Scotland: 1924 general election results
How Scotland voted at the 1924 general election: the Conservatives won 36 of 71 seats with 40.7% of the vote. Every constituency result.
| Party | Seats | Change | Votes | Share | Change | Share bar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Conservative | 36 | +22 | 674,444 | 40.7% | +9.1 | ||
| Labour | 26 | −7 | 689,813 | 41.6% | +5.0 | ||
| Liberal | 7 | −15 | 273,863 | 16.5% | −11.8 | ||
| Others | 0 | 0 | 16,312 | 1.0% | −0.9 | ||
| 1 other parties and independents | 4,207 | 0.3% | |||||
Change compared with the 1923 general election in Scotland.
Constituencies
Download CSV| Constituency | Winner | Majority | % | Turnout | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen North | Lab | 4,704 | 21.6 | 64.4% | Lab hold |
| Aberdeen South | Con | 5,393 | 20.1 | 68.8% | Con hold |
| Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Central | Con | 1,491 | 7.3 | 71.7% | Con gain from Lib |
| Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Eastern | Con | 2,683 | 16.8 | 59.0% | Con gain from Lib |
| Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Kincardine and Western | Con | 1,371 | 9.1 | 67.3% | Con hold |
| Argyll | Con | 3,029 | 15.2 | 62.7% | Con gain from Lib |
| Ayr District of Burghs | Con | 6,366 | 24.5 | 73.5% | Con hold |
| Ayrshire and Bute Bute and Northern | Con | 6,128 | 23.3 | 65.6% | Con hold |
| Ayrshire and Bute Kilmarnock | Con | 1,183 | 4.3 | 79.5% | Con gain from Lab |
| Ayrshire and Bute South Ayrshire | Lab | 177 | 0.8 | 74.3% | Lab hold |
| Banffshire | Con | 1,403 | 8.8 | 55.4% | Con gain from Lib |
| Berwickshire and Haddingtonshire | Con | 2,863 | 11.2 | 75.3% | Con gain from Lab |
| Caithness and Sutherland | Lib | unopposed | — | — | Lib hold |
| Dumbarton District of Burghs | Lab | 4,535 | 18.4 | 76.1% | Lab hold |
| Dumfriesshire | Con | 4,246 | 15.4 | 80.8% | Con gain from Lib |
| Dunbartonshire | Con | 3,351 | 11.5 | 75.6% | Con gain from Lab |
| Dundee | 2-member seat: not split by party in the source | — | — | 83.8% | |
| Dunfermline District of Burghs | Lab | 3,769 | 15.7 | 78.7% | Lab hold |
| Edinburgh Central | Lab | 4,731 | 21.0 | 68.8% | Lab hold |
| Edinburgh East | Lab | 3,225 | 15.3 | 76.7% | Lab gain from Lib |
| Edinburgh North | Con | 6,269 | 21.4 | 78.0% | Con gain from Lib |
| Edinburgh South | Con | 7,077 | 28.7 | 73.6% | Con hold |
| Edinburgh West | Con | 1,025 | 3.5 | 79.3% | Con gain from Lib |
| Fife Eastern | Con | 1,422 | 6.0 | 69.2% | Con gain from Lib |
| Fife Western | Lab | 8,670 | 41.9 | 63.0% | Lab hold |
| Forfarshire | Con | 3,441 | 21.1 | 68.3% | Con gain from Lib |
| Galloway | Con | 1,416 | 6.1 | 76.8% | Con gain from Lib |
| Glasgow Bridgeton | Lab | 6,217 | 22.6 | 75.1% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Camlachie | Lab | 215 | 0.7 | 80.6% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Cathcart | Con | 8,525 | 30.1 | 80.8% | Con hold |
| Glasgow Central | Con | 5,641 | 18.3 | 70.2% | Con hold |
| Glasgow Gorbals | Lab | 9,388 | 31.8 | 73.0% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Govan | Lab | 6,317 | 26.4 | 76.0% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Hillhead | Con | 7,615 | 35.4 | 78.2% | Con hold |
| Glasgow Kelvingrove | Con | 5,190 | 16.8 | 77.5% | Con hold |
| Glasgow Maryhill | Con | 1,513 | 5.2 | 84.2% | Con gain from Lab |
| Glasgow Partick | Con | 3,555 | 15.6 | 82.4% | Con gain from Lab |
| Glasgow Pollok | Con | 13,873 | 50.7 | 76.5% | Con hold |
| Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | 630 | 2.5 | 81.8% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Springburn | Lab | 3,592 | 13.0 | 79.3% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow St Rollox | Lab | 5,061 | 18.4 | 74.3% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Tradeston | Lab | 2,993 | 11.9 | 73.1% | Lab hold |
| Greenock | Lab | 712 | 2.7 | 77.8% | Lab gain from Lib |
| Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Inverness | Lib | 4,605 | 25.1 | 54.1% | Lib hold |
| Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Ross and Cromarty | Lib | unopposed | — | — | Lib hold |
| Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Western Isles | Lib | 2,161 | 25.6 | 39.1% | Lib hold |
| Kirkcaldy District of Burghs | Lab | 1,431 | 5.4 | 81.8% | Lab hold |
| Lanarkshire Bothwell | Lab | 3,277 | 12.7 | 79.3% | Lab hold |
| Lanarkshire Coatbridge | Lab | 57 | 0.2 | 84.0% | Lab hold |
| Lanarkshire Hamilton | Lab | 4,631 | 21.7 | 76.5% | Lab hold |
| Lanarkshire Lanark | Con | 1,288 | 4.9 | 84.3% | Con gain from Lab |
| Lanarkshire Motherwell | Lab | 1,040 | 4.2 | 82.3% | Lab gain from Con |
| Lanarkshire Northern | Con | 2,028 | 7.9 | 79.9% | Con gain from Lab |
| Lanarkshire Rutherglen | Lab | 1,089 | 4.1 | 80.1% | Lab hold |
| Leith | Lib | 5,319 | 19.1 | 70.5% | Lib hold |
| Linlithgowshire | Con | 642 | 2.2 | 80.0% | Con gain from Lab |
| Midlothian and Peeblesshire Northern | Con | 2,147 | 10.5 | 79.2% | Con gain from Lab |
| Midlothian and Peeblesshire Peebles and Southern | Lab | 1,074 | 5.6 | 78.8% | Lab hold |
| Montrose District of Burghs | Lib | 2,312 | 14.3 | 68.5% | Lib hold |
| Moray and Nairnshire | Con | 3,757 | 23.8 | 61.7% | Con hold |
| Orkney and Shetland | Lib | unopposed | — | — | Lib hold |
| Paisley | Lab | 2,228 | 7.0 | 84.1% | Lab gain from Lib |
| Perthshire and Kinross Shire Kinross and Western | Con | 8,279 | 43.9 | 72.6% | Con hold |
| Perthshire and Kinross Shire Perth | Con | 5,024 | 19.1 | 75.3% | Con gain from Lib |
| Renfrewshire Eastern | Con | 2,813 | 11.4 | 83.5% | Con gain from Lab |
| Renfrewshire Western | Con | 2,015 | 8.2 | 84.5% | Con gain from Lab |
| Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire | Con | 4,947 | 17.9 | 80.0% | Con hold |
| Stirling and Falkirk District of Burghs | Lab | 1,924 | 7.7 | 81.6% | Lab gain from Lib |
| Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire Clackmannan and Eastern | Lab | 1,280 | 5.2 | 77.0% | Lab hold |
| Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire Western | Con | 294 | 1.5 | 81.0% | Con gain from Lab |
Questions and answers
Who won in Scotland at the 1924 general election?
The Conservatives won 36 of the 71 seats in Scotland, with 40.7% of the vote.
How many seats were there in Scotland in 1924?
71 constituencies.
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