |
| Glasgow Craigton | Lab | Lab | 16.8% | +7.6 |
| Glasgow Gorbals | Lab | Lab | 48.4% | +7.9 |
| Glasgow Govan | Lab | Lab | 34.4% | +4.4 |
| Glasgow Hillhead | Con | Con | 27.9% | +4.4 |
| Glasgow Kelvingrove | Con | Lab gain | 8.1% | +6.3 |
| Glasgow Maryhill | Lab | Lab | 40.7% | +6.4 |
| Glasgow Pollok | Con | Lab gain | 0.7% | +9.1 |
| Glasgow Provan | Lab | Lab | 31.6% | +10.2 |
| Glasgow Scotstoun | Lab | Lab | 23.2% | +7.9 |
| Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | Lab | 36.0% | +7.1 |
| Glasgow Springburn | Lab | Lab | 43.4% | +10.7 |
| Glasgow Woodside | Con | Lab gain | 5.3% | +5.7 |
| Greenock | Lab | Lab | 29.7% | +4.4 |
| Hamilton | Lab | Lab | 42.1% | +1.9 |
| Inverness | Con | Lib gain | 6.0% | +7.0 |
| Kilmarnock | Lab | Lab | 35.6% | +5.1 |
| Kinross and West Perthshire | Con | Con | 47.9% | +1.7 |
| Kirkcaldy Burghs | Lab | Lab | 30.9% | +2.6 |
| Lanark | Lab | Lab | 9.6% | +4.3 |
| Midlothian | Lab | Lab | 22.5% | +1.0 |
| Moray and Nairn | Con | Con | 23.6% | +2.0 |
| Motherwell | Lab | Lab | 21.4% | +5.4 |
| North Angus and Mearns | Con | Con | 15.2% | +1.0 |
| North Lanarkshire | Lab | Lab | 21.2% | +1.9 |
| Orkney and Zetland | Lib | Lib | 42.6% | −0.7 |
| Paisley | Lab | Lab | 19.1% | +12.5 |
| Perth and East Perthshire | Con | Con | 33.3% | +3.1 |
| Ross and Cromarty | Con | Lib gain | 8.2% | +6.9 |
| Roxburgh Selkirk and Peebles | Con | Con | 3.9% | +1.1 |
| Rutherglen | Con | Lab gain | 9.7% | +6.9 |
| South Angus | Con | Con | 35.6% | +1.2 |
| South Ayrshire | Lab | Lab | 33.4% | +3.0 |
| Stirling and Falkirk | Lab | Lab | 14.8% | +4.5 |
| West Aberdeenshire | Con | Con | 13.2% | +5.5 |
| West Dunbartonshire | Lab | Lab | 13.6% | +4.2 |
| West Fife | Lab | Lab | 38.5% | +3.6 |
| West Lothian | Lab | Lab | 19.9% | +5.9 |
| West Renfrewshire | Con | Lab gain | 2.4% | +4.7 |
| West Stirlingshire | Lab | Lab | 17.5% | +1.2 |
| Western Isles | Lab | Lab | 24.3% | +17.0 |
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