Scotland: 1935 general election results

How Scotland voted at the 1935 general election: the Conservatives won 34 of 71 seats with 42.1% of the vote. Every constituency result.

36 for a majority

Con34
Lab20
Nat Lib7
ILP4
Lib2
Oth1
Nat Lab1

Scotland: results by party
Party	Seats	Change	Votes	Share	Change	Candidates
Conservative	34	−13	938,030	42.1%	−7.3	58
Labour	20	+17	819,816	36.8%	+11.7	62
National Liberal	7	0	149,072	6.7%	+1.8	9
Independent Labour Party	4	+1	106,297	4.8%	−1.9	10
Liberal	2	−4	149,635	6.7%	−1.9	16
Others	1	+1	48,694	2.2%	+1.0	10
National Labour	1	−1	19,115	0.9%	−0.2	1

Change compared with the 1931 general election in Scotland.

Constituencies

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Constituency	Winner	Majority	%	Turnout	Result
Aberdeen North	Lab	2,962	8.5	65.9%	Lab gain from Con
Aberdeen South	Con	13,453	36.3	65.9%	Con hold
Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Central	Con	8,569	32.1	66.8%	Con hold
Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Eastern	Con	3,121	14.0	62.4%	Con hold
Aberdeenshire and Kincardineshire Kincardine and Western	Con	2,636	11.8	75.6%	Con hold
Argyll	Con	1,774	7.2	56.6%	Con hold
Ayr District of Burghs	Con	12,619	32.2	73.0%	Con hold
Ayrshire and Bute Bute and Northern	Con	9,033	25.3	66.6%	Con hold
Ayrshire and Bute Kilmarnock	Nat Lab	6,557	17.4	78.8%	Nat Lab hold
Ayrshire and Bute South Ayrshire	Lab	4,804	15.2	78.0%	Lab gain from Con
Banffshire	Con	603	2.6	70.5%	Con gain from Lib
Berwickshire and Haddingtonshire	Con	5,540	16.2	71.9%	Con hold
Caithness and Sutherland	Lib	7,450	44.6	60.0%	Lib hold
Dumbarton District of Burghs	Lab	9,500	30.3	78.8%	Lab gain from Ind Lab
Dumfriesshire	Nat Lib	10,368	30.7	73.6%	Nat Lib gain from Lib
Dunbartonshire	Con	4,097	8.3	80.5%	Con hold
Dundee	2-member seat: not split by party in the source	—	—	84.7%
Dunfermline District of Burghs	Lab	1,423	4.6	81.6%	Lab gain from Nat Lib
Edinburgh Central	Con	2,953	12.6	64.5%	Con hold
Edinburgh East	Lab	1,112	3.6	68.6%	Lab gain from Lib
Edinburgh North	Con	12,122	38.8	66.7%	Con hold
Edinburgh South	Con	21,889	67.1	67.6%	Con hold
Edinburgh West	Con	14,229	34.0	68.1%	Con hold
Fife Eastern	Nat Lib	21,899	64.5	71.0%	Nat Lib gain from Nat Lab
Fife Western	Oth	593	1.7	77.8%	Oth gain from Con
Forfarshire	Con	4,583	20.4	71.5%	Con hold
Galloway	Con	unopposed	—	—	Con hold
Glasgow Bridgeton	ILP	8,740	32.1	72.6%	ILP hold
Glasgow Camlachie	ILP	884	2.8	74.8%	ILP gain from Con
Glasgow Cathcart	Con	8,336	24.3	74.3%	Con hold
Glasgow Central	Con	3,521	11.8	67.2%	Con hold
Glasgow Gorbals	ILP	17,036	55.9	66.1%	ILP hold
Glasgow Govan	Lab	5,580	18.0	74.7%	Lab hold
Glasgow Hillhead	Con	9,801	36.4	73.2%	Con hold
Glasgow Kelvingrove	Con	149	0.5	72.5%	Con hold
Glasgow Maryhill	Lab	3,971	10.1	73.3%	Lab gain from Con
Glasgow Partick	Con	2,300	8.0	78.2%	Con hold
Glasgow Pollok	Con	13,738	44.2	70.1%	Con hold
Glasgow Shettleston	ILP	4,575	13.2	74.5%	ILP hold
Glasgow Springburn	Lab	8,427	26.2	71.1%	Lab gain from Con
Glasgow St Rollox	Lab	6,297	23.2	67.8%	Lab hold
Glasgow Tradeston	Lab	1,899	7.3	69.3%	Lab gain from Con
Greenock	Nat Lib	3,354	8.7	84.4%	Nat Lib hold
Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Inverness	Nat Lib	7,688	29.0	57.8%	Nat Lib hold
Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Ross and Cromarty	Nat Lib	7,526	53.4	50.8%	Nat Lib hold
Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Western Isles	Lab	1,345	10.2	46.8%	Lab gain from Nat Lib
Kirkcaldy District of Burghs	Lab	4,371	12.7	79.9%	Lab gain from Con
Lanarkshire Bothwell	Lab	7,139	20.6	78.6%	Lab gain from Con
Lanarkshire Coatbridge	Lab	4,414	14.4	78.5%	Lab gain from Con
Lanarkshire Hamilton	Lab	8,165	31.5	74.0%	Lab hold
Lanarkshire Lanark	Con	6,809	21.8	76.0%	Con hold
Lanarkshire Motherwell	Lab	430	1.5	75.9%	Lab gain from Con
Lanarkshire Northern	Con	5,034	10.9	78.1%	Con hold
Lanarkshire Rutherglen	Con	581	1.4	80.0%	Con hold
Leith	Nat Lib	5,069	15.5	65.5%	Nat Lib hold
Linlithgowshire	Lab	3,175	8.2	80.8%	Lab gain from Con
Midlothian and Peeblesshire Northern	Con	9,741	25.9	74.3%	Con hold
Midlothian and Peeblesshire Peebles and Southern	Con	1,462	5.7	74.9%	Con hold
Montrose District of Burghs	Nat Lib	8,566	39.2	70.6%	Nat Lib hold
Moray and Nairnshire	Con	5,408	26.9	65.9%	Con hold
Orkney and Shetland	Con	2,226	15.3	46.3%	Con gain from Lib
Paisley	Lib	389	0.9	80.3%	Lib hold
Perthshire and Kinross Shire Kinross and Western	Con	5,169	20.4	73.9%	Con hold
Perthshire and Kinross Shire Perth	Con	14,802	47.4	64.0%	Con hold
Renfrewshire Eastern	Con	13,646	21.6	75.9%	Con hold
Renfrewshire Western	Con	3,499	11.0	81.0%	Con hold
Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire	Con	6,078	16.6	78.0%	Con hold
Stirling and Falkirk District of Burghs	Lab	871	2.5	78.4%	Lab gain from Con
Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire Clackmannan and Eastern	Lab	1,143	3.2	76.3%	Lab gain from Con
Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire Western	Lab	2,962	10.2	82.3%	Lab gain from Con

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Questions and answers

Who won in Scotland at the 1935 general election?

The Conservatives won 34 of the 71 seats in Scotland, with 42.1% of the vote.

How many seats were there in Scotland in 1935?

71 constituencies.

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