Scotland: 1931 general election results

How Scotland voted at the 1931 general election: the Conservatives won 47 of 71 seats with 49.4% of the vote. Every constituency result.

36 for a majority

Con47
Nat Lib7
Lib6
Lab3
ILP3
Nat Lab2
Ind Lab1

Scotland: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	47	+27	1,032,795	49.4%	+13.5	56
National Liberal	7	new	101,430	4.9%	—	7
Liberal	6	−7	179,855	8.6%	−9.5	14
Labour	3	−33	524,249	25.1%	−18.0	46
Independent Labour Party	3	new	140,111	6.7%	—	10
National Labour	2	new	21,803	1.0%	—	2
Independent Labour	1	new	16,335	0.8%	—	1
Communist	0	0	32,892	1.6%	+0.4	8
Others	0	0	23,743	1.1%	−0.6	7
Scottish National Party	0	new	18,082	0.9%	—	4

Change compared with the 1929 general election in Scotland.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Aberdeen North	Con	14,178	39.8	73.4%	Con gain from Lab
Aberdeen South	Con	27,361	67.4	75.8%	Con hold
Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Central	Con	3,743	12.8	76.8%	Con hold
Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Eastern	Con	10,097	44.5	65.7%	Con hold
Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Kincardine and Western	Con	5,376	23.2	80.5%	Con gain from Lib
Argyll	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Ayr District of Burghs	Con	18,282	47.8	76.9%	Con hold
Ayrshire and Bute Bute and Northern	Con	14,240	41.0	67.9%	Con hold
Ayrshire and Bute Kilmarnock	Nat Lab	7,036	19.2	79.5%	Nat Lab gain from Lab
Ayrshire and Bute South Ayrshire	Con	2,942	9.7	79.3%	Con gain from Lab
Banffshire	Lib	unopposed	—	—	Lib hold
Berwickshire and Haddingtonshire	Con	16,080	46.9	74.8%	Con gain from Lab
Caithness and Sutherland	Lib	unopposed	—	—	Lib hold
Dumbarton District of Burghs	Ind Lab	997	3.2	80.7%	Ind Lab gain from Lab
Dumfriesshire	Lib	19,180	55.5	77.6%	Lib hold
Dunbartonshire	Con	12,288	27.2	82.8%	Con gain from Lab
Dundee	2-member seat: not split by party in the source	—	—	84.8%
Dunfermline District of Burghs	Nat Lib	4,616	15.9	80.2%	Nat Lib gain from Lab
Edinburgh Central	Con	6,727	23.1	74.2%	Con gain from Lab
Edinburgh East	Lib	7,128	23.4	76.8%	Lib gain from Lab
Edinburgh North	Con	17,590	50.1	74.4%	Con hold
Edinburgh South	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Edinburgh West	Con	18,703	42.4	79.2%	Con gain from Lab
Fife Eastern	Nat Lab	unopposed	—	—	Nat Lab gain from Lib
Fife Western	Con	1,914	6.2	71.4%	Con gain from Lab
Forfarshire	Con	5,181	22.9	75.2%	Con hold
Galloway	Con	9,727	29.9	80.6%	Con gain from Lib
Glasgow Bridgeton	ILP	4,689	16.4	70.8%	ILP gain from Lab
Glasgow Camlachie	Con	3,179	9.4	78.2%	Con gain from Lab
Glasgow Cathcart	Con	17,723	49.1	79.5%	Con hold
Glasgow Central	Con	10,091	30.6	71.5%	Con hold
Glasgow Gorbals	ILP	8,014	24.2	70.0%	ILP gain from Lab
Glasgow Govan	Lab	605	2.1	75.4%	Lab hold
Glasgow Hillhead	Con	13,740	47.7	80.0%	Con hold
Glasgow Kelvingrove	Con	9,066	26.8	76.7%	Con hold
Glasgow Maryhill	Con	4,097	11.0	78.0%	Con gain from Lab
Glasgow Partick	Con	7,652	25.4	83.5%	Con gain from Lab
Glasgow Pollok	Con	21,449	62.9	77.2%	Con hold
Glasgow Shettleston	ILP	771	2.3	77.8%	ILP gain from Lab
Glasgow Springburn	Con	34	0.1	75.4%	Con gain from Lab
Glasgow St Rollox	Lab	811	2.7	74.2%	Lab hold
Glasgow Tradeston	Con	1,488	5.2	73.4%	Con gain from Lab
Greenock	Nat Lib	7,163	20.3	80.3%	Nat Lib gain from Lib
Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Inverness	Nat Lib	12,761	44.5	61.9%	Nat Lib gain from Lib
Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Ross and Cromarty	Nat Lib	unopposed	—	—	Nat Lib gain from Lib
Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Western Isles	Nat Lib	1,008	9.5	36.8%	Nat Lib gain from Lib
Kirkcaldy District of Burghs	Con	4,640	13.8	81.1%	Con gain from Lab
Lanarkshire Bothwell	Con	2,148	6.5	77.7%	Con gain from Lab
Lanarkshire Coatbridge	Con	1,501	4.8	83.4%	Con gain from Lab
Lanarkshire Hamilton	Lab	2,053	7.8	77.7%	Lab hold
Lanarkshire Lanark	Con	8,860	27.3	82.5%	Con gain from Lab
Lanarkshire Motherwell	Con	799	2.6	82.4%	Con gain from Lab
Lanarkshire Northern	Con	4,693	10.7	82.2%	Con gain from Lab
Lanarkshire Rutherglen	Con	5,319	13.6	81.6%	Con gain from Lab
Leith	Nat Lib	11,447	29.9	75.0%	Nat Lib gain from Lib
Linlithgowshire	Con	3,520	9.4	82.1%	Con gain from Lab
Midlothian and Peeblesshire Northern	Con	13,710	44.6	78.2%	Con hold
Midlothian and Peeblesshire Peebles and Southern	Con	8,250	31.0	79.7%	Con gain from Lab
Montrose District of Burghs	Nat Lib	12,075	54.0	74.6%	Nat Lib gain from Lib
Moray and Nairnshire	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Orkney and Shetland	Lib	unopposed	—	—	Lib hold
Paisley	Lib	10,004	23.6	79.4%	Lib gain from Lab
Perthshire and Kinross Shire Kinross and Western	Con	5,695	21.3	79.0%	Con hold
Perthshire and Kinross Shire Perth	Con	3,858	10.1	81.4%	Con hold
Renfrewshire Eastern	Con	15,263	32.7	80.7%	Con hold
Renfrewshire Western	Con	7,115	22.0	83.2%	Con gain from Lab
Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire	Con	3,974	10.2	84.4%	Con hold
Stirling and Falkirk District of Burghs	Con	9,361	27.3	81.4%	Con gain from Lab
Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire Clackmannan and Eastern	Con	6,756	19.8	77.7%	Con gain from Lab
Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire Western	Con	1,819	6.6	84.0%	Con gain from Lab

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Questions and answers

Who won in Scotland at the 1931 general election?

The Conservatives won 47 of the 71 seats in Scotland, with 49.4% of the vote.

How many seats were there in Scotland in 1931?

71 constituencies.

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