Scotland: 1922 general election results

How Scotland voted at the 1922 general election: Labour won 28 of 71 seats with 32.8% of the vote. Every constituency result.

36 for a majority

Lab28
Lib15
Con14
Nat Lib12

Scotland: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Labour	28	+23	496,117	32.8%	+7.9	44
Liberal	15	+7	325,499	21.5%	+6.5	48
Conservative	14	−16	387,658	25.6%	−7.1	37
National Liberal	12	new	267,593	17.7%	—	32
Others	0	0	33,807	2.2%	0	5
1 other parties and independents			3,017	0.2%

Change compared with the 1918 general election in Scotland.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Aberdeen North	Lab	4,343	22.1	56.9%	Lab gain from Ind Lab
Aberdeen South	Con	3,635	16.0	57.5%	Con hold
Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Central	Lib	3,298	20.3	56.9%	Lib gain from Con
Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Eastern	Lib	2,791	21.1	45.3%	Lib gain from Co Lib
Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Kincardine and Western	Lib	2,457	24.6	44.6%	Lib gain from Co Lib
Argyll	Nat Lib	2,951	17.6	51.8%	Nat Lib gain from Co Lib
Ayr District of Burghs	Con	3,777	15.0	71.1%	Con hold
Ayrshire and Bute Bute and Northern	Con	5,045	21.3	59.5%	Con hold
Ayrshire and Bute Kilmarnock	Lib	2,239	9.4	71.5%	Lib gain from Co Lib
Ayrshire and Bute South Ayrshire	Lab	2,331	11.3	67.9%	Lab hold
Banffshire	Lib	unopposed	—	—	Lib gain from Co Lib
Berwickshire and Haddingtonshire	Nat Lib	500	2.5	60.1%	Nat Lib gain from Co Lib
Caithness and Sutherland	Nat Lib	1,912	14.1	60.1%	Nat Lib gain from Co Lib
Dumbarton District of Burghs	Lab	7,290	28.6	76.2%	Lab gain from Co Lib
Dumfriesshire	Lib	2,241	9.2	73.5%	Lib gain from Con
Dunbartonshire	Con	191	0.7	69.0%	Con hold
Dundee	2-member seat: not split by party in the source	—	—	80.5%
Dunfermline District of Burghs	Lab	201	0.9	77.5%	Lab gain from Co Lib
Edinburgh Central	Lab	3,505	15.8	71.8%	Lab hold
Edinburgh East	Lib	3,463	19.6	66.0%	Lib hold
Edinburgh North	Con	5,640	23.5	66.5%	Con hold
Edinburgh South	Con	7,435	33.4	69.2%	Con hold
Edinburgh West	Lib	666	2.8	68.9%	Lib gain from Con
Fife Eastern	Lib	2,710	12.0	67.2%	Lib gain from Con
Fife Western	Lab	unopposed	—	—	Lab hold
Forfarshire	Lib	1,496	9.6	65.0%	Lib gain from Con
Galloway	Lib	1,849	8.1	77.5%	Lib gain from Co Lib
Glasgow Bridgeton	Lab	7,692	27.4	76.7%	Lab gain from Co Lib
Glasgow Camlachie	Lab	3,722	13.0	81.0%	Lab gain from Con
Glasgow Cathcart	Lab	33	0.1	81.0%	Lab gain from Co Lib
Glasgow Central	Con	2,514	8.1	71.2%	Con hold
Glasgow Gorbals	Lab	8,202	27.1	75.1%	Lab gain from Co Lab
Glasgow Govan	Lab	6,105	24.6	81.1%	Lab hold
Glasgow Hillhead	Con	4,959	25.3	75.5%	Con hold
Glasgow Kelvingrove	Con	2,348	9.6	64.5%	Con hold
Glasgow Maryhill	Lab	2,107	7.6	81.3%	Lab gain from Con
Glasgow Partick	Nat Lib	5,472	30.3	66.7%	Nat Lib gain from Co Lib
Glasgow Pollok	Con	9,161	39.3	78.7%	Con hold
Glasgow Shettleston	Lab	4,991	20.1	83.9%	Lab gain from Con
Glasgow Springburn	Lab	5,460	20.9	78.5%	Lab gain from Con
Glasgow St Rollox	Lab	5,771	20.3	76.7%	Lab gain from Con
Glasgow Tradeston	Lab	4,213	16.5	75.4%	Lab gain from Con
Greenock	Lib	744	2.6	84.8%	Lib hold
Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Inverness	Nat Lib	1,011	5.4	54.3%	Nat Lib gain from Co Lib
Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Ross and Cromarty	Nat Lib	1,402	13.4	42.4%	Nat Lib gain from Co Lib
Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Western Isles	Nat Lib	939	8.2	54.1%	Nat Lib gain from Lib
Kirkcaldy District of Burghs	Nat Lib	673	2.7	79.3%	Nat Lib gain from Co Lib
Lanarkshire Bothwell	Lab	3,388	13.9	78.2%	Lab gain from Con
Lanarkshire Coatbridge	Lab	2,314	9.4	80.1%	Lab gain from Con
Lanarkshire Hamilton	Lab	3,276	15.3	78.3%	Lab hold
Lanarkshire Lanark	Con	2,193	10.1	75.0%	Con hold
Lanarkshire Motherwell	Con	1,048	4.2	81.5%	Con hold
Lanarkshire Northern	Lab	2,392	10.9	72.1%	Lab gain from Con
Lanarkshire Rutherglen	Lab	2,589	10.2	78.4%	Lab gain from Co Lib
Leith	Lib	6,599	23.6	71.5%	Lib hold
Linlithgowshire	Lab	3,632	13.3	76.5%	Lab gain from Con
Midlothian and Peeblesshire Northern	Con	474	2.6	72.7%	Con hold
Midlothian and Peeblesshire Peebles and Southern	Lab	402	2.3	75.7%	Lab gain from Lib
Montrose District of Burghs	Nat Lib	1,363	8.8	62.7%	Nat Lib gain from Co Lib
Moray and Nairnshire	Nat Lib	431	3.6	49.0%	Nat Lib gain from Co Lib
Orkney and Shetland	Lib	625	6.9	37.4%	Lib gain from Co Lib
Paisley	Lib	316	1.1	78.0%	Lib hold
Perthshire and Kinross Shire Kinross and Western	Nat Lib	unopposed	—	—	Nat Lib gain from Lib
Perthshire and Kinross Shire Perth	Con	5,513	22.4	71.1%	Con gain from Co Lib
Renfrewshire Eastern	Lab	550	2.4	80.6%	Lab gain from Co Lib
Renfrewshire Western	Lab	1,736	8.0	75.6%	Lab gain from Co Lib
Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire	Nat Lib	658	3.3	61.2%	Nat Lib gain from Co Lib
Stirling and Falkirk District of Burghs	Lab	1,356	6.5	71.7%	Lab gain from Lib
Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire Clackmannan and Eastern	Lab	2,933	11.9	77.9%	Lab gain from Con
Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire Western	Lab	815	4.8	74.1%	Lab gain from Con

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Questions and answers

Who won in Scotland at the 1922 general election?

Labour won 28 of the 71 seats in Scotland, with 32.8% of the vote.

How many seats were there in Scotland in 1922?

71 constituencies.

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