Scotland: 1951 general election results
How Scotland voted at the 1951 general election: Labour won 35 of 71 seats with 47.9% of the vote. Every constituency result.
| Party | Seats | Change | Votes | Share | Change | Share bar | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Labour | 35 | −2 | 1,330,294 | 47.9% | +1.5 | ||
| Conservative | 29 | +3 | 1,108,321 | 39.9% | +2.6 | ||
| National Liberal | 6 | 0 | 240,977 | 8.7% | +0.6 | ||
| Liberal | 1 | −1 | 76,291 | 2.8% | −3.9 | ||
| 3 other parties and independents | 22,004 | 0.8% | |||||
Change compared with the 1950 general election in Scotland.
Constituencies
Download CSV| Constituency | Winner | Majority | % | Turnout | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aberdeen North | Lab | 15,346 | 29.5 | 82.9% | Lab hold |
| Aberdeen South | Con | 8,622 | 17.5 | 82.7% | Con hold |
| Aberdeenshire East | Con | 13,255 | 36.1 | 70.0% | Con hold |
| Aberdeenshire West | Con | 10,483 | 32.6 | 78.3% | Con hold |
| Angus and Kincardinshire North Angus and Mearns | Nat Lib | 8,159 | 28.3 | 76.3% | Nat Lib hold |
| Angus and Kincardinshire South Angus | Nat Lib | 14,450 | 41.9 | 76.7% | Nat Lib hold |
| Argyll | Con | 11,266 | 36.2 | 67.1% | Con hold |
| Ayrshire and Bute Ayr | Con | 6,283 | 16.7 | 86.5% | Con hold |
| Ayrshire and Bute Bute and North Ayrshire | Con | 9,869 | 28.3 | 77.3% | Con hold |
| Ayrshire and Bute Central Ayrshire | Lab | 1,693 | 4.2 | 86.3% | Lab hold |
| Ayrshire and Bute Kilmarnock | Lab | 8,709 | 21.4 | 86.7% | Lab hold |
| Ayrshire and Bute South Ayrshire | Lab | 7,836 | 21.0 | 82.9% | Lab hold |
| Banffshire | Con | 9,756 | 41.8 | 70.9% | Con hold |
| Berwickshire and East Lothian | Con | 2,358 | 5.5 | 83.8% | Con gain from Lab |
| Caithness and Sutherland | Con | 3,015 | 15.1 | 73.5% | Con hold |
| Coatbridge and Airdrie | Lab | 6,207 | 14.7 | 85.5% | Lab hold |
| Dumfriesshire | Nat Lib | 9,717 | 22.6 | 80.2% | Nat Lib hold |
| Dunbartonshire East | Lab | 3,426 | 6.6 | 86.6% | Lab hold |
| Dunbartonshire West | Lab | 2,507 | 5.9 | 83.4% | Lab hold |
| Dundee East | Lab | 3,805 | 7.7 | 87.2% | Lab hold |
| Dundee West | Lab | 3,306 | 5.9 | 86.8% | Lab hold |
| Dunfermline Burghs | Lab | 8,890 | 22.1 | 85.5% | Lab hold |
| Edinburgh Central | Lab | 1,582 | 4.5 | 76.7% | Lab hold |
| Edinburgh East | Lab | 3,801 | 8.2 | 83.8% | Lab hold |
| Edinburgh Leith | Lab | 72 | 0.2 | 84.0% | Lab hold |
| Edinburgh North | Con | 6,232 | 17.6 | 80.0% | Con hold |
| Edinburgh Pentlands | Con | 7,399 | 15.4 | 83.3% | Con hold |
| Edinburgh South | Con | 16,515 | 45.2 | 81.4% | Con hold |
| Edinburgh West | Con | 14,625 | 31.9 | 83.1% | Con hold |
| Fife East | Nat Lib | 16,602 | 41.2 | 78.7% | Nat Lib hold |
| Fife West | Lab | 18,157 | 40.4 | 85.5% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Bridgeton | Lab | 10,925 | 32.6 | 76.9% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Camlachie | Lab | 1,025 | 2.5 | 82.4% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Cathcart | Con | 15,213 | 41.1 | 82.5% | Con hold |
| Glasgow Central | Lab | 4,882 | 18.1 | 74.3% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Gorbals | Lab | 12,219 | 29.9 | 76.0% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Govan | Con | 241 | 0.6 | 84.9% | Con hold |
| Glasgow Hillhead | Con | 11,295 | 29.7 | 82.2% | Con hold |
| Glasgow Kelvingrove | Con | 1,431 | 4.7 | 78.6% | Con hold |
| Glasgow Maryhill | Lab | 9,836 | 27.1 | 80.7% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Pollok | Con | 5,601 | 10.8 | 82.5% | Con hold |
| Glasgow Scotstoun | Con | 625 | 1.5 | 73.7% | Con hold |
| Glasgow Shettleston | Lab | 9,483 | 22.4 | 81.2% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Springburn | Lab | 11,001 | 24.7 | 78.0% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Tradeston | Lab | 11,195 | 26.2 | 80.0% | Lab hold |
| Glasgow Woodside | Con | 2,343 | 6.7 | 80.9% | Con hold |
| Greenock | Lab | 5,837 | 14.2 | 83.0% | Lab hold |
| Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Inverness | Con | 10,136 | 29.1 | 69.3% | Con hold |
| Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Ross and Cromarty | Nat Lib | 4,865 | 28.5 | 57.5% | Nat Lib hold |
| Inverness Shire and Ross and Cromarty Western Isles | Lab | 1,330 | 8.1 | 60.5% | Lab hold |
| Kirkcaldy Burghs | Lab | 9,401 | 21.2 | 84.6% | Lab hold |
| Kirkcudbrightshire and Wigtownshire Galloway | Con | 9,312 | 35.3 | 75.6% | Con hold |
| Lanarkshire Bothwell | Lab | 5,938 | 12.6 | 86.0% | Lab hold |
| Lanarkshire Hamilton | Lab | 15,576 | 37.4 | 80.6% | Lab hold |
| Lanarkshire Lanark | Con | 1,793 | 4.4 | 87.0% | Con hold |
| Lanarkshire Motherwell | Lab | 5,991 | 14.5 | 84.7% | Lab hold |
| Lanarkshire North | Lab | 6,304 | 16.5 | 85.4% | Lab hold |
| Lanarkshire Rutherglen | Con | 352 | 0.9 | 87.7% | Con gain from Lab |
| Midlothian and Peeblesshire | Lab | 5,590 | 10.6 | 83.8% | Lab hold |
| Moray and Nairnshire | Con | 5,394 | 20.5 | 74.5% | Con hold |
| Orkney and Shetland | Lib | 6,391 | 31.3 | 69.0% | Lib hold |
| Paisley | Lab | 13,025 | 24.4 | 84.4% | Lab hold |
| Perthshire and Kinross Shire Kinross and West Perthshire | Con | 13,501 | 52.4 | 73.2% | Con hold |
| Perthshire and Kinross Shire Perth and East Perthshire | Con | 14,631 | 33.7 | 78.3% | Con hold |
| Renfrewshire East | Con | 15,320 | 31.6 | 81.7% | Con hold |
| Renfrewshire West | Nat Lib | 3,053 | 7.6 | 84.9% | Nat Lib hold |
| Roxburghshire and Selkirkshire | Con | 829 | 2.1 | 84.9% | Con gain from Lib |
| Stirling and Falkirk District of Burghs | Lab | 2,108 | 4.5 | 86.1% | Lab hold |
| Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire Clackmannan and East Stirlingshire | Lab | 7,504 | 17.5 | 85.7% | Lab hold |
| Stirlingshire and Clackmannanshire West Stirlingshire | Lab | 4,497 | 12.1 | 86.7% | Lab hold |
| West Lothian | Lab | 10,052 | 21.1 | 84.9% | Lab hold |
Questions and answers
Who won in Scotland at the 1951 general election?
Labour won 35 of the 71 seats in Scotland, with 47.9% of the vote.
How many seats were there in Scotland in 1951?
71 constituencies.
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